Feerick Center for Social Justice
Feerick Center for Social Justice
The Center’s establishment reflects Fordham Law School’s long tradition of and commitment to legal education in the service of others and builds on Professor John D. Feerick’s contributions as Dean of the Law School (1982-2002) and currently as the Sidney C. Norris Professor of Law.
Upcoming Events
Building Community Power Together: How Organizers & Movement Lawyers Collaborate
March-May, 2024
Fordham Law School
Lincoln Center, New York
What can we do when inequitable systems and power serve some but harm many?
We can collaborate!
This innovative training, consisting of 8 weekly 90-minute virtual sessions followed by 2 immersive in-person days, will explore how community organizers collaborate with movement lawyers to break historic patterns of discrimination and build equitable grassroots power. This program is for organizers, lawyers, and other community leaders eager to learn from each other and will be led by expert facilitators well-versed in organizing and movement lawyering.
Facilitators
Andrea N. Juarez Mendoza
Scholar-activist, Artist, and Organizer
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Marika Dias
Managing Director of Urban Justice Center's Safety Net Project
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Feb | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
11 | Feerick Center Speaker Series | Protecting and Defending the Sacred in the Age of Disruption Join us for our Speaker Series program featuring Elizabeth Yeampierre. |
Feb | 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
14 | Feerick Center Immigrant Justice Project | Volunteer Training Session: Part 2 The Feerick Center's Immigrant Justice Project (IJP) seeks to provide access to justice and to improve policy and practice for vulnerable migrants, including families and unaccompanied immigrant children seeking asylum and other humanitarian protections. |
Feb | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
25 | Feerick Center Speaker Series | (Hidden) In Plain Sight: Migrant Child Labor and the New Economy of Exploitation Join us for our last Speaker Series program featuring Shefali Milczarek-Desai, who will present her groundbreaking research paper titled "(Hidden) in Plain Sight: Migrant Child Labor and The New Economy of Exploitation." |
Mar | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
06 | Feerick Center 2025 FriendRaiser Support Fordham Law School Feerick Center for Social Justice's fundraising drive to support the Center's Immigrant Justice Project. |
Sep | 9:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
26 | International Access to Justice Forum 2025 Bringing together a diverse group of scholars, researchers, practitioners, reformers, court and dispute resolution experts, committed to increasing access to justice to discuss exciting new research, theory, and policy developments in the global movement. |
Sep | 9:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
27 | International Access to Justice Forum 2025 Bringing together a diverse group of scholars, researchers, practitioners, reformers, court and dispute resolution experts, committed to increasing access to justice to discuss exciting new research, theory, and policy developments in the global movement. |
Recent Events
Thank you to all of the donors who helped make the Feerick Center’s 2024 Awards & Benefit Reception a success. We were honored to pay tribute to a Fordham legend, Hon. John F. Keenan ’54 — along with many of his loyal former clerks — and to celebrate an extraordinary group of honorees. Special thanks to our leadership-level donors.
Your support as Justice Partners, Patrons, Champions, Benefactors, and Friends of the Center ensured that we have another outstanding benefit. Your generous support will help the Feerick Center continue its important social justice work with Fordham Law School students, alumni, and partners.
It’s Not Too Late to Make a Gift
Learn More About the Honorees and the Benefit Committee