Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law

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1 Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law Recruitment and Scholarships/Fellowships How does your school recruit minority and/or women students? Cardozo School of Law seeks and encourages applications from students of many backgrounds through recruiting efforts that include regular visits to historically female colleges and black colleges and universities, by working with organizations like the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, and holding special programs such as an annual Diversity Law Day for prospective students. In addition, organizations on campus that represent minority groups work closely with the Admissions Office to advance diversity recruitment. In recognition of these efforts, the Law School has received a CLEO diversity award. Please describe any scholarship and fellowship programs for minority and/or women students organized through your school. Name of scholarship program: The Barbara K. Olson Memorial Scholarship Deadline for application for the scholarship program: early June Scholarship award amount ($U.S., indicate if the scholarship amount represents the amount for a single year or for entire scholarship): $5,000/year Web site or other contact information for scholarship: Cardozo School of Law has a long-standing commitment to enabling students to attend law school without regard to financial need. A wide range of financial aid is available, including endowed scholarships, private grants, and federal, state, and private supplemental loan programs. Merit and need based grants are awarded each year with nearly 86 percent of all students receiving some kind of financial aid. In addition, Cardozo in providing student financial aid, takes into account whether students have overcome significant disadvantages, which helps create a more racially and economically diverse class. Prominent Alumni/Faculty Please provide information about prominent minority faculty members at your school. Myriam Gilles Professor Gilles has been teaching at Cardozo since 1997, specializing in Civil Rights and Torts. Professor Gilles was a litigation associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis before coming to Cardozo. Her areas of interest include civil rights and structural reform litigation, tort and litigation reform, and class action practice. Her articles have appeared in the Columbia Law Journal, the California Law Review, the Michigan Law Review, and other scholarly journals. She has served as chair of the civil rights section of The Association of American Law Schools and participated in numerous panels and symposia on issues such as police misconduct and municipal liability. In 2004, she was a visiting professor at the University of Virginia Law School and in , was a Fellow in the Program of Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University. B.A., 1993, Harvard University; J.D., 1996, Yale Law School. Eric J. Pan Professor Pan has been teaching at Cardozo since 2005, specializing in Corporations, International Law, International Finance, and Securities Regulation. Prior to his appointment at Cardozo, Professor Pan was an attorney for five years in the Washington, DC office of Covington & Burling, where his practice consisted of mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, securities regulation, general corporate advisory work, and public and private international law matters. Before entering private practice, he was a Jean Monnet Lecturer in Law at Warwick University, England, and served as director of Warwick's Programme In Law and Business. He was also a visiting fellow in international law at Cambridge University, England. Professor Pan is an Associate Fellow of The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in London and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. A.B., 1994, Harvard University; M.Sc., 1995, University of Edinburgh; J.D., 1998, Harvard University Vault, Inc.

2 Julie Chi-hye Suk Professor Suk has been teaching at Cardozo since 2005, specializing in Civil Procedure, Comparative Law, and Antidiscrimination Law. Professor Suk's research focuses on public policy issues in comparative law, including equality law and systems of civil justice. She is fluent in French and Korean, and proficient in German and Latin. Before joining the Cardozo faculty, she was a fellow at Princeton University's Program in Law and Public Affairs and taught a seminar on Human Dignity in Law and Political Thought. She holds a doctorate from Oxford University in Politics, where she was a Marshall Scholar and North Senior Scholar at St. John's College. Her dissertation was on "Recognition and Pluralism: Protecting Minority Cultures and Diversity." During law school, she held a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans and was a senior editor of the Yale Law Journal. In , she clerked for Judge Harry T. Edwards of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Her publications include "Adding Insult to Injury: Questioning the Role of Human Dignity in Conceptions of Sovereignty" with Judith Resnik, in the Stanford Law Review; "Antidiscrimination Law in the Administrative State" in the University of Illinois Law Review, and "Equal By Comparison: Unsettling Assumptions of Antidiscrimination Law" in American Journal of Comparative Law. A.B., 1997, Harvard University; J.D., 2003, Yale University; M.Sc., D.Phil., 2004, University of Oxford. Please provide information about prominent minority alumni from your school. Magda M. Jimenez Magda M. Jimenez is a partner in the New York City office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP. Her main practice areas include complex commercial litigation, white collar criminal defense and antitrust litigation. She specializes in trial work and in representing companies and their employees in criminal and administrative investigations. Ms. Jimenez graduated from New York University in 1992 with a B.A. in Political Science, where she was a Trustees Scholar. In 1995, Ms. Jimenez earned her J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she