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Ideas from NYU Law

Our professors' innovative research contributes both to the advancement of their fields and to the intellectual community of the Law School. Ideas from NYU Law is a resource for concise descriptions of recent works and interviews with faculty about their scholarship.


Courthouse with magnifying glass on top
Don’t Blame (Just) the Lawyers: Assisted by students, Arthur R. Miller assesses responsibility in the litigation “cost and delay” narrative
12/04/2018
Crumpled newspaper
A Full-Court Press for Press Freedom: Stephen Gillers ’68 makes his case for the importance of the First Amendment’s press clause
11/19/2018
Illustration of a brain with thumbs down icons
Closing Statements
09/04/2018
Two heads overlapping to create a Ven Diagram with the scales of justice in the overlapping space
Two Heads Are Better Than One: Marcel Kahan’s knack for scholarly collaboration
05/30/2018
Entrance to the EJI Museum
Narratives of Injustice: The Equal Justice Initiative, led by Bryan Stevenson, is opening the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum
04/25/2018
Boeung Kak lake in Cambodia
Property and Development: Frank Upham challenges the long-held idea that developing countries require stable legal property rights for economic growth and social change
04/19/2018
Illustration of Richard Epstein
Words never fail Richard Epstein: Some metrics on his prodigious output
04/16/2018
Puerto Rico flag
Calamity and Identity: In Puerto Rico, crises lay bare issues of subjugation and sovereignty that have been a focal point of study at NYU Law
03/19/2018
Artwork of human profiles, one with a tear.
Researching Resilience: Margaret Satterthwaite ’99 examines the effects of human rights work on the mental health of advocates
03/09/2018
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Debt and Taxes: NYU Law professors analyze the pros and cons of 2017’s sweeping tax law
03/05/2018
After #MeToo
02/15/2018
Registered Trademarks story art. Pipe leaking light bulbs.
An Inconvenient (Intellectual Property) Truth
02/09/2018
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Franco Ferrari has co-edited a first-of-its-kind compendium of private international law
01/29/2018
Net Neutrality loading symbol
Net Neutrality Explained
01/03/2018
Robotic arms along a conveyor belt in a manufacturing facility
Automation and the American Worker: Cynthia Estlund asks, “What Should We Do After Work?”
12/19/2017
A row of books
Hot off the Press: NYU Law faculty books of 2017
12/15/2017
Skyline of Harlem
The Law of Supply and Demand
10/30/2017
Government lawyering and politics: A discussion with Anne Milgram and Preet Bharara
10/08/2017
Supreme Court Preview: At the inaugural Latham & Watkins Forum, panelists discuss potential blockbuster cases on High Court’s docket
09/25/2017
Taking Wing: A route map for global engagement by NYU Law faculty during summer 2017
08/28/2017