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Law School News from June 19, 2009 to June 19, 2010
6/18/10
Stephen Schulhofer testifies on mandatory minimum sentences
6/16/10
Kenneth Feinberg '70 to administer BP claim fund
6/16/10
New faces and new positions at the Law School
6/16/10
Law School clinic and center make winning arguments in key Supreme Court immigration case
6/15/10
Immigrant Rights Clinic wins habeas petition for client
6/11/10
Center for Labor and Employment Law's annual conference examines dispute resolution
6/11/10
Steven Banks '81 and Michael Rothenberg '91 named to legal services task force
6/9/10
Levinson will be David Boies Professor of Law
6/8/10
Study spearheaded by Stevenson finds racial discrimination in jury selection
6/7/10
Samuel Issacharoff op-ed looks at how to deal with captured enemy combatants in unconventional wars
6/7/10
Philip Alston files final reports as special rapporteur to the United Nations
6/3/10
Thomas Nagel is awarded honorary doctorate of laws from Harvard
6/2/10
Paul Francis '80 joins Andrew Cuomo’s gubernatorial campaign
6/2/10
Richard Epstein to be the inaugural Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law
5/28/10
Richard Pildes testifies before presidential task force on Puerto Rico's political status
5/28/10
University of London holds symposium in tribute to Thomas Franck
5/27/10
Center on the Administration of Criminal Law hosts panel on federal sentencing
5/26/10
Goodman joins Department of State Advisory Committee on International Law
5/25/10
Nancy Duff Campbell '68 named Woman Lawyer of the Year
5/24/10
Article co-authored by Strandburg is centerpiece of Cornell Law Review issue
5/21/10
Estreicher co-organizes conference at Northwestern on international law and Israel
5/21/10
Nelson honored at two-day legal history conference
5/20/10
Oren Bar-Gill elected to board of the American Law and Economics Association
5/19/10
Jesse Wegman '05 is named a 2010 Soros Justice Fellow
5/19/10
Three NYU Law alumnae named 2010 Equal Justice Works Fellows
5/19/10
Neuborne reviews first biography of Justice Stevens on Just Books
5/18/10
Pollack Center event, with keynote by John Thain, focuses on new challenges for corporate governance
5/18/10
Batchelder named Senate Finance Committee's chief tax counsel
5/18/10
Linda Silberman's article cited by Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy in Abbott v. Abbott
5/18/10
Seth Diamond '88 becomes New York City’s new homeless services commissioner
5/17/10
Supreme Court issues opinion bearing on case argued by Stevenson
5/14/10
Scott Hechinger '10 named 2010 Sinsheimer Children's Rights Fellow
5/14/10
Joe Russo '11 takes top prize in Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
5/13/10
Law School convocation features White House advisor Valerie Jarrett as keynote speaker
5/13/10
Anne Milgram '96 and Rachel Barkow weigh in on financial regulatory reform
5/13/10
Suspension Representation Project wins pro bono award
5/10/10
David Katz '88 and Martin Lipton '55 named among the top mergers and acquisitions lawyers
5/7/10
Ryan Bubb to join NYU Law faculty in Fall 2010
5/5/10
Mary Haviland '94 confirmed as a commissioner of the New York State Crime Victims Board
5/5/10
Jonathan Lippman '68 announces proposal to ensure rights for the poor
5/3/10
Choi and Kahan pieces named among best corporate and securities articles of 2009
5/3/10
Richard Epstein discusses freedom of expression at the Federalist Society
5/3/10
CHRGJ releases documentary on post-9/11 racial profiling
5/3/10
NYU Law alumni named among 2010 Dealmakers of the Year by the American Lawyer
4/30/10
Thompson wins NYU's Distinguished Teaching Award
4/30/10
Marisa Demeo '93 confirmed as associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
4/30/10
German lawmakers discuss a proposal by Daniel Moeritz (LL.M. ’09) on ownership disclosure reform
4/29/10
An Immigrant Rights Clinic report shines a light on serious shortcomings at detention facilities
