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Cardozo Law News Brief: December 2, 2021, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2021

Featured Faculty:

• Myriam Gilles
• Pamela Foohey
• Jessica Roth
• Ekow N. Yankah
• Kate Shaw
• Gabor Rona
• Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum
• Ngozi Okidegbe
• Deborah Pearlstein
• Alexander A. Reinert
• Edward Zelinsky

Campus News:

• Innocence Project Wins Historic Victory, Overturning Conviction of Two Men in Malcolm X Killing

Events:

• Follow the Law, Break the Mold: An Interview with Sarah Feingold, Etsy’s First General Counsel

Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining Is A Bad Deal, Jacob Burns Center For Ethics In The Practice Of Law

Event Invitations 2021

When Americans think of the criminal justice system, they picture a trial. The right to a trial by jury is supposed to undergird our entire justice system – but that bedrock constitutional right has all but disappeared thanks to plea bargaining. In 2018, more than 97 percent of defendants pleaded guilty.

In Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining Is A Bad Deal, Carissa Byrne Hessick makes the case against plea bargaining and illustrates why we need to fix it if we ever hope to achieve lasting criminal justice reform.

Join the Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice …

Week Of November 29, 2021 - December 3, 2021, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Today at Cardozo 2021

Events occurring this week have been sponsored by:

• Cardozo FAME Center
• Cardozo Women Alumni Group

Rap Lyrics And Evidence Of Guilt: The Racial Impact Of The Weaponization Of Evidence Rules, Brooke Hodgins

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice Blog

Many who study the Unites States criminal justice system are quick to note that racial discrimination in the specific contexts of policing and incarceration leads to disproportionate outcomes for Black and Hispanic Americans. As these aspects of our justice system are riddled with racially disproportionate impacts, their prominence in the advocacy for criminal justice reform and legislative attention is undeniably warranted. However, there is also an area less prominent in the public conversation that has shown to play a substantial role in contributing to the racial disparity we see within our system today: state and federal rules of evidence. Specifically, …

Clihhr’S Panel Of Experts Explores The Role Of Public And Mental Health Policies And Practices To Prevent Mass Atrocities, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2021

Public Health, Mental Health and Mass Atrocity Prevention, the new book co-edited by Professor Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, examines the role of both public health and mental health policies and practices in the prevention of mass atrocity, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression.

Supporting Mental And Public Health Prevention Work In Pre-Atrocity, Atrocity, And Post-Atrocity Settings, Cardozo Law Institute In Holocaust And Human Rights

Event Invitations 2021

The second event in the Digital Dialogue Series, exploring the various chapters in the book through panels with the contributing authors.

Join us for a timely discussion at the intersection of public health, mental health, and mass atrocity prevention in the U.S. and globally. Purchase the volume edited by Professor Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum: "Public Health, Mental Health, and Mass Atrocity Prevention."

Cardozo Law News Brief: November 5, 2021, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2021

Featured Faculty:

• Jessica Roth
• Pamela Foohey
• Myriam Gilles
• Anthony Sebok
• Kyron J. Huigens
• Barbara Kolsun
• Kathryn Miller
• Alexander A. Reinert
• Gabor Rona
• Michel Rosenfeld
• Stewart E. Sterk

Events:

• The COVID-19 Pandemic, Diversity and Inclusion, and the Practice of Law
• Getting Started in Tech Law: How to Build Your Career
• Attica: Screening and Conversation
• Supporting Mental and Public Health Prevention Work in Atrocity Settings
• “Dupe Influencers” and Fraudulent Advertising: Trademark Infringement on Social Media
• 2021 Lemkin Award Ceremony
• Book Talk with Professor Carissa Byrne Hessick on "Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining Is a Bad Deal"

Week Of October 25, 2021 - October 29, 2021, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Today at Cardozo 2021

Events occurring this week have been sponsored by:

• Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)
• Black Asian & Latino Law Students Association (BALLSA) Alumni Group
• Cardozo Entertainment Law Society
• Cardozo Family Law Society
• Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review
• Cardozo on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (CIPC)
• Cardozo Women's Law Initiative (WLI)
• Chabad at Cardozo
• Heyman Center on Corporate Law and Governance
• Intellectual Property Law Society (IPLS)
• Public Interest Law Advocacy Week (P*LAW)
• Public Interest Law Student Association (PILSA)

