Fordham Law Professor Julie Suk, author of We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment (Skyhorse Publishing, 2020), reviews the history of the Equal Rights Amendment—from its introduction by Alice Paul in 1923 through its current disputed status, following passage by a 38th state and President Joe Biden’s declaration that it’s the “law of the land”—on Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast, produced by WNYC. Listen to the full segment “The Future Of The ERA After 100 Years” on Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast‘s May 23, 2025 episode.
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Fordham Law Professor Bruce Green, director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, shares his views with Reuterss on lawyers and publicity tactics in high-profile trials and legal disputes. Under the American Bar Association’s Model Rule 3.6, opens new tab, lawyers are obliged to refrain from out-of-court public statements that are likely to have “a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding.” But as legal ethics expert Bruce Green, a professor at Fordham University Law School, points out, it’s “not a gag order.” While judges no doubt prefer that lawyers try their cases inside the courtroom, the U.S.…
Fordham Law Professor Eleanor Brown argues in this op-ed for American Society on Aging’s Generations Now—which features short-form, member-driven commentary on timely aging-related issues—why a specialized elder-care visa program is needed in the United States. More Americans than ever before will live to 100 in coming years, with the number of those ages 100 or older projected to more than quadruple by 2054. Within a decade, older adults will outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history. As our population ages, many more Americans will likely be unable to live independently. Who will care for our rapidly aging population? We will need…
Fordham Law Professor John Pfaff, one of the nation’s leading scholars on mass incarceration and criminal justice reform, spoke to Davis Vanguard about the hyper-local nature of prosecutorial politics and the limitations of recall-based backlash. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s victory in the 2025 Democratic primary—virtually guaranteeing a third term—marks a striking contrast to the fate of several other progressive prosecutors across the country who have lost reelection bids or been removed from office amid rising public anxiety over crime and intensifying political backlash. While figures like Chesa Boudin in San Francisco and Pamela Price in Alameda County have faced…
In a co-authored op-ed for U.S. News & World Report, Fordham Law Dean Emeritus Matthew Diller discusses the damage that law firm agreements wreak on pro bono programs and the harm to vulnerable clients served by these programs. The firms that have given in to the Trump administration’s demands argue that pledging a staggering $940 million worth of pro bono legal services collectively to the administration carries no significant costs. As Scott Edelman, chair of the firm Milbank, told employees, the firm had “concluded that an agreement would not entail any significant changes to our current practices, and the new commitments are things that we are happy to do anyway.” He…
Fordham Law Professor Bruce Green, director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, shares his views with The Dallas Morning News after the Dallas County district attorney’s office wanted a lawyer removed from a case, arguing that his work as an ex-prosecutor disqualifies him from representing his client. People facing death should have lawyers they are confident in, said Bruce Green, a professor and director of the Stein Center for Law and Ethics at Fordham University’s law school. “If there’s no objection from the defendant — and they want this lawyer — and the lawyer thinks they can do a…
With an eye on President Donald Trump accepting gifts from other nations, Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout’s 2014 book about corruption and foreign influence on officials is resurfaced in this CAFE article. In her book, Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizen’s United, Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout writes that the Foreign Emoluments Clause is actually slightly more lenient than the one that existed in the Article of Confederation, which included a ban on all foreign gifts whatsoever. The problem was that the norms of international relations and diplomacy included a practice of gift-giving, which made the total…
Fordham Law Emeritus Dean Matthew Diller tells The ABA Journal why he thinks the law firms that fought executive orders over the past few months are now benefiting from a “positive message to their brand.” Matthew Diller, a Fordham University School of Law professor and dean emeritus, thinks the firms that fought the executive orders are now benefiting from a “positive message to their brand.” Their reputation is that “they fight hard and won’t be intimidated,” says Diller, who studies access to justice and the legal system. … Many law firms that entered the agreements have a long history of…
In this op-ed for New York Law Journal, Fordham Law Adjunct Professor Jerry H. Goldfeder, director of Fordham Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project, discusses the recent call made to the legal community by Judge Beryl A. Howell. Read “Perkins Coie v. DOJ – Footnote 3” in New York Law Journal.
On the latest episode of the Center for Democracy & Technology’s “Tech Talk,” Fordham Law Professsor Chinmayi Sharma unpacks the intersection of technology and policymaking by exploring the vital role public interest technologists play in shaping policy. CDT’s Tech Talk · Talking Tech with Chinmayi Sharma and Nick Doty on The Role of Public Interest Technologists Listen to the complete May 16 episode, “Talking Tech with Chinmayi Sharma and Nick Doty on The Role of Public Interest Technologists.”