Eleanor Brown, a leading scholar of property, migration, globalization, development, and race and the law, will join the Fordham Law faculty in the spring. She will teach Property Law. “I am thrilled to be joining the Fordham Law Faculty. I very much look forward to continuing to engage with issues of property, immigration and asset acquisition in the classroom, and the wider Fordham community. This promises to be an exciting period of intellectual engagement,” said Brown. “Fordham Law is thrilled to welcome Professor Brown to our faculty,” said Fordham Law Dean Matthew Diller. “Her scholarship on property rights, wealth accumulation, and…
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Professor Benjamin Zipursky, along with University of Virginia School of Law Professor Danielle Keats Citron ’94 and Harvard Law Professor John C.P. Goldberg, wrote an op-ed for CNN about the invasion and violations of individual privacy and dignity, in the wake of the rarity of Vanessa Bryant and co-plaintiff Chris Chester’s recent court victory. Vanessa Bryant’s recent verdict against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire Departments represents a federal jury’s response to immoral and grotesquely offensive conduct by some of their employees. … What is most disturbing about the court victory for Bryant and Chester, however, is its rarity.…
As Fordham Law School begins to celebrate Latinx/e Heritage Month, we spoke with Ashley Qamar ’23 and Fernando Ramos ’23—president and vice president, respectively, of Fordham’s Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA) chapter—about this year’s Public Service Day initiative, the role alumni have played within the organization and in members’ lives, and the events they are planning to celebrate their community this month. Why is it important for you, as a group, to celebrate Latinx/e Heritage Month? AQ: The Latinx/e and Hispanic community in the legal field is still small; which makes having LALSAs at various law schools all the…
The Center for Judicial Events & Clerkships (CJEC) has named its 2022–2023 Peer Clerkship Council (PCC), composed of nine members of the J.D. Class of 2023 who worked closely with the Center in securing their post-graduate judicial clerkships. The Peer Clerkship Council initiative was launched by the CJEC in the 2020–2021 academic year to further the clerkship side of the Center’s mandate and to help foster a clerkships-oriented culture at Fordham Law School. The inaugural PCC laid the foundation for an enduring peer support initiative, which had an immediate clear impact through a vast array of initiatives. Last year’s PCC…
Fordham Law is pleased to announce that Professor Bennett Capers, an authority on issues at the intersection of race, gender, technology, and criminal justice, has been named the John D. Feerick Research Chair. The Feerick Research Chair is a rotating chair awarded to a Fordham Law faculty member who has attained a high level of scholarly distinction, as demonstrated by their scholarly publications over the course of their career and the impact of their work on their respective fields. The chairholder is also expected to be a strong teacher and mentor to students, an important contributor to Fordham Law’s intellectual…
On July 22, Fordham Law held its first alumni dinner on African soil to celebrate the launch of the Africa Alumni Chapter of the Fordham Law Alumni Association. Fordham’s Africa Alumni Chapter, the first of its kind of any American law school, is a testament to the Law School’s commitment to and cooperation with the African legal community over the past 20 years. In attendance were over 70 alumni and friends in positions across the legal profession, including judges, private lawyers, academics, government representatives, and civil servants. The event was aimed at celebrating alumni and friends as well as sharing…
At a special orientation event for first-year students at the Fordham School of Law, five accomplished alumni and President Tania Tetlow—a former federal prosecutor and law professor herself—shared career advice that can be useful for not only lawyers-in-training, but professionals in every field. “You’re going to be making decisions from day one about who you want to be, and part of the wisdom that we want to give you today is that being a good and decent person will make you happier,” Tetlow said to about 400 students at the Lincoln Center campus on Aug. 18. “We want you to…
This summer, nearly two dozen Fordham Law students packed their bags and passports to join the global legal networks through the Belfast/Dublin Summer Program and Fordham-Sungkyunkwan Summer Institute in International Law. It marked the first time since 2019 that members of the Fordham Law community traveled internationally to Europe and Asia for the popular summertime programs. Studying in Seoul Co-sponsored by Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) College of Law since 2008, the Fordham-Sungkyunkwan Summer Institute in International Law is designed for J.D. and LL.M. students in the United States as well as for law students, lawyers, and government officials from around the…
The Fordham Law School campus buzzed with activity as the newest class of students met one another and Law School leaders during orientation this month. More than 500 students enrolled in the J.D. (day and evening divisions), LL.M., M.S.L., and S.J.D. programs this year. While welcoming the class at their orientation, Fordham Law Dean Matthew Diller emphasized the importance of studying law at this time and how, as the next generation of lawyers, they must rise to the occasion. “This is a watershed moment, when many of the precepts and thinking that have dominated American law for the past century…
From San Diego, “America’s Finest City” to Auckland, New Zealand, the “City of Sails,” members of the Fordham Law community forged connections and pursued their passions across the globe this summer. Grab your (virtual) passport to see here.