During a Fall with its Share of Sadness, Community’s Strength Shines

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
 
Dear Friends,
 
Every Cardozo Law School occasion has its own particular flavor, its own unique mood and, as the dean, I have the honor of attending and speaking at many of them.  This fall the Cardozo community came

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School is Over But the Feast Goes On

Three years.  I never thought I would say this, but, looking back, this whole law school thing has gone by kind of fast.  There’s been some studying, and of course, a lot of eating
I can remember my first meal out

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IAP Award Presented by CJCR

On April 4, 2011, the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution (CJCR) presented Dr. Abigail Disney with the 2011 International Advocate for Peace (IAP) Award.  The Journal honored Dr. Disney for her commitment to international peace-building and women’s issues through her

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Incoming SBA President Dryer Addresses Students

Cardozo Students,
First and foremost, thank you for electing me as your SBA President. I look forward to an exciting year—one where I hope to act as a student liaison and meet the needs and desires of the student body. After

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Debate Over Commencement Speaker Rises Again

With commencement right around the corner, Cardozo students find themsleves again questioning why they lack input in who will serve as their commencement speaker.
According to John DeNatale, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, “Dean Diller personally works to secure the

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Gender Week Events Sparks Debate

February 28, 2011 marked the start of this year’s Cardozo Gender Week—a week dedicated to the exploration of women and their roles, triumphs, and hardships in the legal profession. The kickoff event was a town hall-style meeting entitled, “Gender in

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Conviction Stresses Importance of Innocence Project

On the evening of March 2nd, 2011, Cardozo’s third floor student lounge turned into a movie theater, fully equipped with a popcorn machine, where Cardozo students, alumni, family and friends gathered to watch a screening of the film “Conviction.” The

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Cardozo Students Celebrate the Season at Swanky Soiree

Beginning around 9 p.m. on October 21, Cardozo students let loose at Fall Bash, held at Soiree, a trendy nightclub on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Fall Bash is an annual, semi-formal event organized by the SBA for

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APALSA Kicks Off Fall 2010 Semester

At the start of September, numerous law school students in the New York metro area united through an event organized by the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA). Then in mid-September, APALSA also hosted a “fall semester kick off”

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CT Justices Discuss Same-Sex Marriage

On February 1, 2010, the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Program in Family Law, Policy and Bioethics welcomed Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Richard N. Palmer and retired-Justice David M. Borden to a panel entitled “State Courts, Marriage, and Social

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