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Prof & Clinic Dean Lisa Davis, Special Adviser on Gender and Other Discriminatory Crimes to the Int'l Criminal Court, contributed their expertise to the historic warrants announced today targeting systematic persecution of women and #LGBTQ communities in Afghanistan   #whyCUNYLaw

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Next week, Academic Dean David C. Baluarte launches the nxt phase of a binational webinar series on refugee & migrant protection amid urgent developments in the U.S.-Mexico immigration policy under the second Trump administration. Details & how to watch: law.cuny.edu/cuny-law-prese…

Next week, Academic Dean David C. Baluarte launches the nxt phase of a binational webinar series on refugee & migrant protection amid urgent developments in the U.S.-Mexico immigration policy under the second Trump administration.

Details & how to watch:
law.cuny.edu/cuny-law-prese…
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Today, I hosted two immigration strategy roundtables to fight back against Trump’s harmful policies. At CUNY School of Law in LIC, immigration experts & advocates shared strategies to keep our immigrant neighbors safe.

Today, I hosted two immigration strategy roundtables to fight back against Trump’s harmful policies.

At <a href="/CUNYLaw/">CUNY School of Law</a> in LIC, immigration experts &amp; advocates shared strategies to keep our immigrant neighbors safe.
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Joined Rep. Nydia Velazquez, elected officials, & many organizations from across District 26 for an immigration roundtable CUNY School of Law. We discussed ways the government & community groups can protect our vulnerable immigrant neighbors in response to harmful federal policies.

Joined <a href="/NydiaVelazquez/">Rep. Nydia Velazquez</a>, elected officials, &amp; many organizations from across District 26 for an immigration roundtable <a href="/CUNYLaw/">CUNY School of Law</a>. We discussed ways the government &amp; community groups can protect our vulnerable immigrant neighbors in response to harmful federal policies.
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Happening tonight, Long Island City Partnership & MoMA PS1 host a #BlackHistoryMonth event w/a panel, networking & guided tours of the exhibition "Ceremonies Out of the Air: Ralph Lemon", 60+ works by the artist whose work explores generosity, mortality, devotion, Blackness & joy.

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"Emboldened by Dobbs, abortion abolitionists are pushing for extreme laws asserting that 'abortion should be treated like homicide' and IVF banned," says Prof. Cindy Soohoo How fetal personhood is shaping anti-abortion strategies: motherjones.com/politics/2025/… #ReproductiveJustice

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What lessons from frontline and community organizers shape today’s justice movements? Join CUNY School of Law’s Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace MADRE @HatianBridgeAlliance @DemocracyNow for a critical discussion at the UN on March 13 🔗 forms.gle/FL8YiNo7qT7bbU… #CSW69

What lessons from frontline and community organizers shape today’s justice movements?

Join <a href="/CUNYLaw/">CUNY School of Law</a>’s Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace <a href="/MADRE/">MADRE</a> @HatianBridgeAlliance @DemocracyNow for a critical discussion at the UN on March 13

🔗 forms.gle/FL8YiNo7qT7bbU…

#CSW69
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“The urgency of erasing the NYPD’s Criminal Group Database has never been greater. As the racialized assault on expression and association escalates, this inaccurate, secret database must be eliminated.” — Prof. Babe Howell amny.com/news/nypd-gang… #whyCUNYLaw

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The nxt session in this binational webinar series explores strategic litigation to challenge #immigration policies under the second Trump administration w/ expert law profs from the U.S. & Mexico 📅 March 5 @ 2-4PM EST | 1–3PM CDMX #WhyCUNYLaw 🔗 Watch law.cuny.edu/cuny-law-prese…

The nxt session in this binational webinar series explores strategic litigation to challenge #immigration policies under the second Trump administration w/ expert law profs from the U.S. &amp; Mexico

📅 March 5 @ 2-4PM EST | 1–3PM CDMX

#WhyCUNYLaw

🔗 Watch 
law.cuny.edu/cuny-law-prese…
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"Clemency can save lives." – Prof. Steve Zeidman, CUNY Law Defenders Clinic Co-Director In his latest op-ed, Zeidman calls on Gov. Hochul to free people with meritorious clemency applications—before more lives are lost to unchecked prison violence. #ClemencyNow cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025/0…

