CLIPS OF THE WEEK
‘Wrong things can be changed’: Justice Sotomayor speaks on disillusionment
CNN 03-29-2023
Sotomayor addressed the audience at Fordham Law School in New York by video from a conference room at the Supreme Court building in Washington, where the justices had met behind closed doors for their regular conference an hour before.
CHERYL BADER
Trump N.Y. grand jury hears from former National Enquirer publisher again -source
Reuters 03-27-2023
Cheryl Bader of Fordham University Law School said, “I think we’ll probably end up with an indictment. But again, that puts Bragg with a lot of criticism as to whether he is pursuing a risky case that could end up imploding. The judge may end up dismissing the case. There are statute limitation issues here. There are issues around preemption of federal law. And he also has a witness who’s a flawed witness in Michael Cohen.”
JERRY GOLDFEDER
If Alvin Bragg Indicts Donald Trump, What Will the Case Look Like?
The New Yorker 03-28-2023
“The defense will probably be that the payment, the entire transaction, all the people involved, were not acting in furtherance of the campaign—that it was all about Melania, and the family, and God knows what,” [Jerry] Goldfeder, who has chaired the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Election Law, said. “That’s the challenge for the District Attorney—to convince the jury that, in fact, it was in furtherance of the campaign.”
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Funding Student Success: Housing Scholarships for Underrepresented Commuter Students
Inside Higher Ed 03-30-2023
Residential students benefit from on-campus resources and connection opportunities in a way their peers who commute do not. Through the Fordham Housing Fund, selected upper-level commuter students at the university have the chance to experience on-campus living—for free.
Molloy University resumes mentoring program to help Latinas prepare for high school graduation, college
Newsday 03-29-2023
The Mentoring Latinas program originated at Fordham University in the Bronx and was replicated by Molloy, in Rockville Centre, in 2006.
Applications for New York City’s youth jobs program close Friday. Here’s what to know.
Chalkbeat New York 03-30-2023
Eilen, a 15-year-old girl who participated in Oyate’s inaugural jobs program last year, said her job at Fordham University helped her become more disciplined about forming a daily routine. Additionally, the $500 gift cards allowed Eilen — who moved to New York City from the Dominican Republic two years ago — to help buy things around the house as her mother prepared to move them to a new home.
SCHOOL OF LAW
‘Wrong things can be changed’: Justice Sotomayor speaks on disillusionment
CNN 03-29-2023
Sotomayor addressed the audience at Fordham Law School in New York by video from a conference room at the Supreme Court building in Washington, where the justices had met behind closed doors for their regular conference an hour before.
Sotomayor To Law Students: ‘Wrong Things Can Be Changed’
Law360 03-29-2023
Justice Sotomayor answered questions by Fordham Law School students and university president Tania Tetlow as part of Fordham’s annual Robert L. Levine Distinguished Lecture Series. The justice appeared virtually just hours after hearing arguments in a case challenging the admissibility of co-defendant confessions at trial.
Sonia Sotomayor Projects Optimism For Court System: ‘Wrong Things Can Be Changed’
HuffPost 03-30-2023
In an appearance at New York’s Fordham University School of Law, where she took questions from attendees, the liberal justice attributed some of the disenfranchisement Americans feel with the Supreme Court to “decisions of my court that are altering approaches to the law in ways that people don’t understand,” according to CNN.
The 2023 Top 50 Go-To Law Schools
Law.com 03-23-2023
Fordham Law School has been recognized as one of the top feeder schools for large law firms, ranking 21st in this year’s “Go-To Law Schools” ranking by the National Law Journal. The publication ranks law schools based on the percentage of the most recent graduating class sent to the largest 100 law firms.
CENTER ON RELIGION AND CULTURE
Vatican’s highest-ranking nun, Nathalie Becquart, talks synodality with young Catholics
Religion News Service 03-29-2023
Sister Nathalie Becquart speaks at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Manhattan, March 28, 2023, as part of Fordham University’s annual Russo Lecture series.
DAVID GIBSON
Reaction to News of Pope Francis’ Hospitalization – Audio unavailable
WCBS-NY Radio 03-29-2023
“It’s always unsettling,” said David Gibson at Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture. He says the Vatican hasn’t always been transparent around papal health, so even small concerns tend to get scrutinized.
