ALUMNI
From the Dean
I am delighted to welcome you to the Alumni Relations page of the NYU School of Law Web site. There is perhaps no better, more immediate way to reach our 37,000 graduates to let them know what is happening down at the Square. The Law School is experiencing a time of enormous transformation and change; this site will help you to remain informed, get involved, and stay connected. Click through these pages and you will find many opportunities throughout the year to become active in the Law School.
Alumnus of the Month
James L. Lipscomb
(LL.M. ’77), Executive Vice President and General Counsel, MetLife, Inc. Coming of age during the heat of the civil rights movement, James L. Lipscomb (LL.M. ’77) noted the power of the law. “I knew what was happening in the civil rights area was being helped by scholarly legal work by lawyers establishing new legal precedents,” says Mr. Lipscomb. “I was inspired by those legal pioneers to be among the best in the field that I chose to follow.” After two of Mr. Lipscomb’s older brothers decided to become lawyers, his choice seemed a natural one. After joining MetLife in 1972 as a real estate lawyer. He has spent his entire career at the insurance giant, gaining experience in law and a wide range of MetLife’s businesses, from asset management to insurance research. From 2000 to 2001, he was CEO and president of then-subsidiary Conning Corporation, responsible for highly regulated investment activities. Today, he oversees the legal affairs group as executive vice president and general counsel of Metlife, which in 2008 posted $50 billion in revenues. more
Magazine
The 2009 Law School magazine includes features on Law and Security, a young legal field developed at the NYU School of Law; Professor Jerome Cohen, who has devoted his 50-year career to the rule of law in China; and an immigration law roundtable with 10 faculty and alumni experts. Plus: NYU Law alumni working in the new Obama administration, and a profile of Seth Glickenhaus '38, who worked on Wall Street during the Great Depression.