Faculty News

01/30/2014
NYU Law cosponsors major Shanghai conference on cross-border business issues in US and China
A major conference in Shanghai on January 17-18 showcased the international law expertise of several NYU Law faculty,…
01/30/2014
Eleanor Fox '61 honored by New York State Bar Association
Eleanor Fox ’61, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, received the Antitrust Law Section Public Service…
01/29/2014
Global Visiting Professor Vincenzo Varano elected to American Law Institute
Vincenzo Varano, a professor and dean emeritus at the University of Florence Faculty of Law and a frequent Global…
01/26/2014
Richard Revesz named next director of the American Law Institute
The American Law Institute (ALI) announced today that Richard Revesz, Lawrence King Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus…
01/20/2014
US Copyright Office cites Art Law Society, Christopher Sprigman in report
The US Copyright Office cited comments by students of the Art Law Society and articles by Christopher Sprigman in…
01/09/2014
Texas tests Stephen Schulhofer’s indigent defense proposal
Throughout the United States, indigent defendants facing criminal charges have no voice in choosing the attorney…
01/08/2014
Research Handbook on the Economics of Torts, edited by Jennifer Arlen, published
The Research Handbook on the Economics of Torts, edited by Jennifer Arlen ’86, Norma Z. Paige Professor of Law, was…
01/07/2014
National Jurist names Richard Revesz to 2013 Most Influential People in Legal Education list
The National Jurist has named Richard Revesz, Lawrence King Professor of Law and dean emeritus, among…
12/19/2013
Richard Epstein publishes The Classical Liberal Constitution, the culmination of nearly a decade’s work
Written over seven years, The Classical Liberal Constitution is—says Richard Epstein, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of…
12/19/2013
NYU Law faculty weigh in on NSA surveillance
With NSA surveillance dominating the headlines, NYU Law faculty weighed in on the issue: ·    …
12/19/2013
Reviewers praise Ronald Dworkin’s Religion Without God, published posthumously
Last fall, Harvard University Press published Religion Without God by Ronald Dworkin, Frank Henry Sommer Professor of…
12/18/2013
NYU Law hosts 2013 Takings Conference that focuses on three recent Supreme Court decisions
The 16th Annual Takings Conference on November 22 explored the regulatory takings issue as it relates to…
12/16/2013
Eleanor Fox helps create video for officials in developing countries
Eleanor Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, has teamed up with Bert Foer, president of the…
12/15/2013
Barry Adler presents on bankruptcy reform at the FDIC
On Wednesday, December 11, Barry Adler, Bernard Petrie Professor of Law and Business, presented at the Systemic…
12/15/2013
Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic hosts DC insiders examining political polarization
On December 12, a host of Washington insiders took part in “Exploring ‘Polarization’: A Conversation,” …
12/13/2013
Bryan Stevenson
Bryan Stevenson advocates for greater public awareness of American South's troubled past
Three new historical markers in Montgomery, Alabama, represent the first step in a push by Professor Bryan Stevenson,…
12/12/2013
Vickie Patton '90 discusses the Clean Air Act and regulating climate change
On Wednesday, October 30, Vickie Patton ’90, general counsel of theEnvironmental Defense Fund and Jared…
12/12/2013
Forthcoming paper by Ryan Bubb and Richard Pildes is featured in Reuters
A forthcoming paper in the Harvard Law Review by NYU Law School professors Rick Pildes and Ryan Bubb claims…
12/12/2013
Christopher Sprigman weighs in on the GoldieBlox fair use suit against the Beastie Boys, and joins the board of Creative Commons
On December 12, Professor Christopher Sprigman published an article on Slate arguing that Goldieblox, the San Francisco…
12/09/2013
Sujit Choudhry on constitutional transitions at Amb. Stevens Memorial Symposium
On November 8, Sujit Choudhry, Cecelia Goetz Professor of Law and faculty director of the Center for Constitutional…