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Happy holidays from Fordham Law School.
December 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Happy holidays from Fordham Law School.
Registration for Fordham Law's 2026 edition of 'Structural Issues in Law Firm Management' (Jan. 23-May 1) is now open!
Program speakers are drawn from top law firms & companies in Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Finland, Mexico, U.K., U.S., & more—drawing 100+ participants from ~30 countries.
Program speakers are drawn from top law firms & companies in Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Finland, Mexico, U.K., U.S., & more—drawing 100+ participants from ~30 countries.
Structural Issues in Law Firm Management | Fordham School of Law
This program brings together leaders from top law firms, companies, and other industry experts to discuss best practices for law firm management.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Registration for Fordham Law's 2026 edition of 'Structural Issues in Law Firm Management' (Jan. 23-May 1) is now open!
Program speakers are drawn from top law firms & companies in Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Finland, Mexico, U.K., U.S., & more—drawing 100+ participants from ~30 countries.
Program speakers are drawn from top law firms & companies in Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Finland, Mexico, U.K., U.S., & more—drawing 100+ participants from ~30 countries.
If Luigi Mangione’s backpack—which was searched when he was arrested in PA last year—cannot be used in state court, the prosecution would still have a case, said Fordham Law Prof. Cheryl Bader. However, it could make what she called a “slam dunk” more challenging. via New York Times (@nytimes.com)
At the Center of the Latest Mangione Hearings: A Battle Over a Backpack
For three weeks, defense lawyers argued that searches of Luigi Mangione’s bag were unconstitutional. But state prosecutors have other evidence — and a federal prosecution looms.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If Luigi Mangione’s backpack—which was searched when he was arrested in PA last year—cannot be used in state court, the prosecution would still have a case, said Fordham Law Prof. Cheryl Bader. However, it could make what she called a “slam dunk” more challenging. via New York Times (@nytimes.com)
In 2025, fashion’s engagement with artificial intelligence moved from an experimental phase to an operational necessity. Susan Scafidi, director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School, spoke with Vogue about one of the biggest AI moments of the year—Pres. Donald Trump’s AI Action Plan.
The Biggest AI Moments of 2025
This year, AI went from an experimental nice-to-have to something no fashion executive can ignore. Here are the most important developments to have on your radar going into 2026.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
In 2025, fashion’s engagement with artificial intelligence moved from an experimental phase to an operational necessity. Susan Scafidi, director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School, spoke with Vogue about one of the biggest AI moments of the year—Pres. Donald Trump’s AI Action Plan.
What would need to be done for a Kovel agreement—a type of legal arrangement that extends attorney-client privilege to non-lawyers—to be done properly in the Epstein case? Bruce Green, director of Fordham Law’s Louis Stein Center for Law & Ethics, spoke with Business Insider (@businessinsider.com).
Steve Bannon discussed using an obscure legal tactic to join Jeffrey Epstein's legal team
The arrangement could explain why Steve Bannon's 15 hours of Jeffrey Epstein footage haven't seen the light of day.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What would need to be done for a Kovel agreement—a type of legal arrangement that extends attorney-client privilege to non-lawyers—to be done properly in the Epstein case? Bruce Green, director of Fordham Law’s Louis Stein Center for Law & Ethics, spoke with Business Insider (@businessinsider.com).
Since 2024, Fordham Law students have had the chance to immerse themselves in privacy laws, policies, & frameworks that city agencies consider when delivering services for New Yorkers. The first-ever externship program is a partnership between Fordham Law & NYC’s Office of Technology and Innovation.
NYC Office of Technology and Innovation - OTI
During past four years, OTI democratized tech access, protected New Yorkers from physical and digital threats, and strengthened our city’s tech workforce
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December 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Since 2024, Fordham Law students have had the chance to immerse themselves in privacy laws, policies, & frameworks that city agencies consider when delivering services for New Yorkers. The first-ever externship program is a partnership between Fordham Law & NYC’s Office of Technology and Innovation.
Recognized for his emerging leadership & exceptional impact in the luxury sector, Fordham Law grad Nathanael Harting '24, director of legal affairs @ Parfums Christian Dior, was named the 2025 Rising Star at the Luxury Law Alliance and Summit in New York last month.
