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Vol. 66, No. 02 (January 22, 2024)

Indiana Law Annotated

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U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams To Be Keynote Speaker At Cardozo’S 46th Commencement, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2024

The Hon. Ronnie Abrams, U.S. District judge for the Southern District of New York, will deliver the commencement address for the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law's 46th graduation ceremony at Lincoln Center in June.

Hot Cocoa Party, Cardozo Office Of Student Services & Advising

2023–2024 Flyers

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Law School News: From The Community, For The Community 1/21/24, Suzi Morales, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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The First Amendment And Professorial Classroom Speech, Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky

UF Law Faculty Publications

A review of Keith E. Whittington's article, Professorial Speech, The First Amendment, and Legislative Restrictions on Classroom Discussions. 58 Wake Forest L. Rev. 463 (2023).

Cardozo Law News Brief: January 19, 2024, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2024

Featured Faculty:

• Jessica Roth
• Pamela Foohey
• Burton Lipshie
• Michael Pollack
• Gabor Rona
• Richard Weisberg

Events:

• The 2024 Cardozo Colloquium on Global and Constitutional Theory
• The FAME Center Presents: An Evening with Steve Madden
• Cardozo Law Review Symposium on Ethics in the Judiciary and the Legal Profession: Are We in Crisis?

Ocs Open House, Cardozo Office Of Career Services

2023–2024 Flyers

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Vol. 66, No. 01 (January 15, 2024)

Indiana Law Annotated

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Cardozo Mourns The Loss Of Leon Wildes, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2024

It is with deep sadness that we report the death of Leon Wildes, a distinguished immigration attorney and adjunct professor who taught immigration law at Cardozo for 33 years and was a member of the Yeshiva College Board of Overseers. He was 90 years old.

Henderson Named One Of The Most Influential People In Legal Education, James Owsley Boyd

Keep Up With the Latest News from the Law School (blog)

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Bill Henderson has once again been recognized as one of the most influential people in legal education, but he’s not the only one with ties to the Law School on this year’s list.

The National Jurist ranked Henderson #18 on its list. Kellye Testy, a 1991 alumna of the Law School and president and CEO of the Law School Admission Council, is ranked second.

Maurer School Of Law Names New Assistant Dean For Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion, James Owsley Boyd

Keep Up With the Latest News from the Law School (blog)

Dr. Gabriel Escobedo has been appointed the Law School’s inaugural assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Escobedo has strong ties to Indiana University, earning his Ph.D. in Anthropology of Performing Arts and Latinx Culture from the university in 2023. He was an assistant instructor in IU’s Department of Anthropology from 2013-15.

“Gabriel will be a strong leader for our DEI efforts, and we’re excited to welcome him and his family back to Bloomington,” Maurer School of Law Dean Christiana Ochoa said. “His experience and success working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders at Michigan Technological University stood out …

Cardozo Law News Brief: January 5, 2024, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2024

Featured Faculty:

• Alexander Reinert
• Young Ran (Christine) Kim
• Myriam Gilles
• Kathryn Miller
• Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum
• Jessica Roth
• Matthew Wansley
• Samuel Weinstein
• Edward Zelinsky

Events:

• Cardozo Law Review Symposium on Ethics in the Judiciary and the Legal Profession: Are We in Crisis?

Indigenous Peoples, Land Grabs In Brazil, And The Fight For Official Recognition, Christian Zavardino

Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review (CICLR) Blog

In recent years, the Indigenous peoples of Brazil have fought a host of legal obstacles to maintain sovereignty over their traditional ancestral lands, in large part owing to the policy imperatives of successive presidential administrations and Congresses that have favored agribusiness interests and commercial development of Brazil’s interior regions at the expense of the Indigenous peoples who live in these areas. The Brazilian Constitution of 1988 guarantees Brazil’s Indigenous peoples legal recognition of their ancestral lands via the “land demarcation” or “official land recognition” process, providing that the federal government shall recognize “their original rights to the lands they traditionally …

Teaching Law In The Age Of Generative Ai, John Bliss

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

With the rise of large language models capable of passing law school exams and the Uniform Bar Exam, how should legal educators prepare their students for an age of transformative technological change? As text-generating AI is being integrated in legal research platforms and word processing software, which automate the drafting of legal documents based on human prompts, lawyers are increasingly adopting this technology as a standard tool of legal research and writing. This Article explores the implications of these developments for legal education, focusing on pedagogy, curriculum, and assessment.

