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Our full-time faculty sets the foundation for the Law School's excellence, prominence, and impact. In the classroom, our faculty members are dedicated educators who teach our students the foundations of the law, help them build practical knowledge and skills, and prepare them to be innovators who make their mark in a fast-changing profession. Outside St. John's Law, as accomplished scholars, policy framers, and commentators, our faculty helps to shape local, national, and international legal systems and the public discourse around them.

Renee Nicole Allen
Associate Professor of Law
Faculty Director, Center for Race and Law

Adrián E. Alvarez
Assistant Professor of Law

Ashley B. Armstrong
Associate Professor of Legal Writing

Anna Arons
Associate Professor of Law

John Q. Barrett
Benjamin N. Cardozo Professor of Law

Jennifer Baum
Professor of Clinical Legal Education
Director, Child Advocacy Clinic

Noa Ben-Asher
Professor of Law

Christopher J. Borgen
Professor of Law
Co-Director, Center for International and Comparative Law

Robin Boyle-Laisure
Professor of Legal Writing

Gina M. Calabrese
Professor of Clinical Legal Education
Associate Director, Consumer Justice for the Elderly: Litigation Clinic

Rosa Castello
Professor of Legal Writing
Associate Dean for Assessment and Accreditation

Edward D. Cavanagh
Professor of Law

Miriam A. Cherry
Professor of Law
Faculty Director, Center for Labor and Employment Law

Elaine M. Chiu
Professor of Law

Tyler Rose Clemons
Assistant Professor of Law

Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal
Assistant Professor of Law
Associate Director, Center for Labor and Employment Law

Catherine Baylin Duryea
Associate Professor of Law

Elissa Germaine
Associate Professor of Clinical Legal Education
Co-Director, Securities Arbitration Clinic

Ann L. Goldweber
Professor and Director of Clinical Legal Education
Director, Consumer Justice for the Elderly: Litigation Clinic

Jelani Jefferson Exum
Dean
Rose DiMartino and Karen Sue Smith Professor of Law

Louis Jim
Associate Professor of Legal Writing

Kate Klonick
Associate Professor of Law

Martin J. LaFalce
Associate Professor of Clinical Legal Education
Director, Defense and Advocacy Clinic

Christine Lazaro
Vice Dean for Academic Affairs 
Professor of Clinical Legal Education
Co-Director, Securities Arbitration Clinic

Philip Lee
Professor of Law

Evelyn Malavé 
Assistant Professor of Law

Margaret E. (Peggy) McGuinness
Professor of Law
Director, LL.M. in Transnational Legal Practice
Co-Director, Center for International and Comparative Law

Patricia Grande Montana
Professor of Legal Writing
Director, Street Law Program

Mark L. Movsesian
Frederick A. Whitney Professor of Contract Law
Director, Mattone Center for Law and Religion

Mark C. Niles
Professor of Law

Colleen Parker
Assistant Professor of Legal Writing

Michael A. Perino
Dean George W. Matheson Professor of Law

Robert A. Ruescher
Professor of Legal Writing
Director, LL.M. in U.S. Legal Studies

Darren Rosenblum
Professor of Law

Rosemary C. Salomone
Kenneth Wang Professor of Law

Courtney Selby
Associate Dean for Library Services
Professor of Legal Research

Eric W. Shannon
Visiting Assistant Professor of Legal Writing

Keith Sharfman
Professor of Law

Jeremy N. Sheff
Professor of Law
Director, Intellectual Property Law Center

Michael A. Simons
John V. Brennan Professor of Law and Ethics

Rachel H. Smith
Vice Dean for Student Success
Mary C. Daly Professor of Legal Writing

Eva E. Subotnik
Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship
Professor of Law
Faculty Director, Intellectual Property Law Center

Jacob L. Todres
Professor of Law

Cheryl L. Wade
Harold F. McNiece Professor of Law

G. Ray Warner
Professor of Law

Scholarly Life at St. John's Law

At St. John's Law, we believe that scholarship is a central part of the life of a law school. That belief animates the scholarly programs we host and our faculty's impressive scholarly output.

