Alumni

Samuel Buell '92, a professor specializing in criminal law and the regulatory state at Duke Law School, has been asked the same question from all sides in the years following the financial crisis: Doesn't the criminal justice system privilege white-collar criminals? So he recently took it upon himself to examine if the system's critics are correct. The answer he arrived at is no: corporate criminals are no more advantaged than street criminals. Read more.
The Law School will plant its flag on three continents, setting up NYU Law-designed and managed programs for its students to study in Buenos Aires, Paris, and Shanghai during their final semester of law school. This is one of several initiatives the school is taking to enhance its curriculum, with a particular emphasis on the third year. The purpose of the new measures, recommended by a strategy committee of Law School trustees and alumni, is to ensure that NYU Law graduates are optimally equipped to compete in the 21st century legal marketplace. More
In his annual letter to NYU Law's alumni and friends, Dean Richard Revesz addresses concerns about the value proposition of a legal education, sums up the past academic year, and looks ahead. "I am excited about all we can continue to accomplish," he writes, "and look forward to working together to meet the needs of our students, the profession, and society." Read the letter
12/21/12
Eric Lane (LL.M. '79) is named dean of the Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law
12/21/12
Experts debate college athletics at the LAA Fall Lecture
12/13/12
Jennifer Chen '12 places first in New York State Bar Association’s environmental essay contest
11/19/12
Sherrilyn Ifill ’87 to be new head of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
"The S.E.C. at a Turning Point"
New York Times
Featured:
Neil Barofsky '95
"Eric Lane named dean of Hofstra law school"
Newsday
Featured:
Eric Lane (LL.M. '79)
"Photo Essay: NYLJ Honors Lawyers Who Lead by Example"
New York Law Journal
Featured:
Alina Das '05, Valerie Bogart '82, Alla Kazakina (LL.M. ’00), David Sorgen ’92
"Climate Change Is Killing the Economy: Here’s What Can Be Done to Stop It"
Yahoo! Finance
Expert:
Michael Livermore '06, Institute for Policy Integrity
"Neil Barofsky on UBS criminal charges for LIBOR and HSBC money laundering"
Capital Account (Video)
Expert:
Neil Barofsky '95

