The Fordham Law Dispute Resolution Society ABA Arbitration team ended their season this year with an excellent performance at the national competition. The team, composed of Mackenzie Alpert ’24, Brian Block ’23, Hugh Malesh ‘24, Athena Karavasilis ’24, Alexa Green ’24, Hiren Patel ’24, Marie Kessel ’24, Cameron Posillico ’24, Martha O’Brien ’24, and Darby Sinel ’24, competed at the regional competition held at the University of Northern Kentucky on December 3 against ten other regional teams. “During the regional rounds, our teams held their own against very strong opponents,” said team coach Phoebe Huth ’23. “It was clear that…
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Judge Denny Chin ’78 of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was recently portrayed by actor BD Wong in the film The Courtroom. The film, produced by Waterwell, is based on the real-life case of Elizabeth Keathley, an immigrant who came to the United States from the Philippines and who faced deportation after mistakenly registering to vote while on a K3 visa. The Center on Asian Americans and the Law at Fordham Law School will be hosting a screening of the film on February 23. The film’s script was developed using publicly-available court transcripts and every line spoken by the…
The Fordham Media & Entertainment Law Society held its eighth annual symposium on January 20. This year’s symposium consisted of three panels, with speakers whose expertise ranged across culture industries such as music, film and television, and publishing. “This was the first time the symposium has been held in person since 2020 and I’m thrilled that it was such a hit,” said Matthew Roomberg ’23, president of Fordham Law’s Media & Entertainment Law Society, which hosted the symposium. “We sought to curate a slate of fascinating and critically important topics on the cutting-edge of entertainment law, and we have received…
Fordham Law School’s Institute on Religion, Law, and Lawyer’s Work held a conference on November 14, 2022, looking at theological, legal, and contemporary implications related to immigration. The conference was held in partnership with the Fritz Ascher Society in New York and support from the Allianz of America Corporation. The conference, initially slated for 2020, was postponed due to the pandemic, said Endy Moraes, director of the IRLLW. However, she noted that the delay did not affect the topic’s timeliness. “With a heavy heart, I have to say that migration is still a critical issue in 2022,” said Moraes. Tackling…
Fordham Law’s Moot Court national team changed its name this academic year to the Maria L. Marcus National Team, in honor of the Fordham Law professor who coached for the Moot Court Board for 42 years. Marcus, who died in April 2022, was the Joseph M. McLaughlin Chair and Professor of Law Emerita at Fordham Law. An accomplished litigator, she argued six times before the U.S. Supreme Court, and was the second woman to become a tenured professor at the Law School. After Marcus’ death, Professor James Kainen, the Brendan Moore Chair in Advocacy, spoke with Dean Matthew Diller about…
On January 7, Gay McDougall, distinguished scholar-in-residence at the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice and Center for Race, Law and Justice, was presented with the inaugural Nelson Mandela Award at the 2023 Association of American Law Schools annual meeting. The award, presented by the AALS’s Section on International Human Rights, recognizes “an outstanding law teacher or teachers, or other individuals who, in the course of their career, have made an exceptional contribution to international human rights.” “Few embody the values and spirit of Nelson Mandela as does Professor McDougall,” read an announcement from the AALS, noting McDougall’s…
The 2023 AALS Conference features 12 participants from Fordham Law speaking about a range of topics related to this year’s theme, “How Law Schools Can Make a Difference.” Professor Benjamin C. Zipursky and Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence Gay McDougall will also be receiving awards at this year’s conference. Professor Zipursky will be honored with the William L. Prosser Award by the AALS Section on Torts & Compensation Systems, alongside Harvard Law School Professor John C.P. Goldberg, on Jan. 5 at 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time). McDougall, Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law, will receive…
The Voting Rights and Democracy Forum (VRDF) launched its first issue in November, featuring timely essays and articles about the state of democracy in America. The Forum is a part of the Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project, a nonpartisan initiative launched this year with the goal of educating students on topics related to election law, campaign finance, and protecting democracy. “The Voting Rights and Democracy Project is extremely pleased to publish the first issue of our Forum, which includes essays by students, faculty and practitioners,” said Jerry H. Goldfeder, director of the Voting Rights and Democracy Project and…
Fordham Law School hosted high school students from across New York City for the Justice Resource Center’s MENTOR Moot Court Competition. The MENTOR Program, which is celebrating its 40th year of creating connections between students and practicing lawyers, has partnered with the Law School to host the competition since 1984. This year’s competition hosted 28 schools, with four students sent from each school along with several spectator students. The student teams are paired up with lawyers in roles across the legal profession, including public defenders, district attorneys, and lawyers in private practice, who serve as coaches and mentors through a…
Beginning in January 2023, Fordham Law professors Aditi Bagchi and Benjamin C. Zipursky will invite renowned legal theorists and philosophers to discuss their newest work with students and faculty. The “Colloquium in Law and Philosophy” will feature scholars in philosophy, political theory, and law who will present working papers in what Bagchi and Zipursky describe as “an intense dialogical setting.” “The colloquium brings together our objectives as teachers and scholars,” said Bagchi. “Students will learn how to make and defend arguments about fundamental legal, political and moral questions. And scholars dedicated to thinking about these questions deeply and systematically will have a space to…