Cities & Land Use
Overview
Faculty in this area harbor diverse interests and an enthusiasm for interdisciplinary work. Vicki Been ’83 focuses her scholarship on the intersection of land use, urban policy and housing. Roderick Hills, for example, writes on public law, including land use regulation, with a focus on the common theme of decentralization; Katrina Wyman’s interests include rights in natural resources such as fisheries and air, and the evolution of the New York City taxi medallion; and Daniel Hulsebosch’s expertise, from the early modern British empire to 19th-century United States, explores the relationships between migration, territorial expansion, transnational sources of law, and the development of legal institutions and doctrines.
Outside of the classroom, the NYU Law community is actively engaging with questions shaping cities and land use law. Our renowned Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy regularly publishes research examining the state of cities across the nation, keeping its finger on the pulse of evolving trends and asking incisive questions of our policies and leaders. The Frank J. Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy, and Land Use Law also offers opportunities for students to pursue specialized postgraduate research fellowships.
At NYU Law, students are encouraged to take advantage of all the Law School has to offer, from working directly with faculty on their research, to getting involved with our centers, to participating in clinics and student organizations. Here are some opportunities for those specifically interested in cities and land use:
New York City is at the center of the real estate world—get involved by learning about the practice of real estate law and urban development in the Real Estate and Urban Policy Forum.
The Frank J. Guarini Center Summer Internships in Public Interest Environmental and Land Use Law provide students with public interest environmental law experience through grants for summer internships, mentoring by the Law School’s environmental law faculty, and exposure to leading practitioners in the field.
The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy hires enrolled NYU graduate students to work as research assistants (RAs) on a rolling basis throughout the year. Graduate students engage in all aspects of the center’s work, including all-team brainstorming sessions, research, and public events. Daily tasks may include background research and literature review, policy analysis, communications assistance, data analysis, web development, and event planning. In general, graduate researchers tend to specialize in one of two areas: policy/communications, and data/GIS. The center also offers fellowships to current RAs and research fellows.
The Office of Career Services and the Public Interest Law Center will also help you plan your next steps and explore summer funding options.
Postgraduate Fellowships for Academic Careers, sponsored by the Guarini Center, help promising young scholars, including qualified NYU Law alumni, embark on academic and public service careers.
Postgraduate Research Fellowships, sponsored by the Guarini Center, support law graduates to undertake research and other activities in support of current center projects.
The Masters of Laws is designed for students who wish to take full advantage of NYU’s extraordinarily wide range of course offerings and the diverse research interests of our faculty. Unlike students in the specialized LLM programs, candidates pursuing the traditional LLM degree are not limited to a specific number of classes in one field, and they have the freedom to choose courses that match their interests.
Faculty
Margaret B. Hoppin Professor of Law
Associate Dean, Experiential Education & Clinical Programs
Director, Clinical & Advocacy Programs
Faculty Director, Community Equity Initiative
Judge Edward Weinfeld Professor of Law
Faculty Co-Director, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
Emilie M. Bullowa Professor of Law
Crystal Eastman Professor of Law
Max E. Greenberg Professor of Contract Law
William T. Comfort, III Professor of Law
Russell D. Niles Professor of Law
Professor of Law
University Professor
Wilf Family Professor of Property Law
Director, Environmental and Energy Law LLM Program
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My NYU Law
Logan Cotton
Associate, Kirkland & Ellis
“Professor Hulsebosch taught Property in a way where I would be on my commute home to Brooklyn, and I would see things happening around me, and I would directly connect them to what I was learning that day in class. And I always found that a really visceral and exciting way to engage with the class material.”
Areas of Study
Get a sense of our academic specialties and the faculty that teach them—as well as the centers, colloquia, lectures, and student organizations that underscore them.
- Antitrust, Intellectual Property, & Information
- Cities & Land Use
- Constitutional, Civil Rights, & Democracy
- Corporate & Commercial Law
- Criminal Justice
- Environmental
- Family, Gender, & Sexuality
- Global & International
- Human Rights
- Immigration
- Labor & Employment
- Law and Security
- Legal Theory, History, & the Social Sciences
- Litigation & Procedure
- Regulation & Public Policy
- Taxation