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Fordham Law Dean Joseph Landau wishes the entire Fordham Law family a happy and blessed Thanksgiving holiday—and thanks the Law School community for all that they do to support Fordham Law, the legal profession, and our society.
In honor of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Fordham Law honors alumna Frances Berko ’44, who served as state advocate in the New York Office of the Disabled, fought for legislation to protect the disabled against discrimination, and helped found United Cerebral Palsy.
Frances Berko ’44: Pioneering Disability Rights Leader
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Fordham Law is honoring trailblazing graduates who broke barriers and changed the legal profession. Frances Berko ’44 was a pioneer in disability rights who s...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
In honor of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Fordham Law honors alumna Frances Berko ’44, who served as state advocate in the New York Office of the Disabled, fought for legislation to protect the disabled against discrimination, and helped found United Cerebral Palsy.
2025 was a wonderful year for the Fordham Law community, spanning celebrations, faculty insights, & student achievements. Check out the Top 10 newsroom stories of the year, as determined by the readers: https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/12/03/fordham-law-wrapped-top-10-newsroom-stories-of-2025/
December 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
2025 was a wonderful year for the Fordham Law community, spanning celebrations, faculty insights, & student achievements. Check out the Top 10 newsroom stories of the year, as determined by the readers: https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/12/03/fordham-law-wrapped-top-10-newsroom-stories-of-2025/
Revisit the top 2025 social posts in this Fordham Law Wrapped list—from an alum winning a Super Bowl to Fordham Law ranking as a "go-to" school, this year's "can't miss" moments weren't disappointing! https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/12/03/fordham-law-wrapped-top-10-social-media-posts-of-2025/
December 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Revisit the top 2025 social posts in this Fordham Law Wrapped list—from an alum winning a Super Bowl to Fordham Law ranking as a "go-to" school, this year's "can't miss" moments weren't disappointing! https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/12/03/fordham-law-wrapped-top-10-social-media-posts-of-2025/
This Giving Tuesday, law student Nylas Burgess, FCLC ’25, LAW ’28 reflects on how a Fordham education has positively impacted his life.
Join our growing list of Giving Tuesday donors by showing your support and making your gift today: https://www.givecampus.com/s/fwml39
Join our growing list of Giving Tuesday donors by showing your support and making your gift today: https://www.givecampus.com/s/fwml39
December 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This Giving Tuesday, law student Nylas Burgess, FCLC ’25, LAW ’28 reflects on how a Fordham education has positively impacted his life.
Join our growing list of Giving Tuesday donors by showing your support and making your gift today: https://www.givecampus.com/s/fwml39
Join our growing list of Giving Tuesday donors by showing your support and making your gift today: https://www.givecampus.com/s/fwml39
Malcolm Gladwell interviewed Fordham Law Professor Deborah Denno, a legal expert in death penalty issues, about the cruelty of execution methods, on his “Revisionist History” podcast, in his multi-part series on “The Alabama Murders.”
The Alabama Murders - Part 4: The Protocol - Revisionist History
Holman Correctional Facility. June 2010. John Forrest Parker is put to death by lethal injection. He didn’t appear to suffer. But did he?
Get early, ad-free access to the full season of The Alabama M...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Malcolm Gladwell interviewed Fordham Law Professor Deborah Denno, a legal expert in death penalty issues, about the cruelty of execution methods, on his “Revisionist History” podcast, in his multi-part series on “The Alabama Murders.”
Join the fun—celebrate a year of meaningful impact across the Fordham Law & alumni communities @ the 2025 Fordham Law Alumni Association holiday party!
📆 Thursday, Dec. 11
⏰ 6-9 pm
📍 The Empire Hotel Rooftop
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📆 Thursday, Dec. 11
⏰ 6-9 pm
📍 The Empire Hotel Rooftop
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December 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Join the fun—celebrate a year of meaningful impact across the Fordham Law & alumni communities @ the 2025 Fordham Law Alumni Association holiday party!
