Feerick Center for Social Justice
Feerick Center for Social Justice
The Center’s establishment reflects Fordham Law School’s long tradition of and commitment to legal education in the service of others and builds on Professor John D. Feerick’s contributions as Dean of the Law School (1982-2002) and currently as the Sidney C. Norris Professor of Law.
Upcoming Events
2025 FriendRaiser
A Decade of Impact
Presentation of the Defender of the Dream Awards
Thursday, March 6, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM(ET)
Organizing Committee Co-Chairs
Alleyah Ally ’26
Ruhi Behal ’19
Jessie Boas ’19
Cara Garrido ’26
Robert Gaffey ’82
Sydney Lim ’18
Ellen McCormick ’19
Thomas McShane III ’17
Alex Mintz ’18
Sonia Montejano ’24
Theresa Mohan ’90
Evan Mullen
Andrea Rodriguez ’18
Andrea Vasquez ’12
View all the organizing committee members (committee information).
To join the organizing committee, please complete this form. For more information, please contact Feerick Center for Social Justice Associate Director Emerson G. Argueta at eargueta2@fordham.edu.
Building Community Power Together: How Organizers & Movement Lawyers Collaborate
March-May, 2024
Fordham Law School
Lincoln Center, New York
What can we do when inequitable systems and power serve some but harm many?
We can collaborate!
This innovative training, consisting of 8 weekly 90-minute virtual sessions followed by 2 immersive in-person days, will explore how community organizers collaborate with movement lawyers to break historic patterns of discrimination and build equitable grassroots power. This program is for organizers, lawyers, and other community leaders eager to learn from each other and will be led by expert facilitators well-versed in organizing and movement lawyering.
Facilitators
Andrea N. Juarez Mendoza
Scholar-activist, Artist, and Organizer
Link to Bio
Marika Dias
Managing Director of Urban Justice Center's Safety Net Project
Link to Bio
Feb | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
25 | Feerick Center Speaker Series | (Hidden) In Plain Sight: Migrant Child Labor and the New Economy of Exploitation Join us for our last Speaker Series program featuring Shefali Milczarek-Desai, who will present her groundbreaking research paper titled "(Hidden) in Plain Sight: Migrant Child Labor and The New Economy of Exploitation." |
Feb | 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
26 | Pathways to Practice Series: Careers in Immigration Law Join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring Fordham Law alumni working in immigration. |
Mar | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
06 | Feerick Center 2025 FriendRaiser Support Fordham Law School Feerick Center for Social Justice's fundraising drive to support the Center's Immigrant Justice Project. |
Sep | 9:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
26 | International Access to Justice Forum 2025 Bringing together a diverse group of scholars, researchers, practitioners, reformers, court and dispute resolution experts, committed to increasing access to justice to discuss exciting new research, theory, and policy developments in the global movement. |
Sep | 9:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
27 | International Access to Justice Forum 2025 Bringing together a diverse group of scholars, researchers, practitioners, reformers, court and dispute resolution experts, committed to increasing access to justice to discuss exciting new research, theory, and policy developments in the global movement. |