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The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at �鶹ֱ�� awarded Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark and the Bronx District Attorney’s Office with the 2022 Robert S. Tucker Prize for Prosecutorial Excellence at an award ceremony held at the law school on Tuesday, April 26. The event brought together District Attorneys and Assistant District Attorneys from across the region and state, civic leaders, members of the judiciary, and the Haub Law community to recognize the outstanding contributions of the Bronx District Attorney’s Office in the field of criminal prosecution and excellence in prosecutorial practice.

On Earth Day, the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at �鶹ֱ��’s Energy and Climate Center and its partner the Westchester County Association (WCA), were honored for their work developing a Clean Energy Program Portal at the 3^rd annual Westchester County ECO Awards. The awards ceremony was hosted by Westchester County Executive George Latimer and Westchester County’s Department of Environmental Facilities at Glen Island Park in New Rochelle to recognize outstanding contributions to the environment and sustainability made by residents, students, schools, municipalities, businesses, and other organizations throughout the county.

�鶹ֱ�� to hold the largest Commencement ceremony in University’s history to celebrate classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022. This is �鶹ֱ��'s first in-person Commencement in three years, to be held on May 16, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

The �鶹ֱ�� Law Advocacy Program held its 2^nd biennial Gavel Gala on Thursday, April 14, 2022 at Surf Club on the Sound, a picturesque venue in New Rochelle, NY. More than 200 students, coaches, alumni and friends attended the elegant affair and enjoyed the chance to reconnect in person while celebrating the program’s past, present, and recent successes. In addition to a series of awards and top placements in national advocacy competitions throughout the year, the program was recently ranked 26^th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, taking its place once again among the top 15% of advocacy programs in the country.

�鶹ֱ�� on Wednesday hosted Assemblymember Tom Abinanti for a discussion about ways of educating and preparing neurodiverse students for life during and after college.

On Monday, April 4, 2022, Irene Oritseweyinmi Joe virtually delivered the 2022 Philip B. Blank Memorial Lecture on Attorney Ethics. Professor Joe is a member of the UC Davis School of Law faculty, having joined it in 2016. The topic of her lecture was “Learning from Mistakes: Ethical Considerations for Public Defenders.”

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at �鶹ֱ�� will bestow the 2022 Robert S. Tucker Prize for Prosecutorial Excellence on Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark and the Bronx District Attorney’s Office, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the field of criminal prosecution and excellence in prosecutorial practice.

On Monday, March 28, current law students and alumni from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at �鶹ֱ�� joined together for a networking event on the Haub Law Campus. The event offered students the opportunity to network with recent alumni and learn more about the various potential career avenues after graduating from law school.

On Wednesday, March 30, Haub Law presented its inaugural �鶹ֱ�� Access to Justice (A2J) Workshop with a spotlight on housing access. The Workshop brought together community leaders, legal services lawyers, advocates, and law school faculty, staff, and students to engage in dialogue centering on the critical importance of housing access, the current housing crisis, the status of “right to counsel” in eviction cases, and public service careers in housing law and related fields.

�鶹ֱ��’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law is once again ranked number one in the country for Environmental Law by the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.