News@NYU Law

08/13/2020
In the weeks following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, protests erupted…
08/13/2020
John Sexton
In a conversation lasting a little more than an hour, two longtime friends—John Sexton, president emeritus of NYU and…
08/12/2020
City skyline
When Paul Romer studied physics and mathematics as an undergraduate at the University of Chicago, he meant to forge a…
08/10/2020
paper airplane flying
The NYU Law Venture Fund has made its first equity investment, providing $50,000 in capital to New York-based Paladin,…
08/10/2020
Justice Catalyst and Immigrant Justice Corps have chosen eight recent NYU Law graduates as 2020 fellows. Five graduates…
07/27/2020
A three-year advocacy effort by NYU Law’s Family Defense clinic and its partners came to a victorious close in April…
07/23/2020
Deborah Archer portrait
In 2019, Stuyvesant High School, one of New York’s most elite public schools, admitted only seven Black students to an…
07/16/2020
Stephen Susman, founder and executive director of the Civil Jury Project (CJP) at NYU Law, passed away on July 14. Co-…
06/30/2020
For nearly 60 years—the past 30 at NYU School of Law—Professor Jerome A. Cohen has been a towering figure in the fields…
06/30/2020
纽约大学为祝贺孔杰荣教授荣誉退休宣布讲席教授职位及秋季项目 近六十载来(其中越半数时间在纽约大学法学院)孔杰荣教授一直是中国法和东亚法律研究领域的杰出人物。借6月30日庆祝孔教授荣誉退休之机,…
06/26/2020
Black Lives Matter protesters holding signs
The murder of George Floyd, an unarmed and handcuffed black man, by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has…
06/22/2020
William Butler ’49
Human rights lawyer William J. Butler ’49, the co-founder of NYU Law’s Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program,…
06/16/2020
Barry Friedman
On June 10, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the appointment of Barry Friedman, Jacob D.…
06/10/2020
Barbara Underwood
At a ceremony in March, the student editors of the New York University Annual Survey of American Law dedicated the…
06/09/2020
As big tech companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple achieve unprecedented power over technological markets…
06/09/2020
Jeff Wolf
Jeffrey Wolf ’88 started his career as an entrepreneur while attending NYU Law. “I knew from a young age that I wanted…
06/08/2020
Troy McKenzie
NYU has recognized Professor of Law Troy McKenzie ’00 with a Distinguished Teaching Award. McKenzie was one of six NYU…
06/04/2020
Illustration of arches with microphones on top
As the COVID-19 pandemic continued to rock the economy, NYU Law’s Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance…
06/02/2020
Two recent NYU Law graduates who received 2019 summer grants from the NYU Law Venture Fund for their social enterprise…
06/01/2020
Trevor Morrison
To the Law School Community:  In the midst of a global pandemic, we continue to grapple with the violence…