Criminal
The Big Picture
Criminal law is a thriving part of the Law School’s intellectual life. Top policymakers and practitioners regularly converge on Washington Square to explore critical issues in meting out justice. A world-class faculty offers courses, clinics and colloquia on everything from organized crime control to reentry programs to the death penalty.
New Jim Crow author Michelle Alexander gives keynote speech at CACL conference
Louis Michael Seidman discusses hyper-incarceration at the Hoffinger Criminal Justice Forum (VIDEO)
Student's eye-view: An all-nighter for seat at Supreme Court arguments
A major Supreme Court ruling takes guidance from Center on Administration of Criminal Law
Bryan Stevenson challenges constitutionality of life without parole for juvenile homicide before Supreme Court
UCLA law professor discusses theory behind U.S. penal system in Hoffinger Criminal Justice Forum (VIDEO)
In the Press
"Arizona prisoners rarely granted clemency"
Tucson Citizen
Expert:
Rachel Barkow
"Terrorism at NATO summit viewed as improbable, not impossible"
Chicago Tribune
Expert:
Samuel Rascoff
"Edwards Case Puts Definition of ‘Contribution’ on Trial"
Wall Street Journal
Expert:
Richard Pildes
"Does The Case Against John Edwards Go Too Far?"
NPR (Audio)
Expert:
Richard Pildes
"George Zimmerman Needs a Good Lawyer"
Slate
Expert:
Stephen Gillers '68
"Zimmerman ex-lawyers may have violated ethics rules"
Reuters
Expert:
Stephen Gillers '68
Learn more about Criminal Law at NYU:
Contact Information
Professor James B. Jacobs
Codirector
Center for Research in Crime and Justice
Vanderbilt Hall
40 Washington Square South, Room 322A
New York, NY 10012-1099
Telephone: (212) 998-6203
Facsimile: (212) 995-4692
Email: jacobsj@juris.law.nyu.edu