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#ICYMI US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a campaign to dismantle "the threat posed by the International Criminal Court to U.S. sovereignty." #RutgersLaw Professor Jorge Contese spoke with CNN en Español about the history of the U.S. relationship with the Court: https://bit.ly/4wu7i1h
In the latest #RutgersLaw newsletter: 🏛️ Housing Justice Clinic’s amicus victory in rent control referendum 🌍 Alumna selected for competitive United Nations internship in Geneva ✨ Honors for faculty scholarship and teaching excellence Plus, fall events! Read the latest here: https://conta.cc/4wSmJkI
#RutgersLaw Professor Rose Cuison-Villazor spoke with NBC News about the recent detentions of unlawful and lawful citizens by ICE at US airports. In this clip, she offers steps to take for those with unsecure status IF travel is necessary. #immigration #lawsky
Elaine Robbins ’26 was selected for a competitive internship with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Switzerland. She is the first #RutgersLaw student ever selected and one of only nine candidates chosen from more than 600 applicants: https://bit.ly/45qOTaJ
The #RutgersLaw Housing Justice & Tenant Solidarity Clinic, directed by Associate Professor Greg Baltz, helped secure an amicus victory in a constitutional challenge involving a rent control ballot initiative in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4xjaGNi #lawsky
@jotwell.bsky.social featured a forthcoming law review article by #RutgersLaw Professor Reid Weisbord with David Horton (UC Davis) and @naomicahn.bsky.social (University of Virginia). The article examines laws that automatically seal trust proceedings from public view. (1/2)
#RutgersLaw Professor @jonathangingerich.bsky.social co-authored a letter to The New York Times questioning whether philosophers employed by AI companies can independently address the industry's most significant ethical challenges: https://nyti.ms/4vPDrA4
✈️ Rising 3L Thyquel Halley is taking over our Instagram! He and fellow #RutgersLaw classmates are heading to the University of Oxford for a week of constitutional studies led by Rutgers-Newark SASN Professor / Historian Brian Murphy. Follow along on Rutgers Law's Instagram: https://bit.ly/4fvuaXQ
#RutgersLaw is featured in U.S. News’ list of law schools where graduates are positioned to pay down student debt with strong earning potential. The ranking highlights schools with favorable salary-to-debt outcomes for law graduates entering the private sector: https://bit.ly/4fhvm27 #lawsky
💡 Our alumni are leading, faculty are influencing international conversations, and RLA takes part in an initiative to reach domestic violence survivors. 🔗 See what's been happening at #RutgersLaw in the latest newsletter: https://go.rutgers.edu/july2026news2
In the latest #RutgersLaw newsletter: ⚖️ One clinic secured vacatur/expungement for a human trafficking survivor 💵 The Social Security funding crisis explained 🌎 Faculty scholarship across six continents 👏 MSP Camden celebrates a decade 🔗 Read all about it: https://bit.ly/4wvi9IG
🌍 #RutgersLaw faculty are making a global impact through legal scholarship and professional contributions that span all but one continent. Discover how our professors engage in international legal work by presenting papers, leading conferences, and training: https://bit.ly/4wjDDYR
New projections warn that Social Security’s primary trust fund could be depleted by 2032. To help unpack what this means, we asked 10 questions to #RutgersLaw Professor Jon Dubin to find out what's at stake: https://law.rutgers.edu/news/social-security-funding-crisis #lawsky #socialsecurity
MSP at #RutgersLaw Camden celebrated its 10th Anniversary at a sold-out gala last month highlighting a decade of impact in advancing access to legal education while honoring the 41 MSP graduates of 2026 and the inaugural MSP Emerging Leader Award recipient, Anwar Abdur-Rahman: https://bit.ly/44ugGGu
⚖️ The Supreme Court decided major cases in the last two days regarding birthright citizenship, LGBTQ+ rights, and independent agencies. #ICYMI Take a look at our analyses of these important issues - with links to the rulings - by #RutgersLaw faculty: https://bit.ly/4svGZXC #lawsky #supremecourt
