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Law School News from June 20, 2008 to June 20, 2009
6/19/09
NYU Law's two newest centers introduce themselves via the Web
6/18/09
Stevenson wins Gruber Foundation International Justice Prize
6/18/09
Kahan wins most Corporate Practice Commentator awards
6/18/09
Fox honored by American Antitrust Institute
6/18/09
PILC inaugurates D.C. Summer Series for public interest interns
6/15/09
NYU Law introduces new Law and Economics Fellowships
6/11/09
Freeh (LL.M. '84) and Kelly (LL.M. '74) join Homeland Security Advisory Council
6/11/09
Three students win Equal Justice Works Fellowships
6/10/09
White House appoints Kenneth Feinberg ’70 as compensation czar to oversee executive pay
6/9/09
Jacobs appears on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight to discuss Judge Sotomayor's Second Amendment record
6/8/09
Chase co-chairs international procedural law conference in Toronto
6/8/09
Institute for International Law and Justice co-hosts Beijing conference
6/4/09
NYU's Center for Labor and Employment Law hosts 62nd Annual Conference on Labor
6/2/09
New York Governor David Paterson renames State Justice Building in honor of Robert Abrams '63
5/28/09
In memoriam: Thomas Franck, leader in international law
5/28/09
David Boies (LL.M. '67) joins forces with old rival Theodore Olson to fight gay marriage ban
5/27/09
Center on the Administration of Criminal Law wins amicus victory in the Supreme Court
5/27/09
Jacob Bronsther '11 analyzes Obama's pragmatism in Christian Science Monitor
5/27/09
Judge Sonia Sotomayor, former adjunct professor at NYU Law, nominated to Supreme Court
5/22/09
Four NYU Law alumni named among the top 25 “Dealmakers of the Year” by the American Lawyer
5/18/09
Choi, Issacharoff, and Morawetz '81 receive Albert Podell Distinguished Teaching Awards
5/18/09
Center on the Administration of Criminal Law files amicus brief in Fifth Circuit civil rights appeal
5/15/09
Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad speaks at convocation
5/15/09
Law School is principal host of global climate change conference in Abu Dhabi
5/14/09
NYU School of Law's Convocation to be Held at WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden
5/14/09
Karen Greenberg writes about detainee problems in National Interest and Washington Post
5/13/09
Hillary Clinton speaks at Commencement (VIDEO)
5/12/09
Engelberg Center co-hosts conference on Intellectual Property Rights
5/8/09
Sonia Lin '08 named inaugural Outten & Golden Fellow
5/8/09
Abizaid speaks at CLS conference about state of U.S. military (VIDEO)
5/7/09
Amy Adler discusses her legal scholarship in interdisciplinary forum
5/6/09
Judge Arthur J. Gonzalez (LL.M. '90) presiding over Chrysler bankruptcy
5/6/09
Stevenson persuades the Supreme Court to examine life sentences for juveniles
5/5/09
Welters ’77 profiled in Diverse Issues in Higher Education
5/5/09
Immigrant Rights Clinic students draft report on Dominicans and deportation
5/4/09
Immigrant Rights Clinic scores key victories in Supreme Court and federal district court
4/30/09
Shaviro discusses financial crisis in tax policy workshop
4/29/09
Pildes writes in the New York Times Room for Debate about Supreme Court voting rights case
4/28/09
CLS conference addresses terrorism and the judicial system
4/28/09
Institute for Policy Integrity issues new report on greenhouse gases
4/27/09
Choi and Kahan recognized for best corporate and securities articles of 2008
4/24/09
Yoshino discusses Supreme Court civil rights cases on NPR
4/23/09
Waldron delivers Tanner Lectures on Human Values at Berkeley
4/23/09
High honors for top law students and alumni
4/21/09
NYU Law Review leads effort to revitalize legal scholarship online
4/21/09
Lauren Burke '09 coauthors report on pediatric AIDS treatment in China
4/21/09
NYU School of Law's Karen J. Greenberg Available for Commentary on CIA Memos
4/20/09
