A 'Huge Victory' for CSJ

Judge Approves Overhaul of Passaic County Jail

Seton Hall Law Center for Social Justice (CSJ) students and professors, in partnership with the New Jersey ACLU with support from law firm Dechert LLP, settled a class-action case that will result in improved, humane conditions for detainees of Passaic County jail. Professor Jenny-Brooke Condon (pictured, center): “This settlement marks the start of a new era at the jail...We hope that the agreement results in lasting improvements for our clients.” Read more.

Shari Genser '11

Receives Equal Justice Works Fellowship

For the past 25 years, Equal Justice Works has provided paid public interest fellowships to law school graduates to provide legal assistance to under served populations and causes. Shari Genser, past President of the Seton Hall Law student organization, the Women’s Law Forum, and a tireless advocate for victims of domestic violence, is the 2012 Fellowship recipient. Read more.

Visiting Clinical Professor Barbara Moses

In The Times of Trenton on Proposal to Amend NJ Constitution to Deny Bail to Repeat Violent Offenders

Visiting Clinical Professor Barbara Moses appeared in The Times of Trenton regarding a recent proposal by Governor Chris Christie to amend the New Jersey Constitution in order to deny bail to repeat violent offenders who are accused of a new crime. The proposal would allow New Jersey judges to impose what amounts to preventative detention and mirrors the power presently held by federal judges. Learn more

Professor Lori A. Nessel

Speaks at Law School Commencement in Haiti

Professor Lori Nessel, Director of the Seton Hall Law Center for Social Justice, served as the Commencement speaker at the recent ceremony in honor of the students who graduated from L’Ecole Superieure Catholique de Droit de Jérémie (ESCDROJ), a small Catholic law school located in the remote city of Jérémie, Haiti, and a sister school of Seton Hall Law. Here, Professor Nessel is pictured at right as she hands a diploma to a new ESDROJ graduate. Read Professor Nessel's remarks.

Malikah Fulton

Seton Hall Law’s Diversity Officer

Malikah Fulton serves as both an admissions counselor and a student services advisor. She brings to the Law School a screening and panel discussion of the documentary film, Moral Panic: More Heat Than Light, exploring the issues of gangs and prisoner reentry. Center for Social Justice Professor Shavar Jeffries serves as panelist. The event takes place on Wednesday, October 19 at 5 p.m.

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Professor Baher Azmy, Students

CSJ & ACLU File Suit Against Newark Police on Behalf of Honor Student Illegally Detained

The Center for Social Justice, Civil Rights and Constitutional Litigation Clinic, along with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, recently filed suit against the Newark Police Department for violating the rights of a 17 year-old honor student who was illegally handcuffed and detained for using her cell phone to video record police activity on a bus. Read more.

Shari Genser '11

Taking Back the Night

On Wednesday, April 13 at 7 p.m., the Women’s Law Forums of Seton Hall Law School and Rutgers School of Law-Newark will come together and lead a march to Military Park in an effort to raise awareness, take a stand against violence, and conquer the night by making it safe for all. Shari Genser ’11, Take Back the Night Committee Chair, was honored by Seton Hall University for her dedication to advancing women’s needs. Read more.

Professors Paula Franzese and John Kip Cornwell

Leading the Live Auction for the Public Interest Network

It's auction week at Seton Hall Law to benefit students who pursue public interest jobs during the summer or after they graduate. The Silent Auction kicks off Tuesday February 24, with the Live Auction taking the stage on Thursday evening. Last year the PIN auction raised $20,000 to fund 31 students in summer programs. With your support they can break that record. Read more.

Professor Linda Fisher

Named a Bellow Scholar by the American Association of Law Schools

Professor Linda Fisher’s current research project, on the relationship between the foreclosure process and abandoned properties in a low-income Newark neighborhood, earned her a prestigious Bellow Fellowship, named for Professor Gary Bellow, founder of Harvard Law’s clinical program. As a professor in the Seton Hall Law Center for Social Justice, for more than a decade Professor Fisher has fought for the rights of homeowners victimized by predatory lending practices. Read more.

Professor Linda Fisher

Testifies Before Congress on Mortgage Fraud, Robo-Signing and Predatory Lending

Professor Linda Fisher, long noted for expertise in mortgage fraud, predatory lending and related foreclosure issues, was called to testify before the House of Representatives, Financial Services Committee hearing on “Robo-Signing, Chain of Title, Loss Mitigation and Other Issues in Mortgage Servicing.” Read more.

Professor Linda Fisher

In ABC News on the Investigation of Florida’s “Foreclosure King” for Questionable Practices

Professor Linda Fisher was quoted by ABC News in reference to the investigation of multimillionaire foreclosure attorney David Stern for what have been termed “questionable practices." Read More.

Professors Jenny-Brooke Condon and Linda Fisher

Co-author editorial in The Bergen Record

Professor Jenny-Brooke Condon '03 (left) and Professor Linda Fisher, both of the Seton Hall Law Center for Social Justice, speak out against the passage of a new bill that would loosen laws regarding citizens' rights to carry handguns outside their homes. "If enacted, the proposed law would...represent a misguided break from New Jersey’s admirable commitment to gun safety, which the Legislature itself has described as 'unrivaled anywhere in the nation.'" Read the editorial.

Professor Shavar Jeffries

in the Wall St. Journal and Star Ledger on Newark’s $100 Million Challenge

"Shavar Jeffries is one of those miracles you can point to when people ask if the American Dream is still alive.” Read more.

Introducing New Faculty

Associate Professor Jenny-Brooke Condon '03

Jenny-Brooke Condon '03, directs the Equal Justice Clinic in the Seton Hall Law Center for Social Justice. Her litigation and scholarship address civil and human rights with a focus on the rights of women and immigrants, as well as on national security law. Read more.