Event Invitations 2024

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Book Talk: Watchdogs: Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable Government

Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law

Inspectors General have been called the most powerful public officials you’ve never heard of. They work inside federal agencies, exposing corruption and ferreting out waste, fraud and abuse. But they’re also vulnerable to removal at the whim of the president. Glenn Fine was the Inspector General of the Department of Justice in the Clinton, Bush and Obama Administrations. He was also the acting Inspector General of the Department of Defense from 2016 until 2020, when he was replaced by former President Trump as part of a series of IG firings that the Washington Post called a “slow-motion Friday night massacre.”
The Gloria and Stanley Plesent Lecture: The Architecture of Desire: How the Law Shapes Interracial Intimacy and Perpetuates Inequality with Professor Solangel Maldonado

Gertrud Mainzer Program in Family Law, Policy and Bioethics and Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Professor Maldonado is Eleanor Bontecou Professor of Law at Seton Hall Law School. She writes and teaches in the areas of family law, gender, race and their intersections. She is an Associate Reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law, and author of The Architecture of Desire: How the Law Shapes Interracial Intimacy and Perpetuates Inequality (NYU Press, 2024). She is the co-editor of two casebooks—Family Law: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 7th ed. 2019) and Family Law in the World Community (Carolina Academic Press, 3rd ed. 2015). She serves on the editorial board of the American Bar Association’s Family Law Quarterly and as Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Law and Education Empowerment Project (NJ LEEP), a pipeline and college access program for middle and high school students from underserved communities.
Antitrust Compliance for the Modern Age

Heyman Center on Corporate Governance and Samuel Weinstein

Please join us for essential insights into the latest developments in compliance guidelines, best practices for corporate compliance programs, and effective litigation in the context of compliance issues.
Dean Melanie Leslie’s Office Hours

Melanie Leslie, Carey Bertolet Grand, and Betsy Ginsberg

Join Dean Leslie, Dean Grand and Professor Ginsberg to discuss clinical opportunities and changes to the clinical program.
Please Join Us at Cardozo School of Law for a Weekend of Kukin Program Events!

Lela Love and Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution
- A Peace Gala in Honor of Professor Lela P. Love
- The Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution Melnick Symposium
- The Cardozo Invitational Negotiation in Entertainment Arts and Media (CINEMA)
Join us for a dinner celebration in honor of Professor Love, Founding Director of the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution. In 1985, she founded Cardozo's Mediation Clinic—one of the first clinical programs to train law students to serve as mediators. Love has served as mediator, arbitrator and dispute resolution consultant in community, employment, family, human rights, school-based and commercial cases. An active educator and participant in dispute resolution activities, she regularly conducts mediation training programs and teaches courses both domestic and international.

We invite you to share a memory or story about Lela which will be published and distributed at the event.
Fear of Motion

Cardozo Criminal Defense Clinic, Filmmakers Legal Clinic (FLC), Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law, and Josh Dubin

“A young man on the grip of his probation, attending a therapy session to navigate his survivor guilt after getting his best friend incarcerated. The film explores familiar themes in black politics, regarding the struggles and circumstances of people under maximum sentences. It includes the stigmatization and ineffective rehabilitation that contributes to the corruption of the probation system.”
Who Decides: Judges or Experts? Loper Bright, the End of Chevron and Its Impact on Corporate Governance

Heyman Center on Corporate Governance

In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. _____ (2024), the Supreme Court overruled the doctrine of Chevron deference, which had previously required courts to defer to reasonable agency guidance instead of reviewing rules and regulations de novo. Now that Chevron deference is no more, numerous regulations, rules, and opinions produced by federal agencies could be in jeopardy as they are newly subject to judicial review. In the corporate context, this could interfere with the implementation of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) principles, potentially leading to a re-tightening of shareholder primacy.
A Conversation with Sam and Libby Edelman: Legends in the Footwear Industry

