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Law School News from January 4, 2009 to January 4, 2010
12/23/09
Law School welcomes Spring 2010 visitors
12/23/09
NYU Law’s judicial clerkship program sends alumni to nation’s most prominent courts
12/23/09
Karen Greenberg’s Guantánamo book appears on two best-of-year lists
12/21/09
NYU Law hosts Horizontal Merger Guidelines Review Project Workshop
12/16/09
Institute for Policy Integrity policy brief quoted in announcement of Senate carbon pricing bill
12/15/09
Task force led by Jeremy Travis '82 recommends juvenile justice reforms to New York governor
12/15/09
David Warner (LL.M. '09) wins Tannenwald writing competition
12/15/09
Garland receives honorary doctorate from Belgian university
12/14/09
Judge Stephen F. Williams of D.C. Circuit addresses issue of interest groups in Hayek Lecture
12/11/09
Supreme Court justice cites student-written NYU Law journal article in opinion
12/11/09
Waldron delivers Human Rights Day lecture in Poland
12/10/09
Rubin Symposium analyzes growing phenomenon of private development financing
12/9/09
New York State senators hold hearing at NYU Law about legal services funding crisis
12/7/09
Katherine Greenberg ’10 becomes first student to receive Legal Services’ Pro Bono Recognition Award
12/7/09
Supreme Court hears case in which Pildes filed amicus brief on behalf of former SEC chairmen
12/4/09
Glittering inaugural celebration for the Straus Institute
12/4/09
Pildes wins appeal in 23-year-old tax fraud case
12/4/09
Zimmerman discusses Tiger Woods's right to privacy in New York Times Room for Debate
12/4/09
Alston calls for investigation of election-related murders in Philippines
12/3/09
Center on Law and Security hosts counterinsurgency conference
12/2/09
Bell Lecture examines race and subprime mortgage crisis (VIDEO)
12/1/09
Students and faculty discuss speaking up and speaking out in the classroom
11/25/09
Senator Whitehouse extols the U.S. Constitution at the 2009 Living Constitution Lecture
11/25/09
Bharara addresses the future of white collar crime prosecution
11/25/09
Elizabeth Kukura '09 honored by National Advocates for Pregnant Women
11/23/09
Bar-Gill confronts critics of the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency
11/20/09
Anthony Barkow testifies before House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
11/19/09
Cohen comments on the effect of President Obama's visit to China on human rights
11/19/09
Marotta-Wurgler '01 testifies before Senate committee about misleading Internet marketing practices
11/18/09
Denbeaux '68 and Hafetz present stories of Guantánamo detainees and lawyers in new book
11/18/09
Julie Brill '85 tapped for Federal Trade Commission
11/17/09
Pildes gives Thomas M. Jorde lecture at Berkeley
11/17/09
Neuborne proffers holistic reading of the Bill of Rights at Federalist Society convention
11/17/09
Times Wang '11 writes a plea in a Washington Post op-ed for President Obama to help his father
11/16/09
Moreno '90 confirmed for Justice Department post
11/13/09
Paul Tagliabue '65 to examine U.S. Olympic Committee governance
11/11/09
Stewart and Wyman selected to appear in the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review
11/10/09
Jeremy Babener ’10 to present structured settlement research to national conference
11/9/09
Stevenson argues before Supreme Court against life sentences for juveniles
11/6/09
United States denies $2 million in military aid to Philippines
11/5/09
Been discusses effects of rezoning on New York City's future (VIDEO)
11/4/09
Institute for Policy Integrity survey shows top economists agree on climate change threat
11/4/09
Third Annual Global Economic Policy Forum and the Annual Fall Lecture (VIDEO)
11/2/09
Dorchen Leidholdt '88 leads effort to assist mother in international parental kidnapping case
11/2/09
Butler and Barkow discuss the role of prosecutors in social and racial justice (VIDEO)
11/2/09
Chase to give keynote lecture at Fordham's Alternative Dispute Resolution Symposium
10/30/09
Alston says drone attacks on Pakistan-Afghanistan border may violate international law
10/29/09
Artists speak out against music torture on detainees
10/27/09
Memorial Tribute to Thomas M. Franck
10/27/09
Lawrence litigator gives first lecture in Dean's Workshop on LGBT Rights
10/27/09