📸: Courtesy of Luxury Law Summit
📸: Courtesy of Luxury Law Summit
December 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Recognized for his emerging leadership & exceptional impact in the luxury sector, Fordham Law grad Nathanael Harting '24, director of legal affairs @ Parfums Christian Dior, was named the 2025 Rising Star at the Luxury Law Alliance and Summit in New York last month.
📸: Courtesy of Luxury Law Summit
📸: Courtesy of Luxury Law Summit
Fordham Law graduate Paul M. Robinson '83, Warner Music Group's executive vice president & general counsel, was named to The Hollywood Reporter (@thr.com)'s list of the Top 57 Music Power Lawyers of 2025.
📝 : https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-features/top-music-lawyers-2025-1236388837/
📝 : https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-features/top-music-lawyers-2025-1236388837/
December 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Fordham Law graduate Paul M. Robinson '83, Warner Music Group's executive vice president & general counsel, was named to The Hollywood Reporter (@thr.com)'s list of the Top 57 Music Power Lawyers of 2025.
📝 : https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-features/top-music-lawyers-2025-1236388837/
📝 : https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-features/top-music-lawyers-2025-1236388837/
Described by colleagues as a "selfless boss with a sharp wit who mentored a generation of prosecutors," Fordham Law graduate Robert Ferrari '98 was posthumously awarded the Thomas E. Dewey Medal by the New York City Bar Association (@nycbarassociation.bsky.social).
'Go-To Person:' Longtime Manhattan Prosecutor Rob Ferrari Posthumously Awarded Dewey Medal
Colleagues described Ferrari as a selfless boss with a sharp wit who mentored a generation of prosecutors.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Described by colleagues as a "selfless boss with a sharp wit who mentored a generation of prosecutors," Fordham Law graduate Robert Ferrari '98 was posthumously awarded the Thomas E. Dewey Medal by the New York City Bar Association (@nycbarassociation.bsky.social).
In "Research Handbook on Climate Change and Infrastructure Law," Fordham Law Professor Adam Orford presents a framework for evaluating a country’s electric grid decarbonization laws and examines past and proposed reform efforts in the United States as an informative case study.
Research Handbook on Climate Change and Infrastructure Law
‘Climate change poses enormous challenges to the infrastructure underlying our homes, roads and businesses. That same vast infrastructure makes it harder to reduce current emissions and change our cli...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In "Research Handbook on Climate Change and Infrastructure Law," Fordham Law Professor Adam Orford presents a framework for evaluating a country’s electric grid decarbonization laws and examines past and proposed reform efforts in the United States as an informative case study.
Wishing a wonderful winter break to the Fordham Law School community.
Reflect and unwind by doing the things you enjoy most—you deserve it.
Reflect and unwind by doing the things you enjoy most—you deserve it.
December 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Wishing a wonderful winter break to the Fordham Law School community.
Reflect and unwind by doing the things you enjoy most—you deserve it.
Reflect and unwind by doing the things you enjoy most—you deserve it.
This fall, Fordham Law Prof. Doni Bloomfield (@donibloomfield.bsky.social) delivered a keynote address at a University-hosted symposium on responsible artificial intelligence, exploring the ethics of scientists generating, disseminating, and regulating pathogen data to train AI models.
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Fordham Hosts Symposium to Discuss Benefits and Ethical Concerns of AI
Fordham University co-sponsored a symposium on Oct. 16 and 17 with the goal of cultivating discussions and understanding about the benefits and possible drawbacks of artificial intelligence (AI).
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December 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This fall, Fordham Law Prof. Doni Bloomfield (@donibloomfield.bsky.social) delivered a keynote address at a University-hosted symposium on responsible artificial intelligence, exploring the ethics of scientists generating, disseminating, and regulating pathogen data to train AI models.
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Two members of Fordham Law’s Parents’ Leadership Council said that, if given the chance to meet Pope Leo XIV in Rome, they'd mention the NYC law school to him.
