On Feb. 15, the Center for Judicial Events & Clerkships (CJEC) welcomed the Hon. Bernice B. Donald (Ret.) of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to Fordham Law as its 2023 Jurist in Residence. The Jurist in Residence Program brings prominent judges from across the country to the Law School to engage with the Law School community and share their expertise. During the course of their visit, the judge engages in all aspects of law school life, from co-teaching courses to hosting roundtable discussions with student cohorts on a range of topics. The judge’s visit culminates with…
Author: Erin DeGregorio
On March 3, hundreds of alumni, students, friends, and family gathered at Cipriani’s on 42nd Street for the 74th Annual Fordham Law Alumni Association (FLAA) Luncheon. This year’s luncheon celebrated the achievements of multiple alumni, including Megan Hogan ’06, who was awarded the Medal of Achievement—the highest and most significant recognition bestowed by the Alumni Association. Hogan is global head of talent, chief diversity officer, and head of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team at Goldman Sachs. “I can see the narrative thread across my almost 20-year career: ‘In the service of others,’ Fordham [Law]’s most perfect motto,” said Hogan…
Stein Scholar 1L Rep and evening student Jalyn Radziminski ’26 traveled to Washington, D.C. to speak at the White House’s “Black History Month Roundtable with Young Black Leaders with Disabilities” on Feb. 23. Radziminski was invited by the Biden-Harris Administration to share their experiences of living with a mental health disability as well as chronic compartment syndrome, with White House officials, representatives from federal agencies, and other young Black, Disabled community leaders from across the country. A longtime social justice advocate, Radziminski serves as the Director of Engagement at the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law and…
Award-winning author and expert Dorothy Roberts discussed her career-spanning examination of the “closely entangled” connections between the child welfare and criminal legal systems at Fordham Law School on Feb. 1. Professor Roberts was invited to the Law School to give this year’s Eunice Carter Lecture, in which she discussed her most recent book, Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—And How Abolition Can Build A Safer World (2022). Professor Roberts holds a distinguished university professorship, as well as a named chair in the Law School, along with appointments in the Africana Studies and Sociology Departments at the…
This spring, Fordham Law School welcomed Grey Berkowitz ’25 and Taylor Young-Wells ’25 into the Stein Scholars Program in Public Interest Law and Ethics. The program is designed to cultivate the next generation of public interest lawyers through academic and specialized discussion series, mentorships, and volunteer work with public interest organizations. Selected students with a demonstrated commitment to public interest participate in the academic and service program during law school to prepare for their careers as attorneys. Grey Berkowitz ’25 (he/they) graduated from Barnard College with a B.A. in American studies with a concentration on race and gender. Berkowitz loves…
Fordham’s Black Law Students Association was honored with three awards at the Northeast Black Law Students Association (NEBLSA) awards gala on Feb. 11: Northeast Region Chapter of the Year, Northeast Region President of the Year, and 50 years of service. The gala celebrated the Northeast Region’s 34 law school chapters and the 55th anniversary of NEBLSA, an organization committed to increasing the number of culturally responsible Black and minority attorneys who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community. “I am deeply honored that Fordham’s BLSA was selected as the Northeast Region Chapter of the Year and that I…
In January, Jake Caruso ’25, Haley Lukas ’25, Meghan McAlary ’25, and Jordan Zaia ’25 placed second in the 16th Annual Tulane International Baseball Arbitration Competition, defeating nearly 40 other teams from law schools around the country. Hosted by the Tulane Sports Law Society at Tulane Law School in New Orleans, the competition is a simulated salary arbitration competition modeled closely on the procedures used by Major League Baseball. The competition, which was in person for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, featured simulations based on the real salary arbitration cases of ballplayers Dylan Cease of…
On Jan. 27, Bloomberg Law recognized Fordham Law School’s Entrepreneurial Law Program and Clinic and Peer Mentoring and Leadership Program as two of the most innovative programs in the country. Bloomberg Law’s inaugural Law School Innovation Program recognizes law schools that have created and implemented programs that are leading innovation in legal education. The recognized programs advance new methodologies and approaches to student instruction, legal technology implementation and usage, experiential learning, and other facets of legal education. One of the Best in “Innovation and Business” Fordham Law’s Entrepreneurial Law Program and Clinic was named as one of the six top-scoring…
Professor Deborah Denno was quoted in a Mashed article that discusses the public’s fascination with last meals as well as the last meal of convicted killer John Wayne Gacy. Read the full article in Mashed.
Professor Rebecca Kysar shared her expert opinion on the timeline in which the U.S. tax system will interact with the minimum taxes being implemented in other countries, following a coordinated global corporate tax increase. Read the full article in The Wall Street Journal.