From establishing an LLC to writing business contracts, Brooklyn business start-ups got free legal guidance from Fordham Law clinic students this spring.  Fifteen Mangrove Community Business Academy participants—including the owners [...]

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Cristian Vega ’25 made a lasting impact at Fordham Law by serving as the president of the Latin American Law Students Association, which he calls one of his “most meaningful [...]

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Fordham Law School Associate Dean for Experiential Education Norrinda Brown was honored on April 27 by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) with the 2025 M. Shanara Gilbert Award [...]

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Students in Fordham Law’s Federal Tax Clinic successfully represented a client who was facing an IRS bill of more than $21,000 after someone used her old email address and name [...]

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In Fordham Law’s Entrepreneurial Law Clinic, students dive into real-world legal work, helping New York City’s small business owners—from a barbershop owner to a health educator to childcare providers—navigate complex [...]

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Clinical Associate Professor Mariam Hinds joined Fordham Law this fall, after spending two years at American University Washington College of Law as a practitioner-in-residence in the Criminal Justice Clinic working [...]

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As America waits for what is likely to be a contentious general election on Nov. 5, a group of Fordham Law students is scrutinizing how New York state plans to [...]

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Though Keith Roberts was released from prison in 1994, he has been fighting since then to clear his name for a crime he did not commit. With help from Fordham [...]

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Though Keith Roberts was released from prison in 1994, he has been fighting since then to clear his name for a crime he did not commit. With help from Fordham [...]

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This summer, Fordham Law students Camille Campbell ’25 and Matthew Winter ’25 visited an upstate New York maximum security prison to meet with a client who was convicted of murder. [...]

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Students in Fordham Law School’s Rule of Law Clinic had an important hand in drafting legislation introduced in the New York State Senate to reform the state’s gubernatorial succession policies. [...]

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When members of Fordham’s Federal Tax Clinic visited the United States Tax Court in Manhattan this spring, the students never imagined they would be leaving with a case in their [...]

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Fordham Law School is proud to announce four new professors who will join the faculty during the 2024-25 academic year. These accomplished scholars and educators will advance the Law School’s [...]

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Before deciding to pursue a career in law, Carrie Plover ’24 worked as a social worker in New York City where she observed the impact of legal systems on clients [...]

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Fordham Law School’s Right to Housing and Civil Rights Litigation Clinic filed a class action lawsuit against the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and the New York Office of [...]

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As Fordham Law students return to classes this week, they can look forward to 13 new courses, the addition of two prestigious faculty members, and a semester filled with interesting [...]

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Seven Fordham Law professors have been named newly established Distinguished Scholars in recognition of their outstanding contributions. Six faculty members have received the honor of Distinguished Research Scholar for their [...]

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When Alexander Rosa, who had been incarcerated at the Bridgeport Correctional Center in Connecticut since 2019, wanted to file a complaint in the U.S. District Court of Connecticut alleging he [...]

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They had made their way to the Bronx from Ecuador, Western Sahara, and Ghana. And Fordham University was there to help them. More than a dozen students from across Fordham’s [...]

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New reports released by Fordham Law School’s Rule of Law Clinic outline reforms to protect the fairness and integrity of elections. The respective topics of the three reports are: responding [...]

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This semester, Fordham Law launched the Global Anti-Racism Clinic—one of the first of its kind in the country. A joint initiative of the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice [...]

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In Fordham Law’s clinics, students step out of the classroom to help solve real problems for real people. Our Meeting the Moment video series introduces you to just a few [...]

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Two new reports released by Fordham Law School’s Rule of Law Clinic conclude that the federal government is not adequately prepared to continue functioning in a crisis. One of the [...]

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Norrinda Brown Hayat, an award-winning housing advocate and expert on housing law with more than 15 years of experience, will be joining Fordham Law this year as a full-time faculty [...]

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Beth Schwartz, a retired clinical professor of law and former director of professional skills at Fordham Law, will be receiving the Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award presented by the City [...]

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As another fall semester begins, Fordham Law is welcoming a new class of 428 first-year law students to campus. We asked a few students from this year’s incoming class why [...]

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Fordham Law’s Rule of Law Clinic made headlines in recent weeks with the publication of a report on gubernatorial succession in New York state. The report was picked up by [...]

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A Fordham Law School Clinic is calling for improvements to New York’s procedures for gubernatorial succession and inability. There have been several unexpected turnovers in the state’s highest executive offices [...]

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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 [...]

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Two of Fordham Law’s clinicians were recently recognized for their contributions to clinical teaching work and accomplishments at the Law School. Bernice Grant, senior director of Fordham Law’s Entrepreneurial Program [...]

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