Brazil has rapidly emerged as a global leader in data protection, managing to implement its first comprehensive data protection law, founding its first national data protection organization, amending its constitution to include the right to data protection, and launching enforcement, all in less than five years. Miriam Wimmer, in her role as director of the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (ANPD), was at the forefront of many of these achievements, guiding the country through the development and implementation of its nationwide data protection framework. “Her leadership at the Brazilian Data Protection Authority has positioned Brazil as a global leader in consumer…
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While at Fordham Law, Maya Rodgers ’25 was selected as a NYC Bar Association Diversity Fellow and went on to work as summer associate at Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, an experience she says helped her grow her network as a first-generation law student. After graduation, she will be joining Ropes & Gray LLP as an associate in the firm’s litigation and enforcement practice. What is your hometown? I’m from Long Beach, California. Where did you study before Fordham Law? I majored in criminal justice with a minor in women’s studies at the University of Alabama. What are your areas of…
Five esteemed faculty members—Professors Helen Bender, Brian Glick, Leah Hill, Russell Pearce, and Steve Thel—will be retiring from Fordham this year after many years of dedicated service. Together, their contributions to the Law School’s mission of excellence in teaching, scholarship, and leadership have been profound and lasting. “As educators and scholars, these five extraordinary individuals have made invaluable contributions to our students through their teaching and mentorship, to the legal profession through their scholarship and leadership, and to the broader community through their service and engagement,” said Fordham Law Dean Joseph Landau. “Their work exemplifies the highest ideals of our…
Darcy Gallego ’25 is passionate about public service and immigration justice, serving as a member of Fordham Law’s student-run Immigrant Advocacy Project and as a Stein Scholar. She was recently selected for the highly prestigious Skadden Fellowship and will be starting a position this fall at the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) in its Immigrant Protection Unit. At NYLAG, she’ll be working on an innovative legal project that involves preparing pro se asylum seekers for their hearings in immigration court. What is your hometown? Piscataway, N.J. Where did you study before Fordham Law? George Washington University, where I earned…
Presidential pardons are “an anomaly” in the Constitution, often misused by past presidents, yet they remain a powerful and indispensable political and legal tool, argues CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin. Toobin joined the Fordham Law community to discuss his latest book, The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy, which explores the origins, history, and political impact of pardons. The event was moderated by Joel Cohen, senior counsel at Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP and an adjunct professor at Fordham Law, and Jerry H. Goldfeder, senior counsel at Cozen O’Connor and director of the Fordham Law Voting Rights and Democracy Project. According to…
Amy Walker ’25 has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing, making her the fourth Fordham Law student in the last five years to receive the award. The paper was originally submitted as a note for the Fordham Law Review where Walker is also an articles and notes editor and associate symposia editor. Walker said it was “surreal” to hear that she had been selected. “I was so flattered to be nominated, but I truly didn’t think that I would actually receive it. So it was shocking and very flattering.” Walker’s paper, titled…
What are the legal remedies for art and artifacts unlawfully taken in times of war and injustice? A recent Fordham Law symposium brought together scholars, policymakers, advocates, and students to discuss thorny questions at the intersection of art, history, and the law. The symposium was timely given new legal developments shaping how people, societies, and governments address looted art and cultural artifacts. To date, 31 countries have endorsed updated best practices on the question of Holocaust-era art that among other things urge that countries make it easier for claimants to find justice by easing burden of proof requirements. In addition,…
Professor John Pfaff, the Joel Reidenberg Distinguished Research Scholar at Fordham Law, is a leading expert on criminal legal reform who has written widely about mass incarceration, criminal sentencing, and prosecutorial discretion. Pfaff is the author of Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform, which explores how changes in prosecutorial behavior beginning in the mid 1990s led to massive increases in incarceration rates. He teaches courses on criminal law, sentencing law, and statistics for lawyers. In the Q&A below, Pfaff discusses his most recent scholarly research—a first of its kind empirical look at…
Fordham Law students Amora Haynes ’27 and Jessie Lopez-Garay ’27 have been selected for the highly competitive New York City Bar Association (NYCBA) Diversity Fellowship Program, which provides summer internship opportunities to first-year law students who have encountered barriers on their path to a legal career. “I am thrilled that two of our students have been selected for this distinguished fellowship. The selection process was incredibly competitive this year, making their achievement even more impressive,” said Bryna Beckler-Knoll, Esq., director of career planning and diversity at the Law School’s Career Planning Center. Fellows have the opportunity to gain experience at…
Darcy Gallego ’25 has been selected for the highly prestigious Skadden Fellowship, which will allow her to work on an innovative legal project that fills a crucial legal gap affecting unrepresented asylum seekers in New York City. The Skadden Fellowship brings together a select group of recent graduates chosen from across the country to work on ambitious legal projects and launch their public interest careers. Gallego said she was “ecstatic” when she heard that she had been selected as a fellow. “It felt like a validation of all the hard work I had done, not only preparing the application, but…