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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


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.


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.







"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…



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/…


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…




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-…


"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…