The #RutgersLaw International Human Rights Clinic helped vacate and expunge the criminal conviction of a client who was sex trafficked for 5+ years. Using a law the Clinic helped write, Director Penny Venetis and students showed the client was forced to commit crime: https://bit.ly/4ah2RyB #lawsky
#RutgersLaw is collaborating with @theaals.bsky.social to host the Mid-Atlantic Regional Pathways to Law Teaching Workshop designed to provide information and guidance to aspiring law professors. It takes place Wed., Aug. 12, at our Camden location. 🔗 Click here to register: https://bit.ly/4xMLdwE
As a student in the #RutgersLaw Community and Transactional Lawyering Clinic, Brandon Aufiero ’26 helped entrepreneur Tara Williams secure a commercial lease in downtown Newark. The space will become the flagship Creativity Center for Bricks 4 Kidz Essex County this summer: https://bit.ly/4vvptUC
Congratulations to our #RutgersLaw faculty who are being promoted: Rose Cuison-Villazor ➡️ Distinguished Professor @katieeyer.bsky.social ➡️ Distinguished Professor @professormutch.bsky.social ➡️ University Professor Brandon Paradise ➡️ Professor Andrew Rothman ➡️ Distinguished Professor of Practice
In the latest #RutgersLaw newsletter: 🏘️ Housing Advocacy Clinic gets $500k grant 🏆 Rutgers Law Associates wins innovation award 💊 Professor Michael Carrier shapes pharma policy and law ⚖️ Big 10 law deans convene at Rutgers Law in Newark 🔗 Read all about it: https://go.rutgers.edu/june2026news2
Congratulations to #RutgersLaw Professor Andrew Rothman and Rutgers Law Associates! RLA received a 2026 Excellence in Innovation Award: Law Schools from @insightintoacadem.bsky.social This new honor celebrates law schools redefining the future of legal education: https://bit.ly/4vdeSxg #lawsky
The Rutgers Institute for Law & Philosophy held its second "General Jurisprudence: Civil and Common Law Perspectives" Conference at #RutgersLaw in Camden last week. Speakers included scholars from around the world who gathered to present papers on various topics in the philosophy of law.
#RutgersLaw Dean Johanna Bond hosted the annual meeting of Big 10 law deans in Newark last week where they discussed trends in legal education and strategies for improvement. Rutgers Law Associate Dean for Advancement, Rob Steinbaum, also gave the deans a walking tour of Newark. #lawsky
The plaza in front of #RutgersLaw in Newark was dedicated as Elizabeth Blume-Silverstein Plaza on Monday at a ribbon-cutting ceremony honoring one of New Jersey’s pioneering attorneys. Plaza renovation funding, made by her son, was part of a large endowment gift: https://bit.ly/4abpm7X #lawsky
#RutgersLaw Professor @mcarrier.bsky.social testified at today's House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing examining how to balance robust patent rights with greater access to affordable medicines. Watch his full testimony on skinny labels, patent thickets, and the patent office: https://bit.ly/3QlZSOw
💡 It's summer season, but we're still busy. In the latest #RutgersLaw newsletter: 🎓 Commencement 2026 highlights ✂️ Plaza dedication to pioneering RLaw attorney 🎤 New podcast episodes from faculty 🔗 Read all about it: https://go.rutgers.edu/June2026news1
#RutgersLaw Professor @slswan.bsky.social comments on the upcoming court case that will determine whether the American Dream megamall in New Jersey will be allowed to keep non-essential stores open on Sundays in Bergen County: https://bit.ly/4x7wRXE #lawsky
In the latest #RutgersLaw newsletter: 🎓 Meet the Class of 2026 🎉 Links to Commencement livestreams and videos 🏅 Our intellectual property program makes the honor roll 🎧 New Power of Attorney podcast with winemaker Sagie Kleinlerer '05 🔗 Read all about it: https://go.rutgers.edu/may2026news2
🎓 Bonnie Goldman's journey to a law degree isn’t traditional and that’s what makes it so powerful. The oldest law student in the Class of 2026 turns 69 in June: https://bit.ly/4uiyuzT ICYMI Meet more of the #RutgersLaw Class of 2026 here: https://bit.ly/3R7aOzM #lawsky
Rising 2L Maya White is joining Emely in taking over our Instagram account from the US–Mexico border. They are part of an annual learning trip giving #RutgersLaw Immigrant Rights Clinic students the chance to support migrants facing legal barriers. Join her journey: instagram.com/rutgers.law/