As Fordham Law students begin their remote internships, clerkships, and fellowships this summer, five recruiters convened with Jayne Schreiber, assistant dean of career planning, and Deborah Dempster, associate director of the Career Planning Center (CPC), on June 4 to share their best practices for video interviews and working remotely. “It’s great to see people grow through all of this and figure out—as firms, individuals, students, and practitioners—what can we all do to really create the best experience for people in these circumstances?” said Donna Manion, director of legal recruiting at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, towards the end of the…
Author: Erin DeGregorio
Prior to the coronavirus shutdown, recent graduate Katherine Anne Boy Skipsey ’20, along with Nina Riegelsberger ’21 and Ruadhan McKeone ‘20, had the remarkable and rare opportunity to argue an appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Preparing and rehearsing for nearly two months, the three Federal Litigation Clinic students, under the supervision of Professors Michael W. Martin and Ian Weinstein, immersed themselves in the law and the facts of a criminal case to primarily argue the unconstitutional vagueness of a New York State correctional rule. Boy Skipsey credited the Fordham Law faculty and peers…
As students and recent graduates navigate an uncertain job market, six alumni convened with Jayne Schreiber, assistant dean of career planning, and Deborah Dempster, associate director of the Career Planning Center (CPC), for a remote panel on May 28 to discuss their professional journeys amid difficult economic times and to share practical advice. The panelists, ranging from the classes of 2003 to 2011, all graduated during tough economic periods, including after September 11 and the financial crisis of 2008. “This isn’t the end of the world. It may feel like it because you maybe don’t have real-world experience, but if…
Fordham Law’s office of professionalism has launched a new one-year fellowship program for six upper-year students with an interest in and commitment to promoting professionalism, mentorship, and inclusion within the Law School. The six fellows will play a key role in the Law School’s house system, which aims to enhance the student experience by creating smaller communities of support within the Law School. The house system provides students with a curated co-curriculum consisting of lessons, resources, and information students need as they navigate their first year. The fellows will work closely with the associate dean for academic affairs, the director…
As the coronavirus outbreak unfolded, not only did it disrupt the Law School’s traditional in-person curriculum, it also threatened crucial networking opportunities for students seeking to enter the job market. Nonetheless, nearly 90 Fordham Law alumni have stepped up to provide mentoring through an innovative new remote mentoring program launched by the Law School’s Career Planning Center (CPC). “Even though the world changed and the rug was pulled out from under us, we didn’t want the networking to stop because relationship building is so important for law students,” said Assistant Dean of Career Planning Jayne Schreiber, who leads the CPC.…
Law and the New Urban Agenda (Routledge)—the recently published third volume of the Juris Diversitas series, co-edited by Fordham Urban Law Center Faculty Director Nestor M. Davidson and Urban Law Center Director Geeta Tewari—offers an interdisciplinary legal lens into the New Urban Agenda (NUA) as a blueprint for systematic change in cities. The NUA was formally adopted at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development in 2016. It sets forth a new global standard for sustainable urban development while also protecting the environment. “Our goal was to understand how specific countries or cities can actually apply the…
On April 29, the Women in Urban Law Leadership Initiative (WIULLI) of Fordham Law’s Urban Law Center hosted a virtual panel*, “Feminist Lawyering in Criminal Court,” which provided insightful conversation about the challenges faced by women leaders in the criminal justice field, ranging from navigating implicit biases within the courtroom to dealing with inequities in gender parity. The online discussion forum, moderated by Urban Law Center Director Geeta Tewari ’05, featured Danielle Eaddy ’91, bureau chief at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office; Sylvia Shweder ’05, deputy chief of the financial litigation unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the…
Nearly 25.9 million refugees currently live outside their home countries, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Only a small percentage of the global refugee population is permanently resettled in developed nations, leaving the world’s less-developed countries to host the vast majority of displaced people. Denied access to work and other basic rights, many refugees struggle to survive. In the midst of the Syrian refugee crisis, millions of Syrian refugees who had initially fled to Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon began leaving for Europe in search of jobs. The European Union launched a new effort to keep them…
As work has transitioned from the office to the home during the coronavirus outbreak, sexual harassment will continue to be a workplace issue—even in a virtual setting—according to Alex Berke ’14, an employment lawyer at Berke-Weiss Law PLLC. Berke spoke with Fordham Law students about the potential for digital sexual harassment—and the importance of reporting such incidents—in a live training webinar. “We haven’t been getting a lot of calls frankly about this issue right now at our office, but I expect that, in the coming months, we will start to receive those calls,” Berke said. “We’re all on Zoom and…
From crowdfunding to cryptocurrency, social impact investing, benefit corporations, and access to capital for female and minority entrepreneurs, the second season of the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic’s Startup LAWnchpad podcast* explores a wide array of complex issues faced by startups as they obtain financing. This season’s theme can be best described as “From Seed Capital to Social Impact,” according to Bernice Grant, senior director of the Entrepreneurial Law Program and founding director of the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic. “Our podcast is a way for us to expand the reach of our clinic beyond the clients that we represent every semester. It can…