Visiting & Virtual Events

Full-Time Student Panel
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time: 5:00-6:30 PM ET
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Please join us for this online student panel that provides an opportunity to speak with current Rutgers Law part-time students. Learn more about the student experience, how you can get involved, and the community here at RLS. This panel will be moderated by a member of the Admissions Office. Q&A will follow the initial panel portion of the presentation.

During this interactive session, you will have the opportunity to hear directly from our students about various aspects of student life, including:

• Academic resources and support
• Extracurricular activities and organizations
• Networking and career opportunities
• Work-life balance and wellness initiatives
• Community and diversity at Rutgers Law

Whether you have questions about course workload, finding your niche within our vibrant community, or simply want to connect with fellow future classmates, this panel is designed to provide you with valuable insights and perspectives to better understand the Rutgers Law experience.

Borders and Belonging: Toward a Fair Immigration Policy
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time:12:15-1:45 PM ET
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This program will explore ways that immigration laws could be fairer and just through a discussion of Professor Hiroshi Motomura's book, "Borders and Belonging: Toward a Fair Immigration Policy." Professor Motomura and a distinguished panel will examine the tension between the nation's interest in protecting its borders and responding to the human needs of migrants.

Co-sponsored by: Rutgers Law School's Center for Immigration Justice, Immigrant Rights Collective, Faculty Development Committee, and Institute for Professional Education

FACULTY:

Hiroshi Motomura | Susan Westerberg Prager Distinguished Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director, Center of Immigration Law and Policy, UCLA Law

Angela Banks | Vice Dean and Charles J. Merriam Distinguished Professor of Law, ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Jason Cortés | Associate Professor and Program Director, American Studies; Chair, Spanish & Portuguese Studies, Rutgers University–Newark

Shelley Lee | Professor of American Studies and History, Brown University

Moderator:

Rose Cuison-Villazor | Professor of Law, and Chancellor's Social Justice Scholar, Rutgers Law School

Part-Time Student Panel
Date: Thursday, October 2, 2025
Time: 5:00-6:30 PM ET
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Please join us for this online student panel that provides an opportunity to speak with current Rutgers Law part-time students. Learn more about the student experience, how you can get involved, and the community here at RLS. This panel will be moderated by a member of the Admissions Office. Q&A will follow the initial panel portion of the presentation.

During this interactive session, you will have the opportunity to hear directly from our students about various aspects of student life, including:

• Academic resources and support
• Extracurricular activities and organizations
• Networking and career opportunities
• Work-life balance and wellness initiatives
• Community and diversity at Rutgers Law

Whether you have questions about course workload, finding your niche within our vibrant community, or simply want to connect with fellow future classmates, this panel is designed to provide you with valuable insights and perspectives to better understand the Rutgers Law experience.

Bankruptcy Update 2025: Splits and Confounding Issues Destined for the Supreme Court
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Time: 12:15-2:20 PM ET
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Use Promo Code NOCLE890 for free registration

The panel will discuss the most important bankruptcy decisions in the last year, from the bankruptcy courts up through the United States Supreme Court. Emphasis will be on cases that move, change, develop, or significantly affect existing law. The panelists will cover a multitude of circuit splits that should make their way to the Supreme Court in the next several years. The panel will also analyze emerging areas of controversy in bankruptcy law, involving issues of significance in consumer law and with respect to corporate reorganization.

PANELISTS:

Hon. Derek J. Baker
United States Bankruptcy Court Judge
Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Hon Jeffery A. Deller
United States Bankruptcy Court Judge
Western District of Pennsylvania

Hon. Christine M. Gravelle
United States Bankruptcy Court Chief Judge
District of New Jersey

Hon. Brendan L. Shannon
United States Bankruptcy Court Judge
District of Delaware

Chrystin Ondersma
Professor of Law and Judge Morris Stern Scholar
Rutgers Law School

MODERATOR:

Bill Rochelle
Editor-at-Large
American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI)

Criminal Justice, Immigration, and Civil Rights Amidst Trump’s ICE Crackdown
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Time: 5:30-7:00 PM ET
Rutgers Law School
Baker Trial Courtroom | Room 125
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
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This program will cover "front-page" issues confronting criminal, immigration, and civil rights lawyers arising from the current administration’s immigration initiatives. We will cover common immigration issues impacting criminal defendants, including detention, plea and sentencing issues; constitutional questions arising from the targeting, arrest and detention of non-citizen clients; the impact of criminal charges on prior immigration relief (such as asylum or convention against torture); and courthouse arrests and deportations, among others.

