The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University has named Raechel J. Horowitz 1L of Warwick, New York, and Seth A. Nadel 1L of Douglaston, New York, as the 2013 recipients of the Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP Annual Scholarship
U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis will deliver the keynote address at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law’s commencement ceremony, to be held on Monday, May 20, at 7 p.m.
Maurice A. Deane School of Law Professor Ashira Pelman Ostrow has been named one of two winners of Hofstra University’s 2012-2013 Lawrence A. Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publication.
The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University announced that Christopher Caruso ’00 has been named Associate Dean for Career Services.
Hofstra Law held its annual Graduates’ Celebration and Awards Ceremony on Monday, May 20 to honor their outstanding achievements as law school students.
The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University officially launched the Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy today at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC), one of the new institute’s medical partners.
Students from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University were on the scene helping victims of Superstorm Sandy with their legal problems soon after the storm blew out to sea.
The clinic is open to all veterans and offers a free consultation with attorneys.
The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University held its annual In Honor of Justice alumni reception at Fresco on the Go Midtown on Wednesday, January 30, 2013.
Eric Lane to Lead Law School
The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University announces a new law clinic, offering free legal assistance to local small businesses as they recover from the effects of Superstorm Sandy
Jennifer A. Gundlach has been named senior associate dean for experiential education at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.
Several members of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University community will receive awards in recognition of their success in the Region 2 rounds of the 37th Annual National Trial Competition this year. The awards will be presented on Monday, July 30, during the New York State Bar Association’s Trial Lawyers Section Summer Meeting in Woodstock, Vermont.
For 23 years, the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University’s student-run Public Justice Foundation (PJF) has raised money to provide financial support to law students who devote their time and legal skills to public interest organizations over the summer. This year, PJF raised an all-time high of $74,381 at its annual Goods & Services Auction in March. These funds are providing 51 law students with stipends for unpaid summer internships in the public sector they otherwise would be unable to accept due to monetary constraints.
Five Hofstra Law students who are working for public interest organizations over the summer have been selected as members of the prestigious Equal Justice Works Summer Corps, an AmeriCorps-funded program. Summer Corps participants provide critically needed legal assistance to low-income and underserved communities in the United States.
Several students from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University have been awarded summer fellowships in recognition of their academic success and professional goals.
For the second year, Hofstra Law hosted the Immigration Law and Border Enforcement Program from May 20-27. The course, which is co-sponsored by Hofstra Law and the National Center for Border Security and Immigration, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, was conducted on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso.
Hofstra Law held its annual Graduates’ Celebration and Awards Ceremony on Sunday, May 20 to honor their outstanding achievements as law school students.
Andrew Schepard, director of the Center for Children, Families and the Law and a professor of law at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, has been named a fellow of Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers (ETL) in recognition of his role in advancing legal education.
Hofstra University Continuing Education and the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University will offer a Pre-Collegiate Law Institute this summer.
On April 16, 2012, the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University hosted an awards ceremony for the Hempstead High School Mock Trial Team.
Jonathan Lippman, chief judge of the State of New York and chief judge of the Court of Appeals, will deliver the commencement address at the Hofstra Law graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 20.
Hofstra Law and the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation will host a one-day workshop for lawyers, “Managing Difficult Clients: Effective Strategies for Working with Emotional Clients in Conflict,” on Tuesday, May 22.
The Charles and Joan Hermanowski Family Foundation has donated $10,000 to help fund two of the school’s programs that serve at-risk youth in the community. The
Professor Eric Lane has been named interim dean of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, effective March 1, Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz announced. In order to facilitate a smooth transition, Dean Nora V. Demleitner will remain at Hofstra Law through the end of June, when she will assume the deanship at Washington and Lee University School of Law.
A team of students from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University was named co-champion for Region 2 in the 37th Annual National Trial Competition (NTC) this past weekend.
The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University held its annual In Honor of Justice alumni reception at the offices of Proskauer Rose LLP in Times Square on Monday, January 23, 2012.
Student researchers at the LLT Lab co-author article for peer-reviewed journal. A scholarly article featuring research conducted by the Research Laboratory for Law, Logic and Technology (LLT Lab) at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Artificial Intelligence and Law.
Nora V. Demleitner, dean of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, has announced that she has accepted the deanship at Washington and Lee University’s School of Law beginning July 1, 2012. Demleitner will remain at Hofstra Law through June 2012.
A team of students from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University was named Regional Champion at the Region II Rounds of the 62nd Annual National Moot Court Competition on November 16-17.
