Faculty News

07/09/2019
Copies of paintings of the Mona Lisa on top of one another
The first-century Roman poet Martial had no love for plagiarists. In his epigrams, he critiques other poets for “…
06/28/2019
A rainbow, with the text "Writing LGBTQ History at NYU Law"
June 28, 1969: An uprising of bar patrons and neighborhood residents outside the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich…
06/27/2019
Child's drawing of a house
When New York City made some changes in how it assigned lawyers to indigent parents accused of child abuse or neglect,…
06/21/2019
In April, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland engaged in conversation with Joseph Straus Professor of Law …
06/05/2019
Venture Fund Summer Grant recipients
A technology platform giving a boost to job seekers from marginalized communities. Environmentally sustainable…
05/21/2019
Artwork of Presidential seal and American Flag U-turn symbol
This news story was originally posted in May 2019 and highlights an article that has now been published.…
05/09/2019
heat map
Automated decision-making systems are designed to help eliminate human error and bias. But since they are designed by…
05/09/2019
Michael Ohlrogge
Two new faculty members, Emma Kaufman and Michael Ohlrogge, have arrived at NYU Law as Assistant Professors…
05/09/2019
Jason Schultz
On April 17 and 18, legal academics, data scientists, community organizers, and other experts convened to examine how…
05/08/2019
Bryan Stevenson
“Tonight, I want to talk about memory and trauma and justice and what I believe it will take to get to a different…
05/06/2019
Pablo Greiff
In this year’s Emilio Mignone Lecture, Pablo de Greiff, director of the transitional justice program at the Center for…
05/06/2019
Stephanie Abramson
Life Trustee, Director of Law and Business Experiential Courses, and Adjunct Professor Stephanie Abramson ’69 passed…
05/02/2019
Drying Pyrethrum flowers in the sun in Rwanda, Africa
Kenya’s soil and climate make it particularly hospitable to the pyrethrum flower, an environmentally friendly pesticide…
04/29/2019
Andrew Weissmann Dean Trevor Morrison announced that Andrew Weissmann will return to NYU Law on May 1…
04/23/2019
Richard Epstein
NYU Law’s Classical Liberal Institute (CLI) and the NYU Federalist Society co-hosted a conference, “Reflections on the…
04/22/2019
Rachel Barkow
Rachel Barkow, vice dean and Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy, has been elected as a member of the…
04/18/2019
Lu Shaun Thompson speaking at the Inaugural Kenneth Thompson Social Justice Fund Lecture
On March 27, the legacy of the late Kenneth P. Thompson ’92, Brooklyn’s first black district attorney, was honored with…
04/17/2019
NYU Law Professor Kim Taylor-Thompson
With the theme of “Reclaiming Our Image: The Power of Diversity in Leadership,” the Law Alumni of Color Association (…