This spring semester, the Center for Judicial Events & Clerkships (CJEC) hosted five distinguished members of the state and federal judiciary through its annual View from Chambers series. The series has grown since its launch in spring 2020 as part of CJEC’s Judicial Engagement through Education Initiative. It shines a spotlight on a diverse slate of judges from a range of courts on the federal and state levels and provides invaluable opportunities for Fordham Law students to learn about the inner workings of judges’ chambers. This year’s visiting jurists included: Judge Patrick DeAlmeida ’89 of the New Jersey Superior Court,…
Author: Erin DeGregorio
The Center for Judicial Events and Clerkships (CJEC) welcomed U.S. Circuit Court Judge Stephen Higginson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to Fordham Law as its Spring 2022 Jurist in Residence. The highly anticipated visit marked the physical return of a popular CJEC program at Fordham Law School. Prior to joining the court in 2011, Judge Higginson clerked for the late Chief Judge Patricia M. Wald on the United States Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit as well as for the late Justice Byron White on the United States Supreme Court. He later served…
On March 10 the Center for Judicial Events & Clerkships (CJEC) and the Fordham Corporate Law Center welcomed Doug Lankler, executive vice president and general counsel of Pfizer, for a virtual fireside chat. CJEC Assistant Dean Suzanne M. Endrizzi ’96 moderated the chat, which revolved around Lankler’s career path to and within Pfizer, his perspectives on leadership, and Pfizer’s race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. While the fireside chat was held virtually, it was designed in a format to facilitate a dynamic discussion between Lankler and the Fordham Law community. “Having had the pleasure of knowing Doug for almost 20…
In wrapping up both Irish Heritage Month and Women’s History Month in March, Fordham Law School welcomed two exemplary Irish leaders working in the United States—Imelda Maher, Sutherland Full Professor of European Law at University College Dublin, Senior Emile Noël Global Fellow at New York University School of Law, and the first Irish woman to become president of the Society of Legal Scholars (the oldest and largest learned society in the UK and Ireland), and Helena Nolan, Consul General of Ireland in New York. Maher and Nolan discussed Nolan’s career trajectory in foreign affairs as well as wider policy issues…
Ask any Brendan Moore Trial Advocate about the world of trial advocacy and they will tell you it involves lots of rigorous preparation and thinking on your feet. But many also emphasize that it’s been one of the most rewarding experiences in their law school careers as they’ve learned to refine fact patterns and case strategy with their co-counsels, hone their speaking abilities, and build confidence in the courtroom. Kacie Candela FCRH ’19, LAW ’22, Alexandra Cosio-Marron ’22, Victoria Pascullo FCRH ’19, LAW ’22, and Julia Tedesco ’23 Evening recently competed in the virtual Florida National Trial Advocacy Tournament. The…
A cohort of 3L women led all six Fordham Law journals as editors in chief this academic year. It is the second time since 1996 (when the Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law launched alongside the other five existing journals) that women were at the helm of their respective journals. This year’s editors in chief are: Shazell Archer ’22 of Fordham Urban Law Journal (Vol. 49); Alexandra Bieler ’22 of Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law (Vol. 27); Claudia Carollo ’22 of Fordham Environmental Law Review (Vol. 33); Tatiana Hyman ’22 of Fordham Law Review (Vol. 90); Laura Rann…
Fordham Law School was ranked number 37 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report in their latest annual rankings of the country’s best law schools. The Law School’s part-time program was ranked third in the nation, and ten of Fordham Law’s specialty programs ranked in the top 30, including trial advocacy (7). The school broke into the top 30 in Tax Law for the first time. Fordham Law is among just 13 schools that have 10 or more programs in the top 30 in the U.S. News specialty rankings. Trial Advocacy (7) Dispute Resolution (13) Clinical Training (17)…
The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union has reopened long settled agreements between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom concerning Northern Ireland and brought new attention to the unresolved questions on the island’s future. Ahead of the May election in Northern Ireland, leaders from Irish political party Sinn Féin visited Fordham Law School on March 14. Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill, party president and vice president respectively, joined Martin S. Flaherty, Leitner Family Professor of Law and founding co-director of the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, to discuss both the legal and political changes…
Following an event-filled Student Week Against Mass Incarceration that examined the relationship between mass incarceration and the current housing crisis this year, the Fordham Law Advocates for Voter Rights (FLAVR) student organization hosted a virtual panel discussion focusing on decarceration, democracy, and voter restoration. A cohort of experts and advocates addressed the consequences that stem from mass incarceration as well as ways in which the deprivation of voting rights feeds into the underlying issue. The event was held on March 10 in partnership with National Lawyers Guild, People’s Parity Project, and other Fordham Law institutes and organizations—including the Center on…
To mark its ninth annual symposium, Fordham Law’s OUTLaws student association is bringing together those involved in the international human rights system to discuss the state of LGBTQIA+ identity around the world and how regional organizers are tackling issues pertaining to anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation. The symposium, “International LGBTQIA+ Rights: Bridging Activism from Grassroots to Global Organizations,” will be held in a hybrid format from 11 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Friday, March 25. The regression of LGBTQIA+ rights has been an “unsettling trend” over the last few years and has harmed individuals, families, and communities globally, according to this year’s OUTLaws…