News@NYU Law
3/1/2017
The February 22 NYU School of Law Forum, "Business, Law, and Government in China: Reflections from Experience,"...
2/28/2017
Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks during a press conference at Sea-Tac Airport.
Ferguson speaks...
2/24/2017
A person living in the US in the past half-century might reasonably believe war can be counterproductive to modern...
2/23/2017
The day Donald Trump was sworn in as president, a federal court issued a ruling in a case likely to shape voting in the...
2/21/2017
NYU Law's Brennan Center for Justice and the NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy held a conference on...
2/21/2017
In a conversation on February 8 at the London School of Economics and Political Science, NYU Law faculty members Mervyn...
2/21/2017
Cynthia Estlund’s newest book, A New Deal for China’s Workers?, published in January, focuses on the rapidly evolving...
2/15/2017
As protestors rallied at airports and other locations around the country in opposition to President Trump’s executive...
2/14/2017
The February 8 NYU Law Forum focused on the challenges faced by the international human rights system from both...
2/13/2017
NYU School of Law and NYU Tandon School of Engineering have announced the establishment of a Master of Science in...
2/13/2017
Vicki Been ’83, Boxer Family Professor of Law, has returned to NYU Law from a three-year leave during which she served...
2/10/2017
Vullo is known for her expertise in consumer enforcement and commitment to public service
As superintendent of the New...
2/10/2017
OUTLaw, NYU Law’s LGBTQ student organization, honored Hayley Gorenberg ’92 with its Alumna of the Year Award on January...
2/8/2017
Observing that the recent change in national government has brought “a reinvigorated discussion of the role of the...
2/8/2017
Michael Levine, distinguished research scholar and senior lecturer, passed away last week. He had a long, varied, and...
2/6/2017
“Assume a can opener” is the punch line of a joke about an economist proposing how to open a can of tuna fish while...
2/6/2017
One day after President Trump signed an executive order cutting off funding for locations known as "sanctuary cities,"...
2/3/2017
Oscar Londoño ’17 and Oluwadamilola (Dami) Obaro ’17 have been selected as 2017 Skadden Fellows. The prestigious two-...
2/3/2017
At the February 1 NYU Law Forum, Robert A. Kindler Professor of Law Adam Cox, Associate Professor of Clinical Law Alina...
1/31/2017
NYU School of Law has announced two new arrivals this spring, both of whom join the Law School from the Obama...
1/31/2017
In January, anticipating a topic that would be top-of-mind for students returning from winter break, several NYU Law...
1/30/2017
How NYU Law is helping to address the injustices of the bail system.
Unable to pay a $1,000 bail, New York City...
1/26/2017
Three members of the NYU Law community have been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI), adding to a lengthy list...
1/26/2017
At a panel hosted by the Frank J. Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy, and Land Use Law on January 24, experts...
1/23/2017
Zachary Goldman '09
Randal Milch '85
It was anything but a typical law...
1/23/2017
New York University has established the NYU Immigrant Defense Initiative, a project to provide free, confidential...
1/13/2017
Mar has worked on a number of significant cases for the ACLU and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
From a young...
1/13/2017
2016 Alumna of the Year Reception: Jessica Moldovan ’17, Riane Harper ’17, Nancy Duff Campbell ’68, Dean Trevor...
1/12/2017
Professor of Law and Public Policy Lily Batchelder was recently recognized by Tax Notes and Forbes on their respective...
12/22/2016
In 2016, faculty members at NYU Law published books that they wrote and edited on a range of current issues and...
12/16/2016
Race, religion, nationality, and sexuality—these categories can weigh heavily on experience. But, while they exist and...
12/15/2016
During a recent visit to NYU Law, Department of Defense General Counsel Jennifer O’Connor discussed “Applying the Law...
12/14/2016
Vice President Joe Biden
Bob Bauer and Joe Biden
Sally Katzen
John Kuster '91...
12/14/2016
As a partner at Hand Baldachin & Amburgey, Hand represents some of the biggest names in the fashion industry....
12/13/2016
As businesses and government entities struggle to fend off cybercrime, there is growing concern about the possibility...
12/12/2016
NYU Law Life Trustee Justice Rose Luttan Rubin ’42 passed away last week at age 99. Together with her husband and...
12/8/2016
On November 30, NYU Law's Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement hosted "Wading Into the Gray: Compliance and...
12/7/2016
On November 16, the NYU Law Forum hosted a panel of investigative journalists to discuss issues related to women's...
12/6/2016
On November 10, Jerome Cohen, professor of law and co-director of the US-Asia Law Institute (USALI), convened...
12/5/2016
The issue of income inequality was hard to ignore during the US presidential campaign, as a democratic socialist...
12/2/2016
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Jo White, who will step down from one of the longest chairships...
12/1/2016
NYU Shanghai, NYU Law and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) signed a memorandum of understanding...
11/30/2016
Joseph Ehrlich ’97, president of the NYU Law Alumni Association
Lisa Schweitzer ’96...
11/29/2016
Earlier this month, NYU Law’s Institute for International Law and Justice organized a lunchtime talk with Roberto...
11/28/2016
NYU Law’s longstanding commitments to empower student success and to improve diversity and inclusion in the legal...
11/23/2016
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11/22/2016
The NYU School of Law Forum on November 16 featured a panel of investigative journalists well versed in developments...
11/22/2016
On November 15, a panel of experts convened by NYU Law's Center on Law and Security considered potential national...
11/22/2016
Experts at the annual conference of NYU Law's Institute for Policy Integrity on November 15 explored potential shifts...
11/17/2016
An expert panel of journalists and lawyers discussed issues of national security and transparency in the executive...
11/17/2016
Ben Heineman Jr., former general counsel of GE, discussed lessons learned in the course of his career as part of NYU...
