Centers, Institutes, and Programs

Fordham Law’s centers and institutes are at the forefront of scholarship and advocacy on a wide range of pressing legal issues.

Shaping Law and Policy

Whether advancing scholarship on critical legal issues, providing hands-on training for future lawyers, or delivering much-needed legal advice to the vulnerable and underrepresented, our centers, institutes, and programs make a real difference. Our faculty engages closely with students on a wide range of topics, from fashion law to privacy controversies born of the internet age, social justice, racial and gender inequality, complex and evolving intellectual property matter, national security, corporate law, and human rights.

Neuroscience and Law Center event w Prof. Denno

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Scholars Discuss the Right to a Healthy Environment at Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work Seminar

Scholars Discuss the Right to a Healthy Environment at Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work Seminar

In celebration of Earth Day, Fordham Law’s Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work (IRLLW) invited a group of scholars to discuss the right to a healthy environment through a …

Law360: Skadden, Fordham Law Launch Cross-Border Institute

Law360: Skadden, Fordham Law Launch Cross-Border Institute

Law360 highlighted the new partnership between Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and Fordham Law School to launch the Scott Simpson Cross-Border Institute at the Law School, which will …

Fordham Law School and Skadden Launch Scott Simpson Cross-Border Institute

Fordham Law School and Skadden Launch Scott Simpson Cross-Border Institute

The Institute, initiated by the late Scott Simpson, former global co-head of Skadden’s transactions practices, unites leading lawyers, academics and students across the globe to assess cross-border transactional trends and …

Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery Presents 20th Annual DeStefano Lecture

Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery Presents 20th Annual DeStefano Lecture

On March 6, the Corporate Law Center welcomed the Honorable Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, to campus to present the 20th Annual Albert A. …

Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work Signs Strategic Partnership With Consulus

Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work Signs Strategic Partnership With Consulus

Fordham Law’s Institute on Religion Law and Lawyer’s Work and Consulus, a global innovation by design firm, have signed a strategic partnership agreement to shape a new generation of lawyers …

Bloomberg Law Recognizes Fordham’s Entrepreneurial Law Program

Bloomberg Law Recognizes Fordham’s Entrepreneurial Law Program

In a Bloomberg Law article highlighting several law schools that are setting the pace on teaching business skills in a legal education setting, Fordham Law’s Entrepreneurial Law Program and Clinic …

IRLLW Conference Looks at Intersection of Religion, Law, and Immigration 

IRLLW Conference Looks at Intersection of Religion, Law, and Immigration 

Fordham Law School’s Institute on Religion, Law, and Lawyer’s Work held a conference on November 14, 2022, looking at theological, legal, and contemporary implications related to immigration. The conference was …

Fordham Law Celebrates Launch of Center on Asian Americans and the Law

Fordham Law Celebrates Launch of Center on Asian Americans and the Law

The Center on Asian Americans and the Law, Fordham Law School’s newest academic center, celebrated its formal launch on November 9. Co-directed by Senior U.S. Circuit Court Judge Denny Chin …

Judicial Center Welcomes Bankruptcy Court Judges for 4th Annual View from Chambers Series

Judicial Center Welcomes Bankruptcy Court Judges for 4th Annual View from Chambers Series

On Nov. 2, the Center for Judicial Events & Clerkships (CJEC) hosted a View from Chambers  focusing on federal bankruptcy court. The View from Chambers series is part of the …

Judicial Center Welcomes Judge Zahid Quraishi as its 2022-2023 “First to the Bench” Speaker

Judicial Center Welcomes Judge Zahid Quraishi as its 2022-2023 “First to the Bench” Speaker

On Oct. 26, the Center for Judicial Events & Clerkships (CJEC) welcomed Judge Zahid N. Quraishi of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey as its speaker …

John and Diane Simpson Foundation Makes $250,000 Gift to Support Neuroscience and Law Center

John and Diane Simpson Foundation Makes $250,000 Gift to Support Neuroscience and Law Center

Fordham Law School is thrilled to announce that the John and Diane Simpson Foundation has pledged $250,000 over the next five years to support the Law School’s Neuroscience and Law …

Fordham Law School Hosts Virtual Symposium to Analyze “The Neuroscience Of Mass Shootings: Inside The Brain Of A Mass Shooter”

Fordham Law School Hosts Virtual Symposium to Analyze “The Neuroscience Of Mass Shootings: Inside The Brain Of A Mass Shooter”

Public event on November 1 takes a multidisciplinary look into the current nationwide crisis, the law, ethics, and psychology of mass shootings, the challenges faced by law enforcement and government, …

Fordham Antitrust Conference Brings Global Thought Leaders Back to Lincoln Center

Fordham Antitrust Conference Brings Global Thought Leaders Back to Lincoln Center

Fordham Competition Law Institute’s 49th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy brought leading antitrust practitioners and enforcers, top-flight economists, and legal scholars back to the Law School. More …

Upcoming Speaker Series Explores Lawyers’ Role as Public Intellectuals in Conversations on Race

Upcoming Speaker Series Explores Lawyers’ Role as Public Intellectuals in Conversations on Race

Lawyers and activists working on issues at the intersection of race and the law are frequently both deeply influenced by and making meaningful contributions to the public discourse. Due to …

Public Service Day Events Connect First-Year Students with Local Community

Public Service Day Events Connect First-Year Students with Local Community

This year’s Public Service Day, hosted by the Public Interest Resource Center (PIRC) and held on Aug. 20 as part of first-year orientation, featured a variety of activities for first-year …

Feerick Center’s Social Justice Speaker Series Spotlights Pandemic Housing Injustices 

Feerick Center’s Social Justice Speaker Series Spotlights Pandemic Housing Injustices 

The housing crisis gripping the nation and the opportunities to advance housing justice in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic was the subject of this academic year’s final Social Justice …

Fordham Law Students Engage with Middle Schoolers on Civics Education Initiative

Fordham Law Students Engage with Middle Schoolers on Civics Education Initiative

Throughout his career, Norris Professor of Law and former Dean John D. Feerick ’61 has been a strong proponent of teaching civics engagement so that students better understand the law …

Fordham Celebrates 10th Anniversary of New York State Attorney Emeritus Program

Fordham Celebrates 10th Anniversary of New York State Attorney Emeritus Program

On December 2, 2019, Fordham Law School hosted an event celebrating the 10th anniversary of New York State Attorney Emeritus Program (AEP), an afternoon of reflection on the first decade …

Feerick Center Honors Public Service at Annual Benefit Reception

Feerick Center Honors Public Service at Annual Benefit Reception

In welcoming guests to the Feerick Center for Social Justice’s annual award ceremony and benefit reception on October 21, President Fr. Joseph McShane called Dean John D. Feerick ’61 “one …

Letters and Politics – The Legal Aspects of Julian Assange’s Arrest

Letters and Politics – The Legal Aspects of Julian Assange’s Arrest

Director of Fordham Law’s Center on National Security, Karen J. Greenberg, joined KPFA Radio host Mitch Jeserich for an episode of his podcast Letters and Politics to discuss the arrest …