Prof. James Sample Comments in ABC News Story on Trump-Appointed Judge’s...
Trump-appointed judge who donated to campaign refuses to recuse himself from dossier matter By Ali Dukakis ABC News Feb. 22, 2018 Excerpt: James Sample, a professor of law at Hofstra University who has...
View ArticleProf. Juli Campagna Speaks at Drexel’s Kline School of Law on Teaching Int’l...
Professor Juli Campagna was an invited guest at the Kline School of Law at Drexel University in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Feb. 21. Her overall purpose was to talk to various faculty constituencies...
View ArticleHofstra Law Team Reaches Quarterfinals of 2018 National Basketball...
Hofstra Law’s Dispute Resolution Society participated on March 2-3 in the 6th annual National Basketball Negotiation Competition. The Hofstra Law team of John Zepka 2L (at left in photo) and Benjamin...
View ArticleHofstra Law Team Wins Regional Championship in 2018 AAJ Student Trial...
A team of Hofstra Law students (front row, left to right, in photo) Meagan Callahan 3L, Allie Stapleton 3L, Elida “Elle” Alfaro 3L and Jaclyn Ruggirello 2L won the New York Regional of the American...
View ArticleProf. Julian Ku’s Lawfare Blog Post on Taiwan Travel Act Quoted in Epoch Times
Trump Expected to Sign Pro-Taiwan Bill, Over Beijing’s Objections Unanimously passed by Congress, bill would encourage visits by high-level officials By Paul Huang Epoch Times March 5, 2018 Excerpt:...
View Article4 Hofstra Law Students Receive 2018 New York City Bar Diversity Fellowships
Four Hofstra Law students have been selected to participate in the New York City Bar’s 2018 Diversity Fellowship Program. First-year students (left to right in photo) Aaron Shubert, Kayla Scoccola, Amy...
View ArticleAlumnus Hon. Jeffrey Gershuny ’01 Appointed a New York City Civil Court Judge
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on March 9 the appointment of two interim judges, Hofstra Law alumnus Hon. Jeffrey Gershuny ’01 and Hon. Adam Perlmutter, to the New York City Civil Court. Although they...
View ArticleProf. Ronald Colombo to Participate in New York City Bar Securities...
On April 17, Professor Ronald J. Colombo will be participating in a New York City Bar Association program entitled “The Basics of Enforcement Actions and Civil Litigation Related to Swaps, Futures, and...
View ArticleAlumnus Michael Peterson ’96 Joins Reed Smith as Partner in Corporate Group...
Global law firm Reed Smith LLP recently announced that Hofstra Law alumnus Michael N. Peterson ’96 joined the firm as a partner in the global corporate group in Philadelphia. Formerly head of Morgan...
View ArticleHofstra Law to Honor Outstanding Women in Law at 3rd Annual Awards Reception
The third annual Outstanding Women in Law Reception will be held on Tuesday, April 24, at 6 p.m. at The Cottage at Milleridge in Jericho, New York. The reception, which brings together judges,...
View ArticleHofstra Law Celebrates Distinguished Alumni on the Bench
On Monday, March 19, Hofstra Law honored eight alumni judges for their exemplary service and celebrated its more than 140 alumni members of the judiciary at its first Distinguished Alumni on the Bench...
View ArticleProfessor Julian Ku Explains How North and South Korea Could Reunite for...
Julian Ku, the Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law, was featured on Business Insider’s YouTube channel to explain the various factors that make Korean reunification extremely...
View ArticleProf. James Sample Quoted in Reuters Story on US Plan to Ask Citizenship...
States vow to fight U.S. plan to ask citizenship question on census By Daniel Trotta Reuters Mar. 27, 2018 Excerpt: “It is facially constitutional to ask the question,” said James Sample, a law...
View ArticleProf. Ronald Colombo Quoted in Law360 Story on Facebook Shareholder Class...
Attys Divided Over Prospects of Facebook Shareholder Suits By Dunstan Prial Law360 March 27, 2018 Excerpt: Ron Colombo, a professor at Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law, said the...
View ArticleAlumnus George Davis ’90 Joins Latham as Global Co-Chair of Restructuring and...
Global law firm Latham & Watkins LLP recently announced that Hofstra Law alumnus George Davis ’90 joined the firm’s New York office as global co-chair of the restructuring, insolvency &...
View ArticleProf. Barbara Stark Publishes Article on Intercountry Adoption in Vanderbilt...
Professor Barbara Stark’s article “When Genealoly Matters: Intercountry Adoption, International Human Rights, and Global Neoliberalism” was published in March in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational...
View ArticleDeportation Defense Clinic Is Making a Difference for LI Immigrant Communities
The Hofstra Law Deportation Defense Clinic (DDC) is in its first year of operation, but it has already made great strides in serving immigrant communities on Long Island through a combination of...
View ArticleProf. Ronald Colombo Quoted in Bloomberg Story on Corporate Equity Derivatives
An Opaque $3.5 Billion Business Gives Wall Street a Hangover By Donal Griffin Bloomberg March 27, 2018 Excerpt: “Complexity can be dangerous if it inhibits a genuine understanding, and an accurate...
View ArticleAlumnus Greg Hlibok ’94 Featured in USA Today Story on 30th Anniversary of...
USA Today interviewed Hofstra Law alumnus Greg Hlibok ’94 for the April 3 story “Gallaudet Eyes More Progress for Deaf Community 30 Years After ‘Deaf President Now’ Protest.” The weeklong student...
View ArticleNew York’s Chief Judge Janet DiFiore to Deliver Hofstra Law’s 2018...
The Honorable Janet DiFiore, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and the State of New York, will deliver the commencement address and be awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws at Hofstra Law’s commencement...
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