Print this page
Areas of Focus

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.

News From Washington Square
Emily Kidd White (LL.M. ’09, J.S.D. ’15) wins prestigious Trudeau Scholarship

NYU Law professors weigh in on key issues, from NSA surveillance to political funding in India

Maureen Barden '78 named a Soros Justice Fellow

Rachel Barkow is confirmed to the U.S. Sentencing Commission

From Guantanamo detainees to Maryland v. King, NYU Law professors weigh in on key issues in the news

David Garland appears at conferences in Italy to mark Italian publication of his book on capital punishment


In the Press

"New York veut interdire les armes fabriquées avec des imprimantes 3D"
Le Figaro (French)
Expert: James Jacobs

"New NYC bill would require 3D printed guns to be registered with police"
ars technica
Expert: James Jacobs

"As Whitey Bulger trial opens in Boston, prosecutor describes a ‘hands-on killer’"
Washington Post
Expert: James Jacobs

"Police Agencies Are Assembling Records of DNA"
New York Times
Expert: Erin Murphy

"NSA surveillance in perspective"
Chicago Tribune
Author: Richard Epstein

"Group aiming to give free guns to single mothers in Houston"
NBC News
Expert: James Jacobs


Learn more about Criminal Law at NYU:

Faculty
Curriculum
Videos


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

top of page