This program is co-sponsored by the C. Willard Heckel Inn of Court at Rutgers Law School. The Inn brings together highly experienced and distinguished justices, judges, trial attorneys, members of the bar, and Rutgers Law School students to enhance their skills and focus on important issues facing the bar and bench.

Blind Injustice: Wrongful Convictions and Criminal Justice Reform
Date: Wednesday. October 15, 2025
Time: 12:30 - 1:50 PM ET
Rutgers Law School
Baker Trial Courtroom | Room 125
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
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Join us for a lunchtime event exploring the human cost of wrongful convictions and the need for criminal justice reform. The program features Mark Godsey, law professor, former federal prosecutor, and author of Blind Injustice, alongside Nancy Smith, an Ohio Innocence Project exoneree who spent nearly 15 years wrongfully imprisoned. This event offers a rare opportunity to hear firsthand how systemic flaws can devastate lives, and how resilience and advocacy can lead to justice.

Co-sponsored by the New Jersey Innocence Project at Rutgers University, and Rutgers Law School's Center on Criminal Justice, Youth Rights, and Race, and Institute for Professional Education.

Virtual Information Session
Date: Wednesday. October 22, 2025
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 PM ET
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Please join us for this online information session that will highlight the many opportunities that await you as a future Rutgers Law School student. Members of our Admissions Office will discuss the application process, the mission and values of the Law School, experiential learning opportunities, curricula for full-time and part-time students, and the culture and community within the Newark and Camden campuses. Participants are encouraged to ask questions and learn as much as possible.

ALIANZA Student Life Panel
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM ET
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Rutgers Law School will host an online student panel comprised of members of ALIANZA. ALIANZA provides opportunities for Latinx law students to further their academic and professional goals and celebrate their culture. This interactive session will give you the chance to pose questions to current students and learn about the Latinx community at Rutgers Law, culture, classroom environment, ways to get involved, and more. There will be plenty of time for Q&A, so please bring your questions.

Housing Justice Summit 2025
Date: Friday, October 24, 2025
Time: 9:30 - 4:15 PM ET
Rutgers University Camden, Campus Center
326 Penn Street
Camden NJ 08102
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This is a summit on housing advocacy fifty years after the Supreme Court of New Jersey decision on Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mount Laurel. That ruling and the resulting Mount Laurel Doctrine established that developing municipalities have a constitutional duty to provide a “fair share” or affordable housing for low- and middle-income families. Much has changed since that landmark decision, but the need for housing advocacy and justice continues.

The Housing Justice Project is an initiative established in 2021 with funding from the State of New Jersey that seeks to provide representation and support to tenants in landlord-tenant disputes and with other housing needs.

9:30 - 10:00 Registration and Light Breakfast

10:00 - 10:15 Opening Remarks

10:15 - 10:45 Featured Speaker: Affordable Housing 50-Year Anniversary of the Mt. Laurel Doctrine

11:00 - 12:15 Panel: Representing and Organizing with Immigrant Tenants
This panel discusses how lawyers and organizers are working in solidarity with immigrant tenants during the second Trump Administration, including tenant organizing amidst fear of immigration enforcement, how organizers are dealing with proposed changes in federal policy for mixed status households, and the rapid response networks that have emerged from organized communities.

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 2:45 Panel: The Architecture of Inequality: Building Systemic Solutions for Housing Justice
Experts in policy, litigation, and community organizing will explore bold strategies to confront housing inequality. From expanding affordable housing and legal representation to advancing health equity and reparations, this panel charts systemic solutions for lasting housing justice.

Concurrent Tenant Organizing Workshop - Whose Agenda? Taking the Lead from Tenant Movements
How might legal institutions and professionals shift power into tenant-led movements for housing justice? Panelists will share insights from their efforts to co-create tenant resources, democratic processes, and civic culture in the Greater Newark Area. The conversation draws from a range of disciplines—including movement lawyering, community organizing, critical pedagogy, and participatory design—all grounded in the NJ Legal Design Lab’s ongoing partnership with Homes for All Newark.

3:00 - 4:15 Panel: Open Concept: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Housing Justice
We all have a role to play in advancing housing equity. This dynamic panel brings together voices from a wide variety of disciplines and life experience, examining how diversity and interdisciplinary dialogue enrich our understanding of housing justice and strengthen advocacy. This discussion aims to inspire, empower, and equip you to collaborate in advancing housing justice.

