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Week Of February 3, 2020 - February 7, 2020, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Today at Cardozo 2020

Events occurring this week have been sponsored by:

• Cardozo Alumni Association
• Cardozo Business Law Society
• Cardozo National Lawyers Guild (NLG)
• Cardozo Office of Career Services
• Cardozo Public Service Scholars Program
• Chabad at Cardozo
• Courtroom Advocates Project
• Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy
• Heyman Center on Corporate Law and Governance
• Intellectual Property Law Society (IPLS)
• Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law
• Public Interest Law Student Association (PILSA)
• Stein Center for Law and Ethics
• Women in Tech Law

Rethinking The Role Of Courts In Resolving Family Conflicts, Jane C. Murphy

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

Family courts have been a central focus of the national problem-solving courts movement over the last three decades.' These courts have sought to replace the law and process-oriented adversary model with a more collaborative and interdisciplinary regime that de-emphasizes legal norms and focuses on therapeutic goals. While the new paradigm may be an improvement over its more adversarial predecessor, it presents significant risks for many who appear in these courts.2 A growing consensus is emerging among scholars, policy makers, and family law practitioners that the focus for much of family dispute resolution should shift from courts to the community.

This …

Adr: Disputing With A Modern Face, Or Bargaining For The Bargaining Impaired?, Robert J. Condlin

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

The Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") movement might turn out to be one of the most important chapters in the history of the American judicial system. Or, it might not. In its most grandiose form, ADR turns disputing on its head, transferring control over outcome from third-party decision-makers to the disputants themselves, and defining disputing procedure in ad hoc, party-constructed guidelines tailored to the circumstances rather than fixed, generic, and categorical rules applicable uniformly in all situations. In its less grandiose form, ADR simply institutionalizes a system of multi-party bargaining in which third-party neutrals help disputants identify individual interests and find …

Champion Of Innocence, Maddy Delone, Meredith Kennedy, Barry Scheck

Articles

The article serves as a tribute to Dean Larry Hellman, highlighting his pivotal role in establishing and sustaining the Oklahoma Innocence Project. It argues that his leadership, fundraising, and advocacy were essential in creating a sustainable legal infrastructure to combat wrongful convictions in Oklahoma.

Masthead, Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 38 (2019-20)

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Overrepresented Yet Overlooked: Lgbtq Survivors Of Trafficking And The Imperative For The Nordic Approach To Sex Trafficking Laws In The United States, Claire Mooney

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The note argues that LGBTQ survivors of human trafficking are disproportionately affected by inadequate legal frameworks and societal discrimination. It advocates for the adoption of the Nordic Model in the U.S., which criminalizes the purchase of sex while decriminalizing its sale, to better address the needs of LGBTQ survivors and align with international human rights standards.

Critical Developments In Housing Policy, Kat Meyers, Cheryl Gonzales, Edward Josephson, Andrew Scherer, Michael Pollack

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The symposium discusses the New York Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, highlighting its role in enhancing tenant protections by limiting rent increases and eviction practices, thereby addressing the housing crisis in NYC.

After Ice: A New Humane & Effective Immigration Enforcement Paradigm, Peter L. Markowitz

Articles

In recent years, as the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency's ("ICE') brutal tactics have devasted communities across the nation, a growing chorus of activists and policymakers have begun calling for the agency to be abolished. Abolish ICE advocates have made a compelling case for the irredeemable deficiencies of ICE; they have exposed the core injustices that lay at the heart of our current enforcement scheme, and they have proposed specific and thoughtful changes that are both defensible and achievable. However, these changes tend to focus on a negative vision of what we need to eliminate in our current enforcement …

The Lawyer As Accomplice: Cannabis, Uber, Airbnb, And The Ethics Of Advising “Disruptive” Businesses, Charles M. Yablon

Articles

This Article examines the legal and ethical problems of corporate lawyers who advise businesses that operate just beyond the edge of legality. These include manufacturers and sellers of cannabis products (a felony under federal law, even if ostensibly permitted by state statutes) as well as a substantial number of startup companies, like Uber and Airbnb, whose “disruptive” business models involve deliberately violating local laws and ordinances, many of which carry criminal penalties. Under the current Model Rules of Professional Conduct, a lawyer “shall not counsel a client to engage, or assist a client, in conduct that the lawyer knows is …

Victor Wang '15 Joins Faculty As Director Of Cardozo - Google Patent Diversity Project, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2019

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Bet Tzedek Clinic Students Lead Pop-Up Clinic For Assemblyman Taylor, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2019

No abstract provided.

