On April 19, Fordham Law’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) honored the memory of Vincent Chin and countless victims of anti-Asian violence through its first in-person trial reenactment since the coronavirus pandemic began. It also marked the return of one of the most highly anticipated and well-attended events held annually by the student organization. This year, a cohort of Fordham Law students, faculty, alumni, and special guests—including Judge Denny Chin ’78, Fordham Law’s Lawrence W. Pierce ’51 Distinguished Jurist in Residence, and his wife Kathy Hirata Chin, partner at Crowell & Moring—participated in the Vincent Chin trial reenactment…
Author: Erin DeGregorio
At the start of the 2020-2021 academic year, the Center for Judicial Events & Clerkships (CJEC) launched a student leadership initiative—the Peer Clerkship Council (PCC). The development of this vehicle for student leadership was a natural next step in year two for the CJEC’s clerkship-side as Professor Daniel Capra and Assistant Dean Suzanne Endrizzi ’96 recognized the importance of peer engagement to foster a clerkships-oriented culture at the Law School. Last year’s inaugural PCC laid the foundation for an initiative that focuses on peer-to-peer informal support through office hours, peer-planned programs and workshops, and peer-developed resources. The 2021-2022 PCC recognized…
Who should act as president if the president and vice president are not able to do so or their offices are vacant? The U.S. Congress last answered this question 75 years ago with the passage of the Presidential Succession Act of 1947. Since then, contemporary events—like the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and threats to government officials—have raised questions about the government’s responses to potential political instability, bringing the topic of presidential succession back into the national conversation. On April 6, Fordham Law School hosted a symposium titled “The Presidential Succession Act at 75: Praise It or Bury It?”, in which more…
The Fordham Law community mourns the passing of Professor Maria Eleanor Lenhoff Marcus, Joseph M. McLaughlin Chair and Professor of Law Emerita and moderator of the Moot Court Board. Marcus was a member of the Fordham Law faculty for 33 years—from 1978 until her retirement in 2011—and was the second woman to become a tenured full professor at the Law School. She died April 27 at age 88. In addition to her teaching and scholarship, Marcus shepherded multiple generations of students in Fordham Law’s Moot Court program, serving as the faculty moderator and coach for 42 years. “A good argument isn’t…
Dev Basumallik ’23 cannot wait to wrap up his second year at Fordham Law next month and for summer to begin. He was selected to participate in a consumer protection internship with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s Northeast Region, as well as in the New York Bar Foundation (NYBF) Antitrust Law Section Law Student Fellowship Program, this summer. The fellowship—administered by the NYBF via a partnership with the New York State Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section—aims to provide law students an opportunity to experience antitrust and government investigations during the summer after their first or second year of law school,…
Fordham Law School’s Stein Scholars Program in Public Interest Law and Ethics 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. This spring, Fordham Law School welcomes four new first-year students to the program. The cohort of highly motivated Steins, chosen from diverse backgrounds for their demonstrated commitment to public interest law and public service, are members of…
Ahead of Earth Day, Fordham Law’s Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work (IRLLW) invited a group of experts to discuss climate change, injustice gaps that pose a significant challenge to minority and marginalized communities, and how social, economic, and sustainable practices can be reimagined to foster environmental justice. “This is a very timely conversation, particularly now when the war in Ukraine is reshaping the global agenda on energy matters, impacting the climate, and our shared future,” said IRLLW Director Endy Moraes during the April 6 event. “I believe that global change is possible by beginning with the small, local…
After making it to the top seed of competition this spring, Brendan Moore Trial Advocates Ashley Abrankian ’22, Alejandro De La Torre ’22, Haley Griffin ’22, and Sophie Roytblat ’22 emerged as champions of the 14th Annual Capitol City Challenge. “We felt like we had unfinished business,” said Abrankian, who won best advocate at the All Star Bracket Challenge last semester. Abrankian and her teammates placed as national quarter-finalists at the challenge. “We worked extremely hard in the fall and wanted to push ourselves even harder this time because it would be our last competition before graduation.” “Once we advanced…
Professor James Brudney, the Joseph Crowley Chair in Labor and Employment Law, was quoted in an article by Law360 that discusses Starbucks’ search for a new general counsel amid an explosive unionization campaign. “I think one of the things about a general counsel in a company like Starbucks is that you’re going to have to be … quick on your feet and in your mind with a variety of regulatory regimes,” said James Brudney, a labor and employment professor at Fordham University School of Law. … The company has argued in response to the petitions that bargaining units at individual stores…
“How could groundbreaking court opinions have been written had judges versed in critical race theory decided them?” That is the fundamental question Professor Bennett Capers and other legal scholars look to answer in Critical Race Judgments: Rewritten U.S. Court Opinions on Race and Law (Cambridge University Press, April 2022). The book, co-edited by Capers, also aims to explain why critical race theory (CRT) should be deployed in various areas of the law to uphold and advance principles that are foundational to American democracy. To celebrate the launch of the book, Professor Capers discussed the inspiration behind Critical Race Judgements and…