Judge M. Blane Michael '68 examines Fourth Amendment in Madison Lecture (VIDEO)
10/27/09
National Research Council report quantifies hidden costs of energy
10/26/09
Barkow, Friedman, Paul Clement, and Jeffrey Toobin examine Supreme Court's current docket (VIDEO)
10/23/09
Rochelle Dreyfuss presents Fifth Annual Finnegan Distinguished Lecture on Intellectual Property
10/22/09
Kenneth Feinberg '70 makes recommendations on executive compensation
10/22/09
Employment Law experts debate regulation of executive pay
10/21/09
Experts debate GM and Chrysler bankruptcies at NYU Law Forum (VIDEO)
10/19/09
Experts analyze challenges of Iran (AUDIO)
10/19/09
Brennan Center study reports under representation in foreclosure proceedings
10/16/09
U.N. special adviser on prevention of genocide discusses identity conflicts in Africa
10/16/09
Philip Alston reports a massacre in Congo
10/13/09
Alston denounces death sentences and executions of juvenile offenders in Iran
10/13/09
Gelatt Dialogue examines trial of former Taiwanese President
10/12/09
Waldron delivers Holmes Lectures at Harvard Law School
10/9/09
Gillers, Greenberg, and Rascoff discuss prosecuting torture
10/6/09
Tillinghast speaker urges reexamination of foreign tax havens
10/6/09
Federal Privacy Workshop confronts privacy in the age of Facebook
10/6/09
Pildes discusses upcoming Supreme Court cases in New York Times
10/2/09
Annual workshop on bankruptcy and business reorganization looks at impact of financial crisis
10/2/09
CLS holds forum on U.S. terror suspect detainees
10/1/09
Stewart wins ABA excellence award for leadership in environmental law
9/30/09
In podcast interview Friedman discusses new book, which was praised by New York Times (AUDIO)
9/30/09
Dominican Republic President Fernández criticizes global governance
9/25/09
Keren Raz '10 attends achievement summit in South Africa
9/25/09
Stevenson wins Gruber Foundation International Justice Prize
9/24/09
Dworkin's forthcoming book is subject of conference at Boston University School of Law
9/21/09
Alston speaks to Time magazine about Kenya's police force
9/21/09
Barry Adler critiques automaker bailouts in testimony before Congressional Oversight Panel
9/18/09
Richard Epstein and Judy Feder debate healthcare reform at inaugural NYU Law Forum
9/17/09
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo delivers Abrams Lecture
9/11/09
Friedman writes about relevance of Supreme Court in the New Republic
9/9/09
Dorsen and Neuborne file amicus brief in Supreme Court campaign finance case
9/3/09
Students working in public interest law blog about summer experiences
8/28/09
Allison Westfahl Kong ’10 wins student writing competition on animal law
8/27/09
Jeremy Marwell '06 clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
8/24/09
Stewart co-authors Wall Street Journal op-ed arguing for cap-and-trade environmental regulation
8/20/09
Two Law School alumni rise in ranks at U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York
8/19/09
Center on the Administration of Criminal Law wins amicus victory in Fifth Circuit
8/19/09
Winger (LL.M. '10) and Ghatan '09 take top prizes in student writing competition
8/13/09
In a Los Angeles Times op-ed, Burt Neuborne urges accountability for Swiss banks
8/13/09
Ferrari's work cited in three foreign supreme court decisions
8/13/09
U.N. Ambassador Rice delivers major policy speech at NYU Law (AUDIO)
8/11/09
Pildes analyzes Supreme Court's last term in National Constitution Center podcast
8/11/09
Three alumni noted in Black Enterprise magazine
8/10/09
NYU Law forms two new partnerships to help underprivileged students pursue law
8/7/09
Ambassador Rice to deliver public address on UN, global challenges Aug. 12 at NYU Law
8/4/09
Gillers selected to serve on American Bar Association's Commission on Ethics 20/20
8/4/09
Barnett '64 receives Margaret Brent Award at American Bar Association's annual meeting
7/31/09
Rascoff weighs in on American jihadist on NPR
7/29/09
Institute for Policy Integrity asks EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions
7/28/09
Issacharoff and Estlund speak at tort law conference in Beijing
7/28/09
Cohen weighs in on Taiwanese politics in Wall Street Journal
7/27/09
Friedman discusses Supreme Court's relationship with public in Boston Globe
7/22/09
