Fordham Law School was featured in Citybizlist about the School’s participation in March for Justice, a statewide law school effort to address access-to-justice issues.
“We want to raise the profile of access to justice issues and bring together the energy of the New York schools at a moment when our students and faculty are very engaged in these issues and eager to make a difference in the world,” said Matthew Diller, the Dean of Fordham Law School.
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Fordham University School of Law will host a program on March 21, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. titled “Unifying Global and U.S. Access to Justice Movements: The Judicial Perspective” featuring perspectives from senior jurists and from a leading social scientist in the global access to justice research movement on formal and informal pathways to justice. The panelists will consider common challenges in the United States and globally to accessing justice—especially for marginalized people, including in racial, ethnic, or religious communities; the poor; people living in rural areas; women; LGBT people; and others. Lack of access impacts a wide range of civil rights and human rights; the panelists will identify common themes and consider solutions, including the pros and cons of using informal, versus formal, justice systems, and the intersection of those systems. The panel will work to sharpen the research, reform, and advocacy agenda going forward.
On March 9, Fordham Law School’s Domestic Violence Action Center will host a panel discussion, from 12:30-1-30 p.m., featuring Sandra Park, Senior Staff Attorney, Women’s Right’s Project, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Nabah Ikram, Domestic Violence Program Advocate, Sakhi for South Asian Women, and Connie Neal, Executive Director, NY State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, to explore the unique issues related to gender justice and anti-violence work under the new administration, including the effects of proposed budget cuts, the President’s public messaging about women, and other executive actions’ effects on survivors, particularly survivors from marginalized communities.
In addition, the Fordham Law Immigration Preparedness Project (FLIPP) is offering know-your-rights workshops, in several languages, to immigrant teenagers in the New York City public high schools and to their families. These workshops, conducted by Fordham law students trained by Fordham Law Professors Jennifer Gordon and Gemma Solimene, cover avenues to obtain immigration status as well as rights when interacting with immigration enforcement agents. There are 27 workshops scheduled throughout the month of March at public schools in the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan. Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services has agreed to take referrals of FLIPP know-your-rights workshop participants with further legal questions.
