Faculty News
04/20/2016
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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) has elected five New York University faculty as fellows: Leslie…
04/20/2016
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Today over 60 percent of people in jail are being held pretrial, and many remain in custody because they cannot afford…
04/18/2016
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NYU Law’s Leadership Mindset program supports the Law School’s mission of inspiring and developing in its students a…
04/14/2016
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In the ongoing national debate over income inequality, policymakers have clashed over how to combat the widening gap…
04/06/2016
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Policing agencies play a vital role in ensuring a safe and secure society. But questions about law enforcement…
04/06/2016
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Judge Patrick Robinson is a member of the International Court of Justice and a Barrister of Law, Middle Temple, United…
04/05/2016
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Ed Rock, an expert in corporate law and corporate governance, will join NYU School of Law's permanent faculty this…
03/31/2016
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Lord Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England, Baron King of Lothbury, Alan Greenspan Professor of Economics…
03/22/2016
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A sociologist, historian and legal scholar, David Garland, Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law, is an expert in crime…
03/07/2016
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Caitlin Stachon '17, Stephen Choi, and Yujia Feng '17
Over the past two years, NYU Law students have played a…
03/01/2016
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Google.org is teaming with Bryan Stevenson and his non-profit Equal Justice Initiative to push America to confront its…
03/01/2016
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A fundamental question in efforts to solve the affordable housing crisis in New York and other major American cities is…
03/01/2016
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The United Nations Secretary-General has appointed Judge Theodor Meron to a new term as President of the Mechanism for…
02/24/2016
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The brief asks the Supreme Court to uphold the accommodation of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) contraceptive coverage…
02/23/2016
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Throughout its 50 years, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated around 30,000 properties…
02/17/2016
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Even as patenting has expanded in the US and awards for related lawsuits have exceeded $1 billion, one pocket of…
02/17/2016
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Justice Scalia at NYU Law in 2005
On February 13, Justice Antonin Scalia of the US Supreme Court died at the…
02/09/2016
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Following the UN Climate Change conference in Paris, an expert at the Council on Foreign Relations said, “The world…