Hofstra Law 2016-2017 Year in Review

Thank you to all who made 2016-2017 an incredible year at Hofstra Law. Here are select highlights from the academic year.

Top Stories

• Judge A. Gail Prudenti Named 10th Dean of Hofstra Law

• Law School Transparency Ranks Hofstra Law No. 35 Nationally for Employment Outcomes

• Hofstra Law Launches Veterans Law Clinic

• New Deportation Defense Clinic Announced

• Work by Criminal Law Clinic Helps to Change Court Policies to Protect Defendants’ Rights

Awards and Achievements

• 3 Hofstra Law Students Receive New York City Bar Diversity Fellowships

• PreLaw Magazine Ranks Hofstra Law 4th Nationally for Most Improved Employment Rate

• Prof. Jennifer Gundlach Receives the AALS’ Rhode Award for Advancing Pro Bono and Public Service at Hofstra Law

• Prof. Theo Liebmann Receives New York State Bar Association’s Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare

• Judge A. Gail Prudenti Receives New York Law Journal Lifetime Achievement Award

Faculty Impact

• Prof. Eric M. Freedman’s Argument Against Immunity for a Sitting US President Cited in The New York Times

• Prof. Miriam Albert Named Editor-in-Chief of Volume 54 of the American Business Law Journal

• Prof. Barbara Barron Teaches Egyptian Prosecutors for the ABA Rule of Law Initiative

• Prof. Alafair Burke’s Novel The Ex Is Nominated for Edgar Award and Chosen as Centerpiece for New England Law Review Symposium

• Prof. Baruch Bush Launches YouTube Video Series Exploring Transformative Mediation

• The Monroe H. Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics Hosts the Conference “Judicial Responsibility for Justice in Criminal Courts”

• Hofstra Law Hosts the Summit “Matrimonial Practice in New York in the 21st Century: The Bar’s Role in Shaping Change”

• Prof. Barbara Stark Publishes the Edited Book Human Rights and Children

Community Impact

• Hofstra Law Students Assist in 17-A Guardianship Appointments

• Class of 2017 Collectively Contributes More Than 75,000 Hours of Pro Bono Service Over 3 Years at Hofstra Law

• Hofstra Law Hosts Free Veterans Legal Clinic

• A Hofstra Law Reform Advocacy Clinic Client Moves Into New Apartment in Farmingdale

• Hofstra Law Student Matthew Goodison-Orr 3L Helps Marine Corps Veteran Upgrade His Discharge Status

• Hofstra Law Students Spend Winter Break in Louisiana Assisting Criminal Justice Expert Witnesses

• The Tax Law Society Hosts a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Clinic

Notable Trial Team Results

• Hofstra Law’s Black Law Student Association Advocacy Teams and Officer Earn National Honors at the National Black Law Student Association Convention

• BLSA Moot Court Team Finishes 2nd in Northeast Regional of the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition and Advances to Nationals

• Hofstra Law Team Wins Regional Transactional LawMeet and Advances to National Championship

• Hofstra Law Trial Team Reaches Finals of 2016 Quinnipiac School of Law Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition

• Mock Trial Team Reaches Quarterfinals of 2016 Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition

• Mock Trial Team Reaches Semifinals of the Fall 2016 Queens DA’s Office Mock Trial Competition

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