📆 Thursday, Dec. 11
⏰ 6-9 pm
📍 The Empire Hotel Rooftop
🎟️ https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1362/18/interior.aspx?sid=1362&gid=1&pgid=14697&cid=27173
📆 Thursday, Dec. 11
⏰ 6-9 pm
📍 The Empire Hotel Rooftop
🎟️ https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1362/18/interior.aspx?sid=1362&gid=1&pgid=14697&cid=27173
Financial Times (@financialtimes.com) cited Fordham Law Professor Jeffrey Colon's forthcoming article, "The Black Hole of Capital Gain: ETF Swap Funds," and what he argues to be the "necessary and appropriate first step in reining in the newest tax abuse of ETFs."
Rapid growth of US tax-minimising ETFs draws scrutiny
Billions of dollars flow into funds designed to reduce capital gains tax or minimise tax on interest or dividend income
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December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Financial Times (@financialtimes.com) cited Fordham Law Professor Jeffrey Colon's forthcoming article, "The Black Hole of Capital Gain: ETF Swap Funds," and what he argues to be the "necessary and appropriate first step in reining in the newest tax abuse of ETFs."
Fordham Law grad Alex Mario ’20 shared her journey to becoming the lawyer she is today, with 96.5 TIC (@965tic.bsky.social).
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December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Fordham Law grad Alex Mario ’20 shared her journey to becoming the lawyer she is today, with 96.5 TIC (@965tic.bsky.social).
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Susan Scafidi, founder and director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School, spoke with the New York Post (@nypost.com) after shares in American Eagle jumped as much as 4% when iconic homemaker Martha Stewart was named the newest face of the brand.
American Eagle shares jump after Martha Stewart revealed as new face of brand after Sydney Sweeney controversy
Stewart, 84, wears head-to-toe denim – along with a dangly diamond necklace – in American Eagle’s new “Give Great Jeans Campaign” ahead of the busy holiday shopping season.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Susan Scafidi, founder and director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School, spoke with the New York Post (@nypost.com) after shares in American Eagle jumped as much as 4% when iconic homemaker Martha Stewart was named the newest face of the brand.
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins publicly raised concerns about the Wells process since becoming chair, during the keynote address of the 25th Annual A.A. Sommer, Jr. Lecture on Corporate, Securities, and Financial Law at Fordham Law School. via JD Supra (@jdsupra.bsky.social)
SEC Chairman Calls for a Fairer Wells Process: Reinforcing Due Process and Transparency in Enforcement | JD Supra
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Atkins recently spoke at Fordham Law School for the “25th Annual A.A. Sommer, Jr. Lecture on...
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November 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins publicly raised concerns about the Wells process since becoming chair, during the keynote address of the 25th Annual A.A. Sommer, Jr. Lecture on Corporate, Securities, and Financial Law at Fordham Law School. via JD Supra (@jdsupra.bsky.social)
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Cox on Normative Uncertainty and AI Judging, buff.ly/7o7DEXZ - Courtney M. Cox (Fordham University School of Law) has posted Hardwiring Hercules? on SSRN.
Cox on Normative Uncertainty and AI Judging
Courtney M. Cox (Fordham University School of Law) has posted Hardwiring Hercules? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: It is time to reorient the debate over the right to a human decision. Within that…
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August 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Cox on Normative Uncertainty and AI Judging, buff.ly/7o7DEXZ - Courtney M. Cox (Fordham University School of Law) has posted Hardwiring Hercules? on SSRN.
The Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work at Fordham Law School has launched its first Alumni Advisory Council, which will help guide the Institute’s strategic direction and expand mentorship opportunities for students, strengthening the impact of the Institute’s programs.
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work at Fordham Law School has launched its first Alumni Advisory Council, which will help guide the Institute’s strategic direction and expand mentorship opportunities for students, strengthening the impact of the Institute’s programs.
So what is the Fordham Law community most grateful for this Thanksgiving season?
✅ Family and friends
✅ Professors and classmates
✅ The opportunity to study at Fordham Law
Read more: https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/11/24/an-argument-for-appreciation-fordham-law-celebrates-gratitude-week/
✅ Family and friends
✅ Professors and classmates
✅ The opportunity to study at Fordham Law
Read more: https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/11/24/an-argument-for-appreciation-fordham-law-celebrates-gratitude-week/
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
So what is the Fordham Law community most grateful for this Thanksgiving season?
