Hofstra Law 2017-2018 Year in Review

Thank you to all who made 2017-2018 an incredible year at Hofstra Law. Here are select highlights from the academic year.

Top Stories

• U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to Speak at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

• Justice Stephen Breyer Delivers Keynote at US Sentencing Guidelines Colloquium

• Hofstra Law Ranks 5th in New York State for ‘Gold Standard Job’ Placement

• Hofstra Law Forms First Medical-Legal Partnership with Northwell Health

• Hofstra Law Establishes the Robert W. Entenmann Veterans Law Clinic

• Hofstra Law Announces 2 New Faculty Appointments for Fall 2018

• Hofstra Law to Host Legal Tech Boot Camp

Awards and Achievements

• 4 Hofstra Law Students Receive 2018 New York City Bar Diversity Fellowships

• Hofstra Law Named a Top 3 School for Family Law by preLaw Magazine

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

• Prof. Baruch Bush Receives 2017 Kreidler Award From Association for Conflict Resolution \

• 2018 WE CARE Golf and Tennis Classic Honors Judge Gail Prudenti, Dean of Hofstra Law

• Scholarly Commons at Hofstra Law Now Boasts More Than 1 Million Full-Text Downloads

Faculty Scholarship

• Prof. Julian Ku Invited to Testify at House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on US-Taiwan Relationship

• Groundbreaking Conference Hosted at Hofstra Issues Report: ‘Judicial Responsibility for Justice in Criminal Courts’

• Prof. Baruch Bush Co-Writes Solicited Article for ‘Virtual Symposium’ on ‘Dispute Resolution and Political Polarization’

• Prof. Scott Colesanti Publishes New Book, ‘Fairness Inc.,’ on America’s Insider Trading Ban

• Prof. Scott Colesanti Publishes New Book, ‘Oral Advocacy: Style and Substance’

• Prof. Eric M. Freedman Publishes 2nd Book on Habeas Corpus, ‘Making Habeas Work’

• Prof. Barbara Stark Presents on Women’s Human Rights at International Law Weekend

• Prof. Ellen Yaroshefsky Provides Ethics Opinion in Guantanamo Bay War Court USS Cole Case

Faculty in the Media

• Prof. Eric M. Freedman Quoted in FiveThirtyEight Story on Whether Sitting President Can Be Sued or Prosecuted

• Prof. Baruch Bush and Transformative Mediation Featured in New York Times, Business Insider

• Prof. Ronald Colombo Quoted in Bloomberg Story on Corporate Equity Derivatives

• Prof. Julian Ku Quoted in Bloomberg Story on Trump Administration’s Threats to Exit NAFTA

• Prof. Emily Torstveit Ngara Comments on Impact of Immigration Court Backlog in Newsday Story

• Prof. James Sample’s Co-Written Story on Roy Moore’s ‘Lawlessness’ Appears on Slate’s Cover

• Prof. Norman Silber Quoted in Guardian Story on College Endowments’ Offshore Investments

• Prof. Ellen Yaroshefsky Quoted in New York Times on Unfit Lawyer in USS Cole Case

Community Impact

• Veterans Legal Assistance Project (VLAP) and Veterans Legal Clinics Featured in LI Herald

• Hofstra Law Class of 2018 Contributes Over 82,000 Hours of Pro Bono Service

• Deportation Defense Clinic Is Making a Difference for LI Immigrant Communities

• Newsday Highlights Effort by Hofstra Law Students to Help Dreamers Renew DACA Permits

• Hofstra Law Student Chantal Kwade Co-Founds Nonprofit to Help Young Women in Ghana

• Tax Law Society Hosts Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Clinic

Notable Trial Team Results

• Hofstra Law Mock Trial Team Wins Fall 2017 Queens DA’s Office Mock Trial Competition

• Hofstra Law Team Wins Regional Championship in 2018 AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition

• Hofstra Law Team Reaches Semifinals of 2017 Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition

• Hofstra Law Team Reaches Quarterfinals of 2018 National Basketball Negotiation Competition

• Hofstra Law Team Excels at NE Regional of 2018 Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition

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