📝: https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/12/19/fordham-law-parents-meet-pope-leo-xiv-ask-him-to-bless-law-school/
Photos: © Vatican Media
📝: https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/12/19/fordham-law-parents-meet-pope-leo-xiv-ask-him-to-bless-law-school/
Photos: © Vatican Media
December 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Two members of Fordham Law’s Parents’ Leadership Council said that, if given the chance to meet Pope Leo XIV in Rome, they'd mention the NYC law school to him.
📝: https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/12/19/fordham-law-parents-meet-pope-leo-xiv-ask-him-to-bless-law-school/
Photos: © Vatican Media
📝: https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/12/19/fordham-law-parents-meet-pope-leo-xiv-ask-him-to-bless-law-school/
Photos: © Vatican Media
Fordham Law students William Giannakouros '26 and Jonathan Papagianopoulos '27 were recently named HLA 2025 Scholarship Recipients at the Hellenic Lawyers Association's 35th Annual Scholarship Dinner Gala.
Photos: Maria Tolios and Frank Ramunno, courtesy of the Hellenic Lawyers Association
Photos: Maria Tolios and Frank Ramunno, courtesy of the Hellenic Lawyers Association
December 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Fordham Law students William Giannakouros '26 and Jonathan Papagianopoulos '27 were recently named HLA 2025 Scholarship Recipients at the Hellenic Lawyers Association's 35th Annual Scholarship Dinner Gala.
Photos: Maria Tolios and Frank Ramunno, courtesy of the Hellenic Lawyers Association
Photos: Maria Tolios and Frank Ramunno, courtesy of the Hellenic Lawyers Association
Fordham Law grad Jessi Tamayo '04—currently director of the Externship Programs and lecturer in law at University of Miami Law School (@miamilawschool.bsky.social)—recently received the Mary E. Doyle Award at Miami Law's 76th annual "Morning Spirits" & Homecoming Breakfast.
📸: Courtesy of Miami Law
📸: Courtesy of Miami Law
December 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Fordham Law grad Jessi Tamayo '04—currently director of the Externship Programs and lecturer in law at University of Miami Law School (@miamilawschool.bsky.social)—recently received the Mary E. Doyle Award at Miami Law's 76th annual "Morning Spirits" & Homecoming Breakfast.
📸: Courtesy of Miami Law
📸: Courtesy of Miami Law
#FutureFordhamLawyer Temie Ghde ’28 intends to focus on constitutional law at Fordham Law School and hopes to return to his home country, Eritrea, someday to make a positive impact there.
Read more: https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/12/18/a-global-outlook-on-justice-meet-temie-ghde-28/
Read more: https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/12/18/a-global-outlook-on-justice-meet-temie-ghde-28/
December 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#FutureFordhamLawyer Temie Ghde ’28 intends to focus on constitutional law at Fordham Law School and hopes to return to his home country, Eritrea, someday to make a positive impact there.
Read more: https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/12/18/a-global-outlook-on-justice-meet-temie-ghde-28/
Read more: https://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2025/12/18/a-global-outlook-on-justice-meet-temie-ghde-28/
Fordham Law's proud to announce that Angela DeVolld, director of Public Interest Scholars and Fellowships, Clinical Prof. Mariam Hinds, & student Olivia Loomis '26 have named to the Association of American Law Schools (@theaals.bsky.social)'s 2025 Pro Bono Honor Roll, for their indiv. pro bono work.
December 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Fordham Law's proud to announce that Angela DeVolld, director of Public Interest Scholars and Fellowships, Clinical Prof. Mariam Hinds, & student Olivia Loomis '26 have named to the Association of American Law Schools (@theaals.bsky.social)'s 2025 Pro Bono Honor Roll, for their indiv. pro bono work.
Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout describes price gouging "as a growing economic justice issue," in this Agweek article.
Antimonopoly advocates say weak enforcement is fueling higher grocery prices
Farm, consumer and grocery groups argue consolidation and price discrimination are squeezing shoppers, farmers and small stores.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout describes price gouging "as a growing economic justice issue," in this Agweek article.
More than 250 guests gathered at the Scott Simpson Cross-Border Institute’s reception held during the 2025 @ibanews.bsky.social Annual Conference in Toronto. Welcome remarks were shared in part by Vera Tkachuk, assistant dean for advancement & associate VP for external relations at Fordham Law.
