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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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"Police-Chief Zhou’s Trial Tests Xi’s Rule of Law Pledge"
08/03/2014
Bloomberg Businessweek
Expert: Jerome Cohen
"Chen Guangcheng Goes to Washington"
07/29/2014
The Diplomat
Author: Jerome Cohen, U.S.-Asia Law Institute
"China makes things difficult for itself: US Professor"
06/22/2014
Voice of Vietnam
"Taiwan's handling of murder case raises question of cross-strait co-operation"
05/12/2014
South China Morning Post
"China and Vietnam at Impasse Over Rig in South China Sea"
05/12/2014
New York Times
"Not a Moment Too Soon!"
05/05/2014
Thinking Taiwan
"How China is using criminal detention in place of re-education through labour"
04/21/2014
South China Morning Post
"Abe must act now to seal Fukushima reactors, before it's too late"
04/05/2014
South China Morning Post
"With legal reforms, China wants less interfering in cases, fewer death penalty crimes"
03/08/2014
Reuters
"Xu Zhiyong's trial makes a mockery of Beijing's pledge to enforce rule of law"
01/28/2014
South China Morning Post
"Jailing of activist Xu Zhiyong 'breaks reform promise'"
01/25/2014
South China Morning Post
"The trial of Xu Zhiyong: New citizens"
01/24/2014
The Economist
"How 'New Citizen' trials highlight lack of rule of law on mainland China"
01/20/2014
South China Morning Post
"Struggling for Justice: China's Courts and the Challenge of Reform"
01/13/2014
World Politics Review
"For China's leaders, the Bo Xilai problem has not gone away"
09/30/2013
South China Morning Post
"Bo Xilai found guilty of corruption"
09/21/2013
Daily Star
"Bo Xilai's trial underlines need for cross-examination in court"
08/26/2013
South China Morning Post
"As A Disgraced Chinese Politician is Indicted, Rights Activists Also Feel the Law’s Wrath"
07/25/2013
TIME
"Can Chinese leaders all agree on how to try Bo Xilai?"
07/24/2013
South China Morning Post
"Taiwan Debates Medical Parole for Ex-Leader"
07/20/2013
New York Times
"Chinese Journalist Said to Be Detained in Beijing"
06/11/2013
New York Times
"Snowden Extradition Could Face Legal Hurdles"
06/09/2013
Wall Street Journal
"Ma urges cross-strait human rights discussion"
06/05/2013
China Post
"Holding sway"
06/03/2013
South China Morning Post
"Chen Guangcheng courted by US institutions with opposing views"
06/01/2013
Financial Times
"Plucky or rash, the Philippines is right to challenge China"
05/28/2013
Financial Times
"Cohen Calls for Arbitration of South China Sea Dispute"
05/26/2013
American Lawyer
"Chen Guangcheng in New York: An Interview"
04/19/2013
New York Review of Books
"Taiwan quietly forging ahead in human rights protection"
03/29/2013
South China Morning Post
"China's `Trial of the Century' Is Just a False Alarm"
01/28/2013
New York Times
"Political artist Ai Weiwei"
01/27/2013
CBS Sunday Morning (Video)
"Lasting Impact"
01/18/2013
WNYC Brian Lehrer Show (Audio)
"Family of blind Chinese activist still faces harassment"
01/18/2013
USA Today
"Is this really the end of re-education through labour?"
01/16/2013
South China Morning Post
"US rights advocate Cohen visits former president"
12/17/2012
Taipei Times
"Book review: My First Trip to China"
12/16/2012
South China Morning Post
"Will 2013 see progress in China's rights protection?"
12/10/2012
South China Morning Post
"Chinese Rule of Law"
11/28/2012
C-Span (Video)
"Heat on Carr over Australian detained in China"
11/24/2012
Sydney Morning Herald
"Lobbying, a Windfall and a Leader's Family"
11/24/2012
New York Times
"Law and Politics in China"
11/14/2012
WNYC Leonard Lopate Show (Audio)
"Harvard-Trained Communists Vie for Power as Party Gathers"
11/09/2012
Bloomberg
"Blind Chinese activist says nephew could face unfair trial"
10/13/2012
Reuters
"Courts With Chinese Characteristics"
10/11/2012
Foreign Affairs
"Bo's Wife Gets Suspended Death Sentence as Party Seeks Calm"
08/21/2012
San Francisco Chronicle
"Bo Xilai's Wife Gu Receives Suspended Death Sentence for Murder"
08/20/2012
Bloomberg
"How China handles news of Gu Kailai's murder trial"
08/10/2012
CNN (Video)
"Gu Kailai Trial Sheds Light on China's Legal Flaws"
08/10/2012
Bloomberg Businessweek
"Fast-Paced Trial in China Murder Leaves Shadows"
08/09/2012
New York Times
"Rough Justice Awaits Gu Kailai"
08/01/2012
South China Morning Post