Cardozo Graduate Makes $2M Donation

On February 2, Cardozo Law School announced that it had received a $2 million gift to its endowment from Susan Halpern, ’84. The endowment will provide permanent support for programs in family law and public service, including support for the

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Where’s The Money, Cardozo?

 
That will be $48,370, sir. Would you like a receipt?
Most law students—or people in general—would scoff at the notion of writing a check for more than most starting legal salaries. For law students at Cardozo, however, this practice is commonplace

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Transparency Group Fails To Collect Law School Data

As the series of lawsuits brought by former students against their law schools continues to make headlines, and schools are caught red-handed incorrectly reporting their post-graduation employment statics, it isn’t too surprising when law students are up in arms after

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Rum-Filled Chocolates, A Dozen Roses, And A Home Cooked Meal

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, the question shouldn’t be what overpriced tastings menu should I indulge in with my significant other, but rather what romantic menu can I create and execute myself. Taking the time to sit down,

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MLB: The Scott Boras Effect

With Spring Training for the upcoming Major League Baseball season approaching in March, the free agency period is all but over. After a fairly wild ride, the landscape of the league promises to be significantly different in the coming season

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Extremely Well-Intentioned but Incredibly Annoying

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, directed by Stephen Daldry and based on the novel by literary wunderkind Jonathan Safran Foer, is a film about a little boy trying to find meaning in his father’s death on September 11. It may

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TAs: Intellectual Masochists or Denizens of the Legal Scene? The ups and downs of being TA

For many law students, the completion of a final exam brings about all the emotions of the last day of high school—the satisfaction of accomplishment, the feeling of freedom, and of course, the unspoken (possibly subconscious) vow to leave the

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Grad Students: Say Goodbye to Subsidized Federal Student Loans in 2012

I guess the government thought it wasn’t tough enough for us graduate students. Who cares about the sluggish economy, lack of jobs, defaulting lenders, and the next impending student loan bubble? Let’s just get rid of Subsidized Federal Student Loans

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Cardozo Professor Named to City Council on Technology and Innovation

Last November, Professor Susan Crawford was named to Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s new Council on Technology and Innovation. Crawford, an expert on communications law and policy, is the only professor on the 11-member committee. Other members include technologists, entrepreneurs and individuals

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My First Time… Taking a Law School Exam

When do closet nerds come out of the closet? When do overachievers have existential crises? When do smart cookies compete ferociously with other smart cookies? Playing Angry Birds? Wrong! Law school final exams!  Before beginning the issue spotting jungle of

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