News & Events / News print News View All Faculty General Students Alumni RSS Feeds YEAR 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 11.19.12 Stephanie D’Agostino ’13 Named Susan Solomon Intern by JALBCA Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert (JALBCA), an organization dedicated to mobilizing the legal community of the New York City metropolitan area in the fight against breast cancer, has named Stephanie D’Agostino ’13 as its Susan Solomon Intern for 2012/2013. Read More 11.05.12 Prestigious Honors Awarded to Natalie Serra ’13 and Cassye Cole ’14 The inaugural Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP Diversity Fellowship has been awarded to Cassye Cole ’14. Read More 10.04.12 Sparer Public Interest Law Fellows Initiate Public Interest Conference among New York Area Law Schools Sary Udashkin ’13, a Sparer Public Interest Law Fellow, founded the Public Interest Collective (PIC) with students from twelve New York area law school schools last year. Read More 09.19.12 Incoming Sparer Public Interest Law Fellows Bring Varied Backgrounds and Experiences to Sparer Program Brooklyn Law School is pleased to announce that seven first-year students were selected upon admission for the Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Law Fellowship Program. Read More 08.29.12 Brooklyn Law School Students Participate in Inaugural Orientation Community Service Day On August 17, Brooklyn Law School students participated in the Inaugural Orientation Community Service Day, co-sponsored by Brooklyn Law Students for the Public Interest (BLSPI) and the Environmental Law Society. Read More 08.22.12 Douglas Buckley ’13 Wins American Bankruptcy Institute's Law Student Writing Competition Douglas Buckley ’13 was the third place winner of this year’s highly competitive American Bankruptcy Institute’s Law Student Writing Competition. Read More 08.08.12 Six New Fellows Selected for Health Law and Policy Fellowship Six rising second-year students have been named recipients of the Law School’s Health Law and Policy Fellowship. Read More 06.27.12 Fifteen Graduating Students Awarded Michael Madow Bar Grant Brooklyn Law Students for the Public Interest (BLSPI) awarded its 2012 Michael Madow Bar Grant to 15 graduates who demonstrated a commitment to public interest legal work to defray bar exam costs. Read More 06.22.12 Benjamin Falber ’12 Wins Two National Writing Competitions Benjamin Falber ’12 won two national student writing competition awards for his research in environmental law. Read More 05.22.12 Zachary Kuperman ’12 Wins the Burton Award for Legal Achievement Brooklyn Law School student Zachary Kuperman ’12 has been selected as a recipient of a Burton Award for Legal Achievement for his note, “Cutting the Baby in Half: An Economic Critique of Indivisible Resources Partition,” which was published in the Fall 2011 issue of the Brooklyn Law Review. Read More 05.03.12 Olga Vlasova '13 Discusses Mental Illness and the Death Penalty in The Jurist Olga Vlasova '13 was a featured guest columnist in The Jurist, arguing for the prohibition of the death penalty for severely mentally ill convicts. Read More 04.19.12 Rebeccah Golubock Watson ’12 Wins Georgetown University Law Center’s Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Rebeccah Golubock Watson ’12 was awarded the prestigious Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship from Georgetown University Law Center, the second in a row that a Brooklyn Law School student received this fellowship. Read More 04.19.12 BLS Students Awarded Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Summer Fellowships Kathryn Hensley ’13 and Kira Ewig ’13 have been awarded the Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Summer Fellowship, which encourages outstanding law students nationwide to pursue careers in child advocacy. Read More 04.13.12 Four BLS Students Become First Interns for the NYS Bar Association's Real Property Law Section Four BLS students will be the first interns for the New York State Bar Association's real property law section next fall. Read More 03.01.12 Brooklyn Law School Students among the First Interns in the State Bar Real Property Law Section’s New Internship Program Brooklyn Law School Students among the First Interns in the State Bar Real Property Law Section’s New Internship Program. Read More 02.29.12 Miles Schreiner ’12 Wins American College of Legal Medicine Student Writing Competition Miles Schreiner ’12 Wins American College of Legal Medicine Student Writing Competition. Read More 02.27.12 Recent Safe Harbor Clinic Victories Sayeda Abbas ’12, Dina Kleyman ’12, and Shannon Karam ’12 began working in the Safe Harbor Clinic in Spring 2011. Read More 02.22.12 Twenty New BLSPI Fellows Chosen for 2012 Brooklyn Law Students for the Public Interest (BLSPI) recently announced the recipients of the 2012 BLSPI Fellowship. Read More 02.08.12 Kalish Bell ’12 Awarded Forchelli Diversity Fellowship Kalish Bell ’12 has been awarded a 2011-2012 Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo, Cohn & Terrana, LLP Diversity Fellowship. Read More 02.08.12 First Year Student Wins Best Oral Advocate at Northeast Region Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition Sylvester Yavana ’14 won “Best Oral Advocate” at the recent Northeast Region Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition, which was held during the Northeast Black Law Students Association (NEBLSA) 2012 Convention in West Harrison, New York. Read More 02.07.12 Gault Fellowship Awarded to Sparer Fellow David Shapiro ’12 David Shapiro ’12 has been awarded the prestigious post-graduate Gault Fellowship. For the next two years, Shapiro will work at the National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC) in Washington, D.C., performing extensive legal work for NJDC and assisting with the provision of training and technical assistance to the juvenile defense community. Read More 01.30.12 Michael A. Sabino ’12 Wins the National Law Review Winter 2011 Student Legal Writing Contest Michael A. Sabino ’12 was named the December winner of the Winter 2011 Student Legal Writing Contest sponsored by the National Law Review (NLR) for his article, “Football and Antitrust Law: American Needle v. NFL and Its Meaning for Combinations in Restraint of Trade and the Rule of Reason in the 21st Century.” Read More 01.19.12 Corporate and Real Estate Clinic Students Close a $400,000 Loan for Low-Income Co-op in Harlem In the midst of finals on December 15, 2011, corporate and real estate clinic students Nandini Sur ’12 and Stephanie La Carrubba ’12 conducted a loan closing for a Harlem building. Read More Read the latest issue of Brooklyn Law Notes Upcoming Events: THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018 Brooklyn Law School SoCal Alumni Network CLE & Mixer THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018 28th Annual BLSPI Auction THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018 Life at Allen & Overy, a Global Law Firm View all events