Critical Developments In Housing Policy, Cardozo Journal Of Equal Rights And Social Justice

2019 Event Invitations

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2019 Cardozo Life (Fall), Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Life Magazine

Table of Contents:

Top News & Events, page 3

Clinics News, page 13

Faculty with Impact, page 16

Q&A with Dean Melanie Leslie, page 21

Cardozo Women: A Legacy of Leadership, page 22

Cardozo Kicks Off 'Women's Votes, Women's Voices: 19 at 100'- A Year Long Speaker Series, page 38

Professor Recognized for His Advocacy on Behalf of Holocaust Victims in France, page 40

Justice Stevens' Interview with Professor Kate Shaw, page 44

Human Rights Clinic Director Pushes for Gender Equality, page 48

Student News, page 50

Movers & Shakers, page 54

Alumni News & Class Notes, page 56

End …

Table Of Contents - Cardozo Journal Of Equal Rights & Social Justice, Vol. 26, Iss. 1

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Karma And The United States Government: How Mass Incarceration Policies Created An Ailing And Costly Aging Population In The Prison System And How Can Civil Legal Services Assist The Elderly After Release, Korina Rud

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The note argues that mass incarceration policies in the U.S. have led to a growing population of elderly inmates, resulting in significant financial and health burdens. The author emphasizes the critical role of civil legal services in assisting these individuals post-release, particularly in addressing challenges related to employment, housing, and healthcare. The central argument is that tailored legal aid can mitigate the unique struggles faced by elderly ex-offenders, thereby reducing recidivism and improving community integration.

Universal Representation: Systemic Benefits And The Path Ahead, Lindsay Nash

Articles

At a time when politics, financial considerations, and a push for expediency put pressure on the US immigration system, it can be difficult to have faith in the adjudicatory process. Case resolution quotas, directives that constrain courts’ ability to render justice in individual cases, and executive decisions that contract immigration judges’ discretion contribute to an immigration system that looks less and less like judicial adjudication of some of the highest-stakes cases in our legal system and more like a ministerial claims-processing scheme. A ray of hope exists, however, in the proliferation of public defender–style systems that offer universal representation to …

The Right To Appointed Counsel: The Case For Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, Amanda Kavita Sewanan

Cardozo Law Review

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Code Of Silence, Melissa Mortazavi

Cardozo Law Review

To read the literature on professional responsibility is to inhabit a world focused on what is said explicitly about what it means to be a lawyer: the aspirations of the canons, the commands of the Model Rules of Professional Responsibility, the clarifications of court and ethics opinions, and the guidance of the Restatement. However, it often neglects what is not said: spaces where silence reigns. This Article takes a different approach; it listens to the taciturn.

This Article draws insight from when the bar chooses to be silent in the face of widely known violations of the law of lawyering. …

2019 Commencement Exercises, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Commencement

Order of Exercises

Processional:

David Rudenstine, Sheldon H. Solow Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Herald

Presiding:

Selma Botman, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Yeshiva University, Chief Marshal

Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President, Yeshiva University

National Anthem:

Cantor Ira W. Heller, Class of 2008

Invocation:

Rabbi Jeremy Wieder, Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Yeshiva University

Welcome:

Ira S. Dizengoff, Chair, Cardozo Board of Overseers, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; Class of 1992

Remarks:

Melanie Leslie, Dean, Dr. Samuel Belkin Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; Class of 1991

Commencement …

Indie Film Clinic Hosts Pop-Up Event At Ghetto Film School In The Bronx, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2019

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Litigation Finance And Legal Ethics: Does A New World Require New Rules?, Jacob Burns Center For Ethics In The Practice Of Law

2019 Event Invitations

No abstract provided.

