School of Law Centers and Institutes

Centers, Institutes, and Programs

Fordham Law’s centers and institutes are at the forefront of scholarship and advocacy on a wide range of pressing legal issues.

Shaping Law and Policy

Whether advancing scholarship on critical legal issues, providing hands-on training for future lawyers, or delivering much-needed legal advice to the vulnerable and underrepresented, our centers, institutes, and programs make a real difference. Our faculty engages closely with students on a wide range of topics, from fashion law to privacy controversies born of the internet age, social justice, racial and gender inequality, complex and evolving intellectual property matter, national security, corporate law, and human rights.

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Thanina Haddadi, LL.M. ’24 and Julia Tedesco ’23 Celebrated as Emerging Leaders in Immigrant Justice Advocacy

Thanina Haddadi, LL.M. ’24 and Julia Tedesco ’23 Celebrated as Emerging Leaders in Immigrant Justice Advocacy

Thanina (Nina) Haddadi, LL.M. ’24 and Julia K. Tedesco ’23 were each honored with the Feerick Center for Social Justice’s Defender of the Dream Awards at the Center’s 8th Annual …

As Migrant Crisis Grows, Fordham Law Steps Up to Help Asylum Seekers

As Migrant Crisis Grows, Fordham Law Steps Up to Help Asylum Seekers

They had made their way to the Bronx from Ecuador, Western Sahara, and Ghana. And Fordham University was there to help them. More than a dozen students from across Fordham’s …

Panel Explores the Implications of Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling for Asian Americans

Panel Explores the Implications of Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling for Asian Americans

Now that the Supreme Court has ended race-conscious admissions policies in higher education, what does that mean for Asian American communities? Fordham Law’s Center on Asian Americans and the Law …

New Leitner Center Report Investigating Afghanistan Withdrawal Recommends Better Planning and Preparation for Humanitarian Evacuations 

New Leitner Center Report Investigating Afghanistan Withdrawal Recommends Better Planning and Preparation for Humanitarian Evacuations 

Can lessons be learned from the chaos of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 to prevent a future humanitarian crisis? A new report from Fordham Law’s Leitner Center …

At Fordham’s 50th Antitrust Conference, DOJ Announces Initiative that will Detect Collusive Schemes Ahead of 2026 FIFA World Cup

At Fordham’s 50th Antitrust Conference, DOJ Announces Initiative that will Detect Collusive Schemes Ahead of 2026 FIFA World Cup

Political debates, controversies, and scandals—including alleged corruption and bribery during the bidding process to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup and accusations of human rights violations in the host country …

Incarceration and Mental Health: How A Different Approach to Mental Health May Be Key to Closing Rikers

Incarceration and Mental Health: How A Different Approach to Mental Health May Be Key to Closing Rikers

New York City has committed to closing the infamous Rikers Island jail by 2027, but to do so the City will need to cut the jail’s population nearly in half. …

Center on Asian Americans and the Law Holds Second Annual Summer Scholarship Conference

Center on Asian Americans and the Law Holds Second Annual Summer Scholarship Conference

The Center on Asian Americans and the Law held its Second Annual Summer Scholarship Conference on July 13. The day-long event was co-sponsored by the Asian American Bar Association of …

Former C.I.A. Director John Brennan Speaks at Scott Simpson Cross-Border Institute’s 2023 Transatlantic Conference 

Former C.I.A. Director John Brennan Speaks at Scott Simpson Cross-Border Institute’s 2023 Transatlantic Conference 

On June 8, the Scott Simpson Cross-Border Institute at Fordham Law held the 2023 Transatlantic Conference, titled “How Geopolitical Instability Affects the Global Deal Market.” The conference was held at …

Scholars Discuss the Right to a Healthy Environment at Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work Seminar

Scholars Discuss the Right to a Healthy Environment at Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work Seminar

In celebration of Earth Day, Fordham Law’s Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work (IRLLW) invited a group of scholars to discuss the right to a healthy environment through a …

Law360: Skadden, Fordham Law Launch Cross-Border Institute

Law360: Skadden, Fordham Law Launch Cross-Border Institute

Law360 highlighted the new partnership between Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and Fordham Law School to launch the Scott Simpson Cross-Border Institute at the Law School, which will …

Fordham Law School and Skadden Launch Scott Simpson Cross-Border Institute

Fordham Law School and Skadden Launch Scott Simpson Cross-Border Institute

The Institute, initiated by the late Scott Simpson, former global co-head of Skadden’s transactions practices, unites leading lawyers, academics and students across the globe to assess cross-border transactional trends and …

Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery Presents 20th Annual DeStefano Lecture

Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery Presents 20th Annual DeStefano Lecture

On March 6, the Corporate Law Center welcomed the Honorable Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, to campus to present the 20th Annual Albert A. …

Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work Signs Strategic Partnership With Consulus

Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work Signs Strategic Partnership With Consulus

Fordham Law’s Institute on Religion Law and Lawyer’s Work and Consulus, a global innovation by design firm, have signed a strategic partnership agreement to shape a new generation of lawyers …

Bloomberg Law Recognizes Fordham’s Entrepreneurial Law Program

Bloomberg Law Recognizes Fordham’s Entrepreneurial Law Program

In a Bloomberg Law article highlighting several law schools that are setting the pace on teaching business skills in a legal education setting, Fordham Law’s Entrepreneurial Law Program and Clinic …

IRLLW Conference Looks at Intersection of Religion, Law, and Immigration 

IRLLW Conference Looks at Intersection of Religion, Law, and Immigration 

Fordham Law School’s Institute on Religion, Law, and Lawyer’s Work held a conference on November 14, 2022, looking at theological, legal, and contemporary implications related to immigration. The conference was …

Fordham Law Celebrates Launch of Center on Asian Americans and the Law

Fordham Law Celebrates Launch of Center on Asian Americans and the Law

The Center on Asian Americans and the Law, Fordham Law School’s newest academic center, celebrated its formal launch on November 9. Co-directed by Senior U.S. Circuit Court Judge Denny Chin …

Judicial Center Welcomes Bankruptcy Court Judges for 4th Annual View from Chambers Series

Judicial Center Welcomes Bankruptcy Court Judges for 4th Annual View from Chambers Series

On Nov. 2, the Center for Judicial Events & Clerkships (CJEC) hosted a View from Chambers  focusing on federal bankruptcy court. The View from Chambers series is part of the …

Judicial Center Welcomes Judge Zahid Quraishi as its 2022-2023 “First to the Bench” Speaker

Judicial Center Welcomes Judge Zahid Quraishi as its 2022-2023 “First to the Bench” Speaker

On Oct. 26, the Center for Judicial Events & Clerkships (CJEC) welcomed Judge Zahid N. Quraishi of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey as its speaker …

John and Diane Simpson Foundation Makes $250,000 Gift to Support Neuroscience and Law Center

John and Diane Simpson Foundation Makes $250,000 Gift to Support Neuroscience and Law Center

Fordham Law School is thrilled to announce that the John and Diane Simpson Foundation has pledged $250,000 over the next five years to support the Law School’s Neuroscience and Law …

Fordham Law School Hosts Virtual Symposium to Analyze “The Neuroscience Of Mass Shootings: Inside The Brain Of A Mass Shooter”

Fordham Law School Hosts Virtual Symposium to Analyze “The Neuroscience Of Mass Shootings: Inside The Brain Of A Mass Shooter”

Public event on November 1 takes a multidisciplinary look into the current nationwide crisis, the law, ethics, and psychology of mass shootings, the challenges faced by law enforcement and government, …