Through conferences, colloquia, and workshops, we bring leading legal scholars to the Law School throughout the academic year. Our academic centers offer opportunities for students, alumni, and others to explore topics of particular interest to our faculty, including civil rights and economic justice, intellectual property, race and law, alternative dispute resolution, international and comparative law, law and religion, bankruptcy, and labor law.

Our faculty members come from diverse personal, professional, and academic backgrounds, and many enjoy wide recognition in their fields. They maintain the Law School's commitment to scholarship by authoring influential books, treatises, and articles in almost every legal discipline, and their work is published in top journals, by prestigious academic presses, and through popular media outlets. 

Faculty News

We regularly share faculty news in our St. John's Law Faculty News newsletter. 

Current Edition

Newsletter Archive

February 2026

Faculty Focus Blog

Produced by our Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship, the Faculty Focus blog covers our faculty's activities and achievements. Here are the latest posts:

Ortiz-Ortiz Leads Equal Justice Conference Session

Recently, Jeanne Ortiz-Ortiz, Director of our DiMartino/Smith Public Interest Center and Adjunct Professor, proposed, led, and participated in a session at the 2026 Equal Justice Conference, which focused on pro bono partnerships between law schools and legal services organizations. She was also joined by one of the Center’s longtime pro bono partners, the Veterans Consortium...

Ben-Asher to Become Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship

St. John’s Law is excited that Professor Noa Ben-Asher will become our next Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship on June 1st! Professor Ben-Asher’s scholarly interests include gender, sexuality, and legal theory. Their work has appeared in numerous legal journals and edited collections, and their forthcoming book, Secular-Christian Social Justice: Climate, Race, and Gender in the...

SJ at 2026 Empire State Legal Writing Conference

Professors Ashley B. Armstrong, Robin Boyle-Laisure, Rosa Castello, Louis Jim, Colleen Parker, and Dean Rachel H. Smith, presented at the 2026 Empire State Legal Writing Conference, hosted by Fordham University School of Law on May 21st-22nd.

Events

About the Symposium

On Friday, September 19, 2025, the St. John’s Law faculty presented a symposium on:

Impact That Endures: Celebrating the Past, Present, and Future of St. John’s Law Faculty Scholarship

Through multiple panels, the day-long event showcased St. John’s Law faculty perspectives on the evolving role of legal scholarship and commentary, with a focus on the U.S. Supreme Court. Designed to spark meaningful dialogue among students, faculty, and alumni, it highlighted how our scholars’ work continues to shape the legal community as the Law School marks its milestone 100th Anniversary and looks ahead to its next century of excellence, prominence, and impact. The program also featured audience Q&A.

Co-Sponsors

Program

9 to 9:15 a.m.

Opening Remarks: Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum

9:15 to 10:30 a.m.

Panel I(a): The Role for Legal Scholarship Yesterday, Today . . . and Tomorrow

Introduction: Missy Caiola '27, JCRED 

Moderator: Professor Eva E. Subotnik

Panelists:

10:30 to 10:45 a.m.

Break

10:45 to 11:00 a.m.

Presentation: On Being a Scholar and a Teacher in Polarized Times

Introduction: Elshaday Yilma '26, St. John's Law Review

Presenter: Professor Michael A. Simons

11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Panel I(b): The Role for Legal Scholarship Yesterday, Today . . . and Tomorrow

Introduction: Juliet Tomaro '26, JCRED 

Moderator: Professor Rosa Castello

Panelists:

12:15 to 1:15pm

Lunch

1:15 to 2:45 p.m.

Panel II: The Supreme Court in Context: Insights from Legal Scholars

Introduction: Celine Lawrence '26, St. John's Law Review 

Moderator: Hon. Raymond J. Lohier, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Panelists:

2:45 p.m.

Closing Remarks: Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum

Learn More

Read a Q&A with Professor Eva E. Subotnik, who organized the symposium as the Law School's Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship. 

View the symposium photo album.

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