received the Samuel L. Belkin Scholar Award for outstanding academic achievement. Ms. Jimenez also was the Managing Editor of the Cardozo Women's Law Journal. Dianne T. Renwick Justice Renwick is a 1986 graduate of Cardozo School of Law. After leaving Cardozo, she worked in the Bronx office of the Legal Aid Society for two and a half years. She then spent eight years in Brooklyn as a trial attorney in the Society's Federal Defender Division, representing clients charged with drug importation and other major federal offenses in the United States District Court for the Eastern District. In March 1997, she was appointed a Housing Court judge. Less than a year later, she was elected to the Civil Court, and at 40, was the youngest African-American woman elected to the Civil Court in Bronx County. David S. Huntley David Huntley graduated from Cardozo School of Law in He is presently senior vice president of Diversified Businesses for SBC/AT&T in Houston, TX, one of the largest telecommunications companies in America. Mr. Huntley has been with SBC for over a decade, during which time he has served as vice president of External Affairs, general attorney, and assistant general counsel. He was the first African-American student body president at Southern Methodist University. Please provide information about prominent women faculty members at your school. Susan P. Crawford Professor Crawford has been teaching at Cardozo since 2003, specializing in Cyberlaw, Communications law, and Privacy. Professor Crawford practiced for 10 years in Washington, D.C., at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, the last 6 years as a partner, and is a well-known expert in cyberlaw and communications law. Upon graduation from Yale, she clerked for Judge Raymond J. Dearie, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. From 1996 to 1998, she taught Copyright at Georgetown University Law Center as an adjunct professor. Professor Crawford is a Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of Yale College, a graduate of Yale Law School, a member of the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a Policy Fellow with the Center for Democracy and Technology, and a Fellow of the Yale Law School Information Society Project. She has written extensively about digital copyright issues and the role of the FCC. B.A., 1984; J.D., 1989, Yale University. Marci A. Hamilton Professor Hamilton has been teaching at Cardozo since 1990, specializing in Constitutional Law, First Amendment, and law and religion. Professor Hamilton is an internationally recognized constitutional law scholar, specializing in church/state relations, federalism, and representation. She has published extensively and frequently lectures on constitutional issues in the United States, Europe, andafrica. Her most recent work is God vs. The Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law (Cambridge 2005). She is often asked to testify before Congress and state legislatures and is involved in appellate litigation addressing cutting-edge constitutional law issues. Professor Hamilton is the First Amendment advisor for victims in clergy abuse cases, including the consolidated cases in northern and southern California, the Portland Archdiocese federal bankruptcy, and the Spokane Diocese federal bankruptcy. 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3 dated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and advises municipalities on the constitutional issues related to the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. She has advised officials in South Africa, Slovenia, and France on issues of religious freedom, and is one of the leading voices in the United States on the responsibility of religious organizations to the public good. Professor Hamilton is the founding director of Cardozo's Intellectual Property Law Program and is considered one of the leading commentators on copyright issues as they relate to the First Amendment. She clerked for Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court and Chief Judge Edward R. Becker of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Professor Hamilton has visited at New York University School of Law, Emory University School of Law, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the Center of Theological Inquiry. She is a columnist on constitutional issues for findlaw.com. B.A., 1979, Vanderbilt University; M.A., 1982, 1984, Pennsylvania State University; J.D., 1988, University of Pennsylvania. Suzanne Last Stone Suzanne Last Stone is a Professor of Law at Cardozo School of Law and Director of its Program in Jewish Law and Interdisciplinary Studies. Her specialties are Jewish Law, Civil Procedure, Federal Courts, and religion and the State. Recently, she was a Visiting Professor at the Harvard Law School, holding the Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Visiting Chair in Talmudic Civil Law. Professor Stone also was a Danforth Fellow in Jewish History and Classical Religions at Yale University. She has taught Jewish Law at Hebrew University Law School, Haifa Law School, Columbia University Law School, and Tel-Aviv Law School. Before joining the Cardozo faculty, Professor Stone clerked for Judge John Minor Wisdom of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and then practiced litigation at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison. Professor Stone writes and lectures on a wide variety of topics related to the intersection of Jewish legal thought and contemporary legal theory. Her publications include: "In Pursuit of the Countertext: The Turn to the Jewish Legal Model in Contemporary American Legal Theory," (Harvard Law Review); "The Jewish Tradition and Civil Society," in Alternative Conceptions of Civil Society (Princeton University Press); and "Justice, Mercy and Gender in Rabbinic Thought," (Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature, reprinted in Women, Gender, and Jewish Philosophy, Indiana University Press). B.A., 1974, Princeton University; J.D., 1978, Columbia University Law School. Please provide information about prominent women alumnae from your school. Justice Sandra J. Feuerstein Justice Sandra