Twitter banned Trump. Amazon kicked Parler off its platform. Did either of these acts violate the First Amendment? Give rise to legal liability on other grounds? Legality aside, were they wise decisions? Please join Dean Leslie for a chat with Rachel Strom ’06, expert in First Amendment Law and Digital Media, and a Partner at Davis Wright Remaine. This event is open the entire Cardozo community, including alumni. If you have any questions, please contact Jonathan.kase@yu.edu.   

Designer Sam Edelman, the founder of his eponymous brand, visited Cardozo Law last February to discuss his career, achieving longevity in the fashion industry, and his views on the fashion industry’s future. He returns to speak with Barbara Kolsun, Director of the FAME Center, about the impact of Covid-19 on the industry over the past 12 months, and the challenges and opportunities that now exist.

This FAME event is co-sponsored by the Cardozo Fashion Law Society and Loza & Loza LLP.

Contact Janette.Payne@yu.edu if you have any questions.

Professor Barry Scheck, co founder and co director of The Innocence Project at Cardozo Law, discusses the documentary Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn with its director, Ivy Meeropol, and her father, Michael Meeropol.  Particularly relevant given today's political climate, the conversation will address why now is the time to talk about Roy Cohn.

The documentary offers an unflinching look at the infamous attorney who prosecuted Ivy Meeropol’s grandparents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and later argued persuasively for their execution in what became known as the “atomic spies” case.

The film examines Cohn’s life as chief counsel to Senator Joseph McCarthy in the late 1950s and then through the 1980s when he became a darling of the Reagan White House, a rabid anti-homosexuality activist and political mentor to Donald J. Trump before dying from AIDS in 1986.

This FAME event is co-sponsored by the Filmmakers Legal Clinic and the Cardozo OUTlaw Alumni.

Contact Janette.Payne@yu.edu if you have any questions.

Any time we walk through the 10th and 11th Floors of 55 Fifth Avenue, we walk through musical history. The legendary jazz great, Billie Holiday, recorded for the first time in the home of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, formerly the location of Columbia Records. Join us for a fascinating review of the history of the Columbia and Sony recording studios in the 1930s, the discovery of Billie Holiday’s recordings at 55 Fifth Avenue and, most importantly, the life, cultural contributions, and enduring legacy of an extraordinary talent.

This event is co-sponsored by:

The FAME Center

Office of Alumni Affairs

Office of Career Services

Cardozo Committee for Diversity and Inclusion

Office of Student Services
 

Contact Janette.Payne@yu.edu if you have any questions