Prof. James Sample Quoted in Geneva Tribune Story on New Immigration...
Note: The original story was published in the Swiss newspaper Geneva Tribune in French. This English version was translated using Google Translate. Hawaii attacks Donald Trump’s new anti-immigration...
View ArticleProf. Katrina Kuh Presents on Eco-Label Policy at Georgetown Law’s...
Professor Katrina Fischer Kuh delivered her paper “Crafting Next Generation Eco-Label Policy” at the Georgetown Law Center Environmental Research Workshop on March 9, 2017. She is writing the paper...
View ArticleProf. James Sample Comments in New York Times Front-Page Story on SCOTUS...
Neil Gorsuch Has Web of Ties to Secretive Billionaire By Charlie Savage and Julie Turkewitz The New York Times March 14, 2017 Excerpt: James Sample, a Hofstra University law professor who has studied...
View ArticleHofstra Law Mourns the Loss of Professor Lawrence W. Kessler
The Hofstra Law community is saddened by the passing of Lawrence W. Kessler, the Richard J. Cardali Distinguished Professor of Trial Advocacy. Professor Kessler taught at Hofstra Law for 43 years and...
View ArticleHofstra Law to Host Free Veterans Legal Clinic on April 1
Hofstra Law will be hosting a free Veterans Legal Clinic on Saturday, April 1, 2017, at the Law School. The clinic is open to all veterans and offers a free consultation with attorneys who specialize...
View Article3 Hofstra Law Students Receive NYC Bar Diversity Fellowships
Three Hofstra Law students have been selected to participate in the New York City Bar’s 2017 Diversity Fellowship Program. First-year students Kristen A. Acosta, Hunter Blain and Kevin Hoyos will have...
View ArticleHofstra Law’s BLSA Advocacy Teams and Officer Earn National Honors
Advocacy teams from Hofstra Law’s Black Law Student Association (BLSA) performed with distinction in two national competitions offered by the National Black Law Student Association (NBLSA), the Nelson...
View ArticleProf. Ronald Colombo Comments in Law360 Story on Possible Impact of SCOTUS...
Silence May Not Be Golden For Cos. After High Court Review By Carmen Germaine Law360 March 27, 2017 Excerpt: The high court on Monday accepted Leidos Inc.’s petition for review of a Second Circuit...
View ArticleProf. Katrina Kuh Contributes Survey of Climate Law to Elsevier Reference Module
Professor Katrina Fischer Kuh contributed a survey of climate law, “The Law of Climate Change Mitigation: An Overview,” to Elsevier’s Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences (2017).
View ArticleProf. Norman Silber Quoted in Story on Threat to Consumer Financial...
Why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Is in Danger By Tobie Stanger ConsumerReports.org March 13, 2017 Excerpt: “It’s unfortunate that the CFPB has done such good work and hasn’t been well...
View ArticleProf. Ronald Colombo Stays in Top 10 Percent of Authors on SSRN for Monthly...
For the second month in a row, downloads of Professor Ronald J. Colombo’s scholarship on SSRN placed him within the top 10 percent of authors on SSRN.
View ArticleProf. Elizabeth Nevins Appears in ABC7NY News Report on EMT Murder Suspect
Professor Elizabeth M. “Betsey” Nevins, assistant clinical professor of law and attorney-in-charge of Hofstra Law’s Criminal Justice Clinic, appeared on ABC7NY’s Eyewitness News in a report on the...
View ArticleProf. James Sample Quoted in National Law Journal Story on Gorsuch’s Possible...
In Small World of SCOTUS Advocacy, Gorsuch Faces Early Recusal Choice By Tony Mauro, Supreme Court Brief The National Law Journal April 12, 2017 Excerpt: James Sample of Hofstra University Maurice A....
View ArticleHofstra Law to Honor Outstanding Women in Law
The second annual Outstanding Women in Law Reception will be held on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at 6 p.m. at Carlyle on the Green in Bethpage State Park. The reception, which brings together judges,...
View ArticleProf. Amy Stein Presents on Integrating Technology to Aid Learning for AALS...
Professor Amy R. Stein served as a presenter and topic facilitator as part of the AALS Section on Teaching Methods Ideas, Problems, and Resources series. This presentation is part of a conference call...
View ArticleProf. Katrina Kuh Plans, Moderates CLE Program on Trump Admin’s Impact on...
Professor Katrina Fischer Kuh organized and moderated the CLE program “Fasten Your Seatbelt: Environmental Law Under the Trump Administration.” It was held at Hofstra Law on April 18. The program,...
View ArticleProf. Julian Ku Examines Legality of US Missile Strikes on Syria in Essay on Vox
Julian Ku, the Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law, published the essay “Trump’s Syria Strike Clearly Broke International Law — and No One Seems to Care” on Vox on April 19....
View ArticleProf. Alafair Burke Speaks at Penn Law Symposium on Criminal Justice Reform
Professor Alafair S. Burke discussed her research about prosecutorial discretion and criminal discovery at the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice 2017 Spring Symposium. The topic...
View ArticleProf. James Sample Speaks at Symposium on Dark Money’s Impact on Judicial...
Professor James Sample served as a panelist at the 23rd annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy. The topic of the two-day symposium, which featured judges, scholars, and lawyers, was...
View ArticleProf. Eric M. Freedman Quoted in NY Times Story on ‘Troubled State of the...
Arkansas’s Legal Saga Illustrates Problems With Death Penalty By Adam Liptak The New York Times April 20, 2017 Excerpt: WASHINGTON — The practical and legal difficulties that have frustrated Arkansas’s...
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