Mar 26, 2021 By: yunews
In The News
Prof. Rebecca Ingber Testifies Before House Rules Committee on Reforms to the War Powers Resolution
鈥淭he United States is at war today with groups in countries that Congress has never determined the nation should be fighting. This is not how these decisions are supposed to work,鈥 says Ingber.Prof. Ekow Yankah Joins WNYC to Discuss Challenges in Prosecuting Hate Crimes in Wake of Anti-Asian Attacks
鈥淸Hate crime] statutes can struggle to make sense of people whose motivations are complicated, mixed, overlapping, include real elements of hatred, but aren't the only element that drove them to violence,鈥 says Yankah.Prof. Alex Reinert Speaks to Slate on SCOTUS Decision in Torres v. Madrid
鈥淭he case was, in short, a bullet dodged: A decision against Torres would鈥檝e had 鈥榤ore significant impact鈥 by diminishing litigants鈥 ability 鈥榯o seek accountability for excessive uses of force,鈥欌 says Reinert.Prof. Kathryn Miller Discusses NY Marijuana Bill's Impact on Minority Communities in The City
鈥淲hat does continue to happen is that police officers use their observations of people using marijuana or claim to smell the smell of marijuana as an excuse to have an interaction with that person,鈥 Miller says.Jhaton White 鈥22C Elected First Black Editor-in-Chief of Cardozo Law Review
鈥淭he school has been around since the 1970s and has had Black students, but to see a Black student take the reins of such a relevant law review鈥擨 think it speaks volumes about what Black law students are capable of," White tells Law.com.Moot Court Honor Society Team Places Second at Regional Round of INTA Competition, Advances to Nationals
Cardozo鈥檚 team included Oralists Nigel Pura-Bryant and Matthew Jacobs; Head Coach JoHanna Rothseid 鈥21C, Assistant Coaches Mendel Epstein 鈥21C and Tiffany Cheung 鈥21C; and Opposing Brief Writers Elizabeth Soclof 鈥22C and Matthew Nosenchuk 鈥22C.Merchant & Gould to Fund IP Diversity Scholarship
鈥淲e are very grateful to Merchant & Gould for their generosity,鈥 says Dean Melanie Leslie. 鈥淐ardozo is committed to supporting diversity and this generous gift will help students build careers in the powerful field of Intellectual Property law.鈥Faculty News & Scholarship
- Prof.Peter Goodrich discussed 鈥溾楯urisliterature鈥, An Analysis of the Role Literary Figures in Legal Decisions鈥 during the Nirma University Institute of Law International Conference on Language, Law and Literature on March 23.
- Prof. Deborah Pearlstein鈥檚 forthcoming article in the Georgetown Law Journal, 鈥淟awyering the Presidency,鈥 is now available on SSRN.
- Prof. Alex Reinert joined the to discuss Qualified Immunity in the Federal Courts on March 24.
- Prof. Ed Zelinsky was cited by the Sixth Circuit in Nolan v. Detroit Edison Co.
Events
The Importance of Design Protection Wednesday, March 31 at 6 p.m.Cardozo Law Review presents Journal Week Monday, April 5 to Friday, April 9
- Details to come
International and Comparative Law Review Spring Symposium: Is Censorship Necessary to Protect Democracy? Monday, April 5 at 12 p.m.
Systemic Racism & Evidence Law: Beyond Neutrality Tuesday, April 6 at 6 p.m.
- Presented by Cardozo's NLG Chapter.
FAME and Sports Law Society: A Discussion with Courtney Hall Wednesday, April 7 at 6 p.m.
The Power of Licensing and Collaborations in Fashion and Entertainment Thursday, April 8 at 6:30 p.m.
The Entrepreneurial Attorney: Key Career-Building Considerations Friday, April 9 at 12 p.m.
Framing Britney Spears, Adult Guardianship and an Artist鈥檚 Control over Her Work Monday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m.
Dean's Speaker Series: A Conversation with Bess Chiu 鈥09C Wednesday, April 14 at 12 p.m.
