In February, the Center for Judicial Events & Clerkships (CJEC) welcomed Judge J. Michelle Childs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit as its 2025 Distinguished Jurist in Residence. The centerpiece of her visit was a lecture exploring the historical role of the D.C. Circuit, commonly referred to as the “second-highest court of the land,” and its distinctive docket, which primarily deals with administrative law and constitutional law. “We are often called to address questions relating to the structure of our government, separation of powers, federal employees and officers, and national security,” Judge Childs said. “These cases…
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An article co-authored by Fordham Law Professor Bruce Green, director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, was recently summarized by University of Pennsylvania School of Law’s The Regulatory Review, after being cited by former acting U.S. attorney Danielle Sassoon in February 2025. “Who Should Police Politicization of the DOJ?” was published in Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy in 2021. In Sassoon’s resignation letter, she cites an article by Bruce A. Green of Fordham Law School and Rebecca Roiphe of New York Law School in which they argue that the Justice Department’s inspector general is the optimal official to investigate politicization within the Department. Read “Who Should…
Fordham Law Professor Olivier Sylvain discussed the steps policymakers can take to put everyday people at the center of tech, at Fordham’s first-ever Universitywide TEDxFordhamUniversity: Propelling Humanity Forward program. Sylvain’s talk begins at 1:00:23 and ends at 1:14:49. Watch the program, “TEDxFordhamUniversity: Propelling Humanity Forward,” in full.
What’s the appropriate dress code for work and an appropriate way to address it? Susan Scafidi, founder and director of Fordham Law’s Fashion Law Institute, shares practical advice in the latest edition of The New York Times’ “Work Friend” column. A woman who works for me dresses in a provocative fashion. We work in a formal professional setting. She wore a black lace dress with cleavage on a Monday, and I blurted out, “Boy, you’re dressed up for a Monday!” Her response was that she had a date that night. I get complaints from co-workers that her flesh-baring outfits are…
On March 5, Fordham Law community members had the unique opportunity to interact with 21 judges from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY), including two Second Circuit judges who sit in the EDNY by designation. The Judicial Day in Residence program is a novel initiative of the Center for Judicial Events & Clerkships (CJEC), which develops a special collaboration between the Center and a particular area court, with the goal of instilling in the Fordham Law student body a broader appreciation for the importance of civics and the rule of law. Throughout the day…
Jotwell, the Journal of Things We Like (Lots) (edited by editor-in-chief Michael Froomkin and sponsored by the University of Miami School of Law), examined Good Faith in U.S. Constitutional Law, a 2025 Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper (No. 5088420) written by Fordham Law Professor Ethan J. Leib. Jotwell describes the paper, which summarizes the basics of fiduciary constitutionalism, as one of the best works of recent scholarship relating to constitutional law. Read “I Love Beating George Washington” on Jotwell.
In this co-authored National Law Journal op-ed, Fordham Law Dean Emeritus Matthew Diller and Fordham Law Professor Abner Greene comment on President Donald Trump’s orders targeting law firms. Read “Donald Trump vs. the First Amendment” in The National Law Journal.
In this Interline article, Fordham Law Professor Susan Scafidi, founder and director of the Fashion Law Institute, comments on the intersection between “dupe culture” and generative AI designs that mimic high-end fashion aesthetics. In addition, the rise of “dupe culture,” where consumers hunt for cheaper alternatives to luxury goods, has been accelerated by AI’s ability to generate designs that mimic high-end aesthetics in seconds. While these aren’t always exact replicas, they often capture the look and feel of luxury at a fraction of the price, further eroding the idea of originality as value. Susan Scafidi, founder and director of the…
Fordham Law Professor Deborah Denno, death penalty expert and founding director of Fordham Law’s Neuroscience and Law Center, is featured in Emmy award–winning investigative reporter Gianna Toboni’s new book, “The Volunteer: The Failure of the Death Penalty in America and One Inmate’s Quest to Die with Dignity,” which was reviewed by The Progressive Magazine. A 2022 nationwide analysis showed that 35 percent were botched due to “executioner incompetence, failures to follow protocols, or defects in the protocols themselves.” Death penalty expert Deborah Denno points out in the book that botched executions have been happening for decades. “People always characterize these botches…
In this op-ed for The Nation, Karen J. Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School, comments on President Donald Trump’s first 50 days of his Oval Office return and the future of democracy. Four years ago, I published “Subtle Tools,” a book on the erosion of American democratic norms in the face of what came to be known as the Global War on Terror. Both what had been done in the name of “national security” in response to the 9/11 attacks and how it had been done — through the willing neglect of procedural integrity, the exploitation of all-too-flexible norms, a remarkable…