December 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
More than 250 guests gathered at the Scott Simpson Cross-Border Institute’s reception held during the 2025 @ibanews.bsky.social Annual Conference in Toronto. Welcome remarks were shared in part by Vera Tkachuk, assistant dean for advancement & associate VP for external relations at Fordham Law.
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My book, Disclosureland: How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress is now available for preorder. It reveals how corporate statements about race often function less as mechanisms of accountability and more as tools of self-preservation while evading deeper structural change:
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Amazon.com: Disclosureland: How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress: 9781009442985: Adediran, Atinuke O.: Books
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May 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
My book, Disclosureland: How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress is now available for preorder. It reveals how corporate statements about race often function less as mechanisms of accountability and more as tools of self-preservation while evading deeper structural change:
a.co/d/0jYzSyi
a.co/d/0jYzSyi
Fordham Law Professor Olivier Sylvain (@oliviersylvain.bsky.social) predicts the White House's executive order to block state artificial intelligence (AI) laws "may be structurally doomed." via the National Law Review
Executive Overreach or Innovation Savior? Trump’s December Surprise Takes Aim at State AI Laws
If you thought the AI regulatory landscape couldn’t get more chaotic after the "Summer of Stargate," buckle up.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Fordham Law Professor Olivier Sylvain (@oliviersylvain.bsky.social) predicts the White House's executive order to block state artificial intelligence (AI) laws "may be structurally doomed." via the National Law Review
As Fordham Law prepares to close out 2025, we’re grateful for every smile, every lesson, and every moment of growth. Help the Law School continue creating opportunities for our #FutureFordhamLawyers in the year ahead. Your year-end gift makes a difference!
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December 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
As Fordham Law prepares to close out 2025, we’re grateful for every smile, every lesson, and every moment of growth. Help the Law School continue creating opportunities for our #FutureFordhamLawyers in the year ahead. Your year-end gift makes a difference!
https://www.givecampus.com/s/lid6y0
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Fordham Law Professor James Kainen, an expert in real estate and white collar crime, was quoted in this Reason magazine (@reason.com) article, after a second federal grand jury recently refused to approve an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
2 grand juries have rejected the grudge-driven case against Trump foe Letitia James
The back-to-back setbacks are a striking sign that the mortgage fraud charges against New York's attorney general are legally shaky.
reason.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Fordham Law Professor James Kainen, an expert in real estate and white collar crime, was quoted in this Reason magazine (@reason.com) article, after a second federal grand jury recently refused to approve an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
From laughter to shared stories, Fordham Law graduates of all class years brought festive cheer to the Fordham Law Alumni Association's annual holiday party.
✨ Wishing all members of the Law School community a blessed and joyful season. ✨
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✨ Wishing all members of the Law School community a blessed and joyful season. ✨
View more photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCE1Ys
December 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
From laughter to shared stories, Fordham Law graduates of all class years brought festive cheer to the Fordham Law Alumni Association's annual holiday party.
✨ Wishing all members of the Law School community a blessed and joyful season. ✨
View more photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCE1Ys
✨ Wishing all members of the Law School community a blessed and joyful season. ✨
View more photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCE1Ys
Rutgers Law (@law.rutgers.edu) Professor Matteo Gatti joins Fordham Law Professor Amelia Martella ’07 on the latest episode of Fordham Law’s Bite-Sized Business Law Podcast.
🎧: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/when-companies-act-like-countries-inside-corporate/id1671246836?i=1000741496079
🎧: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/when-companies-act-like-countries-inside-corporate/id1671246836?i=1000741496079
December 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Rutgers Law (@law.rutgers.edu) Professor Matteo Gatti joins Fordham Law Professor Amelia Martella ’07 on the latest episode of Fordham Law’s Bite-Sized Business Law Podcast.
🎧: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/when-companies-act-like-countries-inside-corporate/id1671246836?i=1000741496079
🎧: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/when-companies-act-like-countries-inside-corporate/id1671246836?i=1000741496079