Meron elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
4/17/09
Institute for International Law and Justice hosts worldwide gathering in Geneva
4/17/09
CLS panel illuminates India and Pakistan's conflict over Kashmir (VIDEO)
4/17/09
Jeremie Bracka (LL.M. '09) wins Helton Fellowship
4/16/09
Barry Friedman discusses tax day tea party protests on CNN's Lou Dobb's Tonight
4/15/09
Judge Michael McConnell delivers fourth annual Hayek lecture (VIDEO)
4/14/09
NYU School of Law's Samuel Rascoff Named 2009 Carnegie Scholar
4/14/09
Rascoff named a 2009 Carnegie Scholar for his work on enriching public dialogue on Islam
4/14/09
Schenk tells NPR that the U.S. Tax Code is so complex that most filers make mistakes
4/13/09
ElBaradei (LL.M. '71, J.S.D. '74, LL.D. '04) discusses with New York Times Iranian nuclear dilemma
4/10/09
Yoshino analyzes legal development of same-sex marriage in NYU Law podcast interview (AUDIO)
4/8/09
Justice Alito presides over Marden Moot Court Competition
4/8/09
Carol Bellamy ’68 receives the Légion d’honneur, France's highest decoration
4/7/09
NYU School of Law and and New York City Police Department Establish Law Fellowship
4/7/09
Suzanna Publicker '09 named inaugural NYU-NYPD Fellow
4/6/09
CHRGJ panel of human rights investigators discusses challenges
4/6/09
Jacobs talks to ABC’s Good Morning America about gun control in the wake of recent shootings
4/3/09
Yoshino writes in New York Times Room for Debate about Iowa's gay marriage decision
4/3/09
NYU Law edges out Columbia Law to win eighth annual Deans' Cup
4/3/09
Vice Chancellor Stephen Lamb of Delaware Court of Chancery delivers Fogelson Lecture (VIDEO)
4/3/09
Affiliated faculty Ingrid Gould Ellen receives Distinguished Teaching Award
4/1/09
PILC's Leaders in Public Interest Series presents: “Scholarship in the Public Interest” (VIDEO)
3/31/09
Hernández '10 receives Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship
3/31/09
Davis speaks about desegregating cognitive, ethical, and practical methods of legal education
3/26/09
Law Revue spoofs teen entertainment in NYU Law 10012
3/26/09
Admitted Students Day gives future 1Ls full range of NYU Law experience
3/26/09
Jacobs participates in a panel discussion at Princeton on “Guns in America”
3/25/09
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Madeleine Albright, and Paul Volcker discuss multilateralism
3/25/09
Marisa Demeo ’93 to be nominated as D.C. Superior Court associate judge
3/25/09
Garland leads popular interdisciplinary discussions for student-housing residents
3/20/09
Annual Survey of American Law honors Judge Wald
3/20/09
Immigrant Rights Clinic celebrates 10th anniversary
3/20/09
M. Patricia Smith '77 nominated as solicitor for the Department of Labor, the New York Times reports
3/20/09
Journal of Law and Liberty holds symposium: The Unknown Justice Thomas (VIDEO)
3/20/09
Environmental Law Journal and ELS host symposium on greenhouse gas regulation (VIDEO)
3/20/09
Richards and Gilligan discuss new book on patriarchy and democracy (AUDIO)
3/17/09
Review of Law & Social Change celebrates 40th anniversary
3/16/09
PILC's Leaders in Public Interest Series Presents: "The Future of National Security Law" (VIDEO)
3/16/09
CLS hosts "Closing Guantanamo: The Diplomatic Challenge" (VIDEO)
3/16/09
International law scholar Ryan Goodman will join NYU Law this fall
3/11/09
Korematsu Lecture reenacts historical trial
3/10/09
Supreme Court cites law review article by Richard Pildes 12 times in voting rights decision
3/10/09
José Alvarez, leading international law scholar, to join NYU Law faculty
3/9/09
Intellectual property law scholar Barton Beebe to join NYU Law faculty
3/6/09
9/11 mediator Sheila Birnbaum '65 settles 92 of 95 cases for $500 million
3/6/09
James Duffy '76 appointed interim CEO of NYSE Regulation
3/5/09
Judge Guido Calabresi gives keynote at Annual Survey symposium (VIDEO)
3/3/09
President Obama names Jon Leibowitz ’84 to lead Federal Trade Commission
3/2/09
