Legal Writing C1 Citation Session 2

Join Cardozo's Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice, Criminal Defense Clinic, and the Filmmakers Legal Clinic as they present a short film, Fear of Motion. Director, Trey Petgrave will be in conversation with Kings County Civil Court Judge, Marva Brown '06.  Fear of Motion synopsis:“A young man on the grip of his probation, attends a therapy session to navigate his survivor guilt after getting his best friend incarcerated. The film explores familiar themes in black politics, regarding the struggles and circumstances of people under maximum sentences. It includes the stigmatization and ineffective rehabilitation that contributes to the corruption of the probation system.”

Brian Lakhtarnik TA session

American lawyers have discretion about whom to represent. But that does not mean that a lawyer's decision about whom to represent should not be criticized — either by other lawyers or by other members of society.  Prof. Brad Wendel has written a book examining episodes over the past 200 years where a lawyer represented a client deemed "odious" by much of society. Such episodes include, for example, large corporate law firms representing banks that received assets from Nazi Germany, tobacco companies and oil companies, as well as criminal lawyers representing figures such as Harvey Weinstein.  Prof. Wendel argues that two things can be true at the same time: that the representation of odious clients and criticism of those lawyers who represent odious clients are both consistent with ethical lawyering. How these two propositions can be simultaneously true is the subject of his scholarly and timely book.  Prof. Ray Brescia, the Harold R. Tyler Chair in Law & Technology at Albany Law School and author of Lawyer Nation: The Past, Present, and Future of the American Legal Profession, will respond to Prof. Wendel.  CLE credits are pending.  Following the discussion, attendees are invited to a reception. Additionally, Prof. Wendel's book "Cancelling Lawyers: Case Studies of Accountability, Toleration, and Regret" will be available for purchase at the event.

Join the FAME Center and the Fashion Law Society as they present fashion industry icons Sam and Libby Edelman in conversation with FAME Director and Cardozo Professor, Barbara Kolsun. Reception to follow.This program is approved for transitional/non-transitional New York State CLE credits in the following amount:1.0 credits in the category "Areas of Professional Practice.”To receive CLE credits for a panel, you must attend the program live. We cannot award CLE credits for watching a recorded version of any part of this program.