Cardozo FAME Center, Cardozo Fashion Law Society, and Barbara Kolsun

Join Cardozo's FAME Center and the Fashion Law Society as they present fashion industry icons, Sam and Libby Edelman in conversation with FAME Director and Cardozo Professor, Barbara Kolsun. Reception to follow.
Remembering Vienna

Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights (CLIHHR) and Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum

Join us for a special evening with Evelyn Konrad ’05, a Holocaust survivor and Cardozo alum, who will share her powerful story of resilience, survival and identity. Evelyn Konrad’s story was featured in the recently published book Austria and Us.
A Government of the People: Popular Engagement in U.S. Constitutional Democracy

Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy and Wilfred U. Codrington III

Please join us for a fascinating discussion about the place and power of the people in constitutional practice and government design, including critical areas that feature prominently in today’s public conversation in light of recent Supreme Court terms and the upcoming election.

This event will feature three panelists—Alicia Bannon (Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law), Corey Brettschneider (Brown University and Fordham Law School) and Joshua Douglas (University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law), the latter two of whom have recently published books that center the people in core matters of political decision making—in conversation with Professor Wilfred Codrington III.
Dean Melanie Leslie’s Office

Melanie Leslie and Zalman Rothschild

Join Dean Leslie and Professor Zalman Rothschild for a discussion on the First Amendment, anti-discrimination law, and law and religion, as well as any questions raised by student attendees.
Dean Melanie Leslie’s Office Hours

Melanie B. Leslie, Samuel Weinstein, Matthew Wansley, and Jacob Noti-Victor

Join Dean Leslie and Professors Sam Weinstein, Matt Wansley and Jacob Noti-Victor for a discussion on IP and Innovation. Some of the topics discussed will be recent legal developments in the fields of antitrust, big tech, startups, venture capital and artificial intelligence, as well as any questions raised by student attendees.
The SCOTUS Term Preview & Retrospective

Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, Wilfred U. Codrington III, Haiyun Damon-Feng, Elizabeth Goldman, Michael Herz, and Saurabh Vishnubhakat

The Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy invites you to the SCOTUS Term Preview & Retrospective, as part of the Cardozo School of Law’s Constitution Day program. Join Professors Wilfred Codrington, Haiyun Damon-Feng, Elizabeth Goldman, Michael Herz, and Saurabh Vishnubhakat as they discuss recent Supreme Court decisions and preview the upcoming term.
Book Talk: Nuclear Weapons and International Law

Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights (CLIHHR) and Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution

Please join Visiting Clinical Instructor Brett Jones for an engaging book talk with Charles J. Moxley Jr., author of Nuclear Weapons and International Law: Existential Risks of Nuclear War and Deterrence Through a Legal Lens. Explore the critical legal challenges posed by nuclear weapons and the urgent need to reassess deterrence strategies through a legal perspective. This book talk offers a unique opportunity to hear from an expert in international law and gain insights into the legal pathways to reducing the risks of nuclear conflict in our time.
Dean Melanie Leslie’s Office Hours

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Join Dean Leslie and Professor Emeritus Richard Weisberg, author of ‘Vichy Law and the Holocaust in France,’ for a discussion on World War II, the Nazi occupation of France and how the French legal system was changed to perpetuate the Holocaust in France.
The 2024 International Advocate for Peace Award Ceremony Honoring Dr. Richard Haass

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

The Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution will present this year’s award to Dr. Richard Haass, President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations and Senior Counselor with Centerview Partners. Dr. Haass chaired the multiparty negotiations in Northern Ireland that provided the 2014 Stormont House Agreement, earning him the 2013 Tipperary International Peace Award. Dr. Haass also served as the Director of Policy Planning of the U.S. Department of State under Secretary Powell from 2001 to 2003 during which he played a pivotal role in shaping U.S. foreign policy and addressing global challenges. He is the author or editor of fourteen books on American foreign policy, one book on management and one on American democracy. His latest book is titled The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens. At the ceremony, Dr. Haass will give remarks titled “Peace in a Time of War.”
The Future of “History and Tradition”: The First Amendment Implications of Bruen

Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy

Did SCOTUS turn all lower court judges into armchair historians? Could landmark free speech precedents like New York Times Co. v. Sullivan be at risk? How will the Court address modern questions like social media content moderation?
International Law and the Israel/Hamas Conflict: A Focus on IHL and the ICJ Case of South Africa v. Israel

Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights (CLIHHR) and Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy

On January 26, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a provisional measures order in the case of South Africa v. Israel. This case has been the focus of significant attention.

