A Recent Article Brings Back Memories My recently published article in the Family Court Review, The Uniform Collaborative Law Act: Behind and Above ABA Approval tells the story of the tangled [...]

Hofstra Law School’s Deportation Defense Clinic (“DDC” or “the Clinic”), the first law clinic of its kind on Long Island, opened its doors in 2017 during the first Trump administration with the [...]

Alexis Gooding I proposed the Child and Family Advocacy Fellowship’s (“CAF”) 2024-2025 community service project with a simple yet powerful goal: to bridge the gap between aspiring legal [...]

Introduction Family Court Review (“FCR”) is a peer-reviewed, quarterly international journal published under the umbrella of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (“AFCC”) in [...]

In 2002, Hofstra University established an unprecedented fellowship program for students engaged in advocacy on behalf of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) community. This [...]

In 2018, we last provided an update on the PEACE program in Nassau County. After COVID-19 forever changed the way we live our lives, PEACE likewise required a refresh with revamping. Thanks to [...]

I applied to Hofstra’s Youth Advocacy Clinic (“YAC”) in my second year of law school. At that time, I was certain I wanted to go into family law and was considering becoming an [...]

On November 20, 2024, in a formal ceremony held at the Appellate Division, Second Department Courthouse in Brooklyn, the Court, led by Presiding Justice Hector D. LaSalle, honored Steven Maffei, [...]

It is with great pleasure that I bring our readers this profile of the Honorable Lisa M. Petrocelli, a successful Hofstra Law alumnus and former Executive Director and Managing Attorney of [...]