St. John’s Law Students Educate, Empower, and Uplift Queens’ Latino Community
It’s Saturday, March 26, 2022, and Entre Panas Radio is broadcasting live, in Spanish, to some 2,287,390 people who call Queens, NY home. In the studio are St. John’s Law students Camille Sanchez ’22...
St. John’s Law Seminar Students Explore the History and Legacy of Lynching in America
On Friday, December 4, 1931, at 8:05 p.m., 23-year-old Matthew Williams was lynched in front of hundreds of onlookers gathered on the local courthouse lawn in Salisbury, Maryland. His murder was one...
New York City Schools Chancellor David C. Banks ’93 to Speak at St. John’s Law Commencement
David Banks, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, will be the Law School’s commencement speaker on Sunday, May 22, 2022. The commencement exercises will take place on St. John’s...
Spring Break Spotlight: Princess Hanson ’24 Volunteers to Help Veterans in Need
In the law school universe, no one needs a little time off in March more than 1Ls. But when Princess Hanson heard about the Public Interest Center’s Spring Break Service Program, she jumped at the...
2022 Dispute Resolution Advancement Award Goes to Settlement Malpractice Scholar
Professor Michael Moffitt , the Philip H. Knight Chair at the University of Oregon School of Law, will receive the Hugh L. Carey Center’s 2022 Dispute Resolution Advancement Award for the research...
Nation’s Premier Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition Marks a Milestone
Last week, over three days, 114 students representing 36 law schools nationwide, along with 150 judges and brief graders, participated in the Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition . As they...
Danielle Harrow ’24 Sees Law as a Common Thread
The other day, Danielle Harrow was making a suit jacket. Stepping back and eyeing her handiwork, she knew something wasn’t right. It was the buttons. They didn’t fit the design. Nor did any of the...
Alexander Gonzalez ’24 Finds His People at St. John’s Law
Alexander Gonzalez was just 10 years old when the Great Recession of 2008 shuttered his family’s coffee shop in Orlando, FL. The small business had marked the attainment of the American dream for his...
Center for Law and Religion Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Earlier this month, following a pandemic postponement, the Law School’s Center for Law and Religion celebrated its 10th anniversary with a panel program on law and religion issues before the U.S...
St. John’s Law Awards John Q. Barrett and Rachel H. Smith Named Professorships
Dean Michael A. Simons has announced that Professor John Q. Barrett will be the Law School’s Benjamin N. Cardozo Professor of Law and Professor Rachel H. Smith will become the Mary C. Daly Professor...