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St. John's University School of Law Receives Historic Gift to Name DiMartino/Smith Public Interest Center

QUEENS, N.Y., Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum has announced that the Public Interest Center at St. John's Law will be named the DiMartino/Smith Public Interest Center in honor ...
Law

St. John's Law Professor Elayne Greenberg, an 'Irrepressibly Positive Force,' Dies

"She did everything she could to ensure that her students had long and successful careers," the university wrote in a LinkedIn post. "Professor Greenberg's legacy in DRS will continue to inspire us ...
Gothamist

St. John's University quietly suspends partnership with Customs and Border Protection

The decision to pause the initiative, the Institute for Border Security and Intelligence Studies, was announced in a Jan. 29 email from Law School Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum to the university’s law ...
Law

St. John's Law Names First Black Dean to Succeed Longtime Dean Michael Simons

Jelani Jefferson Exum, dean of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, will become the 10th dean of St. John's University School of Law, the first Black dean and second woman to lead the school ...