Published on May 23, 2017 | by LawNews
The members of the recently graduated Class of 2017 demonstrated a deep commitment to pro bono work during their three years at Hofstra Law, collectively contributing 75,625 hours of service, or an average of 318 hours … Read More →
Published on March 27, 2017 | by LawNews
Advocacy teams from Hofstra Law’s Black Law Student Association (BLSA) performed with distinction in two national competitions offered by the National Black Law Student Association (NBLSA), the Nelson Mandela International Negotiations Competition and the Frederick Douglass … Read More →
Published on March 22, 2017 | by LawNews
Three Hofstra Law students have been selected to participate in the New York City Bar’s 2017 Diversity Fellowship Program. First-year students Kristen A. Acosta, Hunter Blain and Kevin Hoyos will have the opportunity to spend their … Read More →
Published on March 21, 2017 | by LawNews
Hofstra Law will be hosting a free Veterans Legal Clinic on Saturday, April 1, 2017, at the Law School. The clinic is open to all veterans and offers a free consultation with attorneys who specialize in VA … Read More →
Published on March 7, 2017 | by LawNews
In response to work by Professor Elizabeth “Betsey” Nevins and students in the Hofstra Law Criminal Justice Clinic, Hon. Norman St. George ’88, the supervising judge of the District Court of Nassau County, changed several practices … Read More →
Published on February 28, 2017 | by LawNews
The Hofstra Law team of third-year students Melanie Campbell and Ashtyn Hemendinger won the Mid-Atlantic Regional Meet of the eighth annual Transactional LawMeet Competition. They advance to the National Transactional LawMeet, which will be hosted on March 31 at the … Read More →
Published on February 22, 2017 | by LawNews
The Tax Law Society at Hofstra Law is hosting a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) clinic. VITA files tax returns for qualifying taxpayers who made $54,000 or less in 2016. Last year, Tax Law Society students filed … Read More →
Published on February 3, 2017 | by LawNews
The Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal hosted a roundtable discussion, “Post-Cheeks Wage & Hour Settlements,” on Jan. 25, 2017, at the Harvard Club in New York City. The roundtable panelists were Judges Richard J. Sullivan … Read More →
Published on February 2, 2017 | by LawNews
Hofstra’s Law’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) team of Annette Bevans 3L and Brianni Lyons 2L finished as the second-place finalist in the Northeast Regional of the National Black Law Students Association’s Frederick Douglass Moot Court … Read More →
Published on January 13, 2017 | by LawNews
Four Hofstra Law students spent their winter break in selected parishes in Louisiana assisting criminal justice expert witnesses in gathering data about the failures of Louisiana’s criminal justice system. The students’ work is for a case … Read More →