4/29/10
Shaviro appears in new tax documentary and publishes new book
4/28/10
Top law enforcers take center stage at conference on allocating prosecutorial power (VIDEO)
4/27/10
Institute for Policy Integrity releases report on U.S. flood insurance program
4/26/10
Offender Reentry clinic students are awarded citations from New York Department of State
4/26/10
Tikvah Center fellow James Kugel gives eighth annual Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss lecture (VIDEO)
4/26/10
Forum examines value of a federal challenge to California ban on same-sex marriage
4/23/10
NYU Law chapter of Order of the Coif inducts honorary member Ronald Moelis '82
4/23/10
Barry Adler critiques Chrysler and GM bankruptcies in inaugural Petrie Lecture (VIDEO)
4/21/10
Cell-phone contract research by Bar-Gill and Rebecca Stone '09 attracts FCC attention
4/21/10
Marden Moot finalists take on challenging case
4/21/10
NYU Law beats Columbia in ninth annual Deans' Cup
4/21/10
New book on philosophy of international law features articles by NYU Law faculty
4/21/10
Brief filed by the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law cited by Justice Alito
4/20/10
Van Jones presents his proposals for a greener economy at 16th annual Sheinberg Lecture (VIDEO)
4/18/10
Panelists discuss how high the bar is for pleading a complaint after Iqbal and Twombly rulings
4/16/10
Friedman's op-ed in the New Republic focuses on the Court, past and present
4/16/10
Annual Survey of American Law pays tribute to Arthur Miller (VIDEO)
4/15/10
Jennifer Hainsfurther '08 wins American Society of International Law's Helton Fellowship
4/15/10
Journal of Legislation and Public Policy hosts symposium on election administration
4/15/10
Daryl Levinson to return to Law School faculty after five years at Harvard
4/14/10
Pildes gives Thomas M. Jorde lecture at Princeton University
4/13/10
Charles D. Klein '63 to receive Vanderbilt Medal
4/13/10
NYU Law Forum asks "Should You Go Into Politics? (And How?)"
4/8/10
Life at NYU Law blogger Andrea Ravich '12 offers counsel to new admits
4/8/10
Estlund's new book proposes employee participation in workplace governance
4/8/10
William Perry '12 wins Robert Half Legal Scholarship
4/8/10
The NYU Law back story to an exhibit of woodblock prints at the Japan Society in New York
4/7/10
Lauren Burke ’09 to appear in upcoming documentary on child trafficking and human smuggling
4/6/10
BLAPA Spring Dinner honors distinguished alumni and public service scholar
4/5/10
Bryan Stevenson appears on Bill Moyers Journal to discuss racial and economic injustice
4/2/10
Immigrant Rights Clinic halts deportation of longtime U.S. resident
4/2/10
Constructive advice and cautionary tales for lawyers starting their careers (VIDEO)
4/2/10
On Nightline, Amy Adler discusses legal consequences of sexting
4/1/10
Todd Edelman '94 nominated as an associate judge for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
4/1/10
Michael Spearman '81 named to Washington State Court of Appeals
4/1/10
Law students reach finals in the 2010 Jean-Pictet Competition on International Humanitarian Law
4/1/10
Warren Sinsheimer (LL.M. '57) wins 2010 Diane Lipton Award
3/31/10
Sabrina Ursaner '10 wins Mendes Hershman Student Writing Contest
3/30/10
Franco Ferrari appointed as an editor of U.N. digest of law governing international sale of goods
3/30/10
Meron elected honorary president of the American Society of International Law
3/29/10
Forum focuses on government agency regulations
3/26/10
Lisa Heinzerling presents the state of the EPA at environmental law symposium
3/26/10
Center on Law and Security hosts panel discussion on terrorist trial locations (VIDEO)
3/25/10
Neuborne testifies before House in support of restoring ex-convicts' voting rights
3/22/10
Richard Stewart and Richard Macrory discuss Carbon Capture & Storage Global Legal Symposium
3/22/10
Furman Center report examines results of New York City's widespread rezonings
3/22/10
