In the weeks leading up to Commencement, YU News will feature one remarkable graduate from each school, reflecting, in their own words, on their time here, their passions and their dreams for the future.
Meet the Class of 2013.
Name: Sara Levine
School: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Hometown: Westchester, NY
Passion: Asylum law
You began your career as a journalist for Israeli television. Why did you decide to pursue law?
2L David Kurlander's note, "Rebalancing Pay-For-Delay: Why the Hatch-Waxman Act Should Be Given More Weight in the Antitrust Analysis and What That Means for Reverse Payment Agreements," won first place in the 2013 Honorable William Conner Intellectual Property Law Writing Competition, awarded by the New York Intellectual Property Law Association.
Erica Schwartz '13 won second place in the New York Patent Law Association's William C. Conner Intellectual Property Law 2013 Writing Competition for her article "Red with Envy: Why the Fashion Industry Should Embrace ADR as a Viable Solution to Resolving Trademark Disputes."
All of the money raised will support around 244 Cardozo students working public service internships or externships over the summer in the U.S. and abroad.
It will be included in the 2013 edition of the Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook, published annually by Thomson Reuters (West).
“It was a way to get involved over a longer period of time, rather than just spending a weekend or something helping out,” Longobardi, 25, said. “Sometimes you almost forgot you’re working on Hurricane Sandy issues, because the storm really just worsened a lot of legal issues that people were already facing.”
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Symposium on China’s Transition from Manufacturing to Innovation Economy Hosted by Cardozo Law Review’s Online Journal
The May Mentors Program, founded and led by SBA Vice President Matthew Kriegsman '14, celebrates the completion of their mentor training.
During this semester alone, Cardozo students have helped MFY serve over 500 victims of Hurricane Sandy. Students have provided a wide range of services, including: conducting intake; helping homeowners secure Neighborhood Recovery Fund grants; appealing denials of FEMA benefits; and helping MFY identify and begin to address the systemic problems facing victims of Hurricane Sandy by drafting FOIL requests, fact sheets, and various research memoranda.
Dean Matthew Diller has announced that Hon. Dianne T. Renwick of the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department, will address graduates at Cardozo School of Law’s 35th Commencement Ceremony.