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St. John’s Law Mourns the Loss of Professor Elayne E. Greenberg
Dean Michael A. Simons and the entire Law School community mourn the passing of Elayne E. Greenberg, Professor of Legal Practice and Director of the Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution . An...
Public Interest Center Director Jeanne Ortiz-Ortiz Finds Fulfillment Helping St. John’s Law Students Serve the Greater Good
On an early April evening, the Law School cafeteria is buzzing with activity as students, alumni, and faculty raise numbered paddles and, bid by bid, vie to win items on the block at the annual Public...
From NYC to KC St. John’s Law Students Spend Spring Break Working in the Public Interest
Ask Lana Boiko-Kasyanchuk ‘24 what she did over Spring Break, and she’ll recount time spent in Family Court, Criminal Court, and the Red Hook Community Justice Center assisting attorneys from Brooklyn...
Incoming Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum Named Inaugural Rose DiMartino and Karen Sue Smith Professor of Law
Recently, when they came together for Celebrating Women in the Law—an annual event co-hosted by the Law School’s Alumnae Leadership Council (ALC) and Women’s Law Society—alumni, students, and friends...
Remembering Joseph M. Mattone, Sr. ‘53C, ‘55L, ‘94HON
Dean Michael A. Simons and the entire St. John's Law community mourn the passing of Joseph M. Mattone, Sr., whose strong work ethic, New York City street smarts, and keen business acumen took him to...
On the Passing of Beloved and Esteemed Professor Robert M. Zinman
This past weekend, as hundreds of law students competed in the Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition that he helped to launch, the St. John’s Law Community learned that beloved and esteemed...
Remembering John V. Brennan ‘63C, ‘66L, ‘93HON
Michael A. Simons, Dean and John V. Brennan Professor of Law and Ethics, and the St. John’s Law community mourn the passing of John V. Brennan, an esteemed alumnus and consummate lawyer who animated...
Laura Brancato '03 Works to Protect New York’s Most Vulnerable
As 2023 came to a close and winter set in, 92,824 people, including 33,365 children, were sleeping in New York City’s main municipal shelter system each night. Almost at historical highs, those...
Public Defender Kayla Hardesty ‘16 Helps Make History in New York’s Highest Court
Good afternoon, Your Honors, and may it please the Court. Kayla Hardesty, Cortland County Public Defenders Office, for the appellant, Michael Bay. With that brief introduction, Kayla Hardesty began...
Hon. Rowan Wilson, New York’s Chief Judge, to Speak at St. John’s Law Commencement
Hon. Rowan Wilson, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and the State of New York, will be the Law School’s commencement speaker and honoree on Monday, May 20, 2024. The commencement exercises will...