Advocates Release Report on Violations of Women’s Human Rights in Syria
June 3, 2014 – New York, NY – CUNY School of Law, MADRE and a coalition of international and Syrian women’s human rights groups have released a report on women’s human rights violations in Syria before...
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Dean Anderson Receives 2014 Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award from the NYC...
Dean Michelle J. Anderson is the recipient of the 2014 Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award from the New York City Bar Association. This award recognizes individuals who champion the ideals...
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Public Square LIVE: Diversity and Inclusion featuring Dr. Evelyn Hu-Dehart
On April 23, 2014, CUNY School of Law presented “Diversity & Inclusion: Opportunities and Challenges in the Age of Globalization” featuring Brown University Professor Evelyn Hu-Dehart. The program...
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2014 CUNY School of Law Commencement [Photos + Video]
More than 140 CUNY School of Law students received their Juris Doctor degrees at the May 16 graduation ceremony. Sarah Weddington was the 2014 commencement speaker and recipient of an honorary degree....
View ArticleCUNY School of Law Announces New Part-Time J.D. Program
New York, NY — The nationally recognized City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law has announced the creation of a new part-time Juris Doctor program which will allow students to pursue a legal...
View ArticleINRC Client Released from Bagram and Reunited with His Family
Amin al-Bakri has finally been reunited with his family in his homeland of Yemen. The Yemeni national had been imprisoned by the U.S. military at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan for over a decade without...
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Justice Richard J. Goldstone Named Inaugural Scholar-in-Residence at Sorensen...
Former South African Constitutional Court Justice Richard J. Goldstone, J.D., has joined the newly established Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice as its inaugural scholar-in-residence...
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CUNY Law Receives National Diversity Award for 2nd Year in a Row
NEW YORK—City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law has been named a recipient of the annual Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. The HEED...
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CED Clinic Organizes Inaugural NYC Worker Cooperative Conference
The Community and Economic Development (CED) Clinic and the New York City Network of Worker Cooperatives organized and hosted the first New York City Worker Cooperative Conference in June at CUNY Law....
View ArticleDean Michelle Anderson Attends LSC Anniversary Event to Discuss Increasing...
Dean Michelle Anderson joined Congressman Jerry Nadler, CBS Vice Chair Shari Redstone and other law school deans in a discussion about ways to increase pro bono services and access to justice. The...
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Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice Launched at CUNY Law...
The Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice, the first named Center at CUNY School of Law, marked its official opening on October 27, 2014, with a keynote speech by Kofi Annan, former...
View ArticleCUNY Law Ranked 33rd Best Law School in Nation
A new article from Business Insider ranks CUNY School of Law the 33rd best law school in America. Among law schools in New York, CUNY places 3rd, behind Columbia and NYU. Read the full article
View ArticleU.N. Questions the U.S. on Its Practice of Imprisoning Children with Adults
On Friday, the U.N. Human Rights Committee concluded review and questioning of the U.S. Government on its human rights record in Geneva. During the two day review, the Committee repeatedly expressed...
View ArticlePipeline to Justice Featured in INSIGHT Into Diversity
In its March issue, INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine features CUNY Law's Pipeline to Justice program in an article entitled, "CUNY School of Law's Program for Second Chances Makes it First-Rate."
View ArticleFather of Environmental Justice Discusses Environmental Injustice at CUNY Law
Dr. Robert Bullard, dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University, will join Anna Sale, WNYC host and reporter, and CUNY Law Professor Rebecca Bratspies...
View ArticleNew Report on Syrian Women & the Peace Process
To mark the three-year anniversary of the uprising in Syria, the International Women’s Human Rights Law Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law (IWHR), MADRE, and the Women’s...
View ArticleU.N. Condemns Criminalization of Trafficking Victims as a Human Rights Violation
Today, the U.N. Human Rights Committee urged that the U.S. end the prosecution of human trafficking victims for crimes that they are forced to commit. The Committee expressed concern that victims of...
View ArticleU.N. Criticizes U.S. for Incarcerating Youth in Adult Jails and Prisons
Thursday, the U.N. Human Rights Committee (“Committee”) criticized a broad range of U.S. laws and policies that treat youth under 18 as adults in the criminal justice system. “The Human Rights...
View ArticleCUNY School of Law Presents Special Panel on Diversity and Inclusion
The City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law will present "Diversity & Inclusion: Opportunities and Challenges in the Age of Globalization" featuring Brown University Professor Evelyn...
View ArticleAdvocates Release Report on Violations of Women’s Human Rights in Syria
CUNY School of Law, MADRE and a coalition of international and Syrian women's human rights groups have released a report on women's human rights violations in Syria before and during the current war.
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