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN STUDIES CENTER
SERGEI CHAPNIN
Deep Conflict in Ukraine Orthodox Church – Audio unavailable
NPR 03-28-2023
“When we are speaking about the Orthodox Church, for years there is a deep conflict between these two different communities,” said Sergei Chapnin. “Chapnin is with the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University,” said reporter Daniel Ofman, who added, “In addition to the independent Orthodox Church, there’s a branch of Ukrainian Orthodox Christianity that’s historically connected to the Russian Orthodox Church.”
SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY
JERRY GOLDFEDER
If Alvin Bragg Indicts Donald Trump, What Will the Case Look Like?
The New Yorker 03-28-2023
“The defense will probably be that the payment, the entire transaction, all the people involved, were not acting in furtherance of the campaign—that it was all about Melania, and the family, and God knows what,” [Jerry] Goldfeder, who has chaired the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Election Law, said. “That’s the challenge for the District Attorney—to convince the jury that, in fact, it was in furtherance of the campaign.”
CHERYL BADER
Law professor Cheryl Bader discusses Trump indictment
CBS NY 03-30-2023
“[Alvin Bragg] not only has procedural hurdles to overcome, there’s a statute of limitations question here, There’s also substantive issues of law,” said Cheryl Bader, a law professor at Fordham. “We know that if the grand jury is issuing an indictment, a felony is being charged here. So we know there is a piggybacking of other charges.”
CHERYL BADER
Trump N.Y. grand jury hears from former National Enquirer publisher again -source
Reuters 03-27-2023
Cheryl Bader of Fordham University Law School said, “I think we’ll probably end up with an indictment. But again, that puts Bragg with a lot of criticism as to whether he is pursuing a risky case that could end up imploding. The judge may end up dismissing the case. There are statute limitation issues here. There are issues around preemption of federal law. And he also has a witness who’s a flawed witness in Michael Cohen.”
BRUCE GREEN
Trump’s verbal assaults pose risks to prosecutors and could fuel violence
The Guardian 03-28-2023
“Blustering in court or in the media about the supposed bias or racism of the Fulton county and Manhattan county prosecutors will not convince a court to remove a democratically elected prosecutor, and certainly the Republicans in the House of Representatives have no legal authority to influence the course of criminal justice in New York state proceedings,” said Bruce Green, a Fordham law professor and ex-prosecutor in New York’s southern district.
JERRY GOLDFEDER
The Legal Intricacies That Could Make or Break the Case Against Trump
The New York Times 03-21-2023
“It appears that this provision, which prohibits unlawfully promoting an election, could fit into one of the F.E.C. exceptions,” said Jerry H. Goldfeder, a special counsel at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP and a recognized expert in New York state election law.
TANYA K. HERNÁNDEZ
Should Latinos Be Considered a Race?
The New Yorker 03-25-2023
In the months since the O.M.B.’s announcement, a coalition of Afro-Latino organizations has argued that a combined race-and-ethnicity question would homogenize a decidedly nonhomogeneous community and marginalize Latinos of African descent. Its leaders include … Tanya K. Hernández, a professor at Fordham Law and the author of “Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality.”
CHERYL BADER
Rev. Al Sharpton Holds Prayer Vigil For District Attorney Alvin Bragg After Death Threat
CBS News 03-25-2023
The former president is also getting backlash for reposting an altered image of himself holding a baseball bat next to an image of Bragg. Fordham professor Cheryl Bader says Trump could even be sued for posts like this. “Possible charges of threats, aggravated harassment, inciting a riot, for which he may even be a repeat offender,” she said.
CHERYL BADER
Threatening note, powdery substance sent to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg amid Trump investigation
CBS News 03-25-2023
“I think this goes beyond the pale, even for Donald Trump. We all have a right to free speech, but that’s not an absolute right,” said Fordham law professor Cheryl Bader. She says Trump could theoretically be charged for these types of posts.
CHERYL BADER
Indictment would be unlikely to divert Trump from campaign to courthouse
Roll Call 03-23-2023
At this point, it’s unclear whether the charges Bragg would be expected to bring could even survive preliminary motions to dismiss, said Fordham University law professor Cheryl Bader. “This is a novel theory of law, in terms of piggybacking this falsification of business records onto another crime to elevate it to a felony.”
CHERYL BADER
With Trump case looming, what is an indictment?
ABC 03-21-2023
Cheryl Bader, an associate clinical professor of law at Fordham University, told ABC News that such a move is common in white collar criminal investigations that involve looking at delicate nuances in the state law and require more time.
