Public Service Summer Stipends is essential for students aspiring to work in public service law. Join us as we celebrate and support our community to ensure that students gain valuable legal experience and, in turn, provide a service to those in need of legal assistance.

This online event is approved for 1.5 transitional/non-transitional New York State CLE credits in the category “Areas of Professional Practice.” You must attend the “live” program in order to receive CLE credits. We cannot award CLE credits for watching a recorded version of this program.”

The panel will focus on the impact of mass incarceration on New Yorkers serving the longest sentences and discuss the need for meaningful reform in the areas of parole, compassionate release, and clemency, as well as how carceral policies have increased the vulnerabilities of these individuals during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Kathryn Miller, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Assistant Director, Criminal Defense Clinic at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, will be moderating the discussion. 

Bess Chiu joined the Administration in 2014 and previously served as Associate Counsel to the Mayor and Managing Counsel. In her current role, she works with senior policymakers in City Hall and across city government to provide oversight and guidance to critical projects including the City’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  A lifelong New Yorker, and an experienced public interest lawyer,  she has also served as an attorney with the City’s Administration for Children’s Services, where she prosecuted child abuse and neglect cases. During this event, Bess will speak about her career responsibilities in public service and the path that led to her current position.    This event is open to Cardozo students and alumni.   For questions, please email cardozoalumni@yu.edu. Register Here: yeshiva-university.zoom.us…

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Alumni Chapter invites all alumni toA Virtual Tour of theMUSEUM of the AMERICAN REVOLUTIONIn Philadelphia, PAWednesday, May 195:30 p.m. ETLed by a museum educator, join us for a private tour that will include the core galleries in the Museum. Learn more about experiences and events from the Revolution and how they impacted soldiers, women, African Americans, Native Americans, and even children. Registration is required as space is limited.Email cardozoalumni@yu.edu to RSVP

Should the Lincoln Project have tried to shame law firms away from representing the Trump campaign after the 2020 presidential election? Join the Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law for a lecture by Professor Brad Wendel (Cornell Law) on "lawyer shaming" and its implications for the profession and legal ethics, with a response by Professor Ekow Yankah (Cardozo Law). This event is part of a series on Legal Ethics after the Trump Presidency.