4:15 - 5:00 Refreshments

Advancing Your Career: Navigating The Journey From Law Student To Lawyer
Thursday, October 30, 2025
5:00 PM ET
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Join Rutgers Law School's Career Service Office and students as they provide a window into the myriad opportunities for our students to work across the tri-state region and beyond. Learn how Career Services professionals at Rutgers Law are providing students with all of the resources they need to successfully navigate the job search process including: mock and informational interviews, practice panels, On-Campus Interviews (OCI), networking events, and more. Regardless of the campus you decide to attend, students have access to a wealth of resources and staff across both locations in Newark and Camden.

Whether you want to work in the tri-state region, across the country or internationally, learn how Rutgers Law is equipping our students with the skills, strategies, and connections to find their dream jobs. Join us for this online program to learn more!

APALSA Student Life Panel
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM ET
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Rutgers Law School will host an online student panel comprised of members of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. APALSA provides opportunities for Asian law students to further their academic and professional goals and celebrate their culture. This interactive session will give you the chance to pose questions to current students and learn about the Asian community at Rutgers Law, culture, classroom environment, ways to get involved, and more. There will be plenty of time for Q&A, so please bring your questions.

MSP Virtual Open House
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 PM ET
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Rutgers Law School's Minority Student Program (MSP) is a nationally-acclaimed and highly successful post-admissions program that serves students of any race or ethnicity who are members of groups that are underrepresented in the legal profession, and who have faced discrimination or overcome social and economic hardships. The program takes a proactive approach to help students to succeed in law school by offering legal skills development, academic support, alumni mentoring and networking, internships and other opportunities.

Join us Dean Cliff Dawkins, Dean of the Minority Student Program in Newark, Rhasheda Douglas, Dean of the Minority Student Program in Camden, and current MSP students on both campuses as they discuss how Rutgers Law is cultivating a community that supports historically underrepresented students on the pathway to success in law school and the legal profession.

Trial Teams Webinar
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 PM ET
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Rutgers Law School is home to nationally recognized trial advocacy programs, providing students with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in litigation while developing critical advocacy skills. Through our trial team programs, students receive intensive training from faculty and practitioners, participate in regional and national competitions, and learn how to craft persuasive arguments, examine witnesses, and advocate effectively in the courtroom.

Join us for a webinar on Wednesday, November 12 at 5 PM ET as our trial program directors and current students share insights about the litigation and advocacy opportunities at Rutgers; student experiences from competitions; specialized areas of practice; extracurricular activities; and more.

Virtual Information Session
Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 PM ET
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Please join us for this online information session that will highlight the many opportunities that await you as a future Rutgers Law School student. Members of our Admissions Office will discuss the application process, the mission and values of the Law School, experiential learning opportunities, curricula for full-time and part-time students, and the culture and community within the Newark and Camden campuses. Participants are encouraged to ask questions and learn as much as possible.

Clinical Programs Webinar
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
5:00 PM ET
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Rutgers Law School is a pioneer in clinical education and currently boasts 26 clinics across its two campuses in Newark and Camden where student casework for actual clients is principally supervised by full-time Rutgers Law faculty. Students in the clinical education programs learn lawyering skills and development of professional identity, working with clients on numerous issues - including Constitutional Rights, International Human Rights, Domestic Violence, Non-Profit and Small Business Development, Intellectual Property, Children's Rights, Criminal and Civil Justice, and many others.

Join us for a webinar as our clinical students discuss the robust clinical opportunities at Rutgers; short stories about student experiences; specialized areas of practice; extracurricular activities; and more.

Rutgers Law clinic students have:

• Freed wrongfully imprisoned persons
• Helped qualified immigrants receive asylum
• Obtained appropriate educational services for children with disabilities
• Protected victims of domestic violence
• Formed corporate non-profits
• Worked on copyrights and trademarks
• Completed Congressional and public policy research
• Filed amicus briefs in cases in the nation's and state's highest courts

Virtual Information Session
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 PM ET
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Please join us for this online information session that will highlight the many opportunities that await you as a future Rutgers Law School student. Members of our Admissions Office will discuss the application process, the mission and values of the Law School, experiential learning opportunities, curricula for full-time and part-time students, and the culture and community within the Newark and Camden campuses. Participants are encouraged to ask questions and learn as much as possible.