News@NYU Law

02/07/2023
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In uncomfortable exchanges on matters of diversity and inclusion, many people fear misspeaking. As a result, they often…
01/30/2023
Professor of Law Emeritus John Peschel died on December 29, 2022, at the age of 87. During his nearly six decades in…
01/27/2023
Catherine Sharkey, Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy, will receive the Robert B. McKay Law Professor…
01/25/2023
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In 2009, Netflix concluded a three-year open competition by awarding $1 million to a team of researchers that had…
01/23/2023
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Dara Liss ’24 says that when she was exploring a sea of law school options, NYU Law’s Jacobson Leadership Program in…
01/19/2023
Jay Newman
After decades as a hedge fund portfolio manager for Elliott Management, Jay Newman LLM ’81, knew he had a book in him…
01/12/2023
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On November 16, in a conversation hosted by NYU Law’s Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network (BWLN), former US attorney…
01/12/2023
Six NYU Law students—Matthew Escalante ’23, David Sunshine Hamburger ’23, Zakiya Lewis ’23, Annie Lo ’23, Bex…
01/11/2023
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For much of the United States’s history, the president’s powers were relatively weak, by design. The framers of the…
01/04/2023
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In the Fall business plan competition sponsored by the Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital (EVC) Program at NYU Law,…
12/29/2022
Richard Revesz
NYU Law’s Dean Emeritus and AnBryce Professor of Law Richard Revesz will assume the role of administrator of the US…
12/22/2022
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For Alexander Rose ’20, the highlight of his 2L year was participating in the Civil Rights Clinic taught by Professor…
12/21/2022
Building pillars
It was a year for Supreme Court headlines—from the tectonic overturning of Roe v. Wade to other high-profile decisions…
12/21/2022
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On November 2, MSNBC’s “All In” host Chris Hayes joined Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law Melissa Murray…
12/16/2022
During a closely watched midterm election cycle, NYU Law alumni won a range of political races, at the federal level…
12/14/2022
Jennifer Wu '04
As an undergraduate at Harvard University, Jennifer Wu ’04 volunteered at a rape crisis center, helping counsel women…
12/13/2022
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In 2022 the Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Program at NYU Law (EVC) funded summer internships for Ben Titlebaum ’…
12/13/2022
J.H.H. Weiler
On December 1, in a ceremony at the Vatican, Pope Francis awarded a 2022 Ratzinger Prize to Joseph H.H. Weiler,…
12/13/2022
Books
This year, NYU Law professors published books addressing significant and groundbreaking issues such as artificial…
12/09/2022
The 2020 US census found that Latinx people make up 18.9 percent of the US population—the second largest racial or…