Prof. Linda Galler Publishes Article in UMKC Law Review
Professor Linda Galler’s article, Law Students and Cell Phone Use: Results of a Six-School Survey, has recently been published at 89 UMKC Law Review 269. The article was co-authored by Professor...
View ArticleProf. Linda Galler Presents at 2020 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Grantee...
Professor Linda Galler spoke on December 18 at the 2020 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) Grantee Conference in Washington, D.C. Other members of the panel, “Ethics: Practice Before the IRS and U.S....
View ArticleProf. Barbara Stark Joins Amicus Brief Submitted to Fifth Circuit Court of...
Professor Barbara Stark joins an international and comparative law amicus brief that was submitted on January 11, 2021 to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for the en banc review of Whole Women’s...
View ArticleProf. Eric Freedman Quoted in the Richmond Times Dispatch on Death Penalty Case
20th anniversary of Earl Washingtion’s freedom nears as abolition of Va. death penalty is considered. By Frank Green The Richmond Times Dispatch January 27, 2021 Excerpt Virginia’s only death row...
View ArticleProf. Ellen Yaroshevsky Participates in 9th Annual White Collar Crime...
On January 11-12, 2021 Professor Ellen Yaroshevsky participated in the 9th Annual White Collar Crime Institute CLE, a comprehensive, two-day, virtual program hosted by the New York City Bar...
View ArticleProf. Eric M. Freedman Quoted in The New York Times on Death Penalty Cases
‘Expedited Spree of Executions’ Faced Little Supreme Court Scrutiny By Adam Liptak The New York Times January 18, 2021 Excerpt In its last six months, the Trump administration put more than three times...
View ArticleProf. Eric M. Freedman Cited in The New York Times
The Fire Last Time By Elizabeth Bruenig The New York Times January 18, 2021 Excerpt Timothy McVeigh’s 1995 attack in Oklahoma City spurred legislation that gutted death row inmates’ rights. In the wake...
View ArticleMehrin Bakht ’19 on Building Confidence to Pursue a Litigation Career
Working for the IRS was not something Mehrin Bakht ’19 envisioned when she enrolled at Hofstra Law — she hadn’t thought much about tax returns before law school. As a first-year law student, Mehrin...
View ArticleJudge Prudenti Writes Op-Ed in LIBN on Black History Month and the Legacy of...
The opinion piece “This month, remembering the legacy of Franklin Williams” authored by Judge Gail Prudenti, Dean, for Long Island Business News on February 12 discusses the importance of celebrating...
View ArticleBriana Enck ’19 on Using Career Services to Make a Change from Family Law to...
As a first-year law student, Briana Enck ’19 had an interest in family law. But, like many law students, she realized her initial focus wouldn’t be her eventual area of practice. “I was a Child and...
View ArticleHofstra Law Announces Vision 2020 Campaign as Part of 50th Anniversary
Hofstra Law announced today that it has secured more than $16 million in gifts and commitments, surpassing its goal for the initial phase of the Law School’s Vision 2020 Campaign. Only the second...
View ArticleHofstra Law Names 2020-2021 Recipients of Moritt Hock & Hamroff Fellowship &...
The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University has named Jeffrey Hassan 1L as the recipient of the 2020-2021 Moritt Hock & Hamroff Business Law Honors Fellowship, which is awarded to an...
View ArticleAndrew Borruso ’20 on Finding the Right Job Opportunity
Andrew Borruso ’20 is a New York-based associate at Latham & Watkins. He is part of the firm’s Unassigned Program, which allows first year associates the time and flexibility to follow their...
View ArticleProf. Ellen Yaroshefsky Comments on the Ethics of Public Defenders Tweeting...
Should Public Defenders Be Tweeting? By Janet Manley Vice.com February 18, 2021 Excerpt: Once in the shadows, public defenders have found their voice on Twitter. But criminal justice reform advocates...
View ArticleProf. Michael Haber and Prof. Robert Caserta Lead Webinar on Mutual Aid
Clinical Professor Michael Haber, director of Hofstra’s Community & Economic Development Clinic, and Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor Robert Caserta of Hofstra’s Federal Tax Clinic, along with...
View ArticleProf. Ronald Colombo Joins Law Professors and SEC Officials on Amicus Brief
Professor Ronald Colombo, joined by other law professors and former SEC officials, signed an amicus brief in Goldman Sachs v. Arkansas Teachers Retirement System, currently before the Supreme Court....
View ArticleErrol Adams Publishes Legal Research Guide on NYU School of Law Website
Reference & Scholarly Services Librarian, Errol Adams’ published “Guyana Law and Legal Research” in May/June 2020, on Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law, GlobalLex Website. This...
View ArticleErrol Adams Publishes Article in the American Association of Law Libraries’...
Reference & Scholarly Services Librarian, Errol Adams’ article “My Personal Experiences with Systemic Racism A Black American Immigrant’s Perseverance in the Face of Racial Injustice”, was...
View ArticleErrol Adams Coordinates ‘Must-Have Program’ at the 2020 AALL Virtual...
Errol Adams coordinated and moderated ‘Cross-Cultural Competence: Ps and Qs for Law Librarians,’ one of the ‘Must-Have Programs’ the 2020 American Association of Law Libraries Virtual Conference and...
View ArticleErrol Adams Chairs the New AALL Black Law Librarians Special Interest Section
Errol Adams submitted a successful petition with over 150 members’ signatures to the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) to form the Black Law Librarians Special Interest Section of AALL...
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