The Feerick Center for Social Justice hosted a panel event, “The State of Asylum Processing & U.S. Immigration Policy: The Impact on Families,” on July 12 which discussed recent changes to asylum procedures and how they affect those seeking refuge in the United States. “This program is being offered at an important juncture in U.S. asylum policy,” said Emerson Argueta ’18, who moderated the panel and who is a supervising attorney at the Central American Refugee Center. “After four years of unprecedented executive action… aimed at eroding humanitarian protections for asylum seekers,” many were anxiously awaiting a policy reversal, Argueta…
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Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality (Beacon Press, August 2022), the third book by Archibald R. Murray Professor of Law Tanya Hernández, will be published on August 23. The third in what Hernández considers a “trilogy” on anti-Black bias among Latinos, the book looks at examples of discrimination in the workplace, housing, schools, and the justice system in the United States, based on Hernández’s extensive research in the form of interviews and legal case files. To celebrate the launch of the book (which is now available for preorder), Professor Hernández discussed her motivation for writing…
Public high school students from across New York City attended Fordham Law’s virtual Youth Law Day program on June 15, titled “A Career Day Panel and Speed Networking – Mastering the Art of Conversation,” to learn how to kickstart their networking skills and gain confidence in professional settings before starting summer internships. The event, which included both a virtual panel and opportunities to network, was sponsored by the Law School, in partnership with the Association of Corporate Counsel, New York City Chapter (ACC-NYC); law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo; and Legal Outreach. The students, including low and…
The Fordham Law Securities Litigation and Arbitration Clinic won two recent arbitrations, representing clients whose brokers invested them in a single, extremely risky investment, winning a total of over $120,000 in the process. “The students worked incredibly hard and did a tremendous job,” says clinic director Professor Paul Radvany. “The clients were incredibly grateful and very complimentary of the work the students did. Even the arbitrators and opposing counsel complimented the students.” The first case was a two-day arbitration for a client who was nearing retirement but discovered that his broker had placed all of his retirement savings into a…
On May 13, Fordham Law School welcomed Julie Brill, the chief privacy officer and corporate vice president of global privacy and regulatory affairs at Microsoft, to deliver the 2022 Reidenberg Lecture. The series, which began in 2021, invites leading scholars, judges, and lawyers to the Law School to share ideas and insights about the changing landscape of information law. Brill—a former commissioner for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and board member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the Center for Democracy and Technology—now leads Microsoft’s work on tech policy and regulatory issues related to privacy, safety, artificial intelligence,…
During its 73rd Annual Luncheon on June 2, the Fordham Law Alumni Association presented Joseph M. McShane, S.J., President of Fordham University, with its highest honor, the Medal of Achievement. Over 600 alumni, friends, and family attended the Luncheon, held at Cipriani’s on 42nd Street. Father McShane, who will step down as president at the end of June 2022, has served as the 32nd president of Fordham University for 19 years, matching the record set by his predecessor, Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J. During his tenure, the University saw record-breaking advances in enrollment, the quadrupling of its endowment to more than…
On May 4, Fordham Law School Dean Matthew Diller moderated a panel discussion hosted by the New York County Lawyers Association that focused on the legal impacts of the recent leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that could overturn the constitutional right to abortion in America. The event, “Abortion Rights: Litigation, Responses and Foreshadowing the Direction of the Supreme Court?” included three panels, each featuring experts on different elements of law and reproductive justice. Panelists included Brigitte Amiri, deputy director of the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project; Jenny Ma, senior staff attorney with the Center for Reproductive Rights; and Sarah Mac…
For “his consummate professionalism and his deep commitment to serving the people of New York,” according to the citation, Fordham Law alumnus Patrick J. Foye FCRH ’78, LAW ’81 was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters degree during the 2022 Fordham University Commencement ceremony on May 21. Foye served as president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority from 2017 to 2019 and then as its chairman and CEO from 2019 to 2021. His tenure at the MTA coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread lockdowns, during which time Foye was able to procure billions in federal funds to keep the…
On April 28, Michele Pearce, Of Counsel at Covington & Burling in Washington D.C. and the first Latina to serve as acting general counsel of the U.S. Army, spoke to Fordham Law students about her career path as a woman of color in national security law. The event was co-sponsored by Fordham’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association and Black Law Students Association, and was moderated by Leitner Family Professor of International Law Thomas Lee. Pearce spoke about joining the U.S. Air Force as a staff judge advocate right after graduating from law school at the University of Connecticut. She…
Students from Fordham Law’s Dispute Resolution Society (DRS) attended a competition hosted by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR) on April 3, competing against 17 teams from across the world, including countries like India, Brazil, and Kenya. CPR is a nonprofit organization that “advocates for a global prevention and dispute resolution culture” and whose members include law firms, academics, and mediators. The CPR competition has been held since 2017 with the goal of providing “a unique opportunity for students to learn and practice mediation and negotiation skills.” Despite the fact that it was the first time a…