Law Matters: A Conversation With Vice Dean and Professor Christine Lazaro
As Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Christine Lazaro oversees academic programming at St. John’s Law. She also teaches a course on Leadership for Lawyers, which she designed, and is Co-Director of the...
A One-Day Intensive Helps Students Explore the Foundations of Public Interest Law
On a recent Friday, more than 70 students gathered at St. John’s Law for the inaugural Public Interest Intensive, a one-day program coordinated by the DiMartino/Smith Public Interest Center to help...
Esteemed Alumnus John P. “Jack” Clarke ’55CBA, ’57L, ’24HON to Address Graduates at Law School’s Centennial Commencement
As St. John’s Law marks its 100th anniversary, Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum is pleased to announce that esteemed alumnus Jack Clarke, a Visiting Professor at St. John’s Peter J. Tobin College of...
St. John’s Law Students Volunteer to Close the Justice Gap for New Yorkers
On Friday afternoons, Room 116 in the Queens County Civil Courthouse becomes a bridge between classroom learning, community service, and justice in action for a dedicated group of St. John’s Law...
Law Matters: A Conversation With Professor Robin Boyle-Laisure
In this installment of our Law Matters story series, Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum speaks with Professor Robin Boyle-Laisure about her scholarship and advocacy addressing cults and human trafficking...
St. John’s University School of Law Receives Historic Gift to Name DiMartino/Smith Public Interest Center
Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum has announced that the Public Interest Center at St. John’s Law will be named the DiMartino/Smith Public Interest Center in honor of alumna Rose DiMartino ’81 and her spouse...
Exploring Law and Religion in Global Context: A Month with the Mattone Center
For 15 years, the Denise ’90 and Michael ’91 Mattone Center for Law and Religion has been a vibrant forum for exploring the intersection of law and religion across domestic, international, and...
Writing the Next Chapter: JCRED Alumni Return as Student Advisors
Looking back, Makousse Ilboudo ’16 says the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development (JCRED) was where theory met purpose. It gave her a space where she could engage with real-world issues...
St. John’s Community Comes Together to Offer Legal Guidance to Low-Income New Yorkers
Ruth Calaman ’98 was excited to return to St. John’s Law, where she once dreamed of becoming a criminal defense attorney for people who couldn’t afford legal representation. Though her career path...
Law Matters: A Conversation With Professor Philip Lee
In this edition of our Law Matters story series, Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum talks with Professor Philip Lee, whose award-winning work as a teacher and scholar bridges education, equity, and the law...