The child of immigrants from Peru, Samantha Lopez’s parents are her inspiration for pursuing a degree in law. Now that she is at Pace, Samantha appreciates the close-knit community and guidance of her professors. “Professor Merton has been extremely helpful and has provided me with a lot of guidance. She is definitely an inspiration and role model. I would love to eventually participate as a student attorney in the Immigration Justice Clinic.”

With a passion for immigration law, Samantha’s experience as a Summer Legal Intern with Sanctuary for Families as part of their Immigration Intervention Project was exactly the type of summer experience she hoped for when she began her law school journey. “I was able to gain a better understanding of the legal immigration process and work directly with clients as I wrote an asylum brief, drafted a client’s affidavit, and filed N-600 forms. Meeting with the clients and being able to talk with them (mostly in Spanish) was an amazing experience that really cemented that I am on the right path.”

Now, a 3L at Haub Law, Samantha is secretary of the Latin American Law Student Association and the Pace Immigration Law Society. “I wanted to join LALSA because I believe when going through something difficult, such as law school, one needs a strong support system to help you through it. Knowing that members of LALSA typically come from similar backgrounds and have had similar experiences as I have had has made going through law school as a first generation law student a far better experience. I am also glad to have joined an organization with such an extensive alumni network that provides support.”

The Center for Undergraduate Research Experiences (CURE), based in the Office of Research, leads, supports, and facilitates student-faculty research collaborations throughout the Schools and Colleges of Pace University. The Center’s work is building upon forty years of undergraduate research in Dyson College as a high-impact educational practice that advances student success.

Here’s how you can get involved this fall as an undergraduate student or faculty member at Pace:

Fall 2022 Undergraduate Research Presentations (Virtual)

12:10 p.m.–1:10 p.m.

The University community is invited to attend the inaugural fall series of virtual research presentations by Summer 2022 Provost and Dyson Undergraduate Research Awardees. Check out all of the upcoming presentation sessions.

Undergraduate Student Research Webinar Series

Join the Center for Undergraduate Research Experiences for weekly webinars throughout the Fall 2022 semester that touch on a variety of topics related to student research. Once you register, you’ll receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.

• Thursday, September 29 | 3:25 p.m.–4:25 p.m.
  Topic: How to Get Started in Research across Majors and Schools
• Wednesday, October 5 | 12:10 p.m.–1:10 p.m.
  Topic: Social Justice and the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
• Thursday, October 6 | 3:25 p.m.–4:25 p.m.
  Topic: Social Justice and the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
• Wednesday, October 12 | 12:10 p.m.–1:10 p.m.
  Topic: Learn about CUR and the World Congress on Undergraduate Research—Apply to Present
• Thursday, October 13 | 3:25 p.m.–4:25 p.m.
  Topic: Learn about CUR and the World Congress on Undergraduate Research—Apply to Present
• Wednesday, November 16 | 12:10 p.m.–1:10 p.m.
  Topic: Preparing a Research Poster
• Thursday, November 17 | 3:25 p.m.–4:25 p.m.
  Topic: Preparing a Research Poster
• Wednesday, December 14 | 12:10 p.m.–1:10 p.m.
  Topic: How to apply for a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REUs)
• Thursday, December 15 | 3:25 p.m.–4:25 p.m.
  Topic: How to apply for a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REUs)

Faculty Webinar Series for Undergraduate Student Research

Join the Center for Undergraduate Research Experiences for weekly webinars throughout the Fall 2022 semester that touch on a variety of topics related to how faculty members can support student research. Once you register, you’ll receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting. If you have questions about Undergraduate Research contact Maria Iacullo-Bird, PhD, Assistant Provost for Research at miacullobird@pace.edu.

• Wednesday, October 12 | 12:10 p.m.–1:10 p.m.
  Topic: Learn About CUR and the World Congress on Undergraduate Research
• Monday, November 14 | 12:10 p.m.–1:10 p.m.
  Topic: How to Get Started in Grant Writing and Include Undergraduate Research
• Monday, December 12 | 12:10 p.m.–1:10 p.m.
  Topic: How to Apply for National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF Reus)

Fall 2022 Undergraduate Research Showcase

Tuesday, December 13 | Location and registration information TBA

Please attend to support student presenters! This event will feature the Provost’s Summer 2022 Student-Faculty Undergraduate Research Awardees.

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The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is proud to announce that Professor Margot Pollans was awarded the 2022 Goettel Prize for Faculty Scholarship for her article, "Eaters, Powerless by Design" published by Michigan Law Review (120 Mich. L. Rev. 643 (2022)).

The Goettel Prize was created in 2004 to encourage and recognize outstanding scholarship by members of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University faculty. Each year, members of the tenured and tenure-track faculty are invited to submit their work for consideration (on an anonymous basis) by a selection committee of outside reviewers. This year's committee consisted of three distinguished law school professors: Professor Katherline Macfarlane of Southern University Law Center, Professor Anthony Moffa of University of Maine School of Law, and Professor Jonah E. Perlin of Georgetown Law.

Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Operations and Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, Emily Waldman, noted, “Since joining our faculty in 2015, Margot Pollans has been a leader in building up our food law program, now known as the Pace Food Law Center. In her prize-winning article, 'Eaters, Powerless by Design,' she uses her wide-ranging expertise to offer a novel critique of the system as a whole. She points out that the system currently rests on two contradictory myths --the helpless consumer who needs government protection and the capable consumer who should be able to navigate the system on her own--and charts a course toward a path of better food governance. The piece is fascinating not only for food law experts, but for everyone who knowingly or unknowingly interacts with food law on a daily basis—i.e., all of us!"

“Food Law has received increased attention in recent years as a field of study and this article aims to provide an opportunity to study and understand the role that law takes in shaping what we eat. This year’s committee consists of experts at the top of their respective fields and I am so honored to have been selected by them to be awarded the 2022 Goettel Prize for Faculty Scholarship,” stated Professor Margot Pollans.

Professor Margot Pollans joined the Pace faculty in 2015. Professor Pollans’s primary research interests lie in the areas of food and agriculture law and administrative law. She is the Faculty Director of the Pace Food Law Center and the Shamik and Adrienne Trivedi Faculty Scholar. Before joining the Pace faculty, she was the inaugural academic fellow at UCLA School of Law’s Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy. Previously, Professor Pollans was a Staff Attorney and Clinical Teaching Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center’s Institute for Public Representation, where she worked on a range of environmental litigation and supervised student clinicians. Following law school, Pollans clerked for the Honorable David Tatel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Her academic work has appeared in a variety of journals including in the California Law Review, the Ohio State Law Journal, the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, and the Harvard Environmental Law Review. She is also the co-author of a casebook, Food Law: Cases & Materials.