J. Feuerstein was confirmed in September 2003 as U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District of New York, and is Cardozo's first alumna to sit on the federal bench. In 1999, she was appointed to the Appellate Division, Second Department, by Governor George Pataki, making her the first woman to be appointed from the Tenth Judicial District. She was elected to the New York State Supreme Court in Judge Feuerstein served as a Nassau County District Court Judge for six years prior to becoming a Supreme Court Justice. Prior to becoming a judge, Sandra Feuerstein was law secretary to the Administrative Judge of Nassau County, Leo F. McGinity. She also served as the Nassau County Supreme Court Matrimonial Referee. Judge Feuerstein is a member of the Nassau County Women's Bar Association, where she has served as president, and the New York State Women's Bar Association, where she has served as vice president. B.S., University of Vermont (1966); J.D., Cardozo School of Law (1979). Bonnie Steingart Bonnie Steingart is a bankruptcy/litigation partner resident in the New York office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP. She joined Fried Frank in 1980, became a partner in 1986, left in 1997 and returned in Ms. Steingart is a senior litigation partner in the restructuring group and concentrates her practice in restructuring, regulatory, transactional and litigation matters. From 1997 to 1999, Ms. Steingart was with the New York State Department of Insurance as Deputy Superintendent and General Counsel. In that position, she participated in the many legislative, regulatory, transactional and enforcement initiatives undertaken by the department and supervised a staff of 50 lawyers. Ms. Steingart originally joined the firm after serving as a law clerk to the Hon. Jack B. Weinstein of the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, from 1979 to Ms. Steingart currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She is also Director Emeritus of the NAACP Legal and Defense Fund, Inc., of which she was Director from 1990 to Ms. Steingart received her JD, summa cum laude, in 1979 from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she was notes and comments editor of the Law Review and recipient of the Felix Frankfurter Award and Order of the Coif. She received her BA in 1970 from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Randi Weingarten Randi Weingarten is president of the United Federation of Teachers, representing more than 140,000 active and retired educators in the New York City public school system since She is also a vice-president of the 1.2-million-member American Federation of Teachers and a board member of New York State United Teachers. Ms. Weingarten, a vice-president of the New York City Central Labor Council of the AFL-CIO, also heads the city Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella organization for some 100 city employee unions. The MLC negotiates benefits on behalf of the unions' 365,000 members. She worked as a lawyer for the New York firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan from 1983 to B.S., Labor Relations, Cornell University (1980); J.D., Cardozo School of Law (1983) Vault, Inc.

4 Student Organizations Please provide information on your school diversity student and alumni organizations. For example, student-run associations and journals/publications. Minority Law Student Alliance (MLSA) MLSA is dedicated to increasing racial diversity among the student body, faculty, and administration while also expanding cultural awareness of the various ethnicities present at Cardozo and in the metropolitan area. At the beginning of each year, MLSA hosts an event to welcome first-year students. An annual dinner that celebrates diversity and brings together Cardozo graduates, current students, faculty, and administration is one of the most anticipated events of the year. An annual diversity firm reception provides an opportunity for minority students and legal professionals to establish contacts and discuss career development strategies. MLSA actively hosts well-known leaders, lawyers, and scholars representative of many ethnic groups. MSLA offers cultural and social functions as well as academic support programs for students. Black Law Students Association (BLSA) BLSA is the oldest minority student group at Cardozo and is affiliated with the national BLSA. Members of the Cardozo chapter regularly attend the BLSA regional and national conventions and are active on national and regional committees. Each year, BLSA sponsors professional panels, forums, and guest speakers in addition to cultural events. It has a mentoring program that pairs first-year students with upper-level colleagues to ease the transition to law school. Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA) LALSA sponsors events and discussions that foster student awareness of the Latino presence at Cardozo and facilitates the integration of Latino students into the law school community. Cardozo's LALSA played a leading role in the formation of the Northeastern Latin American Law Students Association, a regional confederation of LALSA groups that sponsors regular conferences and activities. LALSA hosts a lecture series featuring attorneys from different practice areas who share their expertise with Cardozo students. Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) APALSA members become part of a legal and social network that promotes education, community, and leadership. Students have access to the Asian American Law Students of New York, the National Association of Asian and Pacific American Law Students Association, and the Asian Bar Association of New York. APALSA offers a mentoring program and pairs entering students with upper-level students. During the year, the organization brings prominent Asian American attorneys to campus for information and networking opportunities and training workshops in professional skills and job-search techniques. South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA) SALSA at Cardozo is a member of the national organization and hosts many events during the year including an annual festival. A mentoring program helps first-year students with classes, stress management, and other study aids. SALSA works closely with the South Asian Bar Association of New York on networking events, and also reaches out into New York's South Asian community. OUTlaw OUTlaw has as its primary goal to raise awareness at Cardozo of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) legal and societal issues. It organizes and sponsors panel discussions on legal matters affecting the LGBT community, and also provides academic support, networking opportunities, social events, and a student mentor program. Please also provide information on any classes and concentrations that focus on issues related to women or minorities, such as Civil Rights Law. Courses: Civil Rights Family Law Race, Ethnicity & the Law Sexual Orientation, Gender & the Law Domestic Violence & Child Abuse Divorce & Family Mediation Child, Parent & State Divorce & Family Mediation Cardozo Journal of Law and Gender Read all of Vault s Law School Surveys at get complete surveys on top law schools, expert advice on applicaton essays, LSAT prep and more. 231

5 Cardozo Advocates for Battered Women Constitutional Law II Comparative Constitutionalism Immigration Law Immigration Law Clinic. Concentration in Family Law Career Opportunities Please describe any diversity recruiting events for employers recruiting minority and/or women students at or near your school. The Office of Career Services has a Coordinator of Diversity Initiatives who coordinates all career-related diversity initiatives, including job fairs, writing competitions, minority fellowships and related events. Bar Associations/Legal Organizations: Cardozo Law School is currently working to establish relationships with various diversity bar associations and legal organizations throughout the New York City metropolitan area. Cardozo students also participate in various diversity recruiting events and programs sponsored by these organizations. Career Fairs: The Office of Career Services of Cardozo Law School works in conjunction with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Law Association of Greater New York (LeGaL) to host the NYC Metro Area LGBT Legal Career Fair. Other diversity career fairs in which Cardozo students have participated within the New York City metropolitan area include the Northeast Region BLSA Job Fair and the Vault/MCCA Legal Diversity Job Fair. Diversity Receptions: Cardozo students attend diversity receptions that are hosted by both private and public sector legal employers. Students have attended receptions hosted by: MetLife New York City Law Department Diversity Reception Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Dewey Ballantine LLP Hogan & Hartson LLP Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Proskauer Rose LLP Shearman & Sterling LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP Cardozo Law School acted as the host of the New York City Law Department's Diversity Reception in Fellowship Programs: Cardozo is one of eleven (11) New York City metropolitan area law schools to participate in the New York City Bar Fellowship Program, a program of summer clerkships for minority first-year students to address the under-representation of minority lawyers in law firms and corporate law departments and to assist such firms and law departments in identifying minority candidates Vault, Inc.

6 Strategic Plan and Diversity Leadership Vault Law School Diversity Profile 2007 Edition Please provide your school's diversity mission statement if applicable. Cardozo has no diversity mission statement as such; indeed, precisely because the school's commitment to diversity is an integral part of all it does, a separate diversity mission statement would be out of place. The overall mission statement of the law school focuses on "three fundamental, mutually reinforcing, and equally important elements: to provide a fully-rounded and rigorous legal education, to facilitate and produce top-quality scholarship, and to help shape solutions to the pressing legal problems of the day." As part of this overall mission, the statement identifies a commitment to providing "an intellectual and social community characterized by racial, ideological, and cultural diversity, a range of opinions, and mutual respect in which ideas are shared, explored, constructively criticized, and honed." How does your school's leadership communicate the importance of diversity of your student body, faculty and administration? The school's leadership communicates the importance of diversity through visible encouragement and financial support of the various efforts mentioned elsewhere in this questionnaire, through the setting of policy with the Faculty Appointments Committee and the Deans for Admissions and for Career Services, and through the creation and encouragement of positions within the law school specifically charged with promotion of diversity. While many members of the law school staff include diversity initiatives and concerns as part of their portfolios, two positions are specifically charged with that mission. First, within the Office of Student Services, the Assistant Director for Student and Diversity Services interacts with individual students on a wide variety of issues, develops diversity initiatives and programming, and advises student groups. Second, the Office of Career Services includes a Coordinator of Diversity Initiatives. She oversees a wide range of programs aimed at increasing the diversity of the legal profession and providing professional opportunities to minority law students. Please provide any additional information regarding your school's diversity initiatives that you wish to share. The Cardozo School of Law believes that an ethnically diverse student body and faculty is essential to a dynamic and intellectually stimulating environment - one that supports individual ideas and opinions and free-ranging discourse - and to the effective preparation of students to thrive as lawyers, and as citizens, in the modern world. Read all of Vault s Law School Surveys at get complete surveys on top law schools, expert advice on applicaton essays, LSAT prep and more. 233