Happy 2022 and welcome to the latest issue of In Re Hofstra Law! I hope this finds you, wherever you may be and whatever you may be doing, in good spirits. This year, one of my top priorities is to foster an environment that builds more robust connections within the Hofstra Law community. I believe it is so important to stay in touch with your community, particularly when we can’t always be in-person.
It’s a new year with many new beginnings. I want to personally connect with you, connect you as alumni with our students, and connect alumni with each other. There are so many ways that you as alumni can benefit from being connected with each other and current students including networking, business referrals, and talent acquisition. As Hofstra Law welcomes 2022, hopeful and dedicated as always to its students and the cultivation of their legal talents, I look forward to building on our connections as alumni and facilitating professional relationships within our community.
This month alone we have launched two mentorship programs: the inaugural Diversity Mentorship Program and the 1L Mentorship Program for first-year law students. These critical programs facilitate the creation of long-lasting relationships between students and Hofstra Law alumni.
I hope you enjoy reading this edition of In Re Hofstra Law, and I wish you all the best for 2022.
Inaugural Diversity Mentorship Program
On Tuesday, January 11, Hofstra Law hosted its inaugural Diversity Mentorship Program Orientation. The program includes 70 alumni mentors and law student mentees. The Diversity Mentorship Program was created to serve Hofstra Law 2L and 3L students from underrepresented communities in the legal profession. It gives students the opportunity to connect with an alumni mentor to help refine their networking skills and increase their professional development, all while fostering productive and long-lasting relationships with Hofstra Law alumni.
Hofstra Law 1L Mentorship Program
On Wednesday, January 19, we kicked-off the 1L Mentorship Program, now in its seventh year. Hofstra Law is especially excited about this year’s program as it is the single largest mentoring program we have put together to date, including 52 students and 50 alumni in the program. Each alum was hand-selected to match the interests set forth by the students in their applications and personal statements. We look forward to watching these connections blossom into long-lasting professional relationships well beyond the spring semester.
Career Services
Assist with PILC Virtual
Mock Interviews on January 26
The Office of Career Services will be holding a virtual mock interview event on Wednesday, January 26 from 6-8 p.m. The mock interviews will help students prepare for interviews for both summer and post-graduate legal employment in the public sector through the NYU Public Interest Legal Career Fair (PILC), which will take place on February 3 and 4.
Interview Hofstra Law Students
for Summer/Post Graduate Jobs
Alumni Spotlight
Hon. Abena Darkeh ’93
Acting Justice of the New York Supreme
Court sitting in Kings County
Call for Legacy Information
Are you a member of a Hofstra Law legacy family? Submit a photo and a brief paragraph about what it means to your family to be a legacy to lawalum@hofstra.edu for an opportunity to be featured in an upcoming issue of In Re Hofstra Law.
Alumni Class Notes
View all of the latest class notes on our LawNews website.
- Andrea Shapiro Davis ’84 was appointed to New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration as senior adviser for talent and appointments in January 2022.
- David Fritz’s ’92 law firm, Boyarski Fritz, celebrated 10 years in business and was honored by Billboard Magazine in December 2021.
- Ellen Park ’98 was elected New Jersey State assemblywoman, representing the 37th Legislative District.
- Dion Sankar ’05 was named chief deputy prosecutor under Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker in December 2021.
- Hon. Srividya Pappachan ’07 was appointed as a judge to the Civil Court of New York County in December 2021.
- Stephen Breidenbach ’16 was elevated to counsel at Morritt Hock & Hamroff LLP in January 2022.
Remembering Hon. Lenard Leeds ’74
Len was an extraordinary lawyer who built Leeds Brown Law, P.C. into one of the most successful firms in the New York area with a focus on civil rights and employment discrimination. He was a generous and committed friend to Hofstra Law and, in his role as an Associate Village Justice for the Town of Old Westbury, he served as an exemplary leader of our Alumni Judges of Distinction Executive Committee. Len was recently named as one of our Distinguished Alumni on the Bench Hall of Fame honorees and will be recognized posthumously at our 50th Anniversary Celebration on April 5. Read More
Job Postings
Did you know that as a Hofstra Law alum, you have access to Symplicity, an online career services management system that allows you to view and apply to hundreds of job postings? Similarly, if you are an employer looking for talent, posting your job openings on Symplicity is an effective way to promote your opportunities to the broadest range of our students and alumni. Read More
Associate Attorney, Sustainable Food and Farming
Earthjustice
(New York or DC office)
View Posting
Assistant Attorney General
NYS Office of the Attorney General
(New York, NY)
View Posting
Associate – Municipal Defense
Sokoloff Stern LLP
(Carle Place, NY)
View Posting
Associate – Matrimonial and Family Law
The Law Office of Tzvi Y. Hagler, P.C.
(Valley Stream, NY)
View Posting
Associate Attorney
The Siegel Law Firm
(Garden City, NY)
View Posting
Employment Law Associate
Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP
(New York, NY)
View Posting
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, January 25
12:30-2 p.m. ET | Held via Zoom
Lawyer Shaming, Lawyer Independence, and Bad Clients
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Wednesday, February 9
12:10-2 p.m. ET | Held via Zoom
Examining Race and Property in the Law School Curriculum
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Tuesday, April 5
Whitney Museum of American Art
50th Anniversary and Inaugural Hall of Fame Celebration
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Thursday, June 9
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Stay Connected & Get Involved
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