✅ Family and friends
✅ Professors and classmates
✅ The opportunity to study at Fordham Law
Read more: https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/11/24/an-argument-for-appreciation-fordham-law-celebrates-gratitude-week/
✅ Family and friends
✅ Professors and classmates
✅ The opportunity to study at Fordham Law
Read more: https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/11/24/an-argument-for-appreciation-fordham-law-celebrates-gratitude-week/
Fordham Law Prof. Tanya Hernández (@professortkh.bsky.social)'s "Can CRT Save DEI?: Workplace Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Shadow of Anti-Affirmative Action" was named 1 of the best works of recent scholarship relating to Equality. via Journal of Things We Like (Lots) (@jotwell.bsky.social)
Resuscitating DEI: Using CRT to Breathe Life Back into Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Equality
Tanya Katerí Hernández, Can CRT Save DEI?: Workplace Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Shadow of Anti-Affirmative Action, 71 UCLA L. Rev. Discourse 282 (2024).Rakhi RupareliaDiversity, Equity, and ...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Fordham Law Prof. Tanya Hernández (@professortkh.bsky.social)'s "Can CRT Save DEI?: Workplace Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Shadow of Anti-Affirmative Action" was named 1 of the best works of recent scholarship relating to Equality. via Journal of Things We Like (Lots) (@jotwell.bsky.social)
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has named Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout as a member of his transition team, on the Committee on Legal Affairs. via Law360 (@law360.bsky.social)
Mamdani Transition Team Includes Dozens Of Attorneys - Law360
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appointed dozens of nonprofit leaders, BigLaw attorneys, law professors and other lawyers to transition committees that will help advise the incoming administr...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has named Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout as a member of his transition team, on the Committee on Legal Affairs. via Law360 (@law360.bsky.social)
Fordham University (@fordham.edu) community members—including Marta Ricardo, Fordham Law’s assistant dean of professionalism, and Michael Rasmussen, senior advisor to Fordham Law Dean Joseph Landau—shared their favorite Thanksgiving traditions and recipes.
How We Gather: Thanksgiving Traditions and Recipes from Fordham Colleagues
Learn all the ways the Fordham family celebrates Thanksgiving—and find new recipes for your spread, from pumpkin bread to chana masala.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Fordham University (@fordham.edu) community members—including Marta Ricardo, Fordham Law’s assistant dean of professionalism, and Michael Rasmussen, senior advisor to Fordham Law Dean Joseph Landau—shared their favorite Thanksgiving traditions and recipes.
Fordham Law Dean Joseph Landau wishes the entire Fordham Law family a happy and blessed Thanksgiving holiday—and thanks the Law School community for all that they do to support Fordham Law, the legal profession, and our society.
Thanksgiving 2025
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November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Fordham Law Dean Joseph Landau wishes the entire Fordham Law family a happy and blessed Thanksgiving holiday—and thanks the Law School community for all that they do to support Fordham Law, the legal profession, and our society.
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has named Jerry Goldfeder (@jerrygoldfeder.bsky.social), director of Fordham Law's Voting Rights & Democracy Project, as a member of his transition team, on the Committee on Legal Affairs. via New York Law Journal
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November 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has named Jerry Goldfeder (@jerrygoldfeder.bsky.social), director of Fordham Law's Voting Rights & Democracy Project, as a member of his transition team, on the Committee on Legal Affairs. via New York Law Journal
In partnership with the Judicial Resource Center, the Fordham Law Moot Court Board recently welcomed more than 30 New York City high schools to campus, to compete in the 41st Annual MENTOR Moot Court Competition.
Listen to the segment, and read more, on NPR (@npr.org):
Listen to the segment, and read more, on NPR (@npr.org):
This civics competition lets high school students have their day in court
A month-long moot court program in New York City lets students prosecute — and defend — cases, offering real-world lessons in how government works.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In partnership with the Judicial Resource Center, the Fordham Law Moot Court Board recently welcomed more than 30 New York City high schools to campus, to compete in the 41st Annual MENTOR Moot Court Competition.
Listen to the segment, and read more, on NPR (@npr.org):
Listen to the segment, and read more, on NPR (@npr.org):
Giving Tuesday is 7 days away & the Fordham Law community is getting ready to give from the heart. Whether it’s supporting student scholarships or our outstanding faculty, every heartfelt gift helps shape the advocates of tomorrow.