Join legal scholars with extensive backgrounds in international humanitarian and human rights law in discussing the legal implications of the ICJ’s role in the ongoing conflict.
International Law and the Israel/Hamas Conflict: A Focus on IHL and the ICJ Case of South Africa v. Israel

Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights (CLIHHR) and Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy

On January 26, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a provisional measures order in the case of South Africa v. Israel. This case has been the focus of significant attention.

Join legal scholars with extensive backgrounds in international humanitarian and human rights law in discussing the legal implications of the ICJ’s role in the ongoing conflict.
Ethics in the Judiciary and the Legal Profession: Are We in Crisis?

Cardozo Law Review, Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, and Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law

The recent conduct of Supreme Court justices and lawyers acting on behalf of former president Trump has led many to think that something has gone profoundly wrong at the most elite levels of the American legal profession.
A Conversation with Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez

Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law

Mr. Gonzalez was elected to become Kings County District Attorney in 2017 and is the first Latino to serve as district attorney in New York State. He is widely credited for his efforts to redefine the role of a prosecutor. In his first term, he ceased trying low-level pot offenses, dismissed 90 drug convictions tainted by a corrupt police detective and advocated for changes to state bail reform laws.
A Panel Discussion With Leading Israeli Legal Figures About the Independence of the Judicial System and the Rule of Law in Israel

Cardozo Jewish Law Student Association (JLSA)

Panelists:
- Yoram Danziger, Former Israel Supreme Court Justice
- Avichai Mandelblit, Former Attorney General for the State of Israel
- Amit Becher, Head of the Israel Bar Association and senior partner at S. Horowitz law firm
- Tami Ullman, Acting Head of the Bar Association and leading Israeli practitioner specializing in criminal law
- Hadar Israeli, Senior Partner at the Barnea, Jaffa, Lande law firm, leading Israeli lawyer specializing in white collar crime and regulatory defense
Entertainment Law Week

Cardozo FAME Center
- Theatre Law 101: How to Make It on Broadway
- Mythbusters: Entertainment Careers 101
- From Scripts to Streams: The Lawyer's Role in Digital Streaming
- Follow the Yellow Brick Road: Pathways to Enter Entertainment Law
- Resale Restrictions in the Art Market
- Diversity in Music
14th Annual BALLSA Celebration

Black, Asian & Latino Law Students Association (BALLSA)

Kwanza Jones Class of 1999

Founder and CEO, Kwanza Jones & José E. Feliciano Initiative

Kwanza Jones is a catalyst. Her life’s work lives at the intersection of culture, community, and capital. Whether producing motivational media through her company SUPERCHARGED by Kwanza Jones, or sharing an action-inspiring message from the stage or in the boardroom, Jones uses her art and access to amplify voices and issues that may otherwise not be heard.
Fall 2024 Cardozo Law Clinics Information Events

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Monday, February 26
Field Clinics, Practicums and Externship Program Info Session
Live Virtual Session 12:00-1:15 pm | Viewing Room 206

Wednesday, February 28
In-House Clinics and Pro Bono Scholars Info Session
In-Person Session 12:00-1:15 pm | Moot

Monday, March 4
Tabling Event - In-House Clinics, Field Clinics, Practicum courses, Pro Bono Scholars Program and Externship Program
Student Ambassadors staff tables and answer questions about their clinical experiences
In-Person Session 12:00-1:30 pm | Third Floor Lounge