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What’s inside the 2012 issue: A cover profile of Winston Wenyan Ma (M.C.J. ’98); a look at the gains and growth under Richard Revesz’s decade as dean; an examination of the NYU Law faculty who specialize in commercial law and bankruptcy; a faculty and alumni panel debate corporate fraud, corruption, and bribery; Professor Bryan Stevenson’s outstanding year; and more.
5/22/13
Barry Friedman writes on guns, marijuana, and states’ rights in the Huffington Post
5/22/13
Eleanor Fox honored as one of founders of global antitrust network
5/21/13
Blog debate featuring Richard Pildes wins plaudits from online journal
5/16/13
In Memoriam: Norman Sinrich ’52 (LL.M. ’53)
5/14/13
Former President Bill Clinton appears at NYU Law for an event on prescription drug abuse
5/14/13
The New York Law Journal names nine NYU Law alumni to 2013 Rising Stars list
5/14/13
Judith Resnik ’75 will receive National Association of Women Lawyer’s highest honor
5/9/13
13th Annual NYU/KPMG Lectures address tax planning for U.S. inbound investment
5/7/13
Jeremy Waldron successfully argues against drone warfare in Oxford Union debate (VIDEO)
5/7/13
Albie Sachs, former South African judge, talks about his role in Kenyan judiciary reform (VIDEO)
5/5/13
Richard Epstein reviews Stephen Harper's The Lawyer Bubble in the Wall Street Journal
5/2/13
Article by Oren Bar-Gill and Ryan Bubb makes Corporate Practice Commentator's annual top 10 list
5/2/13
Michael Livermore ’06 joins faculty of University of Virginia School of Law
4/30/13
Martin Guggenheim ’71 joins amicus brief in Supreme Court adoption case
4/30/13
Christopher Meade '96 and Jenny Yang '96 are confirmed for posts in the Obama administration
4/30/13
Experts discuss criminal justice in Taiwan at 18th Annual Gelatt Dialogue
4/30/13
George Papandreou reflects on Greece and the Euro crisis in the Ninth Annual Emile Noël Lecture
4/28/13
Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx '96 is nominated as secretary of transportation
4/26/13
Innovation in the courts is the focus of CACL's fifth annual conference
4/25/13
Furman Center hosts forum with half-dozen mayoral candidates on New York City’s housing issues
4/24/13
Supreme Court cites Immigrant Rights Clinic’s work in major opinion on immigration law
4/24/13
Incoming Dean Trevor Morrison discusses the value of legal education on public radio's Marketplace
4/24/13
Five students receive NYU President’s Service Awards
4/22/13
Firsthand account by Alex Kerchner '14 of Constitutional Transitions Clinic's trip to Tunisia
4/19/13
Experts discuss political Islam and the future of Egypt and Syria at the Center on Law and Security
4/19/13
NYU Law wins Deans’ Cup fifth year in a row (VIDEO)
4/19/13
At Marden Moot final arguments, federal judges preside over Fifth Amendment case
4/19/13
Journal of Legislation and Public Policy holds symposium on the law of democracy (VIDEO)
4/17/13
Rachel Barkow is nominated to serve as a commissioner on the U.S. Sentencing Commission
4/16/13
Samuel Estreicher is honored with the Samuel M. Kaynard Award for Excellence
4/16/13
Artist Frank Stella commandeers an NYU Law blackboard to discuss resale royalty rights
4/16/13
Conference examines innovation in governance of development finance
4/12/13
Students from the International Organizations Clinic present recommendations at the OECD in Paris
4/11/13
Jeremy Waldron’s book honored by American Society of International Law
4/10/13
Dean Richard Revesz honored at unveiling of his official portrait
4/8/13
Civil Rights Clinic scores victory for all New York City straphangers
4/8/13
Family Defense Clinic helps win justice for young mother
4/8/13
Immigrant Rights Clinic wins federal court decision challenging mandatory immigration detention
4/5/13
NYU Law students perform in the 2013 Law Revue (PHOTOS)
4/5/13
NYC Law Department selects 3L Andrew Fine for prestigious clerkship
4/4/13
Letter to the community from NYU President John Sexton
4/4/13
Trevor Morrison, constitutional scholar, named 15th dean of NYU School of Law
4/2/13
Jason Schultz elected to American Law Institute
4/1/13
Norman Dorsen profiled in Columbia College alumni magazine
4/1/13
At the Magazine Roundtable, experts discuss the causes and consequences of polarized America (VIDEO)
3/31/13
Students and a top law firm team up to prepare FCC filing
3/29/13
Kathy Boudin delivers 19th Annual Rose Sheinberg Lecture on the politics of parole and reentry
