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Jerome Cohen discusses the disappearance of Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng and the broader implications of the case for China and the world community.

Norman Dorsen discusses the highlights of his legal career, including his involvement with the Army-McCarthy hearings, his arguments before the Supreme Court, and his 50 years—and counting—at NYU School of Law.

Faculty Workshops

On Monday, February 27, Visiting Professor Daniel Ernst will present a paper entitled “Lawyers and Bureaucratic Autonomy at the National Recovery Administration.”

Good Reads

Margaret Satterthwaite ’99 analyzes “Indicators in Crisis: Rights-Based Humanitarian Indicators in Post-Earthquake Haiti,” in the current issue of the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics.

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Newsmakers

Gerald Rosenfeld joins Council on Foreign Relations

Kim Taylor-Thompson wins NYU-wide Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award

Professor Kim Taylor-Thompson was one of five faculty University-wide to receive a 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award on February 8. The student-nominated honor recognizes professors who exemplify King’s spirit through scholarship, research, and teaching, and also considers their positive impact in the classroom and the greater NYU community.

NYU Law's Furman Center wins prestigious MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions (VIDEO)

Oren Bar-Gill organizes American Law Institute conference on consumer protection at NYU Law

On February 3, the American Law Institute (ALI) and NYU Law sponsored an invitational conference on consumer protection, “Making Consumer Protection Work: Regulatory Techniques for Enforcing Consumer Protection Law.” Julie Brill, commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, presented the keynote address.

Samuel Estreicher is co-counsel for amicus brief in major Supreme Court human rights case

The question of whether U.S. federal courts should allow lawsuits against corporations in connection with human rights violations overseas has prompted the filing of an amicus brief to the Supreme Court by a group of eight law professors with expertise in international law, foreign relations law, and federal jurisdiction. Samuel Estreicher, Dwight D. Opperman Professor of Law, is co-counsel for the amici curiae.

Corporate Crime Reporter features Jennifer Arlen’s analysis of Organizational Sentencing Guidelines

In the current issue of the University of Miami Law Review, Jennifer Arlen, Norma Z. Paige Professor of Law, argues that "to deter corporate crime, corporate sanctions must be structured to induce large corporations to help federal prosecutors detect and punish corporate crime."

Eleanor Fox discusses the European Competition Model at the European Competition Forum in Brussels

On February 2, Eleanor Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, participated in a panel discussion on the European Competition Model at the European Competition Forum in Brussels.

Holly Maguigan discusses domestic violence and criminal justice at Hoffinger Criminal Justice Forum (VIDEO)

At the Hoffinger Criminal Justice Forum on January 23, Professor Holly Maguigan, who teaches the Comparative Criminal Justice: Focus on Domestic Violence Clinic, delivered a talk, "True or False? Domestic Violence is a Crime Like Any Other Crime. False."

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