Faculty News
10/19/2022
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On October 7, the United Nations Human Rights Council named Professor of Clinical Law Margaret Satterthwaite ’99,…
09/28/2022
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On September 14, during an NYU Law Forum that was sponsored by Latham & Watkins, a panel of constitutional law and…
09/28/2022
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Helen Hershkoff, Herbert M. and Svetlana Wachtell Professor of Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties, has received a…
09/27/2022
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In the months following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which eliminated…
09/13/2022
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Professor of Clinical Law Deborah Archer will become the new director of NYU Law’s renowned Clinical and Advocacy…
09/13/2022
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The Wilf Family Foundations has endowed the position of Director of Clinical and Advocacy Programs at NYU Law with a…
09/08/2022
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Troy McKenzie ’00
I am delighted and honored to be writing to you as dean of the Law School. As I’ve learned…
09/08/2022
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Talk of the Law School
Briefing the Vice President
On June 14, Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes…
09/08/2022
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How presenting diverse, informed perspectives on national security made Just Security a must-read in Washington, DC,…
09/08/2022
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First a brilliant student and then a beloved professor at NYU Law, Troy McKenzie ’00 now leads his alma mater as the…
09/08/2022
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NYU Law faculty and alumni have helped map and pioneer the movement toward sustainable investing.
BY ATTICUS GANNAWAY…
09/08/2022
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In his nine years as dean, Trevor Morrison broadened the excellence of an NYU education in an era of change.
BY ALANA…
09/08/2022
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In recent years, Daniel Hemel has had a chance to kick the tires at a number of law schools. A member of the full-time…
09/08/2022
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Professor of Law Avani Mehta Sood, a social psychologist and legal scholar who joined the NYU Law faculty in July, once…
09/08/2022
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Brittany Farr believes in the importance of storytelling. As a folklore and mythology major at Harvard College, Farr…
09/08/2022
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Daniel Francis JSD ’20 came to antitrust law largely by accident. In 2007, as an LLM student at Harvard Law School, he…
09/08/2022
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In July, an NYU Law conference in Edinburgh examined pressing current issues involving international security and…
09/08/2022
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Marjorie Alfus (1927–2021)
An entrepreneur and fashion executive, Marjorie Alfus ’68 earned her law degree after an…
09/06/2022
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On September 2, President Joe Biden nominated NYU Law’s Dean Emeritus Richard Revesz, AnBryce Professor of Law, to be…
08/19/2022
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Prof. Deborah Archer
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has honored…