3/27/13
Rachel Barkow wins NYU's Distinguished Teaching Award
3/27/13
Luis Moreno Ocampo, former ICC prosecutor, discusses pursuit of justice in Libya
3/26/13
Robert Bauer offers students insight into his time as White House counsel
3/26/13
National Law Journal names six NYU Law alumni and scholars to its 100 Most Influential Lawyers list
3/25/13
Expert panel celebrates 50th anniversary of New York's civil procedure code (VIDEO)
3/25/13
Joshua Blank (LL.M. '07) presents work on collateral tax sanctions at Austrian institute
3/21/13
Richard Epstein fields a wide range of questions on social news web site Reddit's Ask Me Anything
3/19/13
Amy Adler's Art Law Class studies—and creates—art
3/18/13
World Economic Forum names Winston Ma (M.C.J. '98) a Young Global Leader
3/18/13
Jason Schultz to join Law School faculty
3/15/13
Judge Judith Kaye '62 and Stephen Gillers '68 join amicus brief in same-sex marriage case
3/15/13
The late Ronald Dworkin's Religion Without God is excerpted in the New York Review of Books
3/15/13
Top Chinese environmental lawyer Wang Canfa speaks at U.S.-Asia Law Institute
3/14/13
Second Circuit holds oral arguments at NYU Law
3/14/13
Intisar Rabb delivers James A. Thomas Lecture at Yale
3/11/13
Chief justice of Texas promotes equal access to justice in Brennan Lecture (VIDEO)
3/7/13
Furman Center report looks at the effects of Hurricane Sandy on housing in New York City
3/6/13
China correspondent for the New Yorker speaks at U.S.-Asia Law Institute
3/5/13
David Kamin '09 writes about deficit reduction in the Washington Monthly
3/4/13
Ford Foundation names 25 NYU Law students as fellows for summer 2013
3/1/13
In the New York Times, Richard Pildes argues that we need a broader approach to voting rights
3/1/13
Distinguished judges and scholars honor Guido Calabresi at the Annual Survey dedication.
3/1/13
United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights report cites Center for Constitutional Transitions
2/28/13
In Esquire, Ryan Goodman and Sarah Knuckey discuss the House Judiciary Committee hearing on drones
2/28/13
The New York Times spotlights the Bronx Defenders, a legal aid group led by Robin Steinberg '82
2/28/13
Pacific Century Institute honors Jerome Cohen with Building Bridges Award
2/26/13
At the Milbank Tweed Forum, experts discuss tax reform and the future of fiscal policy (VIDEO)
2/25/13
Lieutenant General (ret.) David Barno speaks about the future of civil-military relations (VIDEO)
2/21/13
19th annual Public Service Auction raises funds for public interest summer jobs
2/21/13
Immigrant Rights Clinic wins transgender asylum victory
2/21/13
Symposium explores developments in the law of international project finance
2/20/13
Tributes to Ronald Dworkin
2/20/13
Experts ponder the future of the European Union during a Jean Monnet Center program
2/20/13
Judge Pauline Newman ’58 honored by NYU Law Women as Alumna of the Year
2/19/13
Blaine Templeman '94 named OUTLaw's inaugural Alumnus of the Year
2/15/13
Public Interest Legal Career Fair draws large crowds for successful 36th year
2/15/13
Chen Guangcheng speaks of change in China at 18th Hauser Annual Dinner
2/14/13
In Memoriam: Ronald Dworkin
2/13/13
NYU launches new institute led by Dean Richard Revesz
2/13/13
Robert Bauer to co-chair Presidential Commission on Election Administration
2/12/13
Joseph Weiler honored during visit to Rome
2/12/13
Jenny Rivera ’85 is confirmed to the New York State Court of Appeals
2/11/13
Ryan Goodman article on the power to kill or capture enemy combatants draws high-profile notice
2/8/13
Neil Barofsky '95 joins Jon Stewart on the Daily Show to discuss his book, Bailout
2/8/13
Alina Das '05 wins NYU's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award
2/7/13
Raymond Chen '94 is nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
2/6/13
Public Interest Legal Career Fair draws students from across the country
2/6/13
Theodor Meron delivers keynote at European Court of Human Rights
2/1/13
MSNBC host Chris Hayes moderates CHRGJ panel on national security and human rights
2/1/13
Hakeem Jeffries '97 talks about Congress and compromise at Annual Alumni Luncheon
2/1/13
Edward Koch '48, former New York City mayor, died at the age of 88
2/1/13
The Brennan Center for Justice hosts a debate on how to reduce mass incarceration (VIDEO)
2/1/13
Gustavo Schmidt (LL.M. '08) appointed secretary chief of staff for Rio de Janeiro's mayor
