February 2026
Event Details
DATE
Friday, February 20, 2026
TIME
9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments will be provided.
LOCATION
Events Center, Second Floor
New York Law School
185 West Broadway,
New York, NY 10013
RSVP TO THIS EVENT TODAY.
Please register by Friday, February 13.
For questions, please contact Christina Symons at [email protected].
Please join us for a Symposium to mark the 40th anniversary of the Stephen Ellmann Clinical Theory Workshop.
Our conversation will center around where we have been as a community of clinical scholars, and where we are going. What is clinical legal scholarship? Why did Stephen Ellmann—and many others—champion clinical legal education as a cause? What trends can be identified over time? How should the Clinical Theory Workshop imagine its role now and in the future?
This event is collaboratively organized by CUNY School of Law, Fordham University School of Law, New York Law School, and New York University School of Law. The 40th Anniversary Symposium is generously supported by New York Law School.
AGENDA
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: Registration and Light Breakfast
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.: Welcome and Opening Remarks
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.: Plenary Panel Discussion
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.: Lunch and Keynote Address with Professor Deborah Archer, NYU School of Law
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Works-in-Progress Breakout Discussions
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Closing Remarks and Reception
SPEAKERS
Plenary Panel Conversation:
• Professor Jon Dubin, Rutgers School of Law
• Professor Donna Lee, CUNY School of Law
• Professor Lynnise Pantin, Columbia Law School
• Moderated by Professor Ian Weinstein, Fordham University School of Law
Keynote Address:
• Professor Deborah Archer, NYU School of Law
Works-in-Progress Breakout Discussions:
• Professor Mariana Acevedo Nuevo, Cardozo School of Law
• Professor Andrew Scherer, New York Law School
• Professor Cynthia Soohoo, CUNY School of Law
Stephen Ellmann Clinical Theory Workshop Materials | NYU School of Law