Professor Maria Termini presented “Negation in Legal Narratives” last Friday at the 10th Biennial Applied Legal Storytelling Conference, hosted by the University of Michigan Law School.

Professor Joy Kanwar presented “Lessons from the Negative Spaces: Using Counter Narrative to Preserve Legal Histories in the South Asian Community” last Friday at the 10th Biennial Applied Legal Storytelling Conference, hosted by the University of Michigan Law School.

Prof. Danielle Tully participated today in a discussion on Contextual Legal Storytelling at the 10th Biennial Applied Legal Storytelling Conference. She was joined by co-panelists Ashley Binetti, St. John’s University School of Law, & Susan McMahon, UC Irvine School of Law.

Prof. Kerry Fulham presented at the 10th Biennial Applied Legal Storytelling Conference at the University of Michigan Law School today. Fulham's presentation focused on how moral panic and narrative blame shaped HIV criminalization laws that require sex offender registration.

Congratulations to Lisa Casa '11, a partner in Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP’s Employment & Labor practice group, who was appointed Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association. #brooklaw #brooklawalumni

Congratulations to Stan Wilcox ’88 on his upcoming retirement as NCAA Executive Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, effective August 1. Stan’s retirement marks the close of an extraordinary 40-year career in college athletics.

Professors Joy Kanwar, Danielle Tully, Maria Termini, and Kerry Fulham (photo L-R) are in Ann Arbor to present at the 10th Biennial Applied Legal Storytelling Conference at the University of Michigan Law School. #brooklaw #brooklawfaculty

Our next Summer 2025 BLS Student Spotlight features Grant Weisberg ’27. Grant is a Summer Associate at Labaton Sucharow LLP, conducting strategic legal analysis, research, and drafting for several of the firm’s teams, including securities litigation and ADR.

Hayley Broich '26, Prof. Kate Mogulescu, and Madison Miraglia '26 (L-R) of the Criminal Defense & Advocacy Clinic posed at the Monroe County Hall of Justice after winning a resentencing application under New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act.

Congratulations to our first BLS Student Spotlight for Summer 2025: Sean Fitzgerald ’27!. Sean is a Legal Intern at International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR Institute), where he is learning about mediation and arbitration practices, domestic & abroad.

Professor Jodi Balsam told Law360 the Colts’ smooth ownership shift, after the sudden passing of Jim Irsay in May, to his three daughters—Carlie Irsay-Gordon, Kalen Jackson, and Casey Foyt—wasn’t surprising, but it could be historic.

Congratulations to Janice Chen '02, who won last week’s Kings County Civil Court Democratic Primary.

Congratulations to Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn ’24, Frank Carone ’94, and Hon. Bernard Graham ’85 for being named to City & State NY’s 2025 Brooklyn Power 100!.

Professor Cynthia Godsoe will become associate dean of research & scholarship this academic year, effective July 1. “I am so excited for the role, because our faculty scholarship is so strong,” said Godsoe, a member of the tenure-track faculty since 2013.

Professor Bradley Borden contributed to a detailed analysis of the Senate version of the domestic policy bill in The Hill, focusing on the proposal to expand bonus depreciation and its potential effects on real estate investment.

Brooklyn Law School alumni came together today for another great BLS Last Wednesdays event—an opportunity to catch up with old friends, expand networks, and strengthen connections across class years. Thank you to Oliver Beiersdorf ’97 and Reed Smith LLP for generously hosting.

Stanley A. August Professor of Law William Araiza is taking on the role of vice dean beginning this academic year, effective July 1. It’s a role he’ll approach with quite efficiency, he said. Read the story:

Congratulations to New York State Senator Sean Ryan ’92, who won the Democratic primary for mayor of Buffalo, unseating the city’s sitting mayor, Chris Scanlon, and beating three other candidates Tuesday night.

Students beat the heat today at an ice cream social! With many students bar-prepping, the faculty are hosting weekly review sessions on Wednesdays, lunch provided. Students studying on campus can enjoy complimentary breakfast on Mondays and snacks on Tuesdays & Thursdays.

Professor Edward Janger (pictured, left) took part in a joint academic/judicial panel on the Samarco Dam Disaster at the 25th Annual Insolvency Conference in São Paulo, Brazil, held earlier this month.