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Press Highlights

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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"Should Judges Expunge Convictions?"
10/16/2015
Bloomberg Law (Audio)
Expert: James Jacobs
"Preet vs. Albany"
09/21/2015
Crain's New York Business
Expert: James Jacobs, Center for Research in Crime and Justice
"Five Things You Didn’t Know About Clearing Your Record"
09/17/2015
Marshall Project
Expert: James Jacobs
"Here’s how drunk driving has changed since the first DWI in 1897"
09/10/2015
New York Daily News
Expert: James Jacobs
"Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls for tougher national gun control laws"
09/08/2015
Times Union
Expert: James Jacobs
"After Seven Years at Rikers, Man Learns His Fate"
08/27/2015
Wall Street Journal
Expert: James Jacobs
"Jared Fogle admitted to sex crimes against minors. Why wasn’t he charged with rape?"
08/25/2015
Washington Post
Expert: James Jacobs
"The Schumers Need to Rework Their Tired Gun Control Routine"
08/11/2015
Reason
Expert: James Jacobs
"Ruth Graham: The unprecedented power of a criminal record"
04/03/2015
Dallas Morning News
Expert: James Jacobs
"Forgiving vs. Forgetting"
03/17/2015
Marshall Project
Expert: James Jacobs
"The Eternal Criminal Record"
03/10/2015
Cato Institute (Audio)
Expert: James Jacobs
"How criminal records hold Americans back"
03/08/2015
Boston Globe
Expert: James Jacobs
"Promoting ex-offender employment with carrots"
02/06/2015
Washington Post
Expert: James Jacobs
"State prohibition of criminal-record-based-employment-discrimination"
02/05/2015
Washington Post
Author: James Jacobs
"Employment discrimination based on previous arrests"
02/04/2015
Washington Post
Author: James Jacobs
"When, if ever, does employment discrimination against ex-offenders violate Title VII?"
02/03/2015
Volokh Conspiracy
Author: James Jacobs
"Is employment discrimination against ex-offenders immoral?"
02/02/2015
Volokh Conspiracy
Author: James Jacobs
"Under New Agreement, U.S. Will End Oversight of the Teamsters in Five Years"
01/14/2015
New York Times
Expert: James Jacobs
"US Protests Escalate Over Police Killings, Grand Jury Decisions"
12/07/2014
Voice of America
Expert: James Jacobs
"Can Ray Rice Still be Prosecuted for Domestic Violence?"
09/09/2014
Wall Street Journal
Expert: James Jacobs
"Urban Chronicles August 11, 2014 Issue The Crooked Ladder"
08/04/2014
New Yorker
Expert: James Jacobs
"Legal experts split on soundness of Libous indictment"
07/06/2014
PressConnects.com
Expert: James Jacobs
"Will the Isla Vista Slayings Be Classified as Hate Crimes?"
05/28/2014
National Journal
"I-Team: After NY Gun Control Law, Assault Rifles Only Look Different"
05/08/2014
NBC News (Video)
"In Campaign Finance Ruling, Justices Struggle to Define Corruption"
04/02/2014
Wall Street Journal
"New York assault weapons ban circumvented with simple modification"
04/01/2014
The Guardian (Video)
"Mob's Hold on Unions Isn't What It Used to Be"
02/17/2014
Wall Street Journal (Subscription Required)
"Top court to weigh whether Ontario’s sex-offender registry should be public"
12/03/2013
Globe and Mail
"In Brooklyn, Move to Alter Policy on Pot"
10/24/2013
Wall Street Journal
"The Gun Rights of the Mentally Ill"
09/16/2013
Wall Street Journal
"Gun incident at Chuck E. Cheese prompts scrutiny of gun permit appeals board"
08/22/2013
WSHU Radio (Audio)
"DOJ’s Own Rules Set High Bar For Zimmerman Charges"
07/14/2013
Wall Street Journal
"New York veut interdire les armes fabriquées avec des imprimantes 3D"
06/13/2013
Le Figaro (French)
"New NYC bill would require 3D printed guns to be registered with police"
06/12/2013
ars technica
"As Whitey Bulger trial opens in Boston, prosecutor describes a ‘hands-on killer’"
06/11/2013
Washington Post
"Group aiming to give free guns to single mothers in Houston"
06/09/2013
NBC News
"Whitey Bulger trial marks close of an era. But what new organized crime lurks?"
06/03/2013
Christian Science Monitor
"It's Not So Easy to 3D Print a Gun"
05/06/2013
Atlantic Wire
"The Promises And Perils Of The Background Check Deal"
04/15/2013
Talking Points Memo
"Gun-rights expert call local challenge to SAFE Act 'significant'"
03/30/2013
Buffalo News
"Gun Control's Long Game"
03/04/2013
American Prospect
"Global Gun Control"
01/11/2013
China Radio International (Audio)
"Legal Opinion: Can Bates's Guilty Verdict Be Overturned on Downton Abbey?"
01/04/2013
New York Magazine
"Recent shootings shine spotlight on popular assault rifle"
12/29/2012
Gannett
"How will Newtown shootings change the US gun debate?"
12/15/2012
BBC News Magazine
"Trying to Identify the Next Far-Right Extremist Before He Shoots"
08/10/2012
Daily Beast
"Dharun Ravi Appeals Highlight The Continued Hate-Crime Law Debate"
06/13/2012
Huffington Post
"Funeral expenses add to burdens of murder victims' families"
05/21/2012
Times-Picayune
"How Do You Define A Hate Crime?"
03/19/2012
NPR (Audio)
"Are Hate Crime Laws Necessary?"
03/19/2012
The Takeaway (Audio)