Criminal
The Big Picture
Criminal law is a thriving part of the Law School’s intellectual life. Top policymakers and practitioners regularly converge on Washington Square to explore critical issues in meting out justice. A world-class faculty offers courses, clinics and colloquia on everything from organized crime control to reentry programs to the death penalty.
A Bloomberg article explores the career of Judge Katherine Forrest '90, who blocked a controversial military-detention law
MSNBC host Chris Hayes moderates CHRGJ panel on national security and human rights
The Brennan Center for Justice hosts a debate on how to reduce mass incarceration (VIDEO)
Susan Herman '74 wins award for book about civil liberties and counterterrorism
Nancy Hoppock is new executive director of Center on the Administration of Criminal Law
The Crime Report honors Bryan Stevenson as the 2012 Criminal Justice Person of the Year
In the Press
"Privacy vs. prosecution: DNA testing gets high court review"
CNN
Expert:
Erin Murphy
"DNA Privacy Gets First U.S. Supreme Court Test in Rape Case"
Bloomberg
Expert:
Erin Murphy
"Too Much Information: Why collecting DNA from people who are arrested won’t help solve more crimes"
Slate
Author:
Erin Murphy
"'Bailout': Neil Barofsky's Adventures in Groupthink City"
Rolling Stone
Featured:
Neil Barofsky '95
"Top Judge Says Bail in New York Isn’t Safe or Fair"
New York Times
Featured:
Jonathan Lippman '68
"S.& P. E-Mails on Mortgage Crisis Show Alarm and Gallows Humor"
New York Times DealBook
Expert:
Neil Barofsky '95
Learn more about Criminal Law at NYU:
Contact Information
Professor James B. Jacobs
Codirector
Center for Research in Crime and Justice
Vanderbilt Hall
40 Washington Square South, Room 322A
New York, NY 10012-1099
Telephone: (212) 998-6203
Facsimile: (212) 995-4692
Email: jacobsj@juris.law.nyu.edu