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Join CUNY Law Review for a symposium featuring organizers, practitioners & legal scholars discussing how to move beyond resistance and build real solidarity through movement lawyering in the face of rising authoritarianism 📅 MAR 15 | 10AM - 4PM 🔗 RSVP law.cuny.edu/event/cuny-law…

Join CUNY Law Review for a symposium featuring organizers, practitioners &amp; legal scholars discussing how to move beyond resistance and build real solidarity through movement lawyering in the face of rising authoritarianism

📅 MAR 15 | 10AM - 4PM

🔗 RSVP  law.cuny.edu/event/cuny-law…
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Tomorrow: Explore strategic litigation to challenge #immigration policies under the second Trump administration w/ expert clinical law profs from the U.S. & Mexico 📅 March 5 @ 2-4PM EST | 1–3PM CDMX #WhyCUNYLaw 🔗 Webinar links & series details law.cuny.edu/cuny-law-prese…

Tomorrow: Explore strategic litigation to challenge #immigration policies under the second Trump administration w/ expert clinical law profs from the U.S. &amp; Mexico 

📅 March 5 @ 2-4PM EST | 1–3PM CDMX

#WhyCUNYLaw

🔗 Webinar links &amp; series details
law.cuny.edu/cuny-law-prese…
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NEW: CUNY School of Law Prof. Daniel Loehr uncovers the eugenic origins of habitual offender laws—once designed as an alternative to forced sterilization. Today, these laws still drive #MassIncarceration in 49 states. Read the The Sentencing Project report & more law.cuny.edu/newsroom_post/…

NEW: <a href="/CUNYLaw/">CUNY School of Law</a> Prof. Daniel Loehr uncovers the eugenic origins of habitual offender laws—once designed as an alternative to forced sterilization. Today, these laws still drive #MassIncarceration in 49 states.

Read the <a href="/SentencingProj/">The Sentencing Project</a> report &amp; more 
law.cuny.edu/newsroom_post/…
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What happens when reporting sexual abuse in prison leads to punishment rather than protection? Incarcerated journalist Kwaneta Harris collaborated with CUNY Law Professor Deborah Zalesne in this piece of writing as resistance in The Marshall Project themarshallproject.org/2025/03/10/sol…

What happens when reporting sexual abuse in prison leads to punishment rather than protection?

Incarcerated journalist Kwaneta Harris collaborated with CUNY Law Professor Deborah Zalesne in this piece of writing as resistance in <a href="/MarshallProj/">The Marshall Project</a>

themarshallproject.org/2025/03/10/sol…
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Professor Lynn D. Lu joins the Practising Law Institute to examine how eligibility rules for public assistance and SNAP affect low-income New Yorkers—and what advocates need to know now. RSVP and more info: pli.edu/programs/repre…

Professor Lynn D. Lu joins the Practising Law Institute to examine how eligibility rules for public assistance and SNAP affect low-income New Yorkers—and what advocates need to know now.

RSVP and more info: pli.edu/programs/repre…
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How should law professors address Project 2025 and the shifting scope of executive power in their classrooms? Prof. Ally Coll joins the Integrating Doctrine & Diversity Speaker Series to explore how faculty are teaching in real time. law.rwu.edu/events/integra…

How should law professors address Project 2025 and the shifting scope of executive power in their classrooms?

Prof. Ally Coll joins the Integrating Doctrine &amp; Diversity Speaker Series to explore how faculty are teaching in real time.

law.rwu.edu/events/integra…
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CUNY Law hosts the launch of Ending Isolation, co-authored by Prof. Deborah Zalesne & Christopher Blackwell. Join a panel on the fight to end solitary, featuring: – Johnny Perez – Jessica Sandoval – Anisah Sabur Thurs, April 24 | 6:30PM doors | 7PM event law.cuny.edu/event/faculty-…

CUNY Law hosts the launch of Ending Isolation, co-authored by Prof. <a href="/DebbieZalesne/">Deborah Zalesne</a> &amp; Christopher Blackwell.

Join a panel on the fight to end solitary, featuring:
– Johnny Perez
– Jessica Sandoval
– Anisah Sabur

Thurs, April 24 | 6:30PM doors | 7PM event

law.cuny.edu/event/faculty-…
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"You have someone who’s been out and doing well for two years, worked for a judge, living with his family, working with kids, and you’re going to rip him away from that and put him back in?” — Prof. Steve Zeidman CUNY School of Law in The New York Times. nytimes.com/2025/04/24/nyr…