Dr. Margot Salomon discusses affluence and international human rights law
3/19/10
Cohen highlights Chinese lawyer's disappearance in op-ed in International Herald Tribune
3/19/10
Samuel Issacharoff leads ALI effort on aggregate litigation
3/19/10
Revesz joins other law school deans in urging repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
3/19/10
Michael Posner discusses new Country Reports On Human Rights Practices (VIDEO)
3/19/10
Justice Roderick Ireland delivers sixteenth annual Brennan Lecture (VIDEO)
3/17/10
Judge Kiyo Matsumoto delivers 11th annual Korematsu Lecture
3/17/10
New Center for Transnational Litigation and Commercial Law co-sponsors conference in Verona
3/16/10
Forum asks whether U.S. incarcerates excessively (VIDEO)
3/15/10
Graduate Tax Program checks up on health care reform
3/15/10
Sexton talks with Bill Moyers
3/12/10
Obama nominates Raymond Lohier Jr. ’91 for Second Circuit
3/12/10
Brennan Center releases "Jim Crow in New York," a report on disenfranchisement
3/12/10
Judith Kaye '62 to lead investigation of New York governor's office
3/12/10
First official student blog launched
3/12/10
Alvarez moderates panel on the use of foreign law in American cases
3/11/10
Camilo Romero '12 receives Soros Fellowship
3/10/10
Friedman co-authors New York Times op-ed on problem with Senate filibusters
3/9/10
Jennifer Dalven '95 to direct ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project
3/9/10
Natalia Sorgente ’96 joins Justice Department's Environmental and Natural Resources Division
3/9/10
CLS experts discuss the strategies and goals of al Qaeda
3/8/10
Kevin Huffman ’98 is named Tennessee’s education commissioner
3/8/10
Julie Brill '85 confirmed as Federal Trade Commissioner
3/8/10
Christopher Meade '96 joins Department of Treasury as principal deputy general counsel
3/8/10
Human rights veteran William O'Neill reports on the state of Haiti
3/5/10
Experts at NYU Law Forum discuss whether there are too many lawyers and too much litigation (VIDEO)
3/5/10
NYU Law professors join colleagues in plea to President Obama to speed judicial nominations
3/5/10
NYU@NUS holds third annual convocation
3/5/10
U.K. first secretary of state speaks at NYU Law about economic crisis and globalization (AUDIO)
3/5/10
Rachel Barkow appointed to Manhattan D.A.'s advisory panel
3/3/10
Annual Survey symposium examines antitrust developments (VIDEO)
3/2/10
NYU Law exceeds expectations for $400 million capital campaign
3/2/10
Annette Gordon-Reed honored with 2009 National Humanities Medal and Frederick Douglass Book Prize
3/1/10
Mohamed ElBaradei (LL.M. '71, J.S.D. '74, LL.D. '04) calls for change in Egypt
3/1/10
NYU Law Forum considers legal activism skills (VIDEO)
2/23/10
Lady Barbara Judge '69 joins United Arab Emirates' International Advisory Board on nuclear energy
2/23/10
Maria Vullo '87 named New York's executive deputy attorney general for economic justice
2/23/10
Giuliano Amato, former Italian prime minister, gives talk on European Union (AUDIO)
2/23/10
Panelists discuss where Roberts Court has been, and where it may be heading (VIDEO)
2/22/10
Panelists discuss the targeting and criminalization of LGBT individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa
2/22/10
NYU Law Forum analyzes effects of Citizens United case on campaign finance reform (VIDEO)
2/19/10
Cohen discusses Chinese human rights lawyer's disappearance in NYU Law podcast interview (AUDIO)
2/18/10
NYU Review of Law & Social Change holds symposium on sexual and reproductive rights
2/18/10
16th annual Public Service Auction raises money for public interest summer funding grants
2/17/10
NYU Law’s Moot Court Board places in regional round of world’s largest moot court competition
2/16/10
Pulitzer Prize-winner Barton Gellman joins Center on Law and Security
2/16/10
Shaviro cohosts conference on rethinking taxation of financial sector in light of recent crisis
2/12/10
Center for Human Rights and Global Justice releases report on Nepal’s proposed new constitution
