Now that the Supreme Court has ended race-conscious admissions policies in higher education, what does that mean for Asian American communities? Fordham Law’s Center on Asian Americans and the Law recently brought in a panel of experts to address the issue at a program titled, “The Past, Present, and Future of AAPIs and Education.” The speakers noted that there is a long and complex legal history involving education and Asian American students. “We’ve gone from Asian students being turned away from schools because they weren’t white to the suggestion that there are too many Asians in certain schools,” said Denny…
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Speaking to an audience of Blockchain insiders and legal experts, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) advised them that “political engagement” with Congress is crucial to the future of their industry. Gillibrand spoke at a fireside chat at Fordham Law’s Blockchain Regulatory Symposium, held on October 2. The annual event brings together regulators, legal professionals, academics, and business practitioners to discuss current issues around innovation and regulation shaping the blockchain sector. “I would really urge you to start talking to your elected leaders and ask for meetings,” said Gillibrand. “Asking for meetings is the most important thing you could do with your…
Can lessons be learned from the chaos of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 to prevent a future humanitarian crisis? A new report from Fordham Law’s Leitner Center for International Law and Justice examines the disastrous evacuations and provides a series of guidelines aimed at policy- and decision-makers and the broader international community. The report, titled “The World Simply Gave Up”: International Law and the Role of Non-State Entities in Humanitarian Evacuations in Afghanistan, is an attempt to answer the question, as Leitner Center Executive Director and report co-author Elisabeth Wickeri puts it, of “why governments were not…
When the organizers of Fordham Law’s executive education program focused on women in the legal profession needed a keynote speaker, they didn’t have to look any further than Fordham University President Tania Tetlow. Tetlow, who worked as a commercial litigator and federal prosecutor before entering academia, reflected on her personal experiences with double standards, biases, and the excessive expectations placed on women working in the legal field. “The framework I had coming up in the profession was: if, as a woman, you clear the bar by double, you will do fine. If you work twice as hard—if you are extraordinary—you…
New York City has committed to closing the infamous Rikers Island jail by 2027, but to do so the City will need to cut the jail’s population nearly in half. Speaking at a Fordham Law event, Jonathan Lippman, who chaired the 2017 Rikers Commission that examined conditions at Rikers, said that addressing the mental health crisis at the jail differently might be the “secret potion” to doing so. More than half of all people held in Rikers Island have been diagnosed with a mental illness, making the jail the largest provider of psychiatric services in New York City, and one…
From cleaning up Central Park, advocating for gender-affirming care, and studying neighborhoods in Chinatown, around 200 Fordham Law students spread across New York City for the school’s annual Public Service Day. The event is an annual tradition at the law school that brings together first year and returning students to volunteer the Saturday before the fall semester begins and encourages them to live the school’s motto of working “in the service of others.” “This year’s Public Service Day was absolutely fantastic, touching on various topics of public interest law and service,” said Mia Jackson-Rosenthal, a director for the Public Interest…
Over the summer, Fordham Law students gathered together for a town hall event to discuss the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling made in late June. The two cases, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina, upended current procedures that allowed colleges to consider race as a factor in admissions. Academic institutions and student groups across the country, including Fordham Law student affinity groups, published statements outlining their position following the reversal. Fordham’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) quoted a line from Supreme Court Justice…
Fordham Law students and alumni traveled all over the globe this summer—from right here in New York City, to Seoul, and Paris. We caught up with some of them to ask where they traveled and what they did. Start exploring here.
The Center on Asian Americans and the Law held its Second Annual Summer Scholarship Conference on July 13. The day-long event was co-sponsored by the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY), as part of the Center’s continuing effort to promote Asian American legal studies. Building upon the success of last summer’s program, the Second Annual Conference had two parts. In the morning session, the Center’s co-directors—U.S. Circuit Court Judge Denny Chin ’78 and Leitner Family Professor of International Law Thomas Lee—presented a “master class” on Asian Americans and the Law, surveying the topics covered in their co-compiled course…
On June 8, the Scott Simpson Cross-Border Institute at Fordham Law held the 2023 Transatlantic Conference, titled “How Geopolitical Instability Affects the Global Deal Market.” The conference was held at the Law School and featured a keynote address by John Brennan, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, followed by expert panels on China and Ukraine. More than 100 guests convened for the conference, which was hosted by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and the Fordham Corporate Law Center. Brennan’s keynote, informed by 30 years of working in national security, provided a snapshot of the current global ecosystem including…