1/31/13
Alfred Engelberg '65 writes an op-ed in Politico on "pay for delay" patent settlements
1/29/13
Sujit Choudhry advises Libyan experts and parliamentarians in Tripoli
1/28/13
Wilf Hall receives two IFMA awards for green design and energy efficiency
1/28/13
Mitchell Kane co-authors amicus brief in Supreme Court foreign tax credit case
1/27/13
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly names Joseph Nauman '87 as one of 25 leaders in law for 2013
1/25/13
Paul, Weiss makes major gift to NYU Law in support of transactional and law and business curriculum
1/25/13
Seth Harris ’90 is the acting secretary of labor
1/23/13
New faces at the Law School
1/22/13
Samuel Estreicher's two-year law school proposal is focus of lively panel discussion
1/22/13
Jenny Rivera ’85 is nominated to the New York State Court of Appeals
1/18/13
Susan Herman '74 wins award for book about civil liberties and counterterrorism
1/15/13
Kenji Yoshino named 2013 Distinguished Visitor by Order of the Coif
1/14/13
Richard Pildes debates whether there are limits on the power of Congress to execute treaties (VIDEO)
1/11/13
Immigrant Rights Clinic secures release of longtime New Yorker held under mandatory detention
1/7/13
Nancy Hoppock is new executive director of Center on the Administration of Criminal Law
12/21/12
Eric Lane (LL.M. '79) is named dean of the Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law
12/21/12
The Green Bag honors Arthur Miller for exemplary legal writing
12/21/12
Experts debate college athletics at the LAA Fall Lecture
12/20/12
The Crime Report honors Bryan Stevenson as the 2012 Criminal Justice Person of the Year
12/14/12
Lorna Schofield '81 has been confirmed as a federal judge for the Southern District of New York
12/14/12
David Garland delivers keynote speech at Oslo symposium on the death penalty
12/13/12
Jennifer Chen '12 places first in New York State Bar Association’s environmental essay contest
12/11/12
Joseph Weiler to be next president of European University Institute
12/10/12
Four students from NYU Law named Skadden Fellows for 2013
12/10/12
Kenji Yoshino weighs in on the same-sex marriage cases facing the Supreme Court
12/7/12
Jeffrey Toobin, Kenji Yoshino, and other experts discuss the state of the Supreme Court (VIDEO)
12/5/12
Norman Dorsen awarded honorary doctorate by University of Buenos Aires School of Law
12/3/12
Journalist Stephen Starr discusses his new book Revolt in Syria: Eye-Witness to the Uprising (VIDEO)
11/30/12
Amelia Salzman '85 teaches her students inside strategy of environmental lawyering
11/27/12
Bryan Stevenson is the winner of the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award in social justice
11/27/12
Robert Bauer to return to NYU Law to teach
11/26/12
Theodor Meron contemplates future of international law tribunals in lecture at NYU Law
11/26/12
Annette Gordon-Reed discusses law, culture, and legacies of slavery at annual Derrick Bell Lecture
11/26/12
Professors Alvarez and Kingsbury will lead the American Journal of International Law
11/20/12
Richard Pildes explains the causes of the long voting lines on election day in the Atlantic
11/20/12
Peter Orszag and other experts weigh in at Comfort Global Economic Policy Forum
11/19/12
Sherrilyn Ifill ’87 to be new head of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
11/19/12
In the Atlantic, Zachary Goldman '09 contends that Israel's Gaza strategy is flawed in the long-term
11/16/12
Adjunct Professor David Malone appointed rector of United Nations University
11/14/12
Yale Professor Christine Hayes discusses divine law in annual Gruss lecture (VIDEO)
11/14/12
David Boies (LL.M. ’67) receives the 2012 Yale Law School Award of Merit
11/14/12
Randal Milch ’85 receives Equal Justice Works’ Scales of Justice Award
11/12/12
The NYU Law Review launches a new online supplement
11/12/12
Sarah Weiss Ma’udi '02 discusses the development of gas resources in the Mediterranean
11/9/12
NYU Law strives to help in Hurricane Sandy's aftermath
11/8/12
Daniel Shaviro’s blog lands him on “Global Tax 50” list
11/8/12
From seeking office to monitoring polls, NYU Law community was active in 2012 Election
11/8/12
NYU Journal of Law & Business hosts conference on law and finance of social enterprise
11/6/12
Alan Sykes delivers inaugural Robert A. Kindler Professorship of Law lecture
11/6/12
NYU/UCLA Tax Policy Symposium celebrates 100th anniversary of income tax in the U.S.
