Faculty News

03/30/2010
Franco Ferrari has been appointed as one of the editors of the 2011 edition of UNCITRAL CISG Digest. For those who need…
03/30/2010
Theodor Meron, Charles L. Denison Professor of Law Emeritus and Judicial Fellow, has been elected to the position of…
03/25/2010
Exactly forty-five years after giving testimony in support of the Congressional power to end literacy tests in federal…
03/22/2010
On March 15, legal scholars and practitioners, along with engineers, geologists, and policy makers, came together at…
03/21/2010
On March 11, the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) and the International Institute for Law and Justice…
03/19/2010
Cohen highlights Chinese lawyer's disappearance in International Herald Tribune op-edIn a March 18 op-ed…
03/19/2010
About six years ago, the American Law Institute, the highly influential publisher of Restatements of the Law, decided…
03/19/2010
On March 12, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Posner headlined a panel…
03/17/2010
The Law School's newly formed Center for Transnational Litigation and Commercial Law, established to advance the study…
03/15/2010
Health care reform will have enormous implications for tax policy. And the reverse is also true: Tax policy is a key…
03/15/2010
NYU President John Sexton, Benjamin F. Butler Professor of Law and dean emeritus, appeared on Bill Moyers Journal on…
03/11/2010
On March 6, C-SPAN aired a panel discussion moderated by Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law José…
03/10/2010
Friedman co-authors New York Times op-ed on problem with Senate filibustersIn a March 9 New York Times op-ed, Vice Dean…
03/05/2010
At the March 3 NYU Law Forum, moderator and Vice Dean Barry Friedman posed a provocative question: “Do we have…
03/05/2010
On February 24, 11 prominent law professors—including two from NYU Law—wrote President Barack Obama to…
03/05/2010
Professor Rachel Barkow has been appointed by New York County District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. to the Conviction…
03/02/2010
During a ceremony at the White House on February 25, President Barack Obama presented Visiting Professor Annette Gordon…
02/23/2010
John Roberts has presided over the Supreme Court for nearly five years. That makes this “an appropriate time to…
02/22/2010
NYU Law Forum analyzes effects of Citizens United case on campaign finance reform (VIDEO)The NYU Law Forum for February…
02/19/2010
The sudden arrest and disappearance of Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng in February 2009 has prompted the…