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Two recent graduates, Elissa Berger ’06 and Camille L. Zentner ’06, have each been awarded a 2007 Skadden Fellowship www.skaddenfellowships.org, the most prestigious public-interest law award of its kind. The Skadden Fellowship Foundation, described as "a legal Peace Corps" by The Los Angeles Times, was established in 1988 by the firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, LLP.  read more

An article by Jill Maxwell '07, published in the fall 2006 issue of the Wisconsin Women's Law Journal, has led to a speaking engagement at a colloquium in Madison, Wisconsin and an interview on ABC News Online for the student author.  read more

On August 21, 2006 the SBA took a mix of 70 first, second and third year students to see the Brooklyn Cyclones take on the Staten Island Yankees at KeySpan Park on Coney Island. The home team may have lost the game with a score of 21-6, but BLS students enjoyed, what was the first time for most, a trip to Coney Island.  read more

Carrie S. Zoubul ’06 has won a fellowship from the Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging which will provide an award of $36,000 for one year to develop an interdisciplinary educational project, “Educating for Professional Intersections in Law, Medicine & Advocacy.”   read more

Justice Richard J. Goldstone, one of the world's outstanding jurists, gave the 2006 commencement address on June 6th. Throughout his career, including his nine years as a Justice on the Constitutional Court of South Africa and two years (1994-1996) as Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, he has used the law to promote, and expand international human rights.  read more

As part of her Civil Practice Internship at Amnesty International USA, Erica Razook ’06 was the co-leader of an online discussion in late May about the U.S. government’s practice of military outsourcing.  read more

The University of Georgia defeated Cleveland Marshall College of Law in the final round of the 2006 Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Competition. Semi-finalists included Pace University and American University. DePaul University School of Law won the best brief award.  read more

The new student-run business law journal, Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law, sponsored its first symposium on March 31, "New Models for Securities Law Enforcement: Outsourcing, Compelled Cooperation and Gatekeepers."  read more

The Grand Prospect Hall was the setting for the Student Bar Association’s (SBA) Second Annual Barrister’s Ball on March 30, 2006. Students enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and cocktails and danced the evening away with friends and classmates in celebration of a quickly-approaching end to the school year.  read more

Nineteen BLS students spent their spring break in the Gulf Coast area, working to provide legal and other assistance to victims of Hurricane Katrina. This extraordinary work was done under the auspices of the Student Hurricane Network, a network of more than 500 students from around the country.  read more

On March 23, 2006, Brooklyn Law Students for the Public Interest (BLSPI) raised close to $38,000 in their 16th Annual BLSPI Auction. A western-style rodeo was the theme for this year's auction. Participants donned their best rodeo attire and were led through the auction by a professional auctioneer.  read more

Two Brooklyn Law School moot court teams took top honors at their recent competitions. The Civil Rights and Family Law teams both received first place in their respective events, paving the way for another successful season for the Moot Court Honor Society.  read more

Brooklyn Law School’s Moot Court Teams began the spring competition season with three strong finishes. Congratulations to the First Amendment Appellate Team, Keri Bruce ’07, John O’Callaghan ’07, Sarah Siegel ’07, and coach Shameika Taylor ’06, who were Finalists in the Burton D. Wechsler First Amendment Competition, which was held at the Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., February 2-4, 2006.  read more