Cornell Law School

10/20/2026

Book bans are changing what young readers can access in libraries and schools across the country. Following a screening of The Librarians, a documentary about the growing wave of book bans, Cornell Law School clinic attorneys and a librarian shared how these restrictions affect communities and why the First Amendment Clinic's lawsuit challenging an Idaho book-ban statute matters.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4itD7U2

09/25/2026

September days at Cornell Law. ☀️🌳 Not a bad way to head into the weekend.

09/23/2026

The Cornell Immigration Law & Advocacy Clinic teamed up with Attorney Matt Gonnella to support a client in his habeas corpus case before a federal court. The client was lawfully working a steady job while awaiting his asylum hearing in the United States when he was unlawfully detained without notice in early 2026. Law students assisted with interviews and drafted initial pleadings. Last week, after nine months detained, their client was finally released!

Thanks go to Matt Gonnella and Alejandra Moreno of Gonnella Law for representing the client, and to Cornell Law students Sofia Cuevas Dorador '26 and Matthew Charles '27 (pictured) for litigation support, supervised by Professor Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer (pictured).

09/22/2026

Nearly 20 years after Cornell Law School and the Thai Bar established a program honoring Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, LL.M. ’02, J.S.D. ’05, Cornell and its Thai partners have renewed the Bajrakitiyabha Fund for Legal Education.

The fund continues to support Thai legal professionals pursuing an LL.M. at Cornell while strengthening academic exchange between Cornell and Thailand.

Read the full story and learn more about this enduring partnership and the Princess’s legacy: https://bit.ly/3UW0WuC

09/18/2026

New research from Cornell Law School is drawing national attention to gender bias in capital trials.

Professor Sandra Babcock and Nathalie Greenfield’s paper, “Sex on Trial,” found that prosecutors used sexualizing language or arguments in 71% of 48 capital cases involving women between 1990 and 2022.

Their research, along with Babcock’s work representing a death-row client, is featured in a new New York Times article examining gender bias in the courtroom.

Read more about Babcock’s research and her work examining gender bias in the courtroom:

https://nyti.ms/4Ak4G9n

We need a legal standard that would prohibit sexism and gender bias in criminal trials.

09/17/2026

This , take a closer look at one of the most misunderstood parts of the U.S. Constitution. On the Research Matters podcast, Cornell Law's Gautam Hans explains a key principle of the First Amendment and why its scope is often misunderstood.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/8kVy6f-b1Ok

09/15/2026

Earlier today, Cornell Companion pets gave students a chance to take a break, reset, and get some much-needed animal time during the busy school day. 🐶🦙❤️

09/11/2026

09/09/2026

Today, Cornell Law School's Distinguished Jurist Lecture Series featured the Honorable Jennifer Mascott, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Previously a law professor whose research focused on separation of powers and litigation, Judge Mascott shared insights from her career path which included Congress, the federal government, academia, and now the federal judiciary.

09/08/2026

Week 3 is underway!