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They’re Here!
A paramedic, a past Peace Corps Volunteer, a ballerina, an Emmy Award winner, a scientist, a former pro basketball player, and an underground caverns tour guide all took their seats. It was a milestone moment for the 266 incoming 1L students, as they came together in person for New Student Orientation and Convocation at St. John’s Law. Read all about it.
Different Name. Same Fabulous Book Club.
It was a great conversation for the season launch of The Black Authors Book Club (formerly the First Friday Book Club) on 9/2. Dynamic author Michael Eric Dyson, wonderful hosts Professor Sheldon Evans and Professor Cheryl Wade, and a trio of amazing student facilitators guided a discussion about Jay-Z: Made in America. We can't wait for the next meeting on 10/7, when author Isabel Wilkerson will discuss her book, The Warmth of Other Suns. Don't miss it. Register today!
Law Matters Returns
We're back with Season 2 of the popular Law Matters webcast. For the kickoff episode on 10/19, host Dean Michael A. Simons will lead a lively conversation with guests Meghan Cannella Carroll '07, Vice President, Labor Policy and Health, National Football League, and James Denniston ’07, Co-General Counsel, New York Mets. They'll discuss their careers in the sports industry and issues at the forefront of professional sports today. Alumni in the virtual audience will have a chance to contribute to the conversation during a Q&A session. It’s quick and easy to register online.
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Looking for Class Notes? It’s Gone Digital!
We’re excited to announce that Class Notes has moved online to stjohnslawseeinfra.com. That’s where you’ll find all the news straight from our worldwide alumni community. We’re publishing quarterly—winter, spring, summer, and fall—and want to hear from you. Just email your update to Assistant Dean of Alumni Relations and CLE Claire C. McKeever ‘80SVC, ‘93L at mckeevec@stjohns.edu.
Spend a Day on the Green for a Great Cause
We're hitting the links for the annual Hon. Guy J. Mangano Golf Classic on 10/7 at the Nassau Country Club in Glen Cove, NY. When your round is done, we're teeing up cocktails and a fabulous buffet dinner, along with awards, prizes, and raffles. All outing proceeds support the Mangano Scholarship Fund at St. John's Law. Take a swing and register today.
Get Your CLE Here!
Another season, another reason to earn your CLE credits. Our Fall 2021 CLE Series starts on 10/13 with Pandemic-Related Real Estate Litigation: Where Do We Stand? co-sponsored by the Law School’s Mattone Family Institute for Real Estate Law. To attend this virtual program, register today.
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Scholarship
Professor Robin Boyle has signed with multiple publishers to share her insights and expertise in legal research and writing. Read all about her upcoming works—and about other Law School faculty activities and achievements—at our Faculty Scholarship Blog.
Professor Anna Roberts presented a work-in-progress, “Prior Conviction Impeachment of Prosecution Witnesses,” at the virtual Evidence Summer Workshop. She has also accepted an invitation to join the Pedagogy Subcommittee of the Law School Anti-Racist Consortium.
Professor Marissa Jackson Sow's latest paper, "Protect and Serve," will be published in the California Law Review. It asserts that, despite provisions of constitutional and statutory law, the mandate that police 'protect and serve' doesn't apply to Black people in the United States because they are the objects of racial contracting rather than participants therein.
Professor Eva Subotnik presented her forthcoming book chapter, “Dead-Hand Guidance: A Preferable Testamentary Approach for Artists," at the annual IP Scholars Conference hosted by Cardozo School of Law. The book chapter is a contribution to Posthumous Art, Law and the Art Market, a volume co-edited by Professor Peter J. Karol and Sharon Hecker, Ph.D., Art Historian, and Curator (Routledge 2022).
In the Media
A recent Wallethub report on underprivileged children in the United States features the expert take of our very own Professor Jennifer Baum. Professor Baum directs our Child Advocacy Clinic, one of three in-house clinics at St. John’s Law where students gain practical skills hands on while advocating for marginalized individuals and communities.
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Welcome Our Newest LL.M. Students
Please join us as we welcome our 28 new LL.M. students to campus. Representing 18 different countries—including Algeria, Brazil, China, Denmark, Ecuador, France, India, Moldova, Pakistan, United States, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe—and speaking over two dozen languages, they bring a range of perspectives and practical experience to our Bankruptcy, Transnational Legal Practice, and U.S. Legal Studies LL.M. programs. Visit our website to learn more about our LL.M. offerings.
The Write Stuff
Congratulations to Sam Gagnon '21, who placed first in the 2021 Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Family Law. Her winning essay, “Children's Right to Feel Safe at Home and at Home in Their Bodies: A Proposal To Protect Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Children’s Right to Access Gender-Affirming Health Care,” is now being considered for publication in the ABA Section of Family Law’s Family Law Quarterly.
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