Danielle Harrow ’24 Sees Law as a Common Thread
The other day, Danielle Harrow was making a suit jacket. Stepping back and eyeing her handiwork, she knew something wasn’t right. It was the buttons. They didn’t fit the design. Nor did any of the...
Alexander Gonzalez ’24 Finds His People at St. John’s Law
Alexander Gonzalez was just 10 years old when the Great Recession of 2008 shuttered his family’s coffee shop in Orlando, FL. The small business had marked the attainment of the American dream for his...
Center for Law and Religion Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Earlier this month, following a pandemic postponement, the Law School’s Center for Law and Religion celebrated its 10th anniversary with a panel program on law and religion issues before the U.S...
St. John’s Law Awards John Q. Barrett and Rachel H. Smith Named Professorships
Dean Michael A. Simons has announced that Professor John Q. Barrett will be the Law School’s Benjamin N. Cardozo Professor of Law and Professor Rachel H. Smith will become the Mary C. Daly Professor...
Camille Castle ’24 is Spreading Some Joy at St. John’s Law
As she walks through the Law School cafeteria on a busy Wednesday afternoon, Camille Castle greets at least a half dozen students with a quick hug or wave. It’s the first semester of her first year at...
Rose DiMartino ’81 Opens Doors in the Public Interest
This story originally appeared in the Fall 2021 issue of St. John's Law magazine. As much as she looked forward to working with the Legal Aid Society's Juvenile Rights Practice this summer,Alessia...
Guided By a Rock Star Ciara Villalona-Lockhart ’22 Fulfills Her Dreams
Dreams rise from hardship. Some might see this as a catchy phrase, or a hopeful sentiment, or a resonant mantra. For Ciara Villalona-Lockhart, it’s a deep belief that has guided her from her childhood...
Inspired to Fight Injustice Cydiene Freitas ‘22LL.M. Charts a Path to Becoming a New York Lawyer
Queens is a long way from Manaus, the capital city in the middle of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest where Cydiene Freitas was born, raised, and educated. But, as she begins the U.S. Legal Studies LL.M...
A Father’s Son: Matthew Atewe ’24 Takes His Dreams to a New Home Court
When a recurring knee injury ended Matthew Atewe’s dream of playing professional basketball, the first call he made was to his father back home in Toronto. “Think and pray tonight,” his dad told him....
St. John’s Law Welcomes a Talented and Diverse 1L Class
A paramedic, a past Peace Corp Volunteer, a ballerina, an Emmy Award winner, a scientist, a former pro basketball player, and an underground caverns tour guide all took their seats. It was a milestone...