Former NYU Law fellow named associate White House counsel
3/2/09
Breaking the Logjam issues report calling for revamping of Clean Air Act
2/27/09
Law School Hosts Fifth Annual NYU/Penn Conference on Law and Finance
2/27/09
CHRGJ event explores "Economic Crimes, Corruption, and Transitional Justice" (AUDIO)
2/27/09
Von Lohmann gives PILC lecture on public interest cyber-lawyering (VIDEO)
2/26/09
Seth Harris ’90 to be nominated as deputy secretary of the Department of Labor
2/26/09
Journal of Law & Business holds symposium on financial regulation
2/26/09
Livermore comments in Time.com on President Obama’s choice for regulatory czar
2/25/09
Shaviro talks about Decoding the U.S. Corporate Tax (AUDIO)
2/25/09
Alston alleges widespread extrajudicial executions by Kenyan police
2/24/09
Satterthwaite talks to Air America about CHRGJ's call for prosecution of detainee abuse
2/23/09
Upham holds panel on China's changing courts
2/23/09
Gillers delivers call-to-arms lecture for lawyers to return honor to profession
2/19/09
Kahan offers overview of trends that have reduced CEO power
2/19/09
Ketchum '75 to lead Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
2/19/09
Public Service Auction raises funds for public interest internships
2/18/09
National Law Journal highlights efforts of Sternhell '02 on behalf of Guantanamo detainees
2/18/09
MALDEF president Trasviña discusses immigration in inaugural Bickel & Brewer lecture (VIDEO)
2/18/09
Robin Steinberg '82 named the Law Women's alumna of the year
2/16/09
Alston examines Kenyan police violence in 10-day visit to country, BBC reports
2/13/09
Leigh Payne asks whether transitional justice works (AUDIO)
2/13/09
Meron examines the efficacy of international criminal justice
2/13/09
Gillers talks to Bloomberg.com about new development in Madoff case
2/12/09
Journalists Dickey and Raston discuss NYPD's counterterrorism efforts at CLS event (VIDEO)
2/11/09
Michelle Cherande '97 leads Law School's new Judicial Clerkship Office
2/11/09
Dorsen honored at Hauser Global Law School Program Annual Dinner
2/11/09
Davis delivers inaugural Beller Lecture (VIDEO)
2/10/09
Public Interest Legal Career Fair brings together law students and employers for 32nd year
2/10/09
Fox to receive honorary doctorate from University of Paris—Dauphine
2/10/09
Lin '97 and Chen '97 discuss immigrant rights at PILC event (AUDIO)
2/9/09
Bill Brewer (LL.M. '78) fights illegal immigration rules
2/6/09
Satterthwaite moderates CHRGJ panel on human rights advocacy (VIDEO)
2/6/09
National Jurist names Peggy Cooper Davis one of three most influential people in legal education
2/6/09
Katherine Strandburg, intellectual property scholar and former physicist, to join faculty
2/5/09
Karen Greenberg discusses her new book on Guantanamo on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
2/4/09
Daniel Doctoroff discusses current financial crisis at Annual Alumni Luncheon (AUDIO)
2/4/09
Experts analyze WMD threat at Center on Law and Security event (VIDEO)
2/3/09
Revesz and Livermore write in BusinessWeek about regulation czar nominee Cass Sunstein
2/3/09
Waldman and Johnson offer insights on Obama administration at BLAPA event (VIDEO)
2/2/09
Franck nominated as honorary president of the American Society of International Law
2/2/09
Bell hosts annual gospel choir concert (VIDEO)
1/30/09
Noble speaks at Hoffinger Colloquium about policing terrorism
1/30/09
Kamin ’09 named special assistant to director of OMB
1/28/09
Law School welcomes Spring 2009 visitors
1/28/09
Greenberg weighs in on the closing of Guantánamo
1/28/09
Center on the Administration of Criminal Law files amicus brief in Blackwater case
1/16/09
NYU Law joins partnership to help less advantaged students gain admission to top law schools
1/14/09
FTC Commissioner Leibowitz '84 speaks at Public Interest Forum (VIDEO)
1/14/09
Lawrence '09 wins Barry Gold Memorial Health Law Student Writing Competition
1/14/09
