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Fordham Law Team Wins Cardozo BMI Entertainment and Media Law Moot Court Competition 

Fordham Law Team Wins Cardozo BMI Entertainment and Media Law Moot Court Competition 

Fordham Law students Daniel Akilov ’24 and Makayla Ashe ’24 won first place at the Cardozo BMI Entertainment and Media Law Moot Court Competition in March, triumphing against 14 other …

Fordham Law’s Graduating Competition Team Leaders Reflect and Look Ahead

Fordham Law’s Graduating Competition Team Leaders Reflect and Look Ahead

Earlier this month, the student leaders of Fordham Law’s three highly-successful competition teams, Bianca Bernardi ’23, Millicent Kastenbaum ’23, and Sofia La Bella ’23, wrapped up their final year of …

Fordham’s Black Law Students Association Recognized as National Chapter of the Year

Fordham’s Black Law Students Association Recognized as National Chapter of the Year

On March 11, Fordham’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) won National Chapter of the Year at the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA)’s 55th Annual Awards Gala. The national organization …

Eighth Annual Media & Entertainment Law Symposium Features Entertainment Industry Insiders

Eighth Annual Media & Entertainment Law Symposium Features Entertainment Industry Insiders

The Fordham Media & Entertainment Law Society held its eighth annual symposium on January 20. This year’s symposium consisted of three panels, with speakers whose expertise ranged across culture industries …

Fordham Law’s OUTLaws Establishes New Task Force for Trans and Non-Binary Law Students

Fordham Law’s OUTLaws Establishes New Task Force for Trans and Non-Binary Law Students

This fall, Fordham Law’s queer student affinity group OUTLaws established a new task force, Advocates for Trans* Law Students (ATLS). ATLS looks to provide support for transgender and non-binary students …

LatinoJustice Leader Lourdes Rosado Speaks with Fordham Law Students 

LatinoJustice Leader Lourdes Rosado Speaks with Fordham Law Students 

On April 7, LatinoJustice President and General Counsel Lourdes Rosado spoke with Fordham’s Latin American Law Students Association and other members of the Law School community about her career as …

Fordham Law APALSA’s Vincent Chin Trial Reenactment Raises Awareness of Anti-Asian Violence

Fordham Law APALSA’s Vincent Chin Trial Reenactment Raises Awareness of Anti-Asian Violence

On April 19, Fordham Law’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) honored the memory of Vincent Chin and countless victims of anti-Asian violence through its first in-person trial reenactment …

Public Interest Resource Center Holds 31st Annual Public Interest Student Awards Ceremony

Public Interest Resource Center Holds 31st Annual Public Interest Student Awards Ceremony

On March 28, the Public Interest Resource Center (PIRC) at Fordham Law held its 31st Annual Public Interest Student Awards Ceremony, recognizing and celebrating student contribution to public interest work. …

Student Week Against Mass Incarceration Events Discuss Impact of Incarceration on Housing Issues

Student Week Against Mass Incarceration Events Discuss Impact of Incarceration on Housing Issues

This year’s Student Week Against Mass Incarceration (SWAMI), held between Feb. 28 and March 4, brought together social justice-focused groups from across the Fordham Law community in a series of …

Spring Break Highlights 2019: Immigration

Spring Break Highlights 2019: Immigration

Fordham University School of Law’s Immigration Advocacy Project (IAP), a student group that advocates for the end of family detention, is featured in an American Bar Association article. The piece …

Does Supervised Injection Make it Safe?

Does Supervised Injection Make it Safe?

The United States is in the throes of an opioid crisis. A recent report by the National Safety Council has revealed that it is statistically more likely for Americans to …

Fordham 1L Team Wins Baseball Arbitration Competition

Fordham 1L Team Wins Baseball Arbitration Competition

A trio of Fordham 1Ls in the Sports Law Forum bested 40 teams from across the country to claim the championship trophy at Tulane Law School’s International Baseball Arbitration Competition, …

Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center Excels in Fall Competitions

Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center Excels in Fall Competitions

This past fall semester the Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center fielded teams at a number of prestigious interscholastic trial competitions across the country, earning winning results at many. The Moore …

In Our Corner

In Our Corner

Highlighting a key partner in the A2J Initiative at Fordham Law School When it comes to housing in the country’s most densely populated big cities, a lawyer’s help can make …

Record Number of Students Volunteer for Public Service Day

Record Number of Students Volunteer for Public Service Day

A record number of Fordham Law students volunteered their time to important legal and non-legal causes during this year’s Public Service Day. Around 140 students participated in nine projects organized …

Armed Forces Appeals Court Hears Oral Arguments at Fordham

Armed Forces Appeals Court Hears Oral Arguments at Fordham

On September 13, the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces heard oral arguments in Fordham Law’s Gorman Moot Court Room for a sexual assault case involving two …

2Ls Rooney and Toscano Win 2018 Tendy Competition

2Ls Rooney and Toscano Win 2018 Tendy Competition

2Ls Patrick Rooney III and Elise Toscano won this year’s William M. Tendy Federal Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition, the annual internal trial tournament of Fordham Law School’s Brendan Moore Trial …

Fordham Wins Jessup Moot Court Regional Championship

Fordham Wins Jessup Moot Court Regional Championship

Fordham Law won the championship as well as the best brief award in the south region of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, held Feb. 21–24 in …

Artist Representation Society Launches

Artist Representation Society Launches

Though artists enrich society’s culture and its members’ imaginations, they are often deprived of justice. Fordham Law’s Artist Representation Society, a new organization of the Public Interest Resource Center (PIRC), …

Real Estate–Focused Student Group Launches

Real Estate–Focused Student Group Launches

The Fordham Law Real Estate Society launched Oct. 17 with an event featuring three industry leaders discussing the varied career opportunities available for students entering the field. The Real Estate …