Alumnus/Alumna of the Month

Ada Meloy ('73)

Read an Interview with Ada Meloy.

Ada Meloy is Deputy General Counsel of New York University. Before joining the University’s Office of Legal Counsel in 1978, she was an associate at Cahill, Gordon & Reindel. Ms Meloy has served extensively on committees and spoken at conferences of the National Association of College and University Attorneys. In 2000, Ms. Meloy co-founded the Prisoners’ Reading Encouragement Project (www.prisonreader.org) where she currently serves as a director and is an active volunteer. Ms. Meloy has been a member of the New York County Lawyers' Association Committee on Professional Ethics, the Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the Appellate Division First Department, and the Merit Selection Panel – Magistrates Screening Committee for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.