11/17/2016
One week after Donald Trump’s upset victory over Hillary Clinton, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow joined a panel of NYU Law...
11/11/2016
On November 3, NYU Law welcomed Michelle Alexander, senior fellow at the Ford Foundation and visiting professor at...
11/10/2016
Conrad’s start-up, Paladin, aims to connect lawyers to pro bono cases.
In her very first time in court, Felicity Conrad...
11/9/2016
In the annual Latinxs in the Law Lecture, Iván Espinoza-Madrigal ’05—executive director of the Lawyers' Committee...
11/8/2016
NYU Law's Center on Law and Security hosted the panel event "Counterterrorism and the Law: The Shifting Strategic...
11/8/2016
The NYU School of Law Forum hosted a discussion, sponsored by the Civil Jury Project, on November 2 to examine the...
11/7/2016
Jason Schultz, professor of clinical law and director of NYU’s Technology Law & Policy Clinic, returned to campus...
11/4/2016
At a Center on Law and Security event on October 27, a panel of experts considered how terrorists use social media to...
11/4/2016
The selection of Supreme Court judges, the politicization of the judiciary, and dialogue between the courts of...
11/2/2016
At the Center for Labor and Employment Law’s discussion “Artificial Intelligence & Employment Law: ‘People...
11/2/2016
Linda Sarsour, executive director of Arab-American Association of New York, delivered the 23rd annual Rose...
11/2/2016
Maria Vullo, superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services, delivered the keynote at the...
11/2/2016
On October 14, leaders in the burgeoning and increasingly important field of cybersecurity met to discuss the...
11/2/2016
The Frank J. Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy, and Land Use Law held a discussion on October 19 with leading...
10/31/2016
On October 20, Robert C. Ellickson, Walter E. Meyer Professor Emeritus of Property and Urban Law and Professorial...
10/31/2016
On October 14, "Beyond 'Criminal Justice Reform': Conversations on Police and Prison Abolition" focused on...
10/31/2016
The Office of Career Services’ Diversity Forum on November 1 will showcase and bring together employers and students to...
10/28/2016
Cassandra “Sandy” Williams, already a well-known figure in the NYU School of Law community, has been named as the Law...
10/28/2016
Oscar Chase, Russell D. Niles Professor of Law, recalled a harrowing story related to his role in the 1960s civil...
10/27/2016
The stripes, chevrons, and color blocks on cheerleader uniforms were up for debate at the Supreme Court when it heard...
10/26/2016
At the NYU School of Law Forum on October 19, Robert Bauer and Richard Pildes considered the complexities of the 2016...
10/25/2016
In a report to the United Nations General Assembly, Philip Alston challenged the UN to accept legal responsibility for...
10/21/2016
Experts on tax and human rights met last month at a two-day Center for Human Rights and Global Justice conference on...
10/18/2016
In the Madison Lecture on October 13, Judge Sandra Lynch of First Circuit examined what happens when the executive...
10/18/2016
Lindstrom works to hold the UN accountable for the spread of the disease after the country’s 2010 earthquake. ...
10/18/2016
“Trial by Jury of Patent Cases,” a conference co-hosted by NYU Law’s Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy...
10/11/2016
In December, NYU School of Law will debut the Sidley Austin Forum in Washington, DC. This annual forum, supported by a...
10/11/2016
At the October 5 NYU School of Law Forum, a panel of experts discussed the implications of the June 2016 Brexit vote.
10/10/2016
Kenneth Thompson ’92, Brooklyn’s first African American district attorney, passed away on October 9 at age 50 after a...
10/7/2016
Professor of Clinical Law Anthony Thompson will speak on the panel "Reporting for Reform: When Words Change Lives" on...
10/5/2016
NYU Law's US-Asia Law Institute has released "Who Will Represent China's Workers? Lawyers, Legal Aid, and the...
10/4/2016
At the September 28 Forum, expert panelists considered the complications of an eight-member US Supreme Court and...
10/4/2016
The Clinton-Trump faceoff has drawn unprecedented public attention to electoral politics in the US, but at NYU Law, a...
10/3/2016
Former Oklahoma attorney general Michael Turpen delivered the 20th annual Attorney General Robert Abrams Public Service...
9/29/2016
Porus F. Kaka, president of the International Fiscal Association, examined source taxation in the 21st annual ...
9/28/2016
On his penultimate day in office as New York City police commissioner, William Bratton gave the keynote address at an...
9/27/2016
Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor Pablo de Greiff co-authored a United Nations report on alleged human rights...
9/26/2016
NYU Law's new strategic plan lays out three ambitious goals.
9/26/2016
Prosecutors targeting corporate wrongdoing these days routinely run afoul of the rule of law. So argues Jennifer Arlen...
9/22/2016
Professor of Tax Law Joshua Blank LLM ’07, faculty director of the Graduate Tax Program, has been named NYU Law’s vice...
9/21/2016
Quigley’s start-up helps companies discover tomorrow’s trending stories.
Paul Quigley LLM ’05, CEO and co-founder...
9/20/2016
The entire NYU community is observing the formal inauguration of the University’s 16th president, Andrew D. Hamilton,...
9/19/2016
The late Jerome Bruner, a revolutionary thinker in psychology and numerous other fields who passed away on June 5 at...
9/12/2016
NYU Law’s partnership with Legal Outreach aims to increase diversity in the legal profession.
On a muggy July morning,...
9/2/2016
A Sampling of Recent and Forthcoming Faculty Books
Kwame Anthony Appiah
(co-author) A Decent Respect: Honour in...
9/2/2016
Award-Winning 2015-16 Scholarship by Faculty and Students
Kenji Yoshino
Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial...
9/2/2016
Since founding NYU Law’s Policing Project last year, Barry Friedman, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Professor of Law and...