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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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"Jeff Sessions May Be Tough On Crime, But States Want Fewer Prisoners"
05/24/2017
FiveThirtyEight
Expert: Inimai M. Chettiar, Brennan Center for Justice
"Supreme Court Puts States On Notice About Using Race In Redistricting"
05/24/2017
The Huffington Post
Expert: Richard Pildes
"How liberal cities, states are trying to thwart Trump's border wall"
05/24/2017
USA Today
Expert: Clayton Gillette
"Foreign Requests for Evidence Spike as Sessions's Justice Department to Help More With Bribery And Corruption Cases Abroad"
05/24/2017
Newsweek
Expert: Harry First
"SCOTUS Strikes Down North Carolina Redistricting"
05/23/2017
WNYC
Expert: Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice
"GOP voting changes are getting pulverized"
05/23/2017
The Washington Post
Featured: Brennan Center for Justice
"Jailed Chinese lawyer force-fed medication, wife says"
05/23/2017
Daily Mail
Expert: Jerome Cohen
"Sessions's Climbdown on Sanctuary Cities"
05/23/2017
The Atlantic
Expert: Muzaffar Chishti, Migration Policy Institute
"Bryan Stevenson explains how it feels to grow up black amid Confederate monuments"
05/23/2017
Vox
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
"Supreme Court rules race improperly dominated N.C. redistricting efforts"
05/22/2017
The Washington Post
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Justices Reject 2 Gerrymandered North Carolina Districts, Citing Racial Bias"
05/22/2017
The New York Times
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Republican redistricting is taking a beating in the courts (again)"
05/22/2017
The Washington Post
Expert: Richard Pildes
"Could Jared Kushner Be Tried for War Crimes?"
05/22/2017
Newsweek
Author: Ryan Goodman
"Wang Quanzhang: The lawyer who simply vanished"
05/22/2017
BBC
Expert: Jerome Cohen
"Richard Epstein: Big Obstacles in Trumpcare's Path"
05/21/2017
Newsweek
Author: Richard Epstein
"Russia meeting revelation could trigger obstruction investigation"
05/20/2017
Politico
Expert: Elizabeth Goitein, Brennan Center for Justice
"Fate of Ailes harassment lawsuits unclear after his death"
05/19/2017
Reuters
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"Plane passengers should be paying each other to recline, say law professors"
05/19/2017
Fox News
Expert: Christopher Sprigman
"Why Confederate monuments are coming down"
05/19/2017
PBS NewsHour
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"New Russia Special Counsel Has Yet to Undergo Conflicts Check"
05/19/2017
NPR
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"Should you have to pay to recline your airplane seat?"
05/19/2017
New York Post
Expert: Christopher Sprigman
"How a little Trump bullying may steer the global economy from another meltdown"
05/18/2017
The Washington Post
Featured: Mervyn King
"Should Trump Have Shared Secrets with the Russians?"
05/18/2017
Newsweek
Author: Ryan Goodman
"Justice Dept. to review possible ethics conflicts involving Mueller’s former law firm"
05/18/2017
The Washington Post
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"Trump's Justice Department is trying to unravel the past 10 years of criminal justice reform"
05/17/2017
Vox
Expert: Inimai M. Chettiar, Brennan Center for Justice
"Did President Trump’s reported actions obstruct justice?"
05/17/2017
PBS NewsHour
Expert: Michael Waldman, Brennan Center for Justice
"Democratic Senators Call For Investigation Into Jeff Sessions Over James Comey Firing"
05/17/2017
The Huffington Post
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"Chinese activist’s US residency won't slow his human rights work"
05/17/2017
Fox News
Expert: Jerome Cohen
"Did Trump Obstruct Justice?"
05/17/2017
Politico Magazine
Author: Ryan Goodman
"What Makes a Parent?"
05/16/2017
The New Yorker
Expert: Christine Gottlieb, Family Defense Clinic
"How Scared Should We Be of Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission?"
05/16/2017
Slate
Expert: Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice
"Can DNA Evidence Be Too Convincing? An Acquitted Man Thinks So"
05/16/2017
The New York Times
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Comey Gone, The Road Ahead And When To Speak Up"
05/15/2017
WGBH
Expert: Lisa Monaco
"Trump relying on charisma to bridge old divides on first foreign trip"
05/15/2017
The Guardian
Expert: Ryan Goodman
"Second Circuit to Decide If 'Sign-in Wrap' Agreements to Arbitrate Are Enforceable"
05/15/2017
New York Law Journal
Co-author: Samuel Estreicher
"Conan O'Brien: 'Joke-stealing' suit against him can go to trial, but will it?"
05/15/2017
USA Today
Expert: Christopher Sprigman
"Lawyer sanctioned for making more than 600 objections"
05/15/2017
New York Post
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"White House Defends Jeff Sessions Leading FBI Director Search, Despite Recusal Promise"
05/15/2017
The Huffington Post
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"Are there still public servants who will say no to the president?"
05/14/2017
The Washington Post
Author: Preet Bharara
"Is There Really Gender Bias at Facebook?"
05/13/2017
Newsweek
Author: Richard Epstein
"Trump’s commission on ‘election integrity’ could instead restrict voting"
05/12/2017
The Washington Post
Author: Michael Waldman, Brennan Center for Justice
"Attorney General Tells Prosecutors to Seek 'Most Serious' Charges in Drug Cases"
05/12/2017
Time
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice
"The News From Washington Keeps On Churning"
05/12/2017
The Brian Lehrer Show
Expert: Michael Waldman, Brennan Center for Justice
"Jeff Sessions Reinvigorates the Drug War"
05/12/2017
The Atlantic
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice
"Here’s how the EPA can help states with their smog problems"
05/12/2017
The Washington Post
Authors: Richard Revesz and Jack Lienke '11, Institute for Policy Integrity
"Trump's statements linking Russia investigation to Comey firing could lead to legal problems Trump and Lester Holt"
05/12/2017
The Los Angeles Times
Expert: Ryan Goodman
"Nationwide injunctions are wrong — even when they stop Trump"
05/12/2017
The Los Angeles Times
Author: Getzel Berger '17
"Experts: Trump’s Alleged Conversations With Comey Improper"
05/12/2017
NBC News
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
"AG Sessions paves way for stricter sentencing in criminal cases"
05/12/2017
CNN
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice
"Comey’s Dismissal Shows How Little Trump Cares About the Rule of Law"
05/11/2017
Fortune
Author: Elizabeth Goitein, Brennan Center for Justice