NYU School of Law

The Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, a joint project of NYU Law and Jones Day, led by Samuel Estreicher and Jones Day's Donald Ayer and Meir Feder, played an important role in two cases this term, winning an amicus victory in one, and persuading the Court to hear oral arguments in a case next term.

In an op-ed in BusinessWeek, Harry First and Professor Peter Carstensen of the University of Wisconsin Law School argue that the government should have seized the opportunity to break up General Motors more than 40 years ago when it had the chance to do so on antitrust grounds.

On June 10, the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation announced that it will award its 2009 International Justice Prize to Bryan Stevenson, Professor of Clinical Law and director of the Equal Justice Initiative, and to the European Roma Rights Centre. The two winners will split a $500,000 award.

This spring, Marcel Kahan was honored by Corporate Practice Commentator for writing two of the "Top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles of 2008." Over the 15-year history of the poll, Kahan has written or co-written more winning articles than any other author with a total of 11. Running a close second, Stephen Choi has a total of nine.

On June 5, James Jacobs appeared on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight in a “Face Off” debate with Ian Millhiser of the Center for American Progress about Judge Sonia Sotomayor's record on the Second Amendment and whether states and municipalities can restrict gun rights.

Oscar Chase, Russell D. Niles Professor of Law and co-director of the Dwight D. Opperman Institute of Judicial Administration (IJA), served as co-chair of the 2009 conference of the International Association of Procedural Law (IAPL) held in Toronto June 3-5. Hosted by York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School, NYU School of Law, and the IJA, the IAPL conference drew the world’s leading specialists in procedural law and dispute resolution, with delegates from more than 30 countries and 63 speakers.

On June 4-5, government officials, union representatives, management- and labor-side practitioners, and professors are gathering to explore "Labor and Employment Law Initiatives and Proposals in the Obama Administration" at NYU's Center for Labor and Employment Law's 62nd Annual Conference on Labor. NYU Law faculty presenters include conference organizer Samuel Estreicher, the center's director, Deborah Malamud, Cynthia Estlund, and Sharon Rabin-Margalioth, Global Visiting Professor of Law and faculty member at the Radzyner School of Law, Interdisciplinary Center in Israel.

Thomas Franck, Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law Emeritus, passed away on May 27 after a long battle against cancer. Franck, a leader in the field of international law, joined the NYU School of Law faculty in 1957, and served as the director of the Center for International Studies from 1965 until his retirement in 2002. Under his leadership, the center trained hundreds of students in international law, hosted numerous distinguished fellows, and produced a large amount of influential research.