Justice Jonathan Lippman ’68 nominated to be next chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals
1/13/09
Anthony Barkow talks to Time about judge's decision not to revoke bail in Madoff case
1/7/09
Chesler ’75 calls for the demise of the billable hour in Forbes op-ed
1/6/09
Amy Adler discusses animal cruelty law that tests free speech in the New York Times
1/5/09
Lopez '96 and Herlihy '92 write screenplay for Adam Sandler hit
1/5/09
Anthony Barkow commends proposal to release some nonviolent prisoners early in Washington Post op-ed
12/23/08
Issacharoff discusses Bush v. Gore with the New York Times
12/19/08
Judge Peck '71 assigned second blockbuster bankruptcy case this year
12/18/08
Barry Adler writes in BusinessWeek that Chapter 11 is not the answer for troubled U.S. automakers
12/12/08
Barofsky '95 confirmed by Senate as $700 billion Wall Street bailout watchdog
12/11/08
Revesz delivers keynote at Society for Risk Analysis annual meeting
12/11/08
Ward '09 wins children's rights fellowship
12/9/08
Rachel Barkow and Libling '09 address prison overcrowding in Boston Herald op-ed
12/8/08
Ludwig '92 receives Felix Fishman Award from New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
12/8/08
Four NYU Law students win Skadden Fellowships
12/5/08
Retired General Taguba joins Neuborne and others on panel about post-Bush justice (VIDEO)
12/5/08
Richard Epstein, one of the world's most prolific legal scholars, to join NYU Law
12/4/08
Revesz and Livermore argue for cost-benefit analysis in op-ed for Forbes.com
12/3/08
Narula talks to Australian ABC Radio about Mumbai terror attacks (AUDIO)
12/2/08
Labor experts discuss the future of employment law under the Obama administration (VIDEO)
12/2/08
Anthony Barkow talks to the Associated Press about military hearings in Guantanamo
11/26/08
Scholar Gilles Kepel discusses the future of the Middle East at CLS event (VIDEO)
11/26/08
Luís Miguel Poiares Pessoa Maduro delivers the Fifth Annual Emile Noël Lecture (VIDEO)
11/26/08
Former State Department attorney-adviser Bowker visits Law and Security Colloquium (AUDIO)
11/26/08
Human rights advocate Haidar details struggles in Western Sahara (AUDIO)
11/24/08
New Furman Center study finds that children who live in public housing suffer in school
11/19/08
Alumni play significant roles in Wall Street cleanup
11/18/08
Levine says bankruptcy is best option for General Motors in op-ed in The Wall Street Journal
11/17/08
Estlund to lead NLRB transition team for Obama administration
11/14/08
Bell, Cox, Neuborne and Rodriguez mull election in panel discussion (VIDEO)
11/13/08
Chief Judge Judith Kaye '62 delivers farewell speech at NYU
11/10/08
Sandra Day O’Connor participates in judicial independence panel at NYU School of Law (AUDIO/VIDEO)
11/7/08
Gross discusses racial identity trials at Brown Bags and Books event (AUDIO)
11/7/08
Pildes and Issacharoff reflect on working as lawyers for the Obama campaign (AUDIO)
11/6/08
Furman Center study shows supportive housing does not negatively impact surrounding property values
11/5/08
Kelly (LL.M. '74) profiled in Men's Vogue
11/4/08
Howard ’97 named November Alumna of the Month
11/4/08
Herman '74 elected president of American Civil Liberties Union
11/4/08
Friedman discusses accountability of the Supreme Court
10/31/08
Buergenthal '60 receives Gruber Justice Prize
10/30/08
Cunningham coauthors op-ed on mortgage crisis for Wall Street Journal
10/29/08
Anthony and Beatrice Welters receive Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service
10/29/08
New Furman Center report documents declining credit and growing disparities in mortgage lending
10/28/08
King discusses race, genomics and medical studies in Nelkin Lecture (AUDIO)
10/28/08
M&A Titans take on economy at Pollack Center event (VIDEO)
10/23/08
Organizing efforts of Friedman ’98 mentioned in the New York Times
10/20/08
Holbrooke declares Afghanistan a growing and enduring problem for the U.S.
