Arthur Eisenberg, legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said he thinks the Supreme Court will avoid making a decision because it could have a major impact on all 50 states.

On behalf of 37 juveniles in South Carolina who have been sentenced to life in prison without parole, Cornell law students and professors are working to abolish sentences that may constitute “cruel and unusual punishment,” according to Prof. John Blume, law.

“I do think that right now, the law school definitely needs to focus on increasing diversity,” one student says.

U.S. District Court Judge Frederic Block J.D. '59, who returned to Cornell this weekend to judge a moot court competition, said his time at the University had a deep impact on his life and career.

A New York law will mandate that law students applying to the state bar in 2015 and later perform 50 hours of pro bono work. Ninety percent of Cornell law students already meet the requirement, according to the dean of Cornell Law School.

Since early June, a drone of machines has accompanied the construction of a new wing at the Cornell Law School that will house a lobby, an auditorium and two state-of-the-art lecture halls. Despite the noise, construction does not seem to be hindering daily activities, professors said.

Cornell’s Legal Information Institute –– a major forerunner in the realm of the Internet, law organization and free access of information –– is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

One professor praised the donor's decision to forego “naming opportunities galore.”

In his final installment of Barely Legal, Chuck Guzak grad sheds some light on how to navigate the post law-school world. 

After spending 31 years — 29 of them on death row — incarcerated for murder, Edward Elmore was freed on March 3, in large part due to investigations undertaken by Cornell law students and professors on the Cornell Death Penalty Project Council.