Week Of April 29, 2019 - May 3, 2019, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Today at Cardozo 2019

Events occurring this week have been sponsored by:

• Chabad at Cardozo
• Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy
• Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law

Week Of April 8, 2019 - April 12, 2019, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Today at Cardozo 2019

Events occurring this week have been sponsored by:

• Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
• Cardozo ADR Competition Honor Society
• Cardozo Art Law Society
• Cardozo Business Law Society
• Cardozo Data Law Initiative (CDLI)
• Cardozo Data Law Society
• Cardozo Entertainment Law Society
• Cardozo Environmental Law Society (CELS)
• Cardozo FAME Center
• Cardozo Family Law Society
• Cardozo Fashion Law Society
• Cardozo Federalist Society
• Cardozo Law Review
• Cardozo Law Revue
• Cardozo Minority Law Student Association (MLSA)
• Cardozo Moot Court Honor Society
• Cardozo Office of Special Events
• Cardozo OUTLaw
• Cardozo Public Service Scholars Program
• Cardozo Students for Human Rights
• Chabad at Cardozo
• Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy …

The Ethics Of Non-Lawyer Advocacy: Expectations, Rules, And Complications, John F. Wirenius

Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review

The article examines the ethical challenges and legal complexities surrounding nonattorney advocacy in labor relations, particularly under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and similar state statutes. It highlights the tension between holding non-lawyer union representatives to attorney ethical standards and the need for simpler, practical norms. The analysis emphasizes the importance of balancing due process for pro se parties with maintaining the integrity of advocacy roles, suggesting that resorting to fundamental statutory values and reciprocal duties can provide a baseline for ethical conduct.

The War On Affordable Housing?: How Anti-Drug Policies Put Families In Federally Subsidized Housing At Risk Of Eviction, And Methods For Mitigating These Collateral Consequences, Katherine Kuhl

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Tracking Client Outcomes: A Qualitative Assessment Of Civil Legal Aid's Use Of Outcomes Data, With Recommendations, David Udell, Amy Widman

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

In virtually all sectors of society, people are using data to improve what they do. Everyone, it seems, is interested in data, and is searching for best strategies to draw on its power. The stakes are high in the civil legal aid community, where strengthened advocacy can enable people to preserve their homes, their relationships with their children, their life savings, their physical and emotional well-being, and even their freedom.

Yet, in the civil legal aid community, awareness of the power of data is just beginning to take root. Traditionally, civil legal aid has been thinly funded, with little infrastructure …

Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic Files Foia Suit, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2019

No abstract provided.

Human Rights Clinic And Dispute Resolution Program Join Forces To Help Indigenous People In Brazil, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2019

No abstract provided.

Cities, Fair Housing, And Gentrification: A Proposal In Progressive Federalism, David D. Troutt

Cardozo Law Review

This Essay divides in two Parts. In Part I, I will situate the three fair housing interests in the familiar AFFH planning environment, offering arguments to shape context. The harder task is implementation. What constitutes the specific laws and policies that indicate a city's commitment to fair housing? In Part II, I will draw upon some of the work that the center I direct at Rutgers Law School (the Center on Law, Inequality and Metropolitan Equity) has done in Newark, New Jersey, a working-class city experiencing an affordable housing crisis amid increasing economic development activity in the middle of one …

Cooperative Design Lawyering: How Can Lawyers Prevent Disputes Through Value Innovation?, Jean-François Roberge, Véronique Fraser

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

This article puts forth processes for preventing disputes based on value innovation, an approach referred to as Cooperative Design Lawyering ("CDL"). It suggests that law firms could take a competitive edge by offering Cooperative Design Lawyering services. It explores how legal designers can redefine the value and predictability of a relationship between parties by creating positive-sum interdependence, managing risk allocation and preventing the escalation of eventual disputes. It argues that CDL has the potential to act as a "blue ocean" strategy by targeting unmet needs and delivering value innovation to reach untapped markets. CDL relationship-oriented services capture value and improve …