During the weekend of April 25–27, NYU Law welcomed alumni from around the world back to campus for Reunion 2025, celebrating the classes of 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020, as well as Golden Circle alumni.
During Reunion, a number of Law School graduates were recognized for their professional achievements. Zach Carter ’75 and Karen Freedman ’80 received the Alumni Achievement Award. Liberty Aldrich ’95 and Jennifer Ching ’00 were honored with the Public Service Award. Nicholas Bagley ’05 was the recipient of the Legal Teaching Award, and the Recent Grad Award was conferred on Brence Pernell ’15 and Phantila Phataraprasit ’20.
Reunion events kicked off on Friday, April 25, with the Jerome Manning ’52 Tax Salon and a range of festivities, including the tax alumni reception, the joint Law Alumni of Color Association and public service alumni receptions, and the international alumni reception. The all-alumni reception will cap the evening.
On Saturday, participants returned to the classroom to hear NYU Law faculty members analyze current legal issues. Stephen Gillers ’68, Elihu Root Professor of Law Emeritus, discussed changes coming to the law marketplace and the rule of law under the current Trump administration (CLE credit available). Deborah Archer, Margaret B. Hoppin Professor of Clinical Law and president of the American Civil Liberties Union, took her new book, Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality, as a starting point for discussing civil rights and civil liberties issues with Debo Adegbile ’94, a partner at WilmerHale and an NYU Law trustee. Burt Neuborne, Norman Dorsen Professor of Civil Liberties Emeritus, examined the separation of powers in the Trump era (CLE credit available).
Alumni mingled with classmates on Saturday night at class dinners at the Lotte New York Palace, followed by the all-Reunion dance. The weekend concluded on Sunday with the Law Alumni Association Reunion Class Brunch at the Rainbow Room, featuring remarks by Dean Troy McKenzie ’00.
Posted April 24, 2025; updated April 28, 2025