Articles in News
Faculty Award Winners to be Honored at Graduation
Each year before graduation, Fordham Law students honor individuals in the Fordham community. This year, Professor Joseph Landau was selected as Teacher of the Year, Judge Richard J. Sullivan was named Adjunct of the Year, and Hillary Exter, Director of Student Organizations and Publicity at the Public Interest Resource Center, was given the Eugene O. Keefe award.
Landau, famous for his …
Dean Martin Comments on Fordham Law’s Nine-Place Rankings Drop
In March the US News and World graduate school rankings listed Fordham Law at 38 out of 194 law schools, a nine-place drop from the law school’s place at 29 in 2012. This year, Fordham tied with University of Arizona (Rogers) and University of California-Davis.
Several specialty programs received consistently favorable US News rankings, including the dispute resolution program (12), clinical …
SBA Announces Policy Changes in Funding at Student Leaders Meeting
At the last student leaders meeting of the year this past April 24, outgoing SBA President Chris Rodriguez announced that unused student group funds will now roll over to the larger SBA budget from year to year.
Until the change, finalized last week, all unused SBA funding was returned to the greater Fordham University account and would have to be reallocated …
Fordham OUTlaws Shows Support for BC’s Lambda Law
On April 2, Fordham OUTlaws, in solidarity with a group of Fordham Law faculty members, sent a care package of baked goods and a card signed by various members of the Fordham Law community to Boston College Law School’s Lambda Law Students Association, where vandals defaced the walls of Lambda Law’s office by scribbling homophobic and racist phrases across the …
FSSF Auction Kicks Off This Week
This Thursday, March 7, the Fordham Student Sponsored Fellowship will host their annual fundraising auction, auctioning nearly 300 different gifts from local businesses, faculty, and alumni. The event starts at 6 pm in the Atrium with a silent auction, with the remainder of the gifts live auctioned at 7:30 pm in McNally. Professor Neustadt will be serving as auctioneer.
The FSSF …
Fordham Urban Law Journal Celebrates 40 Years
On Thursday, February 28, the Fordham Urban Law Journal celebrated forty years of urban law scholarship with a special anniversary symposium. Symposium Editor Eric Bernstein emphasized the historical evolution of the journal and the field. “[It] really inspired the theme [of the Symposium] to look back at the first volume and see what topics were published and to see …
Leitner Clinic Students Co-Author Policy Paper About NYPD Abuse
Last week, the Urban Justice Center released a policy paper entitled “Criminalizing Communities: NYPD Abuse of Vulnerable Populations.” Four Fordham Law students from the Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic authored the paper, which calls for administrative and legislative reforms aimed at ending widespread NYPD abuse and harassment of black, Latino, and Muslim communities; the LGBTQ community; sex workers; street …
Stack Seven Turned Furniture Showroom
Though the library’s seventh stack closure has prompted many students to relocate their choice study spots, the seventh stack is now the premiere furniture showroom of Fordham Law. Professor Robert Nissenbaum, Director of the Leo T. Kissam Library and a member of the new building committee, appointed a seven-person faculty committee to sample new faculty furniture for the new Fordham …
Changes to Admitted Students Day for Class of 2016
On Saturday, February 2, the Fordham Law Admissions Office hosted one hundred and twenty-five students at the first Admitted Students Day of the season.
“This was definitely the largest first Admitted Students day we’ve seen in a while,” Krissy Haff, Assistant Director of Admissions said. “Usually our biggest programs are in March and April, when the admissions cycle is really underway. …
Forum Panel Addresses DOMA and Equality
On Monday, February 4th Fordham Law’s Forum on Law, Culture & Society hosted a rousing panel “Conversation on Same Sex Marriage: Law and Culture” at the Time Warner Center. Though forum headliner Debra Messing was absent due to conflicts with her film schedule, Thane Rosenbaum, moderator of the panel and director of the Forum was quick to note that “the …
