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Scotus Term Preview & Retrospective, Floersheimer Center For Constitutional Democracy

2024–2025 Flyers

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Book Talk: Nuclear Weapons And International Law, Cardozo Law Institute In Holocaust And Human Rights (Clihhr), Kukin Program For Conflict Resolution

2024 Event Invitations

Please join Visiting Clinical Instructor Brett Jones for an engaging book talk with Charles J. Moxley Jr., author of Nuclear Weapons and International Law: Existential Risks of Nuclear War and Deterrence Through a Legal Lens. Explore the critical legal challenges posed by nuclear weapons and the urgent need to reassess deterrence strategies through a legal perspective. This book talk offers a unique opportunity to hear from an expert in international law and gain insights into the legal pathways to reducing the risks of nuclear conflict in our time.

Cardozo Law News Brief: September 6, 2024, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2024

Featured Faculty:

• Lindsay Nash
• Myriam Gilles
• Betsy Ginsberg
• Emmanuel Arnaud
• Young Ran (Christine) Kim

Cardozo Black Law Students Association Presents: Picnic In Central Park, Black Law Students Association (Blsa)

2024–2025 Flyers

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Cardozo Law News Brief: August 30, 2024, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2024

Featured Faculty:

• Jessica Roth
• Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum
• Young Ran (Christine) Kim
• Gabor Rona
• Anthony Sebok

Practice Makes Perfect – Or At Least Better!, Joshua Levine

Library Staff Online Writings

This fall, I will teach my third semester of Advanced Legal Research at Cardozo School of Law. With the support of the library, I have learned a great deal about how to teach effectively over the past year. They gave me the opportunity to conduct a mock ALR class this summer, which helped me tremendously. In this post, I will describe my journey as a new adjunct professor.

The Perlmutter Center For Legal Justice At Cardozo Law Expands Its Team, Perlmutter Center For Legal Justice At Cardozo Law

Cardozo News 2024

The Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law announced it has expanded its team through the hiring of Benjamin Burger ’05 and Karena Rahall as Senior Staff Attorneys. The expansion of the team is a result of the $1M in funding the Perlmutter Center received from international law firm Milbank LLP earlier this year which also established the Milbank Exoneration and Resentencing Review Unit at the Perlmutter Center.

Welcome Back Summer Bbq, Cardozo Office Of Student Services & Advising

2024–2025 Flyers

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Cardozo Law News Brief: August 23, 2024, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2024

Featured Faculty:

• Samuel Weinstein
• Emmanuel Arnaud
• Ellen Drucker-Albert
• Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum
• Young Ran (Christine) Kim
• Edward Zelinsky

Campus News:

• Cardozo Marks New School Year by Welcoming Newest Class of J.D., LL.M. Students

Cardozo Marks New School Year By Welcoming Newest Class Of Jd, Ll.M. Students, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2024

Cardozo welcomed its newest members of the JD and LL.M. community during orientation this week.

Approximately 260 students in the fall JD class began their law school journey. Many are native New Yorkers, while others traveled from other countries to study at Cardozo. About half have already worked in the legal field with various law firms or in different professional careers.

Cardozo Welcomes Forum For Jewish Leadership For A Discussion About Immigration Law With Adjunct Professor Michael Wildes ’89, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2024

Cardozo welcomed students with the Forum for Jewish Leadership (FJL) on July 23 to hear from Adjunct Professor Michael Wildes ’89 about immigration law.

Cardozo Law News Brief: August 9, 2024, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2024

Featured Faculty:

• Samuel Weinstein
• Alexander Reinert
• Rebekah Diller
• Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum
• Michael Pollack
• Michel Rosenfeld
• Stewart Sterk

Nalp Names Sherry-Ann Smith-Gomez As Recipient Of Service Excellence Award, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2024

The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) announced on Tuesday that Sherry-Ann Smith-Gomez, senior director of Career Services and coordinator of Diversity Initiatives at Cardozo, has received a NALP Service Excellence Award.

Justice Theater In The Criminal Law Curriculum, Gregory Brazeal

Cardozo Law Review

For the last half-century, law students have been required to take a criminal law course that ostensibly trains them to think critically about the justifications for criminal punishment. The same students have then gone on to serve as central actors in a system of mass incarceration that millions of Americans today view as profoundly unjust.

How did this happen?

A number of legal scholars, notably including Alice Ristroph in her 2020 Article “The Curriculum of the Carceral State,” have argued that the traditional criminal law curriculum has played a role in creating and reproducing the practices of mass incarceration. This …

Cardozo Law News Brief: July 26, 2024, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2024

Featured Faculty:

• Nargis Baran
• Val Myteberi
• Gary Galperin
• Michael Pollack
• Ellen Drucker-Albert
• Michel Rosenfeld

Cardozo Law News Brief: July 12, 2024, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2024

Featured Faculty:

• Stewart Sterk
• Samuel Weinstein
• Jessica Roth
• Luis Calderon Gomez
• Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum
• Young Ran (Christine) Kim
• Michel Rosenfeld

Campus News:

• Cardozo Cheers on NYC Pride March at Ninth Annual Pride Brunch
• Professor Gary Galperin Speaks to Washington Post and Other Outlets About the Trump Trials

Cardozo Cheers On Nyc Pride March At Ninth Annual Pride Brunch, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2024

The lobby of Cardozo’s Ruth & H. Bert Mack Pavilion was bursting with rainbow colors on June 30 as students and alumni gathered to celebrate the school’s LGBTQIA+ community while cheering on the NYC Pride March during the ninth annual Pride Brunch.