2/11/10
Bar-Gill wins consumer services law writing award for subprime mortgage article
2/9/10
Israeli Supreme Court cites work of Franco Ferrari in resolving import-export dispute
2/9/10
NYU Law students take top honors in national asylum and refugee law moot competition
2/9/10
Public Interest Legal Career Fair sets a new attendance record
2/8/10
NYU Law hosts Next Generation of Antitrust Scholarship Conference (VIDEO)
2/5/10
NYU Law Forum panelists examine alternatives to outlawing drugs
2/5/10
NYU Journal of Law and Business hosts symposium on legal aftershocks of the global financial crisis
2/5/10
David Fein '85 nominated to be Connecticut’s U.S. attorney
2/4/10
David O'Keefe '95 wins inaugural Robert M. Morgenthau Award
2/3/10
Representative Jerrold Nadler speaks at Annual Alumni Luncheon
2/2/10
Wilf Hall topping-off ceremony brings new NYU Law building closer to completion
1/27/10
Barofsky '95 turns up the heat in Washington
1/27/10
Albie Sachs presents The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law
1/22/10
Thompson wins Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award
1/22/10
Michael Waldman '87 analyzes Supreme Court campaign finance ruling in Washington Post
1/21/10
Avni Bhatia '10 selected as a 2010 Skadden Fellow
1/20/10
NYU Law students raise funds for humanitarian relief in Haiti
1/20/10
Samantha Rayburn-Moore (LL.M. ’10) wins tax scholarship
1/20/10
Immigrant Rights Clinic wins victory for immigrants who hold Temporary Protected Status
1/19/10
Amsterdam receives National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty's Lifetime Achievement Award
1/19/10
Geistfeld delivers inaugural Sheila Lubetsky Birnbaum Professor of Civil Litigation lecture
1/15/10
Friedman op-ed published by the Los Angeles Times
1/15/10
Immigrant Rights Clinic wins relief from deportation for longtime lawful permanent resident
1/14/10
Kenneth Feinberg ’70 to lead effort to improve evaluation of public school teachers
1/14/10
Miriam Sapiro '86 becomes deputy U.S. trade representative
1/13/10
Ira Rubinstein elected to board of directors for the Center for Democracy & Technology
1/13/10
Shaviro wins Outstanding Academic Title award
1/11/10
Daniel Alonso '90 becomes the new chief assistant district attorney for Manhattan
1/8/10
Bar-Gill and other NYU Law professors speak at Federal Reserve Bank conference
1/6/10
Halbertal's article selected as one of 2009's best by New York Times columnist David Brooks
1/5/10
Benjamin Stone '04 takes innovative approach to social enterprise in Rwanda
1/5/10
Alumna Rita Hauser appointed to President’s Intelligence Advisory Board
12/23/09
Law School welcomes Spring 2010 visitors
12/23/09
NYU Law’s judicial clerkship program sends alumni to nation’s most prominent courts
12/23/09
Karen Greenberg’s Guantánamo book appears on two best-of-year lists
12/21/09
NYU Law hosts Horizontal Merger Guidelines Review Project Workshop
12/16/09
Institute for Policy Integrity policy brief quoted in announcement of Senate carbon pricing bill
12/15/09
Task force led by Jeremy Travis '82 recommends juvenile justice reforms to New York governor
12/15/09
David Warner (LL.M. '09) wins Tannenwald writing competition
12/15/09
Garland receives honorary doctorate from Belgian university
12/14/09
Judge Stephen F. Williams of D.C. Circuit addresses issue of interest groups in Hayek Lecture
12/11/09
Supreme Court justice cites student-written NYU Law journal article in opinion
12/11/09
Waldron delivers Human Rights Day lecture in Poland
12/10/09
Rubin Symposium analyzes growing phenomenon of private development financing
12/9/09
New York State senators hold hearing at NYU Law about legal services funding crisis
12/7/09
Katherine Greenberg ’10 becomes first student to receive Legal Services’ Pro Bono Recognition Award
12/7/09
Supreme Court hears case in which Pildes filed amicus brief on behalf of former SEC chairmen
12/4/09
Glittering inaugural celebration for the Straus Institute