DEBORAH DENNO
Idaho governor signs law allowing firing squad executions
Fox News 03-25-2023
“The firing squad is the quickest, surest and most error-free and the only technique for which we have skilled and trained professionals,” says Fordham Law School professor Deborah Denno, a leading expert on the death penalty in the U.S.
ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
Black leaders see irony in Trump indictment: ‘What goes around comes around’
The Grio 03-30-2023
Though Trump has long evaded accountability by the criminal justice system, political scientist and Fordham University professor Christina M. Greer told theGrio that this case could “be the one thing that actually finally makes the chickens come home to roost for Donald Trump.”
MONIKA MCDERMOTT
Trump lives rent-free in Americans’ heads amid possible indictment
The Guardian 03-25-2023
Monika McDermott, a political science professor at Fordham University in New York, said: “DeSantis keeps aligning himself more and more with Trump’s own views. He talks about the witch-hunt of the New York DA and is clearly trying to capture Trump voters and keep himself on their good side in case something happens to Trump.
SAUL CORNELL
U.S. mass shootings and the Second Amendment: why is it so hard to make gun laws stricter in America?
How Did We Get Here? Podcast 03-28-2023
Host Andy Bell talks to Saul Cornell, professor of constitutional history at Fordham University in New York and gun control advocate, to find out how American gun regulations work, what the Second Amendment has got to do with them, and why attempts to restrict them have failed so far.
LANCE STRATE
Nashville shooting suspect’s gender sets attack apart from most mass shootings
The 19th 03-28-2023
Lance Strate, a faculty member in communication and media studies at Fordham University, said breaking news events often create breeding grounds for disinformation because there is a “thirst for more information than is available at the moment.” Reporters press public officials and law enforcement for details, motives and causes — and the officials in turn feel pressured to respond with scraps of information, whether confirmed or not.
AYALA FADER
‘Hidden Heretics’ the Secret World of Ultra-Orthodox
Atlanta Jewish Times 03-29-2023
This year’s Tenenbaum Lecture at Emory University’s Tam Institute for Jewish Studies earlier this month presented a view of ultra-Orthodox life that few have been privileged to explore. It is the world of what anthropologist Ayala Fader, who teaches at Fordham University, calls “hidden heretics,” or those who have experienced what she describes as “life changing doubt.”
DANIEL SOYER
Conservative synagogue embodies strength of Jewish faith
NY 1 03-29-2023
“[It] really solidified as [an]organized denomination in the early twentieth century and by conservative they meant conserving traditional Judaism for the modern world in America” Daniel Soyer, a professor of history at Fordham University, said.
CHRISTINA GREER
Down to the Wire: MTA Funding Remains Uncertain
NY 1 03-30-2023
“Eric Adams understands the power dynamic in the relationship. I mean, we know that mayors have to go to Albany with their tin can and ask the governor for their largess,” said Christina Greer.. “We know that Kathy Hochul is still smarting from some missteps that she had. She’s trying to establish herself as the elected leader of the State of New York, and so she understands the upstate-downstate dynamics.”
BRADFORD HINZE
We don’t know enough about the causes of clergy sexual abuse. One Jesuit initiative is beginning to change that.
America Magazine 03-23-2023
“After three years of searching archives, surveying Jesuits and the laity, and struggling to honor the stories of survivors of sexual abuse by members of the clergy, we released the final report of Fordham University’s Taking Responsibility initiative on Feb. 9, marking an ending that actually feels like our work is just beginning,” wrote Bradford Hinze, the Karl Rahner Chair in Theology.
CHRISTOPHER MAGINN
Talking History: The Tudors Podcast
Newstalk 03-26-2023
Dr Patrick Geoghegan is joined by Prof Richard Rex, Professor of Reformation History, University of Cambridge; Dr Natalie Mears, Reader/Associate Professor in Tudor and Early Stuart History at Durham University; Prof Christopher Maginn, Professor of History and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies at Lincoln Center, Fordham University, New York.
CHRISTINA GREER
A Closer Look at Possible Trump Indictment
NY 1 03-25-2023
“We have to make sure we are listening to credible journalists who are actually reporting it and not the Tweets of a former president who is actually getting quite scared because this is probably the closest he has ever been to a possible indictment,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham.
BETH KNOBEL
Putin Says Russia Will Station Tactical Nuclear Weapons In Belarus – Audio unavailable
KCBS 03-25-2023
Beth Knobel is the former CBS News Moscow bureau chief and a Fordham journalism professor. “The Russians are not just sending tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, they’re building a new storage facility there and also sending warplanes and missile systems that could launch those small nuclear weapons,” she said.
