This year’s Student Week Against Mass Incarceration (SWAMI), held between Feb. 28 and March 4, brought together social justice-focused groups from across the Fordham Law community in a series of events that examined the relationship between mass incarceration and the housing crisis. The week of events at Fordham Law was co-sponsored by Advocates for the Incarcerated, Fordham Law Defenders, Housing Advocacy Project, Suspension Representation Project, Education Law Collaborative, People’s Parity Project, Coalition of Concerned Students, Fordham Law Advocates for Voter Rights, Fordham Information Law Society, the Stein Scholars fellows, and the Center on Race, Law and Justice. SWAMI is organized…
Author: Sejla Rizvic
Fordham Law students from the Dispute Resolution Society are working with the Bronx School of Young Leaders to bring dispute resolution strategies into the eighth grade classroom. The first session of the monthly presentations took place on Jan. 31, with the fourth and last session slated for April 25. DRS students meet with the eighth graders virtually once a month, giving lessons that teach the principles of alternative dispute resolution and negotiation. “We were looking for a project that could integrate the tools we use in DRS for negotiation, mediation, and arbitration competitions, while still engaging with the community and…
On February 25, the Fordham Law Review held its annual symposium to discuss the recent trend of large corporate defendants filing for bankruptcy to resolve mass tort liability. The symposium, “Mass Torts Evolve: The Intersection of Aggregate Litigation and Bankruptcy,” brought together leading scholars, jurists, and practitioners in the fields of aggregate litigation and bankruptcy to explore recent developments in tort law. The symposium focused on issues raised by a forthcoming article in the Law Review, written by Samir Parikh, professor of law at Lewis & Clark Law School. Parikh was a co-organizer for the event, along with Professors Andrew…
In 2021, private companies like SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, and Blue Origin made headline-grabbing strides in expanding commercial spaceflight—and market projections expect the industry to grow significantly over the next ten years. However, this relatively new type of activity in space could also have serious impacts on the environment, such as generating greenhouse gasses. The Fordham Environmental Law Review (ELR) plans to discuss these ramifications in detail in its upcoming virtual symposium, “The Environmental Implications of Space Tourism,” on March 10. Registration for the event is ongoing. “Space tourism is a topic that we’ve seen discussed a lot recently, as private…
The Fordham Law International Law Journal discussed topical issues related to vaccine rules in a day-long symposium on February 18. Titled “Defining The New Normal: How Vaccinations are Shaping the Modern World,” the symposium brought together researchers and experts from inside and outside the Fordham Law community who spoke on panels related to the equitable distribution of vaccines, data privacy, and vaccine mandates in the workplace. “I’m incredibly proud of our students for designing a timely symposium tackling these critical issues,” said Fordham Law Associate Dean Joseph Landau. “This topic of vaccinations couldn’t be more front and center in our…
Two members of Fordham Law’s Dispute Resolution Society (DRS)—Hanna Zaretsky ’23 and Ian Capell ’23—competed at the national finals of the American Bar Association Negotiation competition on Feb. 4 and 5, making it to the semifinal round. The ABA Negotiation competition consisted of 240 teams, including 22 teams that competed at the national level. Zaretsky and Capell were named co-champions at the regional competition in November 2021. “I am so incredibly proud of Hanna and Ian for all their hard work this year, especially in preparation for the national competition,” said coach Allie Lisner ’22. “They did an excellent job…
A team from the Fordham Dispute Resolution Society—composed of Bianca Bernardi ’23, Phoebe Huth ’23, Alyssa Plascoff ’23, Alessandro Schooley ’23, and Paul Tsavoussis ’23—made it to the final round of this year’s American Bar Association Law Student Arbitration Competition, which took place virtually on Jan. 28 and 29. “We are extremely proud of the work the team put into this competition,” said coach Margaret Revera ’22. “I believe their showing in the National finals illustrates how far they have come.” The competition brought together 40 law school teams from across the country, offering students the opportunity to learn more…
Four Fordham Law students representing the Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center swept the competition at the New York regional level of the Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) National Trial Competition, which took place on February 5 and 6. The two teams—composed of Dominic Conoshenti ’22 and Chehak Gogia ’22, and Dean Corrado ’22 and Thomas Rukaj ’23—went undefeated throughout the tournament, besting 22 other New York-area teams. Each region allows law schools to enter two teams of two students each and—for the first time ever—Fordham Law claimed both spots, with both teams selected and advancing to the national competition that…
In one of the latest installments of Fordham University’s Speech Acts Series, Fordham Law professors took a closer look at free speech from a legal lens. The event, “The Promise and Limits of Our First Amendment,” held on January 26, was sponsored by the University’s Office of the Provost. The conversation focused on the state action doctrine, a legal rule according to which “almost all constitutional rights apply against the state and not against private persons,” according to moderator Abner Greene, Leonard F. Manning Professor of Law at Fordham Law. The panelists considered defenses for and critiques of the doctrine,…
Fordham Law students hit a three-run homer at the 15th Annual Tulane International Baseball Arbitration Competition between Jan. 19 and 21, swinging for the fences and winning three awards in total. Competitors Mackenzie Alpert ‘24, Max Fishman ‘24, Tori Klevan ‘24, and Hiren Patel ‘24—alongside coaches Nico Corti ‘23, Kimberly Fishman ‘23, Sydney Glazer ‘23, and Shane Kuse ‘23 of the Fordham Sports Law Forum—won the overall competition after defeating approximately 40 other teams. The team also won the Written Advocacy Award and the Oral Advocacy Award. The competition, hosted by the Tulane Sports Law Society at Tulane University Law…