12/4/09
Pildes wins appeal in 23-year-old tax fraud case
12/4/09
Zimmerman discusses Tiger Woods's right to privacy in New York Times Room for Debate
12/4/09
Alston calls for investigation of election-related murders in Philippines
12/3/09
Center on Law and Security hosts counterinsurgency conference
12/2/09
Bell Lecture examines race and subprime mortgage crisis (VIDEO)
12/1/09
Students and faculty discuss speaking up and speaking out in the classroom
11/25/09
Senator Whitehouse extols the U.S. Constitution at the 2009 Living Constitution Lecture
11/25/09
Bharara addresses the future of white collar crime prosecution
11/25/09
Elizabeth Kukura '09 honored by National Advocates for Pregnant Women
11/23/09
Bar-Gill confronts critics of the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency
11/20/09
Anthony Barkow testifies before House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
11/19/09
Cohen comments on the effect of President Obama's visit to China on human rights
11/19/09
Marotta-Wurgler '01 testifies before Senate committee about misleading Internet marketing practices
11/18/09
Denbeaux '68 and Hafetz present stories of Guantánamo detainees and lawyers in new book
11/18/09
Julie Brill '85 tapped for Federal Trade Commission
11/17/09
Pildes gives Thomas M. Jorde lecture at Berkeley
11/17/09
Neuborne proffers holistic reading of the Bill of Rights at Federalist Society convention
11/17/09
Times Wang '11 writes a plea in a Washington Post op-ed for President Obama to help his father
11/16/09
Moreno '90 confirmed for Justice Department post
11/13/09
Paul Tagliabue '65 to examine U.S. Olympic Committee governance
11/11/09
Stewart and Wyman selected to appear in the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review
11/10/09
Jeremy Babener ’10 to present structured settlement research to national conference
11/9/09
Stevenson argues before Supreme Court against life sentences for juveniles
11/6/09
United States denies $2 million in military aid to Philippines
11/5/09
Been discusses effects of rezoning on New York City's future (VIDEO)
11/4/09
Institute for Policy Integrity survey shows top economists agree on climate change threat
11/4/09
Third Annual Global Economic Policy Forum and the Annual Fall Lecture (VIDEO)
11/2/09
Dorchen Leidholdt '88 leads effort to assist mother in international parental kidnapping case
11/2/09
Butler and Barkow discuss the role of prosecutors in social and racial justice (VIDEO)
11/2/09
Chase to give keynote lecture at Fordham's Alternative Dispute Resolution Symposium
10/30/09
Alston says drone attacks on Pakistan-Afghanistan border may violate international law
10/29/09
Artists speak out against music torture on detainees
10/27/09
Memorial Tribute to Thomas M. Franck
10/27/09
Lawrence litigator gives first lecture in Dean's Workshop on LGBT Rights
10/27/09
Judge M. Blane Michael '68 examines Fourth Amendment in Madison Lecture (VIDEO)
10/27/09
National Research Council report quantifies hidden costs of energy
10/26/09
Barkow, Friedman, Paul Clement, and Jeffrey Toobin examine Supreme Court's current docket (VIDEO)
10/23/09
Rochelle Dreyfuss presents Fifth Annual Finnegan Distinguished Lecture on Intellectual Property
10/22/09
Kenneth Feinberg '70 makes recommendations on executive compensation
10/22/09
Employment Law experts debate regulation of executive pay
10/21/09
Experts debate GM and Chrysler bankruptcies at NYU Law Forum (VIDEO)
10/19/09
Experts analyze challenges of Iran (AUDIO)
10/19/09
Brennan Center study reports under representation in foreclosure proceedings
10/16/09
U.N. special adviser on prevention of genocide discusses identity conflicts in Africa
10/16/09
Philip Alston reports a massacre in Congo
10/13/09
Alston denounces death sentences and executions of juvenile offenders in Iran
10/13/09
Gelatt Dialogue examines trial of former Taiwanese President
10/12/09
Waldron delivers Holmes Lectures at Harvard Law School