2023-2024 Annual Report, Miguel J. Colon Jr.

LARC Annual Reports

The 2023–2024 Annual Report for the Scholarly Services team at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law highlights the team’s major accomplishments in advancing the visibility and impact of the law school’s scholarly work. The report details the ongoing management of the LARC repository, which experienced a notable increase in usage and engagement over the past year. It also showcases the launch of new digital series and the processing of the Benjamin N. Cardozo Papers. Through their work, the team continues to support the preservation of the school’s intellectual legacy, promote research visibility, and contribute to academic excellence—serving as a …

Ninth Annual Pride Brunch, Cardozo Alumni Association, Cardozo Outlaw

2023–2024 Flyers

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New Study Shows Legal Research Platform Ai Tools Do, In Fact, Hallucinate, Olivia Smith Schlinck

Library Staff Online Writings

For better or worse, artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the legal landscape. But a recent study highlights a critical issue: AI’s tendency to “hallucinate,” or generate false information. This problem raises significant concerns about the reliability of AI in legal practice.

Cardozo Law News Brief: June 21, 2024, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2024

Featured Faculty:

• Matthew Wansley
• Alexander Reinert
• Edward Zelinsky
• Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum
• Young Ran (Christine) Kim
• Lindsay Nash
• Michel Rosenfeld

Campus News:

• Derrick Hamilton, Deputy Director of the Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice, Featured in The Guardian About Ex-Detective Louis Scarcella, Who Put Him Behind Bars For a Crime He Did Not Commit

Cardozo Professor Emeritus Eva Hanks, Pioneer In Legal Education, Dies At 95, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2024

Eva Hanks, a pioneer in legal education and founding member of the Cardozo Law School faculty, died on Wednesday June 12th at the age of 95. Among other firsts, she was a founder in the field of environmental law and Cardozo’s first woman associate dean. During her 38-year tenure at Cardozo she taught Property, Torts and Elements of Law to generations of Cardozo students, before retiring in 2014.

Class Of 2024 Graduates Elected To Order Of The Coif, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2024

Cardozo School of Law is proud to recognize 31 members of the Class of 2024 who have been elected to membership in the Order of the Coif. The Order of the Coif is an honorary scholastic society, which encourages excellence in legal education by fostering a spirit of careful study, recognizing those who as law students attained a high grade of scholarship, and honoring those who as lawyers, judges and teachers attained high distinction for their scholarly or professional accomplishments.

Cardozo Law News Brief: June 7, 2024, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2024

Featured Faculty:

• Betsy Ginsberg
• Alexander Reinert
• Emmanuel Arnaud
• Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum
• Gabor Rona
• Jessica Roth

Campus News:

• Cardozo Celebrates The Class of 2024 at 46th Annual Commencement

Cardozo Celebrates The Class Of 2024 At 46th Annual Commencement, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2024

Cardozo School of Law celebrated the Class of 2024 during their graduation ceremony at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center on June 3.

The Class Of 2024’S Achievements Celebrated At Pre-Commencement Awards Ceremony, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2024

Excellence, dedication, and stellar were just a few of the words used to describe the outstanding students who were recognized at this year’s Commencement Awards Ceremony. The awards ceremony, which takes place before the Commencement Ceremony, highlights students' hard work inside and outside of the classroom.

Cardozo Law Mourns The Loss Of Gail Cohen ’83, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2024

Cardozo School of Law and Yeshiva University mourn the passing of Gail Cohen, a member of Cardozo’s graduating class of 1983 and a pillar of the Cardozo community.

Dean Melanie Leslie Announces Six New Faculty Appointments, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2024

We welcome these six new members to the Cardozo faculty with great joy. Below are brief biographic sketches of each with links to full details of their academic and career achievements, which are too numerous to list here.

Cardozo Celebrates Public Service At 32nd Annual Inspire! Awards, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2024

Cardozo’s Center for Public Service Law celebrated the Inspire! Awards on May 28, a yearly event that honors students, alumni and community leaders who have made strides in public service over the past year.

Cardozo Law News Brief: May 31, 2024, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2024

Featured Faculty:

• Jessica Roth
• Alexander Reinert
• Saurabh Vishnubhakat
• Lindsay Nash
• Michel Rosenfeld

Campus News:

• Dean Melanie Leslie Announces 6 New Faculty Appointments
• Cardozo Welcomes Over 200 Alumni Back to Campus For Homecoming & Reunion
• Cardozo Celebrates Public Service at 32nd Annual Inspire! Awards