The Article draws from four key perspectives relevant to the use …

The Futures Of Law, Lawyers, And Law Schools: A Dialogue, Benjamin H. Barton, Sameer M. Ashar, Michael J. Madison, Rachel F. Moran

Scholarly Works

On April 19 and 20, 2023, Professors Bernard Hibbitts and Richard Weisberg convened a conference at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law titled “Disarmed, Distracted, Disconnected, and Distressed: Modern Legal Education and the Unmaking of American Lawyers.” Four speakers concluded the event with a spirited conversation about themes expressed during the proceedings. Distilling a lively two days, they asked: what are the most critical challenges now facing US legal education and, by extension, lawyers and the communities they serve? Their agreements and disagreements were striking, so much so that Professors Hibbitts and Weisberg invited those four to extend their …

Teaching Critical Use Of Legal Research Technology, Jennifer E. Chapman

Faculty Scholarship

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The Case For (And Against) Aba Regulation Of Non-J.D. Programs, Benjamin H. Barton

Scholarly Works

American law schools have pulled out of what looked like a death spiral. From 2008-18 job placement and bar passage cratered and applications and JD enrolment followed. Some law schools found themselves trapped between Scylla and Charybdis – if they did not loosen admissions, they would not have the funds to keep the doors open. But if they loosened admissions too much bar passage and placement suffered, prompting a possible closure via disaccreditation by the ABA (or the DOE).

There are (broadly speaking) two models of profitable higher education in the United States. The first is the old school, classic …

Aba Standard 303(C) And Divisive Concepts Legislation And Policies: Challenges And Opportunities, Sherley Cruz, Becky L. Jacobs, Karen L. Tokarz, Kendall Kerew, Andrew King-Ries, Carwina Weng

Scholarly Works

This article by six clinicians discusses the challenges and opportunities of new ABA Standard 303 (c), including the implications of and interactions between Standard 303(c) and “divisive concepts” laws and other threats to representation, academic freedom, and free speech in legal education. The article also highlights the intersection of Standard 303(c) and Standard 303(b)(3), which addresses professional identity formation; discusses opportunities to adapt current curriculum and teaching and create new curricular responses to meet the new accreditation standards and interpretations; and explores ways to resist increasing limitations and find a supportive academic community to sustain hope and resilience.

Tapping Into The Talent Pipeline While Repairing The Leaky Pipe, Michelle M. Kwon

Scholarly Works

Diversity in the legal profession matters. It helps legitimize our legal system, giving everyone confidence that they will be treated fairly. Diverse legal teams make it more likely that the team will understand different perspectives and avoid “group think.” Having diverse groups make, enforce, and interpret laws leads to better outcomes. And yet, the legal profession is one of the least diverse in the country. The vast majority of lawyers are White men even though women constitute half of the population and about 40% of the U.S. population is not White. The percentage of Black lawyers has remained virtually unchanged …

Everything You Need To Know About Aristotelian Rhetoric You Can Learn From Kendall Jenner And Serena Williams, Allison Wexler Weiss

Scholarly Articles

Pop culture can teach us a lot about the law: almost everyone knows the Miranda warnings and can recite them by heart, thanks to Law and Order and other crime dramas, the concept of a “conservatorship” is familiar to many because of Brittany Spears, and the notorious RBG has become a household name, recognizable in a crown and jabot, partly due to Kate McKinnon’s portrayal on SNL.

Commercials, and the pop culture icons featured in them, can also teach students about the art of persuasive advocacy. At the start of the spring semester, when I segue from objective analysis to …