10/9/09
Gillers, Greenberg, and Rascoff discuss prosecuting torture
10/6/09
Tillinghast speaker urges reexamination of foreign tax havens
10/6/09
Federal Privacy Workshop confronts privacy in the age of Facebook
10/6/09
Pildes discusses upcoming Supreme Court cases in New York Times
10/2/09
Annual workshop on bankruptcy and business reorganization looks at impact of financial crisis
10/2/09
CLS holds forum on U.S. terror suspect detainees
10/1/09
Stewart wins ABA excellence award for leadership in environmental law
9/30/09
In podcast interview Friedman discusses new book, which was praised by New York Times (AUDIO)
9/30/09
Dominican Republic President Fernández criticizes global governance
9/25/09
Keren Raz '10 attends achievement summit in South Africa
9/25/09
Stevenson wins Gruber Foundation International Justice Prize
9/24/09
Dworkin's forthcoming book is subject of conference at Boston University School of Law
9/21/09
Alston speaks to Time magazine about Kenya's police force
9/21/09
Barry Adler critiques automaker bailouts in testimony before Congressional Oversight Panel
9/18/09
Richard Epstein and Judy Feder debate healthcare reform at inaugural NYU Law Forum
9/17/09
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo delivers Abrams Lecture
9/11/09
Friedman writes about relevance of Supreme Court in the New Republic
9/9/09
Dorsen and Neuborne file amicus brief in Supreme Court campaign finance case
9/3/09
Students working in public interest law blog about summer experiences
8/28/09
Allison Westfahl Kong ’10 wins student writing competition on animal law
8/27/09
Jeremy Marwell '06 clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
8/24/09
Stewart co-authors Wall Street Journal op-ed arguing for cap-and-trade environmental regulation
8/20/09
Two Law School alumni rise in ranks at U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York
8/19/09
Center on the Administration of Criminal Law wins amicus victory in Fifth Circuit
8/19/09
Winger (LL.M. '10) and Ghatan '09 take top prizes in student writing competition
8/13/09
In a Los Angeles Times op-ed, Burt Neuborne urges accountability for Swiss banks
8/13/09
Ferrari's work cited in three foreign supreme court decisions
8/13/09
U.N. Ambassador Rice delivers major policy speech at NYU Law (AUDIO)
8/11/09
Pildes analyzes Supreme Court's last term in National Constitution Center podcast
8/11/09
Three alumni noted in Black Enterprise magazine
8/10/09
NYU Law forms two new partnerships to help underprivileged students pursue law
8/7/09
Ambassador Rice to deliver public address on UN, global challenges Aug. 12 at NYU Law
8/4/09
Gillers selected to serve on American Bar Association's Commission on Ethics 20/20
8/4/09
Barnett '64 receives Margaret Brent Award at American Bar Association's annual meeting
7/31/09
Rascoff weighs in on American jihadist on NPR
7/29/09
Institute for Policy Integrity asks EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions
7/28/09
Issacharoff and Estlund speak at tort law conference in Beijing
7/28/09
Cohen weighs in on Taiwanese politics in Wall Street Journal
7/27/09
Friedman discusses Supreme Court's relationship with public in Boston Globe
7/22/09
Stewart elected to the American College of Environmental Lawyers
7/20/09
Three Law School alumni included in National Law Journal's "40 Under 40"
7/10/09
Rachel Barkow testifies before the House and the U.S Sentencing Commission
7/10/09
Joshua Masters (LL.M. ’09) wins Outstanding Essay Prize in 2009 McElvaney Nonproliferation Challenge
7/2/09
Supreme Court Litigation Clinic wins amicus victory and persuades Court to hear arguments
6/30/09
Amsterdam receives award from International Academy of Law and Mental Health
6/26/09
Dworkin receives honorary law doctorate from Harvard University
6/24/09
Adegbile '94 defends Voting Rights Act before Supreme Court
6/19/09
NYU Law's two newest centers introduce themselves via the Web
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