Abstract
It was a confluence of unrelated events at New York Law School in the spring of 2009 that led to the founding of the Charter High School for Law and Social Justice (CHSLSJ) in the Bronx, New York. Dedicated law school faculty members were crucial to the school’s launch and the law school, its law students and faculty continue to nurture this unique and reciprocal relationship. Professor Richard Marsico was the unstoppable force behind the founding of the charter school and its close connection to New York Law School (NYLS). This article details the origins of CHSLSJ, the current relationship between NYLS and the high school, and plans for future cooperation.
Highlights
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It was a confluence of unrelated events at New York Law School in the spring of 2009 that led to the founding of the Charter High School for Law and Social Justice (CHSLSJ) in the Bronx, New York
2 Richard Marsico is a professor of law at New York Law School, and Director of the Impact Center for Public Interest Law
Summary
Professor Marsico has identified three factors in the spring of 2009 that led to the birth of the charter school[3]: (1) a conference discussing the devastating effects of the school-to-prison pipeline; (2) thank you notes from middle school students who had participated in NYLS’s Street Law program and completed their oral arguments at NYLS; and (3) an education law and policy class discussion on nontraditional public school alternatives. As the students illustrated with their letters, instead of a school-to-prison pipeline, at-risk students in the Bronx need a higher education/law school pipeline As he had many times before, Professor Marsico taught an upper level elective course entitled Education Law and Policy in NYLS’s spring 2009 semester. Along with Justice Action Center fellows, law students working on capstone projects, final papers, and as research assistants explored the legal requirements to start a charter school in New York State.[10] A feasibility study was performed that examined the different charter school models including different law-themed schools. In New York State, charter schools are funded by the school district based on student enrollment.[21] certain programs at CHSLSJ, including the Summer Law Program (see section 2 below), are partially funded by private donations
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