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...
Nicole Castillo Guiracocha ’25 Earns Prestigious Immigrant Justice Corps Fellowship
This past summer, Nicole Castillo Guiracocha packed her bags, said goodbye to her family and friends in New York, and moved 800 miles away to join the City of Atlanta Office of the Public Defender on...
Law Matters: A Conversation With Professor Eva Subotnik
In this edition of our Law Matters story series, Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum speaks with Professor Eva E. Subotnik, Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship at St. John’s Law. Professor Subotnik recently...
Inside the Defense and Advocacy Clinic’s Life-Changing Work
Sitting across from the Assistant District Attorney prosecuting the case against their client, Ramona*, St. John’s Law Defense and Advocacy Clinic students Nathalie Amazan ’26 and Cassie Khan ’26...
Mattone Center for Law and Religion Welcomes 2025–2026 Student Fellows
Each year, the Denise ’90 and Michael ’91 Mattone Center for Law and Religion selects student fellows who contribute to the Center’s mission of providing an unrivaled forum for exploring law and...
Law Matters: A Conversation With Professor Elaine Chiu
In this installment of Law Matters, Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum speaks with Professor Elaine Chiu about Professor Chiu’s work at the intersection of criminal law, cultural identity, and systemic reform...
From the Lone Star State to the Big Apple: Summer Public Interest Fellows Advance Justice
Walking into a Texas courthouse as an intern with the Dispute Resolution Center of Montgomery County, Inc. (DRC-MC), Megan P. Denman '27 expected to spend the day observing mediators and taking notes...