10/15/08
Howse discusses Leo Strauss at Inaugural Nelson Lecture (VIDEO)
10/14/08
Harpalani '09 wins Student Scholar Award at LatCrit Conference
10/10/08
Welters '77, new chair of the Law School's Board of Trustees, talks to the New York Law Journal
10/7/08
Boraine discusses new book at Brown Bags and Books event (AUDIO)
10/7/08
Migration Policy Institute launches online database of immigration bills
10/7/08
Pedowitz ’72 concludes NBA referee gambling investigation
10/6/08
Miller arbitration study discussed in The New York Times
10/3/08
Platt '82 releases new feature film
10/3/08
Roa (LL.M. ’03) delivers Sheinberg Lecture, gives exclusive podcast interview
10/2/08
Amsterdam wins human rights award
10/1/08
Davis ’79 talks to The New York Times about impact of financial crisis on charitable foundations
9/30/08
Fritzsche '09 wins PSLawNet's public interest award
9/29/08
Adler testifies before Congress on Chapter 11 bankruptcy
9/26/08
Peres delivers speech at Law School on Middle Eastern conflict (VIDEO)
9/25/08
Miliband to appear in panel discussion at Law School
9/25/08
Revesz discusses cost-benefit analysis of environmental regulation (AUDIO)
9/24/08
Anthony Barkow observes and blogs about military hearings in Guantanamo
9/22/08
Revesz issues statement supporting Congressional clerkship bill
9/22/08
Gillette testifies before Congress on federal tax exemption for municipal projects
9/19/08
Estreicher article referenced in Daily Labor Report
9/19/08
Sharkey comments on Supreme Court product liability case in New York Times
9/18/08
Gellman discusses Cheney vice presidency at Center on Law and Security event
9/18/08
Lewitt '85 (LL.M. '88) appears on PBS's NewsHour to discuss AIG's troubles
9/18/08
Law School announces new employment law fellowship
9/18/08
Amicus briefs filed in cases involving overly aggressive prosecution
9/12/08
Revesz appointed to National Research Council committee
9/11/08
Stevenson testifies before Congress on life sentences for juveniles
9/9/08
New Jersey Attorney General Milgram '96 delivers Abrams Public Service Lecture
9/8/08
Nagel wins 2008 Balzan Prize
9/8/08
Salamon '78 inducted into Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
8/28/08
Garland delivers keynote at World Congress of the International Society for Criminology
8/25/08
Pildes scores amicus victory in vital separation-of-powers case
8/25/08
Bell named "Diversity Champion"
8/22/08
Dreyfuss is coreporter on new American Law Institute project
8/19/08
In experts online forum, Issacharoff points to flaws in "loser pays" system
8/19/08
Anthony Barkow discusses Colombian extradition case
8/12/08
Hertz is new chair of ABA section
8/12/08
John Infranca '08 Wins Major Policy Grant
7/21/08
USA Today addresses Brennan Center ballot design study
7/16/08
Brennan Center weighs in on military detention case in New York Times
7/7/08
NYU Law - News - Press Release Test
7/1/08
Pildes discusses Bloomberg as vice presidential candidate for Obama and McCain
6/30/08
Furman Center's subprime research featured in Washington Post
6/30/08
Alston reports on alleged U.S. extrajudicial executions and Guantánamo military tribunals
6/27/08
Rachel Barkow questions how Clinton primary voters could not support Obama
6/26/08
Jacobs discusses Supreme Court's gun decision
6/24/08
CHRGJ issues report criticizing U.S. for withholding aid to Haiti
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