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VIEW FROM THE BENCH
Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Join us for a discussion with five NYC Housing Court judges who will share stories of what brought them to the bench, advocacy pointers, and their perspectives on the current state of our housing courts.
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WILF IMPACT CENTER CONVERSATIONS | Purposes of Incarceration
Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Join us for the first session in the Purposes of Incarceration series as we explore the historical and present-day framing of incarceration. We will examine how retribution and deterrence have shaped the criminal justice system through statistics, context, and discussion, and consider when punishment crosses the line from justice into systemic harm.
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WILF IMPACT CENTER CONVERSATIONS | The Role of a Conviction Integrity Unit in Identifying, Preventing, and Remedying Wrongful Convictions
Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
In recent years, national Conviction Integrity Units (CIU) of prosecutorial offices have played an important role in exonerating people wrongly convicted of crimes. In 2022, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg created the Post-Conviction Justice Unit (PCJU), a CIU tasked with reviewing old Manhattan cases, overturning wrongful convictions, and addressing the root causes behind these injustices. Since its inception, the PCJU has helped exonerate 13 people.
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PUNCH: Restorative Justice My Son’s Killer and Me: Grief, Pain, and the Power of Forgiveness After a One-Punch Death
Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law
Thursday, September 11, 2025
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USE OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MILITARY ENTITIES TO POLICE U.S. CITIES: A DISCUSSION
Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law
Monday, September 8
President Trump has said that he will deploy National Guard troops and the military to several cities, including New York City. While the Department of Justice rescinded the effort to take over Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, to date approximately 800 D.C. National Guardsmen, and 500 immigration and other federal agents have been mobilized and deployed for police operations within D.C. Does the President have the authority to seize control of local police operations? Will these actions be duplicated in New York City?
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PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION SERIES
Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law
February 27 - April 10, 2025
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Learning and Service
Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law
January 20, 2025
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Final Words: Challenging Dehumanization and Injustice in Death Penalty Administration
Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law
October 1, 2024
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Criminal Justice Roundtable: Maintaining a Professional Relationship with Opposing Counsel
Criminal Justice Institute
September 26, 2024
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Film Screening and Conversation | Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island
Wilt Impact Center for Public Interest Law
March 20, 2024
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WILF Impact Center Conversations: Prosecutorial Independence and the Future of American Democracy
Rebecca Roiphe and Justin Murray
February 16, 2024
Professors Rebecca Roiphe and Justin Murray will discuss the concept of prosecutorial independence and its central role in democracies. They will talk about current threats (both perceived and real) to this norm and how they might affect the presidential campaign and election. They will also detail the guardrails that our system employs to preserve prosecutorial independence and speculate about whether these would be sufficient should a president attempt to use the Department of Justice to pursue political adversaries or protect allies and friends.
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Housing Justice Connections: Alumni Networking Evening
New York Law School
February 5, 2024
Come connect with NYLS alumni working on behalf of tenants' rights! This event will feature a panel of housing justice attorneys with a roundtable discussion to follow.
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Wilf Impact Center Conversations | All the President's Indictments: The Legal Hurdles Facing Former President Trump
Wilt Impact Center for Public Interest Law
November 1, 2023
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Wilf Impact Center Conversations| How Can The Criminal Legal System Offer Restorative Justice Approaches?
Wilt Impact Center for Public Interest Law
October 19, 2023
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Wilf Impact Center Conversations | The Future of Educational Diversity and Equity After the Supreme Court's Blow to Affirmative Action
Wilt Impact Center for Public Interest Law
October 4, 2023
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