Cornell Law School

Law team wins hearings for S.C. juvenile offenders

Juvenile offenders sentenced to life without parole in the state of South Carolina recently won the right to new sentencing hearings, thanks to Cornell Law School efforts.

U.S. death penalty is broken, judge says

Judge William A. Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit told a Law School audience Nov. 4 that the death penalty does not work.

Nominations sought for new faculty fellowship

Nominations of underrepresented tenured faculty as sought for the Public Voices Fellowship, a new initiative to increase the public impact of the nation’s top thought leaders.

Law student launches campaign for African girls' magazine

Third-year Cornell Law School student Fatmata Kabia is raising funds to support the next issue of Memunatu, a magazine she founded that serves West African teenage girls.

International court tries to avert disasters, establish norms

International Criminal Court President Sang-Hyun Song spoke on campus Oct. 9 on the need to make genocide, use of child soldiers, and human rights violations unacceptable.

Constitutional scholar looks at who can and cannot vote

Constitutional scholar Sanford Levinson looked at who can and cannot vote due to a variety of laws and rules in a campus talk Sept. 29.

Law students write handbook on Zambia juvenile justice

Cornell Law School students have written the Handbook on Juvenile Law in Zambia," the first-ever practice guide on Zambian juvenile law.

Panel reflects on Latino experience at Cornell

A panel of faculty and administrators, including alumni, discussed the history of the Latino community at Cornell with students Sept. 5 at the Latino Living Center in Anna Comstock Hall.

Cornell obtains $3M grant to study tobacco warnings

To determine effective tobacco warning labels, five Cornell faculty members will receive a five-year, $3 million federal grant to examine how anti-smoking messages can affect youth, and low-income and low-education groups.