New OCS Dean Search Continues, Fama Stays Put

As the search continues, Cardozo’s Office of Career Services (OCS) is still without a permanent Dean of Career Services. Administration now aims to have the new dean in place by the start of the Spring 2012 semester.
After current Dean Arthur

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Kosher Policy Shows Respect For Student Diversity

Forget your parents’ nags to eat healthily, Cardozo has a different plan: class, study, pizza. Repeat. Cardozo is affiliated with Yeshiva University. Bearing this in mind, the Student Handbook sheds light on many clubs’ ostensible craving for the slices from

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Student Fees: Where’s That $570 Going?

Fees: we all know them well. Fees plague many contracts involving the exchange of money, and add to the face value of many financial agreements. Everything from bank and credit card statements to gym memberships are swarmed with these pesky

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The JDs Strike Back, But Will They Be Winners or Whiners?

What do you get when you have a large number of graduating law students, a weak economy, and only a handful of job prospects? That’s right, lawsuits.
The recent class action lawsuits filed against Thomas Cooley Law School and New York

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2010 Cardozo Graduates Refused to Shake President Joel’s Hand

As graduation approaches for 3L and LLM students, two alumni reflect on their participation in an act of protest, which occurred at last year’s graduation ceremony. Dave Johnston, ‘10 and Jaime Leggett, ‘10 helped organize a group of graduates in

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Research This! Ideologies Split Over Presence of Lexis and Westlaw Reps

It is hard to find a law student who has never struggled with legal research. Research skills take a long period of time to develop, and the amount of material available through online databases like Westlaw and LexisNexis, is initially

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New Professors Reenergize Intellectual Property Program

This year, Cardozo Law welcomed two high-profile professors into its Intellectual Property and Information Law Program. Susan Crawford, who began her academic career at Cardozo, returns to the Law School from the University of Michigan. Brett Frischmann comes to Cardozo

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Pair of Students Participate in Paris Mediation Competition

From February 4th to the 9th, Dov Gibor, 3L, and Dan Liston, 2L, represented Cardozo at the 6th Annual International Chamber of Commerce Mediation Representation Competition (ICC) in Paris, France. The team progressed to the quarterfinals to earn the distinction

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Heyman Center Sends Student to Hong Kong for Securities Externship

During the summer of 2010, The Heyman Center gave me an opportunity to work at the Enforcement Division of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). It was a unique and rewarding experience in the field of regulation because,

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Curve Carefully Considered and Reconsidered

At the end of every semester, after waiting for what seems like years, students get their grades back. Part of the reason that professors are allotted up to four weeks to report exam grades is so they have ample time

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