News@NYU Law

11/24/2020
The US Capitol Building
This fall, as a hotly contested presidential race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden inspired record voter turnout,…
11/20/2020
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Vincent Southerland will join the NYU Law faculty as an assistant professor of clinical law, Dean Trevor Morrison…
11/20/2020
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Grants from the NYU Law Venture Fund helped Danny Fein ’21 and Andrew Mather ’22 gain start-up experience and develop…
11/18/2020
Shawna Baker
On August 27, Shawna Baker LLM ‘15, was sworn in as a justice for the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation, one of only…
11/16/2020
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Can citizens who are homeless register to vote? Can an employer fire a worker whose earnings are subject to garnishment…
11/16/2020
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From 2017 to 2019, Andrew Weissmann served as a lead prosecutor in Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel’s Office, which was…
11/13/2020
Chainlink fence at sunset
The Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to deport immigrants are nothing new, Professor of Clinical Law Alina Das…
11/11/2020
As an avid reader of fiction, Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation Dan Shaviro has eagerly devoured literary classics such…
11/11/2020
Portrait of Judge
What constitutes judicial activism? In delivering the James Madison Lecture on October 19 to an online audience, Judge…
11/11/2020
On September 21, with the final stretch of the 2020 presidential election in full swing, Professor of Practice and…
11/11/2020
On October 6, the Law School’s US-Asia Law Institute (USALI), for which Professor Jerome Cohen served as founding…
11/10/2020
Bob Bauer, who has been on public service leave as a senior adviser to the Biden presidential campaign, will return…
11/06/2020
Stacey Abrams
On October 1, with early voting already underway in the 2020 US presidential election, the Brennan Center for Justice…
11/04/2020
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On October 1 NYU Law’s Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance (ICGF) convened experts for a wide-ranging…
11/04/2020
Portrait of Leonard Wilf
A Q&A in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Graduate Tax Program  Leonard WilfWhen Leonard Wilf LLM ‘77…
10/28/2020
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On October 20, with Americans already casting their ballots, an NYU Law Forum sponsored by Latham & Watkins…
10/26/2020
Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory surprised many Americans who had seen projections from pollsters and other…
10/23/2020
Use Your Voice - NYU Votes
Taking part in an NYU-wide effort, a team of NYU Law students, faculty, and staff are working to increase votership…
10/23/2020
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On October 2, the Institute for Policy Integrity and the Volatility and Risk Institute at NYU Stern School of Business…
10/21/2020
Robert Hayes
Robert Hayes ’77 first became interested in issues affecting the homeless population as a young reporter covering…