Professor Deborah Denno weighs in with her expert opinion after Idaho became the fifth state to allow death by firing squad amid a nationwide shortage of lethal-injection drugs. Read “Idaho Will Allow Execution By Firing Squad” on 98.1 WKDD.
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On March 6, the Corporate Law Center welcomed the Honorable Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, to campus to present the 20th Annual Albert A. DeStefano Lecture on Corporate, Securities, and Financial Law. Hosted annually by the Corporate Law Center, the DeStefano Lecture brings policymakers, members of the judiciary, and distinguished attorneys to Fordham Law to share their insights on important developments in business and business law in a wide range of timely and diverse topics. The DeStefano Lecture was established in 2001 to honor the distinguished law career of Albert A. DeStefano ’47. DeStefano—whose…
For the first time since the pandemic, the Center for Judicial Events & Clerkships hosted its Judicial Day in Residence program. On March 1, the CJEC welcomed 11 judges from the Southern District of New York for a day-long visit. The Judicial Day in Residence program was developed to deepen the connection between the Law School and a particular court. As part of the program, judges on the participating court engage in a myriad of activities designed to fully incorporate them in the fabric of the life of the Law School. CJEC Director James J. Brudney expressed the Fordham Law…
Fordham Law’s Institute on Religion Law and Lawyer’s Work and Consulus, a global innovation by design firm, have signed a strategic partnership agreement to shape a new generation of lawyers who are value-driven, creative, and have the confidence to embrace diversity among cultures and faith beliefs to be resilient in a complex world. This project is inspired by the vision of a united world conceived by UNESCO Peace prize winner Chiara Lubich, and aims to foster impact-oriented methods and initiatives. The partnership was officially signed at Fordham Law School by Endy Moraes, director of Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s…
On Spectrum News NY1’s Inside City Hall program with Errol Louis, Jerry Goldfeder discusses the grand jury investigation and process of former president Donald J. Trump. Watch the full interview segment.
As the Manhattan district attorney’s office appears poised to seek an indictment of former president Donald J. Trump, Professor Jerry Goldfeder shared his expert opinion on how New York Election Law 17-152 may be able to avoid triggering federal pre-emption contained in regulations from the Federal Election Commission. Read “The Legal Intricacies That Could Make or Break the Case Against Trump” in the New York Times.
Fordham Law School has been recognized as one of the top feeder schools for large law firms, ranking 21st in this year’s “Go-To Law Schools” ranking by the National Law Journal. The publication ranks law schools based on the percentage of the most recent graduating class sent to the largest 100 law firms. Over a third of the J.D. Class of 2022 joined AmLaw100 firms as first-year associates after graduation. Additionally, the report ranked Fordham Law 7th on the number of alumni promoted from associates to partners.
Josephine Luck ’24, staff member of the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, was named the winner of this year’s Phil Cowan–Judith Bresler Memorial Scholarship Writing Competition. Sponsored by the New York State Bar Association’s Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Section and open to students in New York-area law schools, the competition is one of the most revered art law writing competitions. Luck’s submission, titled “Is There Room for Descendants of Enslaved Peoples in the Domestic Legal Framework for Restitution and Repatriation of Cultural and Familial Property?,” was adapted from a paper she wrote for Adjunct Professor Leila…
Professor Bruce Green, director of the Stein Center for Law & Ethics, and David Udell, founder and executive director of the National Center for Access to Justice, wrote a New York Times op-ed discussing a civil rights lawsuit pending in New York in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that challenges New York State’s law on the “unauthorized practice of law.” Read the op-ed in The New York Times.
On March 8, 40 Fordham Law students affiliated with the Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project traveled to Washington, D.C., for a full day of eventful meetings with federal leaders—including a chance for students to meet Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at the U.S. Supreme Court. The trip also included a stop at the Federal Elections Commission for a Q&A with FEC Chair Dara Lindenbaum and Commissioner Allan Dickerson and a meeting with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. Professor Jerry Goldfeder, director of the Voting Rights and Democracy Project, organized the trip, which included a visit to the Supreme…