The Eminence Of An Incompetent Forensic Expert Versus The Innocence Of The Defendant, Eza Bella Zakirova

Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review Blog

Globally, nearly all criminal investigations revolve around one key element–forensic evidence. Technology also aids forensic investigations which help experts reach a verdict directed at the real perpetrator—the defendant or someone else. Forensic investigations are highlighted by the media as something supernatural; forensic investigators get to find out what happened at the crime scene before anyone else. As a result, general society tends to assume expert testimony to be 100% accurate. However, general society may not be aware of the fact that under Federal Rule of Evidence 702, a person may qualify to be an expert witness if he has at …

Approaching The Hiv Epidemic And Covid-19 Pandemic With Incarcerated People, Olivia Nevola

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice Blog

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light structural inequalities that disproportionately affect marginalized populations, especially those targeted by America’s mass incarceration system. There are several parallels between the responses to public health issues that stem from the COVID-19 pandemic and HIV/AIDS epidemic in mass incarceration facilities. Our system of mass incarceration must be reformed to properly address not only the current pandemics across the nation, but also future impending health crises. This kind of reform involves addressing the social and structural determinants of health both inside and outside of correctional facilities.

This post was originally published on the Cardozo Journal …

First Monday: Cardozo Professors Preview The Supreme Court Term At The Floersheimer Center’S Annual Event, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2021

“With the opportunity to have full audio access to all proceedings, this year’s Supreme Court term will be unique,” Professor Kate Shaw highlighted in the Floersheimer Center’s Annual Supreme Court Term Preview. Shaw was joined by Professors Michael Pollack and Ekow Yankah to present and analyze some of the most notable cases on the Supreme Court’s crowded docket.

The Malignancy Of Plea Bargaining, Aaron Hughes

Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review Blog

n Lafler v. Cooper, Justice Kennedy, writing for the majority of the Supreme Court, noted that "criminal justice today is for the most part a system of pleas, not a system of trials. Ninety-seven percent of federal convictions and ninety-four percent of state convictions are the result of guilty pleas." These numbers have not been consistent: the percentage of criminal defendants opting to plead guilty has only risen over the years. A defendant who pleads guilty forgoes the possibility of being acquitted and therefore receiving no punishment. A right to trial is in part a right to seek to avoid …

The Cardozo Memory Project: 9/11, Cardozo Memory Collective

Cardozo Memory Project

To commemorate the 20^th anniversary of September 11, we wanted to get an idea of what it was like at Cardozo Law on that particular day and the days and weeks that followed. Within this publication are the responses we received from our call for memories. There are 22 contributors. These contributors include members of the Classes of 2002, 2003, and 2004. There are faculty and staff members, some who were working at Cardozo at the time, and some who were employed elsewhere. These contributions have been very lightly edited for length and clarity and broken up to provide …

Reflections On Critical Librarianship And Creating A Controlled Vocabulary, Olivia R. Smith Schlinck

Sandbox Series

During the summer of 2020, several members of the Cardozo Law Library collaborated to create a controlled vocabulary (CV) for LARC, our institutional repository. During the creation of this CV, there was no explicit intention to consider critical librarianship teachings while making decisions about what words “belonged” in the CV nor in drafting policies relating to the CV. This presentation will reflect on how beginning the project with critical librarianship in mind may have impacted the CV and will attempt to consider changes to the current policies to mitigate biases that are undoubtedly embedded in the CV as it stands.

Cardozo Law News Brief: June 3, 2021, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2021

Featured Faculty:

• Ekow N. Yankah
• Edward Zelinsky
• Peter Goodrich
• Peter L. Markowitz
• Ngozi Okidegbe
• Michel Rosenfeld
• Richard Weisberg

Campus News:

• Cardozo’s Class of 2021 Completes Their Law School Journey with Live Graduation Ceremony in Central Park

Events:

• 29th Annual Public Service Celebration

2021 Commencement Exercises, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Commencement

Order of Exercises

Welcome Remarks:

Christopher Buccafusco, Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Director, Intellectual Property & Information Law, Herald

National Anthem:

Cantor Ira W. Heller, Class of 2008

Welcome Remarks:

Melanie Leslie, Dean, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; Class of 1991

Video Messages from the Faculty

Remarks:

Dean Melanie Leslie

Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President, Yeshiva University

Commencement Address:

Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, Supreme Court of Canada

Student Remarks:

Enkeleda Smakaj, LL.M. Class Speaker, Class of 2021

Taylor Dumpson, J.D. Class Speaker, Class of 2021

Student Bar Association Awards:

Andrew J. Windsor, SBA President; Class of …

Class Of 2021 Students Recognized At Awards Night, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2021

Congratulations to our Class of 2021 award winners!