11/6/12
Historian Ramachandra Guha speaks on India’s constitutional development and future
11/4/12
Local law schools to provide library access to students and faculty from other schools
10/26/12
Judge Karen Nelson Moore of the Sixth Circuit discusses aliens and Constitution in Madison Lecture
10/26/12
Richard Pildes delivers keynote address at Seton Hall Law Review symposium on election law
10/25/12
Richard Revesz to step down as dean in May 2013
10/22/12
In the New York Review of Books, Ronald Dworkin discusses the election and the courts
10/19/12
Straus Fellow Bruce Cain lectures on corruption confusion in American politics (VIDEO)
10/16/12
Jeanne Fromer elected to American Law Institute
10/15/12
Chen Guangcheng calls change in China "inevitable" at Milbank Tweed Forum
10/12/12
HeinOnline includes NYU Law professors in list of most cited legal authors
10/11/12
What we did last summer: Students discuss their internships abroad
10/10/12
Panelists at the Milbank Tweed Forum discuss the new term of the Supreme Court (VIDEO)
10/9/12
View the photo gallery from our Furman Academic Scholars Reunion weekend
10/9/12
U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit unveils official portrait of Judge Douglas Ginsburg
10/9/12
In preview of Fisher v. University of Texas, top lawyers debate affirmative action at NYU Law
10/4/12
Immigrant Rights Clinic wins a groundbreaking victory
10/3/12
Jeremy Waldron lectures on constitutionalism at McGill University
10/3/12
Global Visiting Professor Dirk van Zyl Smit co-authors handbook for U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime
10/2/12
Recent alums join New York County District Attorney’s Office
10/1/12
Burt Neuborne to deliver series of 10 lectures on the U.S. Constitution at Cooper Union
10/1/12
In the New York Review of Books, Thomas Nagel discusses Alvin Plantinga's latest work
9/28/12
Center for Constitutional Transitions student researchers weigh in from Beirut on Egyptian shifts
9/28/12
Legal defense team for Russian band Pussy Riot appears for Q&A at Law School
9/28/12
Frank Guarini ’50 (LL.M. ’55) receives Judge Edward Weinfeld Award
9/25/12
New report co-authored by Global Justice Clinic casts spotlight on CIA drone strikes
9/21/12
New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman unveils pro bono service requirement
9/19/12
Robert Couzin delivers 17th annual David R. Tillinghast lecture on international taxation
9/18/12
Ronald Dworkin wins Balzan Prize
9/14/12
NYU Federalist Society hosts health care debate with Richard Epstein and Michael Paulsen
9/14/12
NYU Law begins 2012-13 academic year with five new permanent faculty members
9/14/12
Treasury Under Secretary David Cohen discusses the law and policy of Iran sanctions (VIDEO)
9/13/12
Richard Hasen discusses his new book, The Voting Wars, at the Brennan Center for Justice (VIDEO)
9/13/12
NYU School of Law selected as partner in Ford Foundation Fellowship Program
9/11/12
Summer lecture circuit for Law School faculty spans the globe
9/11/12
On NPR, Oren Bar-Gill discusses his forthcoming book, Seduction by Contract (AUDIO)
9/7/12
Robert Kindler '80 endows new chaired professorship
9/7/12
David Garland to be honored twice by American Society of Criminology
9/5/12
Candice Jones '07 and Jason Washington '07 selected as White House Fellows
9/5/12
Mayor Anthony Foxx '96 of Charlotte, North Carolina speaks at the Democratic National Convention
8/30/12
DOJ Trial Attorney Lori Rifkin ‘04 named one of "Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40"
8/29/12
NYU’s Journal of International Law and Politics to relaunch as a peer reviewed journal
8/29/12
Jeanne Fromer joins permanent NYU Law faculty this semester
8/20/12
In the New York Times, Rachel Barkow discusses the problem with mandatory minimums
8/16/12
Jeremy Waldron reviews Michael Sandel's latest work in the New York Review of Books
8/15/12
Mount Holyoke College awards Mallika Dutt ’89 with honorary doctorate in humane letters
8/13/12
Samuel Issacharoff discusses his forthcoming article, "Class Actions and State Authority" (VIDEO)
