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Brooklyn Law School is proud to announce that Sparkle L. Sooknanan ’10 will be clerking for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor starting in July 2013. Sooknanan previously served as a law clerk to Judge Eric N. Vitaliano of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and Judge Guido Calabresi of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She is currently on the Appellate Staff of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice.  read more

Lisa Bova-Hiatt ‘94 spends most days as the Deputy Chief in charge of eminent domain in the Tax & Bankruptcy Litigation Division at the New York Law Department.   read more

On November 17, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) honored the recipients of the “2012 Best Lawyers Under 40 Award” at the NAPABA Anniversary Gala and Celebration Dinner held in Washington, D.C.  read more

Brooklyn Law School alumni Michelle Kaminsky ’92, Dan Slater ’05, and Clare Cosslett ’84 have recently published new books on prosecuting domestic violence, the algorithms and implications of dating in the internet age, and the ingredients of successful law careers.   read more

Four hundred and seventy-eight Brooklyn Law School graduates were recognized in the most recent New York Metro edition of Super Lawyers Magazine.  read more

On Monday, October 15, students, faculty, and alumni gathered in Feil Hall to get an insider look at the complex high-stakes business of fashion law.   read more

Anne Swern '80 was honored by the Brooklyn Women's Bar Association at its annual membership party.   read more

Inside Counsel recently profiled an active member of the Law School community, Jeff Gewirtz ’94, who is executive vice president of business affairs and chief legal officer of the Brooklyn Nets and its new arena, the Barclays Center.  read more

Gary M. Rosenberg ’74 was featured in “The 30-Minute Interview” in the New York Times’ Business section.   read more

Lawrence A. Vogelman ’73 has been appointed as the New Hampshire Bar Association President for 2012-2013.  read more

The American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section is honoring Peter Antonucci ’90 as the 2012 recipient of the Edmund S. Muskie Pro Bono Service Award.  read more

Mathews Vattamala’s article, “The Myth of Cross-Border Cooperation: Mutual Assistance for the Collection of Tax Claims in Cross-Border Insolvencies,” will be published by the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal this fall.   read more

MasterCard Worldwide’s Noah Hanft ’76 was named General Counsel of the Year at the 2012 Global Counsel Awards, hosted by the International Law Office (ILO) and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC).   read more

Charles A. Archer ’01, CEO of the Evelyn Douglin Center for Serving People in Need, Inc. (EDCSPIN), will be honored at the 15th Annual “40 Under Forty” Achievement Awards Dinner, on June 28, 2012 for his professional accomplishments and for having made an important contribution to his community.  read more

Hon. I. Leo Glasser '48 and Hon. Arthur D. Spatt '49 were recently profiled in Newsday as two of five federal court judges in New York state who fought in World War II.  read more

Jennifer Ashburn ’04 was named Young Lawyer of the Year by the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division.   read more

Gabriel Taussig ’74, Chief of the New York City Law Department’s Administrative Law Division, recently received the 2011 Mary C. Lawton Outstanding Government Service Award, a prestigious honor given by the American Bar Association (ABA).  read more

Glen Zipper ’00 won the Academy Award for the best feature-length documentary film, “Undefeated,” which he produced.   read more

The Tax Law Association recently hosted a “Careers in Tax Law” panel discussion with three prominent alumni.  read more

Nicholas Bamman’s article, “Campaign Finance: Public Funding After Bennett” was accepted for publication in the University of Virginia’s Journal of Law & Politics (forthcoming 2012).   read more

Brooklyn Law School alumna Karen I. Wu ’04 has been named the 2012 recipient of the New York State Bar Association's Outstanding Young Lawyer Award.  read more