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.
Lauren B. Irby, Assistant General Counsel, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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Prior to becoming Assistant General Counsel at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Lauren engaged in general commercial transactions as an associate at Olshan. Lauren was a summer associate at Olshan in 2014. She received her J.D. from Fordham Law School in 2015, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Urban Law Journal. She received her B.A., summa cum laude, from The University of Tennessee in Spanish and International Business.