Stewart elected to the American College of Environmental Lawyers
7/20/09
Three Law School alumni included in National Law Journal's "40 Under 40"
7/10/09
Rachel Barkow testifies before the House and the U.S Sentencing Commission
7/10/09
Joshua Masters (LL.M. ’09) wins Outstanding Essay Prize in 2009 McElvaney Nonproliferation Challenge
7/2/09
Supreme Court Litigation Clinic wins amicus victory and persuades Court to hear arguments
6/30/09
Amsterdam receives award from International Academy of Law and Mental Health
6/26/09
Dworkin receives honorary law doctorate from Harvard University
6/24/09
Adegbile '94 defends Voting Rights Act before Supreme Court
6/19/09
NYU Law's two newest centers introduce themselves via the Web
6/18/09
Stevenson wins Gruber Foundation International Justice Prize
6/18/09
Kahan wins most Corporate Practice Commentator awards
6/18/09
Fox honored by American Antitrust Institute
6/18/09
PILC inaugurates D.C. Summer Series for public interest interns
6/15/09
NYU Law introduces new Law and Economics Fellowships
6/11/09
Freeh (LL.M. '84) and Kelly (LL.M. '74) join Homeland Security Advisory Council
6/11/09
Three students win Equal Justice Works Fellowships
6/10/09
White House appoints Kenneth Feinberg ’70 as compensation czar to oversee executive pay
6/9/09
Jacobs appears on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight to discuss Judge Sotomayor's Second Amendment record
6/8/09
Chase co-chairs international procedural law conference in Toronto
6/8/09
Institute for International Law and Justice co-hosts Beijing conference
6/4/09
NYU's Center for Labor and Employment Law hosts 62nd Annual Conference on Labor
6/2/09
New York Governor David Paterson renames State Justice Building in honor of Robert Abrams '63
5/28/09
In memoriam: Thomas Franck, leader in international law
5/28/09
David Boies (LL.M. '67) joins forces with old rival Theodore Olson to fight gay marriage ban
5/27/09
Center on the Administration of Criminal Law wins amicus victory in the Supreme Court
5/27/09
Jacob Bronsther '11 analyzes Obama's pragmatism in Christian Science Monitor
5/27/09
Judge Sonia Sotomayor, former adjunct professor at NYU Law, nominated to Supreme Court
5/22/09
Four NYU Law alumni named among the top 25 “Dealmakers of the Year” by the American Lawyer
5/18/09
Choi, Issacharoff, and Morawetz '81 receive Albert Podell Distinguished Teaching Awards
5/18/09
Center on the Administration of Criminal Law files amicus brief in Fifth Circuit civil rights appeal
5/15/09
Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad speaks at convocation
5/15/09
Law School is principal host of global climate change conference in Abu Dhabi
5/14/09
NYU School of Law's Convocation to be Held at WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden
5/14/09
Karen Greenberg writes about detainee problems in National Interest and Washington Post
5/13/09
Hillary Clinton speaks at Commencement (VIDEO)
5/12/09
Engelberg Center co-hosts conference on Intellectual Property Rights
5/8/09
Sonia Lin '08 named inaugural Outten & Golden Fellow
5/8/09
Abizaid speaks at CLS conference about state of U.S. military (VIDEO)
5/7/09
Amy Adler discusses her legal scholarship in interdisciplinary forum
5/6/09
Judge Arthur J. Gonzalez (LL.M. '90) presiding over Chrysler bankruptcy
5/6/09
Stevenson persuades the Supreme Court to examine life sentences for juveniles
5/5/09
Welters ’77 profiled in Diverse Issues in Higher Education
5/5/09
Immigrant Rights Clinic students draft report on Dominicans and deportation
5/4/09
Immigrant Rights Clinic scores key victories in Supreme Court and federal district court
4/30/09
Shaviro discusses financial crisis in tax policy workshop
4/29/09
Pildes writes in the New York Times Room for Debate about Supreme Court voting rights case
4/28/09
CLS conference addresses terrorism and the judicial system
4/28/09
Institute for Policy Integrity issues new report on greenhouse gases
4/27/09
Choi and Kahan recognized for best corporate and securities articles of 2008
4/24/09
Yoshino discusses Supreme Court civil rights cases on NPR
4/23/09
Waldron delivers Tanner Lectures on Human Values at Berkeley
4/23/09
High honors for top law students and alumni
4/21/09
NYU Law Review leads effort to revitalize legal scholarship online
4/21/09
Lauren Burke '09 coauthors report on pediatric AIDS treatment in China
