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Founded in 2012, the Urban Law Center at Fordham Law School seeks to investigate and improve the role of the law and legal systems in contemporary urbanism. It promotes an interdisciplinary understanding of the legal, governance, and regulatory aspects of urban environments by advancing collaborative research and scholarship, organizing local and global convenings, and supporting knowledge sharing, career pathways and pedagogy in the world of urban law. In particular, the Center’s efforts focus on forces that shape urban inequality and urban innovation, targeting the most pressing issues facing our nation’s cities and their metropolitan regions.
Affiliated Faculty
Susan Block-Lieb
Professor of Law
Cooper Family Chair in Urban Legal Issues
Elizabeth Cooper
Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Feerick Center for Social Justice
Kimani Paul-Emile
Professor of Law
Edward and Marilyn Bellet Chair in Legal Ethics, Morality, and Religion
Olivier Sylvain
Professor of Law
Rosemary Wakeman
Professor of History
Coordinator of University Urban Initiatives
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