Prof. Elizabeth Nevins Quoted in Newsday Article on NY’s Bail Law
On March 5, 2022, Professor Elizabeth Nevins was quoted in the Newsday article “NY’s bail law: Politicized perception and a complicated reality.” Excerpt But with all the numbers, Elizabeth Nevins, a...
View ArticleProf. Theo Liebmann Quoted in The American Lawyer Article on Representation...
On March 3, 2022, Professor Theo Liebmann was quoted in The American Lawyer article “White & Case Lawyer Represents Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Amid Ukraine Invasion.” Excerpt Hofstra Law School...
View ArticleThe Hofstra Chronicle Features Hofstra Law DEI Event on Race and Disability
On March 1, 2022, The Hofstra Chronicle featured a story on Hofstra Law’s DEI event on the intersectionality of race and disability. The event was moderated by Hofstra Law Professor Jennifer Gundlach...
View ArticleShauna LaMagna Discusses Earning a Masters in Health Law and Policy
Shauna LaMagna is an assistant professor at Montgomery Community College, Southeastern Pennsylvania in the medical assisting department. She has 20 years of teaching experience and has also worked at...
View ArticleHofstra Law Alumni Networking Reception at Novitá
On March 3, the highly anticipated Hofstra Law Alumni Networking Reception at Novitá Wine Bar & Trattoria took place. Alumni from all different class years ranging from 1976 to 2021 came together...
View ArticleProf. Julian Ku Quoted in SupChina Article
On March 10, 2022, Professor Julian Ku was quoted in the SupChina article “The China Initiative is dead, but its repercussions live on.” Excerpt Increased concern over economic espionage coming from...
View ArticleBrendan Ahern ’07 Moves Beyond Public Service to Become a Plaintiff’s Advocate
Brendan Ahern ’07 is a trial attorney with Rappaport, Glass, Levine and Zullo, where he represents plaintiffs in personal injury, medical malpractice, and civil rights cases. He was inspired to become...
View ArticleClass Notes | March 2022
Class of 1982 Stacy Tecklin joined Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP as a partner in the firm’s new distressed debt & claims trading practice in March 2022. Class of 1991 Vivian Breier joined...
View ArticleJudge Srividya (Vidya) Pappachan ’07 Discusses How Exploring Opportunities...
Judge Vidya Pappachan ’07 didn’t take what many would consider to be a traditional path to law school or to a career in public service. At the age of four years old, her family moved to Massachusetts...
View ArticleHofstra Law Competes in South Texas Mock Trial Challenge
Hofstra Law students competed in person March 24-26, 2022, in the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge in Houston, Texas finishing as semifinalists. The student advocates representing Hofstra Law were...
View ArticleProf. Ronald Colombo Co-Authors Amicus Letter
Professor Ronald Colombo co-authored an amicus letter urging the Supreme Court of California to review the lower court decision in Chrissie Carnell Bixler, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Jane Doe #1 & Jane...
View ArticleProf. James Sample Quoted in ABA Journal Article on Supreme Court Recusal
On March 28, 2022, Professor James Sample was quoted in the ABA Journal article “Post-election texts by wife of Justice Thomas raise ethics issues, experts say.” Excerpt Here is what ethics experts had...
View ArticleProf. James Sample Scholarly Work Quoted in Slate Magazine
On March 29, 2022, Professor James Sample was quoted in the Slate Magazine article “Ginni Thomas’ Absurd Sexism Defenders.” Excerpt In his comprehensive 2013 law review article on recusal, Professor...
View ArticleHofstra Law Dean and Alumni Named 2022 LIBN Power 25 Law
Judge Gail Prudenti, Dean of Hofstra Law, along with six alumni have been named Power 25 legal professionals by Long Island Business News. The Power 25 Law list recognizes Long Island’s top legal...
View ArticleIn Re Hofstra Law | March 2022
Dear Friends, Happy Spring! As we enter the final stage of our Vision 2020 Campaign, now is the time to “stop and smell the roses” and reflect on a few of our recent successes that have propelled...
View ArticleJennifer Tabios 3L Discusses Seizing Opportunities for Experience
Third-year Hofstra Law student Jennifer Tabios has always wanted to leave a positive impact on the world. Coming to Hofstra Law she found a way she could do exactly just that. Since stepping foot on...
View ArticleNancy Coulverson 2L on the Importance of Women in Law
Growing up second-year Hofstra Law student Nancy Coulverson played many different women’s sports. From her time playing and going to support other women’s games she realized the huge disparities that...
View ArticleHofstra Law Celebrates 50th Anniversary and Inaugural Hall of Fame, Historic...
On April 5, the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University celebrated its 50th Anniversary and inducted 50 alumni, as well as 16 distinguished alumni on the bench, into its inaugural Hall of...
View ArticleSierra Sánchez 2L Receives Inaugural Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Scholarship
Second-year Hofstra Law student Sierra Sánchez has been chosen by the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) to receive the inaugural Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship, created...
View ArticleHofstra Law Mock Trial Team Wins Peter James Johnson ’49 National Civil...
From March 31 to April 3, 2022, the Hofstra Law Mock Trial team competed and won the Peter James Johnson ’49 National Civil Rights Mock Trial Competition at St. John’s University. The team consisted of...
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