4/21/09
NYU School of Law's Karen J. Greenberg Available for Commentary on CIA Memos
4/20/09
Meron elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
4/17/09
Institute for International Law and Justice hosts worldwide gathering in Geneva
4/17/09
CLS panel illuminates India and Pakistan's conflict over Kashmir (VIDEO)
4/17/09
Jeremie Bracka (LL.M. '09) wins Helton Fellowship
4/16/09
Barry Friedman discusses tax day tea party protests on CNN's Lou Dobb's Tonight
4/15/09
Judge Michael McConnell delivers fourth annual Hayek lecture (VIDEO)
4/14/09
NYU School of Law's Samuel Rascoff Named 2009 Carnegie Scholar
4/14/09
Rascoff named a 2009 Carnegie Scholar for his work on enriching public dialogue on Islam
4/14/09
Schenk tells NPR that the U.S. Tax Code is so complex that most filers make mistakes
4/13/09
ElBaradei (LL.M. '71, J.S.D. '74, LL.D. '04) discusses with New York Times Iranian nuclear dilemma
4/10/09
Yoshino analyzes legal development of same-sex marriage in NYU Law podcast interview (AUDIO)
4/8/09
Justice Alito presides over Marden Moot Court Competition
4/8/09
Carol Bellamy ’68 receives the Légion d’honneur, France's highest decoration
4/7/09
NYU School of Law and and New York City Police Department Establish Law Fellowship
4/7/09
Suzanna Publicker '09 named inaugural NYU-NYPD Fellow
4/6/09
CHRGJ panel of human rights investigators discusses challenges
4/6/09
Jacobs talks to ABC’s Good Morning America about gun control in the wake of recent shootings
4/3/09
Yoshino writes in New York Times Room for Debate about Iowa's gay marriage decision
4/3/09
NYU Law edges out Columbia Law to win eighth annual Deans' Cup
4/3/09
Vice Chancellor Stephen Lamb of Delaware Court of Chancery delivers Fogelson Lecture (VIDEO)
4/3/09
Affiliated faculty Ingrid Gould Ellen receives Distinguished Teaching Award
4/1/09
PILC's Leaders in Public Interest Series presents: “Scholarship in the Public Interest” (VIDEO)
3/31/09
Hernández '10 receives Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship
3/31/09
Davis speaks about desegregating cognitive, ethical, and practical methods of legal education
3/26/09
Law Revue spoofs teen entertainment in NYU Law 10012
3/26/09
Admitted Students Day gives future 1Ls full range of NYU Law experience
3/26/09
Jacobs participates in a panel discussion at Princeton on “Guns in America”
3/25/09
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Madeleine Albright, and Paul Volcker discuss multilateralism
3/25/09
Marisa Demeo ’93 to be nominated as D.C. Superior Court associate judge
3/25/09
Garland leads popular interdisciplinary discussions for student-housing residents
3/20/09
Annual Survey of American Law honors Judge Wald
3/20/09
Immigrant Rights Clinic celebrates 10th anniversary
3/20/09
M. Patricia Smith '77 nominated as solicitor for the Department of Labor, the New York Times reports
3/20/09
Journal of Law and Liberty holds symposium: The Unknown Justice Thomas (VIDEO)
3/20/09
Environmental Law Journal and ELS host symposium on greenhouse gas regulation (VIDEO)
3/20/09
Richards and Gilligan discuss new book on patriarchy and democracy (AUDIO)
3/17/09
Review of Law & Social Change celebrates 40th anniversary
3/16/09
PILC's Leaders in Public Interest Series Presents: "The Future of National Security Law" (VIDEO)
3/16/09
CLS hosts "Closing Guantanamo: The Diplomatic Challenge" (VIDEO)
3/16/09
International law scholar Ryan Goodman will join NYU Law this fall
3/11/09
Korematsu Lecture reenacts historical trial
3/10/09
Supreme Court cites law review article by Richard Pildes 12 times in voting rights decision
3/10/09
José Alvarez, leading international law scholar, to join NYU Law faculty
3/9/09
Intellectual property law scholar Barton Beebe to join NYU Law faculty
3/6/09
9/11 mediator Sheila Birnbaum '65 settles 92 of 95 cases for $500 million
3/6/09
James Duffy '76 appointed interim CEO of NYSE Regulation
3/5/09
Judge Guido Calabresi gives keynote at Annual Survey symposium (VIDEO)
3/3/09
President Obama names Jon Leibowitz ’84 to lead Federal Trade Commission
3/2/09
Former NYU Law fellow named associate White House counsel
3/2/09
Breaking the Logjam issues report calling for revamping of Clean Air Act
2/27/09
Law School Hosts Fifth Annual NYU/Penn Conference on Law and Finance
