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Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell addresses a classroom of law students

Dean Crowell Publishes Open Letter and NYLS to Host Meeting on Supporting Tribeca’s Recovery

On the one-year anniversary of NYLS’s initial closure due to COVID-19 precautions, Dean Anthony W. Crowell has published an open letter in Tribeca Citizen.

New York Attorney General Letitia James to Keynote at NYLS’s 129th Commencement

Attorney General James has garnered national recognition for her accomplishments on behalf of New Yorkers.

Criminal Defense Clinic Partners With Good Call to Support Low-Income New Yorkers Pre-Arraignment

This semester, NYLS’s Criminal Defense Clinic has partnered with Good Call to create comprehensive, unified training materials for its growing base of attorney volunteers,

Leni Morrison Cummins '08 and Konstantine Tettonis 1L Evening

NYLS Student and Alumna Named to City & State’s “40 Under 40”

The magazine’s prestigious 2020 list spotlights “unsung heroes who are influencing policies on a number of fronts, whether it’s the coronavirus pandemic, the recession, police brutality, or climate change.”

NYLS Joins National Effort to Improve Policing

NYLS Joins National Coalition to Address Racial Inequities in Policing

NYLS has joined the American Bar Association (ABA) and other law schools nationwide in a new five-year initiative to improve U.S. police practices and oversight.

NYLS Racial Justice Project Celebrates Key Win in Case Seeking Judicial Inquiry into Eric Garner’s Death

A major ruling today in Carr v. de Blasio paves the way for a judicial inquiry into the 2014 death of Eric Garner.

NYLS Rises to the Challenge: Danney Salvatierra ’19

Danney Salvatierra ’19 was always drawn to immigration law, a field that is unpredictable even in the best of times. But in Salvatierra’s first year of practice, she’s had to confront unprecedented challenges brought by COVID-19.

In the News: Professor Alvin Bragg

On August 10, Professor Alvin Bragg, Co-Director of NYLS’s Racial Justice Project, delivered oral arguments on behalf of the family of Eric Garner. The hearing—held virtually—drew widespread media coverage.