KARINA HOGAN
‘A Matter of Faith’ Series Looks at Religion in New York Life
NY 1 03-27-2023
“I think there are a lot more religious people here than people in the rest of the country assume, but I don’t think we’re immune from this general sort of trend of younger people especially pulling away from organized religion and instead seeking their own spiritual fulfillment in other ways,” said Karina Hogan, associate professor of theology at Fordham.
CHRISTINA GREER
How do we find homes for the unhoused?
New York Amsterdam News 03-30-2023
“Individuals and families who rely on the kindness of strangers need more than individual generosity, they need substantive laws to protect them. We must continue to pressure our elected officials to make affordable housing a priority for all,” wrote Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham.
ATHLETICS
KEITH URGO
Keith Urgo inks long-term Fordham extension after stellar first season
New York Post 03-24-2023
The Rams are in good hands for the foreseeable future. After a superb 2022-23 campaign — including winning Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year — Fordham’s head basketball coach Keith Urgo has signed a long-term contract with the school through at least the 2027-28 season.
KEITH URGO
Good News for Fordham
The Michael Kay Show 03-24-2023
“Fordham announced today that their brilliant young coach, Keith Urgo, has signed a long-term extension and will be with the team for a while. He’s excellent. The team revitalized an entire student body and the alums,” said Michael Kay.
STUDENTS
GRACE OAKEY
2023 Best & Brightest Business Major: Grace Oakey, Fordham University (Gabelli)
Poets&Quants 03-25-2023
“Grace is passionate for real estate investment and understanding the complexities involved with real estate development. In pursuing her chosen career, she has accepted a position at Blackstone Real Estate Partners as a Private Equity Analyst on the Asset Management team. I am convinced Grace will exceed her own personal goals and will have a flourishing and fulfilling career after she departs Fordham,” said James McCann, advanced lecturer at Gabelli.
LOIS VAN WERINGH
2023 Best & Brightest Business Major: Lois van Weringh, Fordham University (Gabelli)
Poets&Quants 03-25-2023
“At the Gabelli School of Business, the importance of teamwork and collaboration is embedded in our curriculum,” said Lois van Weringh. “I appreciate how the Gabelli School of Business has prepared me for the real world.”
RACHEL CONTOS
Going On in Greek-American Community
The National Herald 03-27-2023
The lecture series concludes on March 31 with Rachel Contos, MA, PhD candidate in Theological and Social Ethics at Fordham University, on ‘Cultivating Our Prayer Life by Following the Example of the Theotokos’.
ALUMNI
MARY GRACE WALSH, ASCJ
Cor Jesu high school president named superintendent of New York Catholic schools
St. Louis Post-Dispatch 03-27-2023
“We are fortunate to find an educator of the quality of Sr. Mary Grace Walsh to help our schools meet the challenges and seize the opportunities they are encountering, just as she has done so superbly in helping Cor Jesu Academy maintain its tremendous level of excellence,” said Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York and Ballwin native, in a statement.
MARY GRACE WALSH, ASCJ
Archdiocese of New York Names Nun New Superintendent of Schools
The Tablet 03-27-2023
Cardinal Timothy Dolan made the announcement, saying that Sister Mary Grace has been a teacher and principal in the archdiocese and received her doctorate in educational administration/church leadership from Fordham University.
KIM RAMOS
The 2023 Above & Beyond: Women
City & State New York 03-27-2023
Vice President and Director of Government Affairs, Ponce Bank. … Behind the scenes, she has worked for some of New York’s heaviest political hitters. After graduating from Fordham University’s School of Law, Ramos joined government consulting firm MirRam Group, a top Latino-led lobbying and consulting firm, for 13 years as vice president.
CHRIS MAJKOWSKI
4,632 games in a row, Chris Majkowski remains all wired in as Mets radio booth engineer
Newsday 03-28-2023
While a student at Herricks High School, [Chris Majkowski] listened to “One on One,” a sports talk show on Fordham’s WFUV that featured future broadcasting stars such as Mike Breen and Michael Kay. Then he went to Fordham himself, with future Giants announcer Bob Papa as his first sports director.
OBITUARIES
Bernard F. Ashe Esq., a defender, litigator, educator, and mentor
Spotlight News 03-21-2023
Bernard F. Ashe Esq., a defender, litigator, educator, and mentor of labor law, husband, father, brother, and grandfather, passed on his 87th birthday. Mr. Ashe was an adjunct faculty member at Fordham University.