2/27/09
CHRGJ event explores "Economic Crimes, Corruption, and Transitional Justice" (AUDIO)
2/27/09
Von Lohmann gives PILC lecture on public interest cyber-lawyering (VIDEO)
2/26/09
Seth Harris ’90 to be nominated as deputy secretary of the Department of Labor
2/26/09
Journal of Law & Business holds symposium on financial regulation
2/26/09
Livermore comments in Time.com on President Obama’s choice for regulatory czar
2/25/09
Shaviro talks about Decoding the U.S. Corporate Tax (AUDIO)
2/25/09
Alston alleges widespread extrajudicial executions by Kenyan police
2/24/09
Satterthwaite talks to Air America about CHRGJ's call for prosecution of detainee abuse
2/23/09
Upham holds panel on China's changing courts
2/23/09
Gillers delivers call-to-arms lecture for lawyers to return honor to profession
2/19/09
Kahan offers overview of trends that have reduced CEO power
2/19/09
Ketchum '75 to lead Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
2/19/09
Public Service Auction raises funds for public interest internships
2/18/09
National Law Journal highlights efforts of Sternhell '02 on behalf of Guantanamo detainees
2/18/09
MALDEF president Trasviña discusses immigration in inaugural Bickel & Brewer lecture (VIDEO)
2/18/09
Robin Steinberg '82 named the Law Women's alumna of the year
2/16/09
Alston examines Kenyan police violence in 10-day visit to country, BBC reports
2/13/09
Leigh Payne asks whether transitional justice works (AUDIO)
2/13/09
Meron examines the efficacy of international criminal justice
2/13/09
Gillers talks to Bloomberg.com about new development in Madoff case
2/12/09
Journalists Dickey and Raston discuss NYPD's counterterrorism efforts at CLS event (VIDEO)
2/11/09
Michelle Cherande '97 leads Law School's new Judicial Clerkship Office
2/11/09
Dorsen honored at Hauser Global Law School Program Annual Dinner
2/11/09
Davis delivers inaugural Beller Lecture (VIDEO)
2/10/09
Public Interest Legal Career Fair brings together law students and employers for 32nd year
2/10/09
Fox to receive honorary doctorate from University of Paris—Dauphine
2/10/09
Lin '97 and Chen '97 discuss immigrant rights at PILC event (AUDIO)
2/9/09
Bill Brewer (LL.M. '78) fights illegal immigration rules
2/6/09
Satterthwaite moderates CHRGJ panel on human rights advocacy (VIDEO)
2/6/09
National Jurist names Peggy Cooper Davis one of three most influential people in legal education
2/6/09
Katherine Strandburg, intellectual property scholar and former physicist, to join faculty
2/5/09
Karen Greenberg discusses her new book on Guantanamo on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
2/4/09
Daniel Doctoroff discusses current financial crisis at Annual Alumni Luncheon (AUDIO)
2/4/09
Experts analyze WMD threat at Center on Law and Security event (VIDEO)
2/3/09
Revesz and Livermore write in BusinessWeek about regulation czar nominee Cass Sunstein
2/3/09
Waldman and Johnson offer insights on Obama administration at BLAPA event (VIDEO)
2/2/09
Franck nominated as honorary president of the American Society of International Law
2/2/09
Bell hosts annual gospel choir concert (VIDEO)
1/30/09
Noble speaks at Hoffinger Colloquium about policing terrorism
1/30/09
Kamin ’09 named special assistant to director of OMB
1/28/09
Law School welcomes Spring 2009 visitors
1/28/09
Greenberg weighs in on the closing of Guantánamo
1/28/09
Center on the Administration of Criminal Law files amicus brief in Blackwater case
1/16/09
NYU Law joins partnership to help less advantaged students gain admission to top law schools
1/14/09
FTC Commissioner Leibowitz '84 speaks at Public Interest Forum (VIDEO)
1/14/09
Lawrence '09 wins Barry Gold Memorial Health Law Student Writing Competition
1/14/09
Justice Jonathan Lippman ’68 nominated to be next chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals
1/13/09
Anthony Barkow talks to Time about judge's decision not to revoke bail in Madoff case
1/7/09
Chesler ’75 calls for the demise of the billable hour in Forbes op-ed
1/6/09
Amy Adler discusses animal cruelty law that tests free speech in the New York Times
1/5/09
Lopez '96 and Herlihy '92 write screenplay for Adam Sandler hit
1/5/09
Anthony Barkow commends proposal to release some nonviolent prisoners early in Washington Post op-ed
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