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Experiential learning at Cornell Law School is a central part of our educational model. A robust set of clinical courses helps students move beyond the classroom into the world of practice; the Lawyering Program focuses on teaching the real-life skills employed by practicing attorneys, and externships around the country and across the globe put classroom learning into practice.

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Cornell Law School offers one of the country’s oldest and most distinguished programs in international and comparative legal education. It features an outstanding faculty; a strong and diverse curriculum; internationally focused law clinics; visiting professors, scholars, and graduate law students from around the world; a leading journal of international and comparative law; active internationally focused student organizations; international speakers and conferences; international internships and externships; international dual degree and study abroad opportunities, and an acclaimed international and comparative law library collection. It is an exceptional place to study and engage with international and comparative law.

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Alumna Angela Winfield to become chief diversity officer at Law School Admission Council

Among her many accomplishments, Angela Winfield, J.D. ’08 led her team in developing the six-part staff training course Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Cornell.

Steve Yale-Loehr: Are parents criminally liable for sending their children to the southern border of the United States alone?

James Grimmelmann: Google Copyright Win Fuels Debate Over When Copying Is Changing

Daniel Alpert: As cities test guaranteed income, Dems push Biden on recurring payments

Charles Whitehead: Volkswagen could end up in hot water over its 'Voltswagen' marketing stunt

Nelson Tebbe: Are vaccine requirements the new normal?

Faculty & Research

The Delaware Death Penalty: An Empirical Study

This article is part of a symposium that honors David Baldus, a great scholar and great man, a quiet man with a strong passion for justice. We study the operation of Delaware’s death penalty in the modern era of capital punishment.

Why Is Torture 'Different' and How 'Different' Is It?

Almost every serious commentator to address the moral and legal question of torture has taken for granted the proposition that the infliction of torture is a sufficiently grave evil to require a distinctly demanding moral scrutiny.

Stings and Scams: ‘Fake News,’ the First Amendment, and the New Activist Journalism

Constitutional law, technological innovations, and the rise of a cultural “right to know” have recently combined to yield “fake news,” as illustrated by an anti-abortion citizen-journalist sting operation that scammed Planned Parenthood.

Promoting Clinical Legal Education in India: A Case Study of the Citizen Participation Clinic

This report is the product of a unique collaboration between the Good Governance and Citizen Participation Clinic at Jindal Global Law School and the Cornell International Human Rights Clinic at Cornell Law School.

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“The decision solidifies a long-standing trend in transformativeness that really focuses on what it’s supposed to: the downstream creativity opened up by the reuse of copyrighted materials,” says #CornellLawSchool professor @grimmelm via @BLaw. http://ow.ly/hoRn50Ek3ye

Cornell immunology experts Cynthia Leifer and Avery August answer questions on vaccines, variants and herd immunity.

Have more questions? Register for “The Science Behind COVID-19 Vaccines: A conversation with Cornell’s immunology experts” on April 12. https://bit.ly/3rVtUX7

So excited to have Justice Chandrachud of the #Indian Supreme Court to guest lecture in our @CornellLaw Comparative Constitutional Law class, focusing on India and the U.S. The talk was about the NLSA judgment recognizing transgender rights under the constitution.

Cornell will plan to host in-person Commencement celebrations for #Cornell2021 the weekend of May 29-30 with a series of smaller ceremonies in Schoellkopf stadium. Attendance will be limited to the Class of 2021. https://statements.cornell.edu/2021/20210406-commencement-update.cfm

Tomorrow (4/7) at noon EST join #CornellLawSchool alumni Jacqueline Davidson, JD ’05 (@Buccaneers) and Jeffrey Mishkin, JD ’72 (@SkaddenArps) in a panel discussion on how the pandemic has disrupted the professional sports industry. Pre-register here: https://ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/overview/K040721a/

Enjoyed catching up with recently released CornellJuvenile Justice Clinic client Tony Enriquez on the “right” side of the wall. He is doing great. BTW, we are both fully vaccinated + 14 so this was a CDC compliant meeting.😎 Another juvenile lifer comes home.#CornellLawClinics

Cornell immunology experts Avery August and Cynthia Leifer discuss COVID-19 vaccine safety and how different vaccines work.

Join Dr. Leifer, Dr. August and other Cornell immunology experts on April 12 to learn more about the science behind vaccines. https://events.cornell.edu/event/science_behind_covid19_vaccines

Message from President Martha E. Pollack regarding Cornell's plans for the fall semester.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/04/cornell-releases-plans-fall-return-campus

“The one thing the pandemic era really taught us is you get a pretty serious bang for the buck when you put money in people’s pockets,” says @DanielAlpert, visiting fellow at #CornellLawSchool, via @wwmtnews. http://ow.ly/nGeG50EfgoH

Next week (4/7) at noon EST join #CornellLawSchool alumni Jacqueline Davidson, JD ’05 (@Buccaneers) and Jeffrey Mishkin, JD ’72 (@SkaddenArps) in a panel discussion on how the pandemic has disrupted the professional sports industry. http://ow.ly/VqNk50EePad

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