New York University School of Law

Upcoming Events

2013 International Interview Program (ISIP)
01.25.13, 9:00 AM
The Kimmel Center

The LAA Annual Alumni Luncheon
01.25.13, 12:00 PM
2 East 61 Street

International Tax Program Lunch Lecture: Tom Horst
01.25.13, 1:15 PM
Vanderbilt Hall, Seminar Room 202

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Press Highlights

1/2/13
"When Government Takes You Hostage"
Defining Ideas
Author: Richard Epstein

12/31/12
"A starting point for curbing government secrecy"
Kansas City Star
Author: Elizabeth Goitein, Brennan Center for Justice

12/31/12
"State fights secret spending"
Albany Times Union
Author: David Earley, Brennan Center for Justice

12/29/12
"Recent shootings shine spotlight on popular assault rifle"
Gannett
Expert: James Jacobs

12/27/12
"The S.E.C. at a Turning Point"
New York Times
Featured: Neil Barofsky '95

12/27/12
"Neil Barofsky on Fiscal Cliff, Debt Ceiling"
Bloomberg Businessweek (Video)
Expert: Neil Barofsky '95

STANDOUTS

Lauren Burke '09, Andrew Kloster '10, and Alexandra Schwartz '10 are featured in Forbes' "30 Under 30" list in the category of law and policy.

SPORTS LAW

Arthur Miller moderates a panel of experts in a discussion on leadership in college athletics at the annual Law Alumni Association lecture.

CONFIRMED

Lorna Schofield '81, who has been confirmed as a federal judge for the Southern District of New York, is the first Filipino-American to become an Article III judge.

FELLOWS

The 2013 class of Skadden Fellows will include four from NYU Law: Elyssa Caplan ’13, Semuteh Freeman ’13, Diana Newmark ’13, and Scott Welfel ’13.

SCOTUS DISCUSSION

NYU's Skirball Center hosts a conversation about the state of the Supreme Court with author and legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin; Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law; Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice; and Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate. (VIDEO)

News in Brief

Eric Lane (LL.M. '79) is named dean of the Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law

The Green Bag honors Arthur Miller for exemplary legal writing

The Crime Report honors Bryan Stevenson as the 2012 Criminal Justice Person of the Year

David Garland delivers keynote speech at Oslo symposium on the death penalty

Jennifer Chen '12 places first in New York State Bar Association’s environmental essay contest

Former Israeli Supreme Court president Dorit Beinisch and Samuel Rascoff bring national security law expertise to class

Joseph Weiler to be next president of European University Institute

Kenji Yoshino weighs in on the same-sex marriage cases facing the Supreme Court

Rubin International Law Symposium features former U.K. Supreme Court justice and Seventh Circuit judge

Norman Dorsen awarded honorary doctorate by University of Buenos Aires School of Law