8/9/12
American Law Institute names Oren Bar-Gill a reporter on Restatement Third of Consumer Contracts
8/7/12
IJA's New Appellate Judges Seminar opens with address by solicitor general
8/6/12
Sujit Choudhry delivers the Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial Lecture in Colombo, Sri Lanka
8/6/12
Obama’s former OMB director Peter Orszag joins NYU Law as Distinguished Scholar
8/3/12
Argentine think tank names Samuel Issacharoff to its international advisory board
7/25/12
April Newbauer '83 is appointed to the New York State Court of Claims
7/23/12
Neil Barofsky's new book makes headlines
7/20/12
Brennan Center study finds 500,000 Americans could face significant challenges obtaining voter IDs
7/18/12
New IILJ Book Examines Global Indicators
7/13/12
Neil Barofsky ’95 argues on Bloomberg TV that the government lacks leverage over the banks (VIDEO)
7/12/12
Paul Schiff Berman ’95 honored with Legal Times Champion Award
7/11/12
Paul Wilson ’81 is appointed to the Massachusetts Superior Court
7/9/12
Joshua Blank presents at conference on tax law secrecy in Austria
7/6/12
Ronald Dworkin and Jeremy Waldron debate free speech and hate speech regulation (VIDEO)
7/5/12
Arthur Gonzalez named examiner to investigate ResCap bankruptcy
7/5/12
Mark Geistfeld writes in the Atlantic that judges could do more to screen out frivolous lawsuits
7/3/12
Dean Richard Revesz discusses the evolution of cost-benefit analysis (VIDEO)
7/2/12
CHRGJ conference gathers experts to discuss smart sanctions and the rule of law
7/2/12
Samuel Rascoff becomes life member of Council on Foreign Relations
7/1/12
Jeffrey Stein '12 discusses his essay on water rights in Israel (AUDIO)
6/29/12
Article by Stephen Schulhofer draws attention from Texas Indigent Defense Commission
6/29/12
Richard Epstein discusses the Chief Justice's healthcare opinion in a New York Times op-ed
6/28/12
NYU Law professors react to Supreme Court health care ruling
6/27/12
Guarini Government Summer Series panel convenes alumni in federal government to discuss D.C. careers
6/27/12
Hakeem Jeffries '97 and Scott Peters '84 both win Democratic Congressional primaries
6/25/12
Supreme Court strikes down most of Arizona immigration law
6/25/12
Bryan Stevenson achieves latest victory before Supreme Court
6/25/12
Burt Neuborne weighs in on Supreme Court decision to strike down Montana law
6/22/12
NYU Law hosts roundtable on implementation of the JOBS Act
6/19/12
Ira Rubinstein’s paper wins award at Privacy Law Scholars Conference
6/18/12
John Ferejohn wins William H. Riker Prize in Political Science for his interdisciplinary scholarship
6/18/12
David Katz '88 is named Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year for fourth time in a row
6/15/12
Martin Garbus '59 wins Fulbright Award for global human rights efforts
6/15/12
Zachary Goldman '09 becomes executive director of Center on Law and Security
6/15/12
Annual labor conference addresses challenges to collective bargaining
6/12/12
Eleanor Fox goes on global tour
6/8/12
Three professors and two administrators are recipients of 2012 Podell Awards
6/8/12
This year's Class Gift committee sets record for number of new Weinfeld Fellows
6/6/12
Steven Banks ’81 honored with New York City Bar’s Diversity and Inclusion Champion Award
6/6/12
Article by Lewis Kornhauser one of 20 most-cited law review articles of all time
6/5/12
Timothy Mayopoulos '84 becomes mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae's new chief executive
5/31/12
Roy McLeese III ’85 confirmed as a judge on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
5/31/12
Chen Guangcheng Calls for Rule of Law in China, Says Country in a “Historic Transition”
5/29/12
Ronald Noble delivers University of New Hampshire commencement address
5/29/12
Lisa Kerr (LL.M. '09, J.S.D. '13) wins esteemed Trudeau Foundation Scholarship
5/29/12
TARP former inspector general Neil Barofsky '95 pens book
5/29/12
In Sunday Times magazine piece, Theodor Meron discusses work at international criminal tribunal