Cardozo Law News Brief: April 23, 2021, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2021

Featured Faculty:

• Kate Levine
• Ekow N. Yankah
• Kathryn Miller
• Alexander A. Reinert
• Rebecca Ingber
• Suzanne Stone
• Aaron Wright
• Edward Zelinsky

Campus News:

• Commencement 2021 Will Take Place In-Person
• Cardozo's Response to Derek Chauvin Conviction
• Securities Arbitration Clinic Students Present to SEC Commissioners

Events:

• Stop Asian Hate: Time for Facts, Not Fear
• Canceling Lawyers? The Lincoln Project vs. The Legal Profession

Cardozo's Response To Derek Chauvin Conviction, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2021

Yesterday, former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd last summer. While this verdict brings closure to this particular case and offers necessary accountability for Mr. Floyd’s senseless death, that verdict alone cannot deliver justice. In a just world, Mr. Floyd would still be alive. In a just world, Ma’Khia Bryant would not have been shot and killed yesterday.

Cardozo Law News Brief: April 9, 2021, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2021

Featured Faculty:

• Ekow N. Yankah
• Kate Levine
• Christopher Buccafusco
• Kathryn Miller
• Alexander A. Reinert
• Edward Zelinsky
• Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum
• Ngozi Okidegbe
• Richard Weisberg
• Victor Wang

Campus News:

• Billboard Taps Ten Alumni to Top Music Lawyers 2021 List

Events:

• 100 Days of Dissent: Unpacking the Ongoing Indian Farmers' Protests
• Advertising Law Symposium
• Framing Britney Spears: Adult Guardianship and an Artist’s Control Over Her Work
• Dean's Speaker Series: A Conversation with Bess Chiu '09, Chief of Staff, Office of the Counsel to the Mayor of New York City
• Cardozo Law Review: Life of a Note
• Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern …

2l Student Jhaton White Makes History As Cardozo Law Review's First Black Editor In Chief, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2021

When 2L student Jhaton White found out last week that he had been elected as the first Black Editorin-Chief of the Cardozo Law Review, he said, “my dad called me a legend and compared me to Barack Obama. He still hasn’t stopped and It’s kind of sweet. My mom was really excited as well. We hugged, she told me how proud she is to be my mother and that she knew I would get the position. We also had a quick dance party in the kitchen, then I had to jump on Zoom and join Volume 42’s election process.”

2l Student Jhaton White, Cardozo Law Review's First Black Editor In Chief, Is Featured On Law.Com, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2021

Jhaton White, a 2L student who last week was elected the first Black Editor-in-Chief of the Cardozo Law Review, was featured in a law.com story about the increase in diverse editors at law journals at schools around the nation.

Week Of March 22, 2021 - March 26, 2021, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Today at Cardozo 2021

Events occurring this week have been sponsored by:

• Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
• Cardozo ADR Competition Honor Society
• Cardozo Alumni Association
• Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (AELJ)
• Cardozo Business Law Society
• Cardozo Criminal Law Society (CCLS)
• Cardozo Federalist Society
• Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review
• Cardozo International Law Society
• Cardozo Labor and Employment Law Society
• Cardozo Law Review
• Cardozo Minority Law Student Association (MLSA)
• Cardozo Office of Student Services & Advising
• Cardozo Women's Law Initiative (WLI)
• Cardozo’s Retail & Luxury Alumni Practice Group
• Heyman Center on Corporate Law and Governance
• Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Week Of March 15, 2021 - March 19, 2021, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Today at Cardozo 2021

Events occurring this week have been sponsored by:

