Is Finding a Note Supervisor too Difficult?

Faculty supervision of a student Note has its benefits: a seasoned legal mind guides a relatively inexperienced one through forming a thesis, consulting sources, structuring an argument, and addressing counterarguments. All the while, a special relationship develops between supervisor and

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Police Riot on Cardozo’s Doorstep: A Staffer’s Eyewitness Account

[What follows is an eyewitness account by Jurist staffer Ben Dictor of demonstrations held on 12th Street and Liberty Square on September 24th.]
 
Police Riot on 12th Street
More than fifty New York City Police officers forced dozens of peaceful protestors onto

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Imperfections Abound, OCI Remains Best Bet

There were many complaints about On-Campus Interview (“OCI”) Week.  Those who applied for but received very few, if any, interviews complained that the process is overly selective and discards worthy applicants on the basis of grades alone—a factor which, as

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10 Years Later: Administration Looks Back at 9/11 Response

“I thought that I didn’t understand him,” David Rudenstine, former Dean of Cardozo and Professor of Law, recounts, referring to a doorman who first told him the news of the 9/11 attacks.  Many shared Rudenstine’s shock, as anxious onlookers crowded

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WHO’S IT GONNA BE? NEW OCS DEAN NOT YET NAMED

After an exhaustive summer search, the law school has not yet found a new Associate Dean for Career Services. Arthur Fama, who has served in the role for the past seven years, announced that he would step down last May,

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Huge Hole Left in Administration After Fama’s Surprising Departure

As of today, who will occupy the second most important position in Cardozo’s administration come September is unknown.
This afternoon Dean of Career Services Arthur Fama announced that he is retiring in August after seven years running Cardozo’s Office of Career

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Tax Clinic on the Cusp of a Supreme Court Appearance

If the courts play out in Professor Carlton Smith’s favor, Cardozo may house the first tax clinic to ever appear before the Supreme Court. Next month, the supervising attorney of the Cardozo Tax Clinic will appear before the Second Circuit

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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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Cardozo Professor Cited in SCOTUS Decision

I was a bit bemused by the Supreme Court Review article you ran in your February 2011 issue on the Costco v. Omega case—a case argued on November 8, 2010. On December 13, 2010, the Supreme Court issued an opinion

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Jurist Staffer Interviews Dean Diller

Matthew Diller, who was named Dean in 2009, was a professor of law and associate dean for academic affairs at Fordham Law School and an attorney for the Legal Aid Society in New York before coming to Cardozo. He recently

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