Make your gift ahead of Dec. 2: https://www.givecampus.com/s/x19luz
Make your gift ahead of Dec. 2: https://www.givecampus.com/s/x19luz
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Giving Tuesday is 7 days away & the Fordham Law community is getting ready to give from the heart. Whether it’s supporting student scholarships or our outstanding faculty, every heartfelt gift helps shape the advocates of tomorrow.
Make your gift ahead of Dec. 2: https://www.givecampus.com/s/x19luz
Make your gift ahead of Dec. 2: https://www.givecampus.com/s/x19luz
🦃 Celebrating Friendsgiving in true Fordham Law School style 🦃
Students, faculty, and staff enjoyed each other's company, themed meals, and even an apple cider bar with seasonal desserts, before the Thanksgiving holiday.
Students, faculty, and staff enjoyed each other's company, themed meals, and even an apple cider bar with seasonal desserts, before the Thanksgiving holiday.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🦃 Celebrating Friendsgiving in true Fordham Law School style 🦃
Students, faculty, and staff enjoyed each other's company, themed meals, and even an apple cider bar with seasonal desserts, before the Thanksgiving holiday.
Students, faculty, and staff enjoyed each other's company, themed meals, and even an apple cider bar with seasonal desserts, before the Thanksgiving holiday.
This week on Fordham Law’s Bite-Sized Business Law Podcast, Fordham Law Prof. Amelia Martella goes BTS of the Law School’s Entrepreneurial Law Clinic, w/ Clinic Director Katherine Hughes.
🎧: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/startups-start-here-behind-the-scenes-of/id1671246836?i=1000738294849
🎧: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/startups-start-here-behind-the-scenes-of/id1671246836?i=1000738294849
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This week on Fordham Law’s Bite-Sized Business Law Podcast, Fordham Law Prof. Amelia Martella goes BTS of the Law School’s Entrepreneurial Law Clinic, w/ Clinic Director Katherine Hughes.
🎧: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/startups-start-here-behind-the-scenes-of/id1671246836?i=1000738294849
🎧: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/startups-start-here-behind-the-scenes-of/id1671246836?i=1000738294849
Fordham Law Professor Cheryl Bader spoke with WORLD NEWS GROUP about whether Arctic Frost—an effort launched by the U.S. DOJ to investigate then-former President Donald Trump and his allies in connection with alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election—violated the Fourth Amendment.
Understanding the Arctic Frost controversy
Experts weigh in on the FBI’s probe of lawmakers’ phone records
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November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Fordham Law Professor Cheryl Bader spoke with WORLD NEWS GROUP about whether Arctic Frost—an effort launched by the U.S. DOJ to investigate then-former President Donald Trump and his allies in connection with alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election—violated the Fourth Amendment.
Underserved clients who get help from Fordham Law's clinics will also get free Thanksgiving dinner thanks to a fundraiser held by eight student groups. The students raised $1,000 through bake sales & donations to support clinic clients & student food pantries that assist Fordham community members.
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Underserved clients who get help from Fordham Law's clinics will also get free Thanksgiving dinner thanks to a fundraiser held by eight student groups. The students raised $1,000 through bake sales & donations to support clinic clients & student food pantries that assist Fordham community members.
Fordham Law Prof. Harlan Grant Cohen (@harlangcohen.bsky.social), VP of the American Society of International Law (@asilorg.bsky.social), delivered a lecture at @nyu.edu U.S.-Asia Law Institute, analyzing the U.S.’s new Outbound Investment Rule & its impact on global business.
Watch the recording:
Watch the recording:
Outbound Investment Restrictions and International Law’s Challenge with Harlan Cohen
YouTube video by U.S. - Asia Law Institute NYU
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November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Fordham Law Prof. Harlan Grant Cohen (@harlangcohen.bsky.social), VP of the American Society of International Law (@asilorg.bsky.social), delivered a lecture at @nyu.edu U.S.-Asia Law Institute, analyzing the U.S.’s new Outbound Investment Rule & its impact on global business.
Watch the recording:
Watch the recording: