Rutgers Law School is pleased to welcome Professor Jill Engle as this year's Peter Rodino Visiting Professor of Law. She will be in residence in Newark and will be teaching Constitutional Law and Professional Responsibility.
Rutgers Law Associates (RLA) won a rare appeal of a domestic violence case, reinstating a temporary restraining order for their client and reopening her case after a judge already ruled against her. The door is now open for RLA to piece together the evidence needed to win the new case, set for the end of January.
The Rutgers Center for Transnational Law (CTL) is now accepting applications for summer 2023 internship placements in human rights organizations throughout Latin America. Students interested in international law and traveling abroad but living like a local are encouraged to apply. This internship program allows students interested in human rights to put their burgeoning legal skills to work within leading non-governmental organizations throughout Latin America.
On January 30, 2023, Governor Phil Murphy signed the joint resolution that established January 30 of each year as "Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution in New Jersey." On the same day, Rutgers Law School held its first Korematsu Day teach-in, which was hosted by Rutgers APALSA; the Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, & the Modern Experience; and the Rutgers Center for Immigration Law, Policy, and Justice.
The U.S. has reduced unemployment from record highs during the COVID-19 pandemic to near record lows. Now, however, high inflation and the looming threat of a recession could cause unemployment claims to spike once more.
The New Jersey Housing Justice Corps trains and deploys new lawyers to partner organizations around the state.
Carol A. Roehrenbeck, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, passed away peacefully, and with grace, on December 12, 2022, at Catholic Hospice Inpatient Unit Holy Cross Hospital after gallantly fighting a chronic illness. Carol also known as “Dolly” by her loved ones, was born and raised in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, to parents William E. Roehrenbeck and Marjorie E. Buhler Roehrenbeck.
Rutgers Law Professor Matteo Gatti has been appointed to the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) as one of 56 new research members. He is the first at Rutgers Law School to receive this prestigious international honor. Prof. Gatti will now be eligible to publish his academic work on corporate governance and stewardship in the ECGI Working Paper Series (Law and Finance), which is widely-known for its reliable content, global outlook, and interdisciplinary nature. It is used by scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to help shape informed views and debates on a wide range of global topics. Hailing from Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia, new ECGI research members are admitted on the quality of their academic work in the field of corporate governance.
Rutgers Law School students played a crucial role in a $20.8 million settlement providing compensation to women who recently served time at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (EMCF), where a systemic culture of abuse has been well documented. Students worked directly with claimants who served time in New Jersey’s only women’s state prison.
Rutgers Law School alumna, groundbreaking attorney, and tireless advocate Marilyn Askin (RLAW ’70) passed away on December 29, 2022. Throughout the course of her distinguished career, Marilyn’s reputation earned her recognition by her peers as the founder of the field of Elder Law in New Jersey.
Kayvon Paul (RLAW ’23) was recognized with a law student award by the Public Interest Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association at its gala on December 8. Each year, the Public Interest Section recognizes one graduating student from each Philadelphia area law school.
The bankruptcy of major cryptocurrency platform FTX is causing massive fallout in this evolving financial industry. On Monday, U.S. prosecutors charged the founder and former CEO of FTX with several financial crimes and campaign finance violations including wire fraud and money laundering. According to the complaint released by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Sam Bankman-Fried orchestrated years of fraud by diverting investor funds to his private hedge fund and used those funds to make venture investments, lavish real estate purchases, and large political donations.