Centers News

04/22/2024
Magnolias in bloom in Vanderbilt Hall courtyard
This Fall, the Law School will launch the NYU Law Environmental Justice Laboratory (EJL). The EJL will work with…
04/04/2024
Just Security
In a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the influential online forum Just Security, Avril Haines, director of…
04/02/2024
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On March 14, the fifth annual Kenneth P. Thompson ’92 Lecture on Race and Criminal Justice Reform brought together two…
03/28/2024
Jerome Skolnick
Jerome Skolnick, an expert in criminal justice and sociology who co-directed NYU Law’s Center for Research in Crime and…
03/13/2024
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At a January 26 conference hosted by Women Leaders in Cybersecurity, law firm partners, government officials, corporate…
03/12/2024
Judge Hilary Charlesworth
During a four-day conference, NYU Law’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice convened a multinational gathering…
02/15/2024
“Reconstructing the Reconstruction Amendments,” a daylong symposium on February 2, served as both an occasion to honor…
02/14/2024
Three centers and institutes at NYU Law have announced additions to their leadership. The Institute for Corporate…
12/04/2023
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor passed away on December 1. As the first woman justice, appointed by…
10/20/2023
Bridget McCormack
The Covid-19 pandemic inspired a flurry of innovation in American courts that increased court access for millions of…
10/04/2023
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At a September 13 conference hosted by NYU Law’s Center on Civil Justice, scientists, lawyers, researchers, regulators…
09/26/2023
In legal battles against climate change, civil rights and human rights lawyers have opened up a new front, advocating…
09/25/2023
Cooper Aspegren
You took part in the Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Program (EVC), which offers rising 2Ls funding for summer…
09/25/2023
Janai Nelson
Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), joined Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice…
09/22/2023
Josh Stein
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein emphasized the continuing fight to preserve democracy and the separation of…
09/11/2023
Jhody Polk
An $811,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support the Jailhouse Lawyer Initiative (JLI) in developing…
09/06/2023
Elise van den Hoek
The Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Program (EVC) offers rising 2Ls funding for summer internships at startups…
08/02/2023
Helen Scott
A gathering of students, faculty, alumni, and other members of the NYU Law community celebrated the extraordinary…
06/30/2023
Deborah Archer portrait
The US Supreme Court has struck down race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of…
06/09/2023
Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship
The Grunin Center at NYU School of Law announced on June 6, 2023 the recipient of this year’s Grunin Prize for Law and…