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NYU School of Law and its faculty, students, alumni, centers and programs are frequently featured in the media. The following lists recent news stories, interviews and op-eds.

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"Bitter partisan battle wounded Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court he's joined"
10/07/2018
Washington Post
Expert: Barry Friedman
"Kavanaugh: Why The Supreme Court Faces A Generation Of Ethics Questions"
10/07/2018
Forbes
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"Confirming Kavanaugh: A Triumph for Conservatives, but a Blow to the Court's Image"
10/06/2018
New York Times
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"A Judicial Wrecking Ball"
10/05/2018
US News and World Report
Expert: Victoria Bassetti, Brennan Center for Justice
"Partisanship questions threaten to shadow Kavanaugh on the court"
10/05/2018
CNN
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"A Justice Kavanaugh Could Rule on Cases Where He Has a Major Conflict of Interest"
10/05/2018
Mother Jones
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"Justices consider whether a man with dementia may be put to death"
10/05/2018
Economist
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"Undercover cops break Facebook rules to track protesters, ensnare criminals"
10/05/2018
NBC News
Experts: Barry Friedman; Rachel Levinson-Waldman, Brennan Center for Justice
"How to Make Trump-Style Wealth Pay Its Fair Share"
10/04/2018
New York Times
Author: Lily Batchelder
"The making of Black Lives Matter--and making it more inclusive"
10/04/2018
Washington Post (book review)
Author: Melissa Murray
"Pentagon pushed to explain broad powers to protect allies overseas"
10/03/2018
Washington Post
Expert: Ryan Goodman
"Tax Professor: IRS can reopen old tax returns"
10/03/2018
Associated Press (video)
Expert: Daniel Shaviro
"Tax Authorities Were Either Unwilling To Take On The Trumps Or Lacked The Resources"
10/03/2018
NPR--All Things Considered (transcript)
Expert: Daniel Shaviro
"Should A State Execute A Killer So Impaired He No Longer Recalls Crime?"
10/02/2018
NPR
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"Cybersecurity Summit 2018: David Petraeus and Lisa Monaco on America's cybersecurity posture"
10/02/2018
Washington Post (video)
Expert: Lisa Monaco
"How This Brutal Confirmation Process Could Shape Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Justice"
10/02/2018
Time
Expert: Melissa Murray
"Can Supreme Court Nominee Be Seen As Objective After His Testimony?"
10/02/2018
NPR (transcript)
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"Brett Kavanaugh Should Not Be Believed by the Legal Standards of Judge Kavanaugh"
10/02/2018
Slate
Author: Ryan Goodman
"How to prevent corruption, protect the rule of law and repair democracy: Bharara & Whitman"
10/02/2018
USA Today
Co-author: Preet Bharara
"2 Hurricanes Lay Bare the Vulnerability of America's Poor"
10/01/2018
Scientific American
Expert: Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy
"Text messages suggest Kavanaugh wanted to refute accuser's claim before it became public"
10/01/2018
NBC News
Expert: Bob Bauer
"Brett Kavanaugh's Comments In That Hearing Raise Ethics Questions That Will Likely Follow Him Whether Or Not He's Confirmed"
10/01/2018
Buzzfeed News
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"All the Rules Are Changing"
10/01/2018
The Atlantic
Author: Bob Bauer
"The Confusion Surrounding the F.B.I's Renewed Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh"
09/30/2018
New Yorker
Expert: Bob Bauer
"Trump's Vow to Cut Red Tape Doesn't Extend to Legal Immigrants"
09/29/2018
Bloomberg
Expert: Richard Revesz, Institute for Policy Integrity
"Supreme Fiasco: Did the Kavanaugh Drama Just Break the Senate?"
09/28/2018
Politico
Expert: Peggy Cooper Davis
"The Next Pandemic Will Be Arriving Shortly"
09/28/2018
Foreign Policy
Co-author: Lisa Monaco
"Kavanaugh, Ford Hearing Was A 'Mockery,' Not A Quest For Truth, Legal Experts Say"
09/27/2018
Newsweek
Expert: Melissa Murray
"'Can you do this?': Russia probe conflicts rampant among Rosenstein replacements"
09/27/2018
Politico
Expert: Victoria Bassetti, Brennan Center for Justice
"Group's Lawsuit Challenging 'Unfair' NYC Property Tax System Survives Motion to Dismiss"
09/26/2018
New York Law Journal
Expert: Vicki Been '83
"Brett Kavanaugh has no good choices anymore"
09/26/2018
Washington Post
Expert: Michael Waldman, Brennan Center for Justice
"Will Florida's Ex-Felons Finally Regain the Right to Vote?"
09/26/2018
New York Times
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice
"Feinstein: Kavanaugh misled about grand jury secrecy in Vince Foster probe"
09/26/2018
Politico
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"The Afterlife"
09/25/2018
BBC (audio)
Expert: Sam Scheffler
"Trump's Campaign Violation Exposure in the Stormy Daniels Case Is Doubtful"
09/25/2018
New York Law Journal
Co-authors: Samuel Estreicher and David Moosmann '19
"After 2 years of increases, the US murder rate officially fell in 2017"
09/24/2018
Vox
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice
"The Decision Not to Call in the FBI Is Looking Worse and Worse"
09/24/2018
The Atlantic
Author: Bob Bauer
"Why Les Moonves Might Still Get $120 Million From CBS"
09/20/2018
New York Times
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"Investigation Into Dallas Mavericks Reveals Sexual Misconduct Over 20 Years"
09/19/2018
NPR
Expert: Anne Milgram
"Bryan Stevenson seeks to help young readers understand mass incarceration"
09/19/2018
CBS News
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
"Influential Parent Defender Clinic in New York Gets a Funding Boost, Plans More Appeals"
09/19/2018
Chronicle of Social Change
Featured: Elie Hirschfeld '74, Family Defense Clinic
"CEI Won't Defend Ted Frank's Tweets About Kavanaugh Accuser"
09/19/2018
Bloomberg
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"Lawyer and activist Bryan Stevenson on building racial justice: 'This work is just beginning'"
09/18/2018
Salon
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
"Why do so many affordable-housing advocates reject the law of supply and demand?"
09/18/2018
Washington Post
Author: Roderick Hills
"Kavanaugh's accuser waited years to come forward. Does that undercut her claim?"
09/18/2018
Washington Post
Expert: Peggy Cooper Davis
"Thousands of Prisoners Left Out of Obama's Effort to Soften Unfair Drug Laws"
09/17/2018
WNYC Studios (audio)
Expert: Rachel Barkow
"What Should the Senate Do With Brett Kavanaugh"
09/17/2018
Politico
Expert: Richard Epstein
"Paul Manafort Cooperation Will Likely Lead to More Charges by Mueller Investigation, Says Former US Attorney"
09/15/2018
Newsweek
Expert: Preet Bharara
"Roe v. Kavanaugh"
09/15/2018
Slate—"Amicus" podcast with Dahlia Lithwick (audio)
Expert: Melissa Murray
"Manafort's deal reins in a pardon's impact"
09/14/2018
Politico
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68