Faculty News

09/09/2021
Vincent Southerland
In 1991 Vincent Southerland was 13 years old when he watched news footage of Rodney King being beaten by police…
09/09/2021
Bob Bauer
Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence Bob Bauer, a former White House counsel, played a pivotal…
09/09/2021
The Conversation photo
Voices at NYU Law Every year NYU Law hosts events that examine and illuminate current legal issues that impact the…
09/09/2021
Geoffrey Miller and Jennifer Arlen '86 At the annual meeting of the American Law Institute (ALI), held…
08/31/2021
Deborah Archer portrait
This summer, Professor of Clinical Law Deborah Archer became co-director of NYU Law’s Arthur Garfield Hays Civil…
08/25/2021
Forum artwork
The emerging risks—and their possible remedies—of the Wall Street phenomenon known as SPACs were the subject of a…
08/25/2021
NW_Spotlight_Zimroth_Center_Logo_A.jpg
A major gift from Zimroth, a former NYU Law professor and longtime litigation partner at Arnold & Porter,…
08/24/2021
At the annual meeting of the American Law Institute (ALI) in June, members voted to approve Tentative Draft No. 5 of…
08/19/2021
Illustration of arches with microphones on top
NYU Law’s fifth annual Sidley Austin Forum examined ways that politicians might overcome partisanship to address…
07/02/2021
Maggie Blackhawk
On July 2, NYU Law announced the establishment of the NYU-Yale American Indian Sovereignty Project, whose goals include…
06/25/2021
On the day of the January 6 attack on the Capitol Building, Twitter suspended then-President Donald Trump’s account…
06/10/2021
Robert Katzmann
Judge Robert A. Katzmann, professor of practice, passed away on June 9, 2021. “Judge Katzmann made a profound…
06/01/2021
On May 17, members of The American Law Institute (ALI) voted to approve Tentative Draft No. 2 of Principles of the Law…
05/24/2021
Vanderbilt Hall arches
On May 24, Dean Trevor Morrison announced that four new faculty members will take up positions at the Law School this…
05/05/2021
Forum artwork
In the 2020 US presidential election and its aftermath, misleading or untrue statements by lawyers—in court or in…
05/04/2021
Protest signs
Even many progressive scholars tend to be pessimistic these days regarding the efficacy of human rights law and…
04/29/2021
José Alvarez Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law José E. Alvarez has been…
04/21/2021
Professor of Clinical Law Deborah Archer and Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law Melissa Murray, co-…
04/21/2021
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
On March 22, the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network (BWLN) hosted a book talk in honor of the late US Supreme Court…
04/20/2021
Washington Square Park with DC monument and Capitol building in background
In spring 2021, President Joe Biden selected a broad range of NYU alumni, faculty, and scholars to fill positions in…