Two CUNY Law alums sponsored bill to repeal 50-a
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State Sen. Jamaal Bailey and Assemblymember Danny O’Donnell both graduated from the LIC law school.
Read MoreLancman and top revenge porn lawyer stress consequences for cyber sex assault
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“When they go to the police or someone else who should protect them … more often than not, they are turned away.”
Read MoreSchool Policing Budget Spike Is Fuel for School-to-Prison Pipeline, Activists Say
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“The city should be investing in support like guidance counselors, not things that criminalize young people of color in schools.”
Read MoreCUNY Law Prof’s Project Uplifts Unheard Voices
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When stories of abuse, trauma and exploitation are shared for general consumption, they are typically filtered through the voice of “experts” like administrators, attorneys and reporters.
More often, says CUNY School of Law Professor Chaumtoli Huq, those stories are never shared at all.
Read MoreCUNY Law Class of 2021 Hits the Books
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The CUNY School of Law Class of 2021 officially embarked on their journey toward a career in public interest law when classes began Wednesday. First-year students and a crop of talented new professors face a challenging and exciting mission.
Read MoreCUNY Defenders Go Where Most Lawyers Rarely Venture
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The drive to Dannemora, the upstate hamlet that contains the Clinton Correctional Facility, can take seven hours. The ride to Attica can take eight. But those distances don’t stop students in the CUNY Law Criminal Defense Clinic from gassing up their cars and heading to the Canadian border to meet with the clients they represent, says clinic director Steven Zeidman.
