CUNY Law Career Planning Office

08/22/2026

CUNY Law 2026 Court Orientation!!
Chief Mag. Judge Judith McCarthy (CUNY Law 1991) administering the Public Service Oath. Many thanks to the Judge and the following who made the day a success: Alana Greenberg, Amanda Beltran, Amanda Rios, Chris Fleming, Denise Rojas, Ericka Parra Ramirez, Franklin Siegel, Jacqueline Tosto, Jonathan Vela, Kimberly Paredes, Michelle Davis, Natalie Gomez-Velez, Nicole Azran, Ryan Dooley, Sam Sue, Seth Mills, Silvano Cazares, Tracey Bing, and Yori Xhumari. Special thanks to the photographers Susan Stava and Debbie Egan; the SDNY District Court Executive's Office.

08/18/2025

08/18/2025

Welcome the CUNY Law 1Ls who were at the August 2025 Court Orientation, Friday, August 15. Many thanks to the following who helped to make this day a success:

Judge Hasa Kingo
Judge Laura Ward
Judge Erika Edwards
Judge Joel Cohen
Judge Karen Lupuloff
Judge Shim
Judge Jean-Jacques
Judge Nelsen
Judge Scott Schwartz
Referee Teitelbaum
Referee Forman
Referee De Peralta
Judge Judy Kim
Judge Zarabi
Judge Michele Rodney
Judge Daniele Chinea
Diana Sinabria, Chief Clerk, New York County Surrogate’s Court


US District Court (SDNY) District Executive's Office

Amanda Rios
Amanda Beltran
Michelle Davis
Silvano Cazares
Ericka Para Ramirez
Joanne Hyppolite
Ryan Dooley
Tracey Bing
Franklin Siegel
U.S. Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang & her law clerks Reema Doleh and Michael Cederblom
Shahed Chowdhury
Jacqueline Tosto
Alana Greenberg
Interim Dean Natalie Gomez-Velez
Jacinta Patrice-George
Htet Myat Hnin
Therese McNulty
Photographers: Susan Stava and Deb Chin-Egan

Photo credits: unofficial group photo: Sam Sue
Photo in front of 100 Centre Street: Jefferson Siegel

05/01/2025

Congratulations to all those who took part in yesterday's redux of the Court Orientation group photo on the steps of the LIC courthouse. This includes those who participated in the 2022 Court Orientation (3L daytime and 3L evening students) as well as 4Ls in the 2021 Court Orientation. Because the Orientations were during the pandemic, there was no in-person group photo. How time has changed since then!!

As we await Susan Stava's photos, here's one I took on my iphone. Many thanks to CUNY Law grad NYS Sup.Ct. Judge Lumarie Maldonado-Cruz, Administrative Judge Maguerite Grays, Dean Sudha Setty and Assoc. Dean of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management Joanne Hyppolite. A shout out to Career Planning's Jasmin Torres & Therese McNulty for shepherding.

04/09/2025

https://teach.aals.org/events/webinar/

Free zoom webinar April 22nd 5:00-5:30 pm Eastern, preregister using link below.

This webinar is for law school career development professionals, current students, and graduates who may have an interest in law teaching. How to Become a Law Teacher is designed to provide useful information about the faculty hiring process within the legal academy. Only a small segment of law scho...

02/27/2025

CNUY Law grad Gail Schecter, a DOGE casualty, was interviewed by CNN today. She's suing.

Gail Schechter, a former VA employee who was fired, and her attorney Pamela Keith speak to CNN’s Sara Sidner about Schechter’s lawsuit to get her job back. Sidner also asks about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) controversial comments about federal workers.

09/27/2024

Many thanks to CUNY Law grads Melissa Marshall (2015) of Mountain Watershed Association of southwestern PA and Jennifer Ganata (2007) Communities for a Better Environment located in LA. Jennifer & Melissa spoke today to students in a lunchtime conversation.

09/13/2024

The official group photograph of the incoming 1L Class in the Ceremonial Courtroom of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, Southern District of New York, at the conclusion of the 2024 Court Orientation. Also a few candid photos of students taking the public service oath. Many thanks to Susan Stava, the seasoned photojournalist, who painstakingly worked to display all of the faces of everyone in the group. It's a remarkable photograph!!

08/26/2024

https://www.jamsadr.com/events/2024/global-perspectives-navigating-employment-disputes-across-borders

CUNY Law graduate Aliaksandra Jain (formerly Ramanenka) a partner at the employee side Outten and Golden, is one of the panelists.

Global Perspectives: Navigating Employment Disputes Across Borders