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…
Author: Sejla Rizvic
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…
On January 12, a Fordham Law Tax Litigation Clinic case was mentioned twice during oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of whether the 30-day period for seeking judicial review of a tax collection determination made by the Internal Revenue Service is subject to equitable tolling. Under the current interpretation of 26 U.S.C. § 6330, a taxpayer only has 30-days to file a petition for review of an unfavorable IRS collection determination in Tax Court. Since that 30-day window is treated as a jurisdictional requirement calculated from the date of mailing, the taxpayer can miss their filing…
Fordham Law School’s annual “Bridge the Gap” program took place virtually on the weekend of January 14, providing an opportunity for both newly admitted and experienced lawyers to “bridge the gap” between law school and professional practice, while satisfying a full year’s worth of continuing legal education (CLE) credits in just one weekend. The three-day long event covered 20 topics and practice areas, including bankruptcy law, mentoring in the legal space, and disability and elder law, as well as current hot-button issues such as election law, challenges facing the U.S. immigration courts, and the legal aspects of the blockchain and artificial…
Diversity and inclusion were the focus of several spring orientation events held Jan. 18 and 19 that kicked off the new semester for first-year law students. Through interactive and practice-specific panel discussions and presentations, students were able to learn more about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in law firm settings and in-house legal departments, as well as explore careers in social justice and public interest that engage with some of these topics. This year’s keynote address was delivered by attorney M. Quentin Williams, founder and chief executive officer of Dedication to Community. In his introductory remarks for Williams, Dean Matthew…
On Nov. 30, Rutgers University Law School Professor Sahar Aziz gave a virtual talk on her recently published book, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom, which demonstrates how race and religion intersect to create what she calls the “Racial Muslim.” The program was moderated by Tanya Katerí Hernández, Archibald R. Murray Professor of Law at Fordham and presented by Fordham Law’s Center on Race, Law and Justice. In conversation with Aziz at the event was John Tehranian, Paul W. Wildman Chair and Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School and author of the 2008 book titled Whitewashed: America’s…
On Nov. 30, The Leitner Human Rights Speaker series, hosted by the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, invited Professor of Law at Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law and senior scientist at the Kinsey Institute, I. India Thusi ’07, for its final event of the Fall 2021 semester. Thusi discussed her forthcoming book, Policing Bodies: Law, Sex Work, and Desire in Johannesburg, which looks at racial and sexual hierarchies as they relate to policing, race, and gender in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she spent time conducting on-the-ground research and interviewing dozens of sex workers and police officers.…