• Black Law Students Association (BLSA) Cardozo Alumni Association
• Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (AELJ)
• Cardozo Criminal Law Society (CCLS)
• Cardozo Data Law Initiative (CDLI)
• Cardozo Family Law Society
• Cardozo Federalist Society
• Cardozo For Immigrants' Rights and Equality (FIRE)
• Cardozo Health Law Society
• Cardozo International Law Society
• Cardozo Labor and Employment Law Society
• Cardozo Law Punnytive Damages (CLPD)
• Cardozo Law Student Bar Association
• Cardozo Minority Law Student Association (MLSA)
• Cardozo Office of Career Services
• Cardozo Office of Student Services & Advising
• Cardozo Startup Society
• Cardozo Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF)
• Cardozo …

Cardozo Law News Brief: March 12, 2021, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2021

Featured Faculty:

• Alexander A. Reinert
• Rebecca Ingber
• Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum
• Deborah Pearlstein
• Michel Rosenfeld
• Jessica Roth
• Richard Weisberg

Campus News:

• Dean Melanie Leslie Appoints Jeanne Estilo Widerka Associate Dean of Admissions
• A Message About Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans

Events:

• How Social Media is Transforming the Legal Profession
• Dean's Speaker Series: David S. Huntley '90
• Join OUTLaw in Remembering Dean David Martinidez
• Sports Law Society presents The Current State and Future of Professional Baseball
• 37th Annual BMI Entertainment & Media Law Moot Court Competition: Music's Copyright Gold Rush
• Social Media Governance, Content Moderation, and Democracy

Cardozo's Response To Recent Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2021

To the Cardozo community, Over the past year, during the pandemic, there has been a deeply disturbing surge in violence, hate crimes and verbal assaults directed against Asian Americans. As you may know, President Biden has signed an executive order condemning the attacks and calling for better data collection to help understand these disturbing trends in criminal violence.

Week Of March 1, 2021 - March 5, 2021, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Today at Cardozo 2021

Events occurring this week have been sponsored by:

• Cardozo Art Law Society
• Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (AELJ)
• Cardozo Dispute Resolution Society
• Cardozo FAME Center
• Cardozo Fashion Law Society
• Cardozo Federalist Society
• Cardozo Financial Services & Compliance Alumni Group
• Cardozo Health Law Society
• Cardozo National Lawyers Guild (NLG)
• Cardozo Office of Student Services & Advising
• Cardozo South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA)
• Cardozo Startup Society
• Cardozo Tech Talk Series
• Cardozo’s Retail & Luxury Alumni Practice Group
• Heyman Center on Corporate Law and Governance
• Intellectual Property Law Society (IPLS)
• Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA)
• Mediation Clinic
• Public Interest Law Student …

Deportation Arrest Warrants, Lindsay Nash

Faculty Articles

The common conception of a constitutionally sufficient warrant is one reflecting a judicial determination of probable cause, the idea being that the warrant process serves to check law enforcement. But neither the Constitution nor the Supreme Court has fully defined who can issue arrest warrants within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment; the constitutional significance of arrest “warrants” that are not; or when (if ever) warrants of any type are constitutionally required for deportation-related arrests. In that void, the largest federal law enforcement agency—the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—is on pace to issue over 150,000 administrative “warrants” annually, authorized by …

Jack Weinstein: Reimagining The Role Of The District Court Judge, Jessica A. Roth

Faculty Articles

This essay, for a symposium issue of the Federal Sentencing Reporter dedicated to the impact of Judge Jack Weinstein on the occasion of his retirement from the federal bench, highlights how Judge Weinstein has re-imagined the role of the district court judge. Through his judicial opinions, extrajudicial writings and speeches, and his innovative use of the court’s supervisory authority, Judge Weinstein has challenged, and in some cases altered, the status quo in the realm of criminal sentencing. In doing so, he has established a forceful example of how district court judges can use their position to advocate for and effect …

Courts Beyond Judging, Michael C. Pollack

Faculty Articles

Across all fifty states, a woefully understudied institution of government is responsible for a broad range of administrative, legislative, law enforcement, and judicial functions. That important institution is the state courts. While the literature has examined the federal courts and federal judges from innumerable angles, study of the state courts as institutions of state government — and not merely as sources of doctrine and resolvers of disputes — has languished. This Article remedies that oversight by drawing attention for the first time to the wide array of roles state courts serve, and by evaluating the suitability of both the allocation …