News@NYU Law
03/11/2025
On March 4, a spirited gathering filled Greenberg Lounge for NYU’s Scholarship Reception, which allows current students…
03/10/2025
Amrit Singh, a human rights lawyer and expert on democracy and the rule of law, will join the NYU Law faculty in August…
03/05/2025
Renowned legal advocacy organization the Innocence Project has entered into a new partnership with NYU School of Law…
02/28/2025
It’s usually taken as a given in the United States that the power to prosecute criminal cases belongs exclusively to…
02/28/2025
Former US Attorney Breon Peace ’96 and Rosalie Silberman Abella, retired justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, will…
02/28/2025
Richard Revesz practically turned out the lights for the Biden administration. At 11:30 a.m. on January 20, 2025—a half…
02/27/2025
On February 5, amid the Trump administration’s push to dramatically transform the federal government, an NYU Law Forum…
02/27/2025
Vanderbilt Scholar
Dylan Erikson ’26
How did you decide to pursue law?
Entering college, I had a general…
02/25/2025
During his remarkable career, Alfred Engelberg ’65 has been a chemical engineer, a trial attorney at the US Department…
02/21/2025
Six NYU Law faculty members are among the top 100 legal scholars of 2024 in a ranking compiled by researchers at George…
02/20/2025
Shalanda Young, former director of the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB), has joined NYU Law as a distinguished…
02/13/2025
A new appellate ruling in state court in New York curtails the state’s surveillance of families, in a victory for a…
02/11/2025
AnBryce Scholar
Co-chair, Black Law Students Association
Ashley Alphonse
How did you get interested in…
02/11/2025
Chatting at a happy hour. Working on a Law Review note. Relaxing with a board game. Prepping for moot court. Bonding…
02/10/2025
American legal institutions must step up to better prepare law students to meet the shortage of legal services…
02/05/2025
The topic of the January 29 NYU Law Forum, held just nine days into the Trump administration, couldn’t have been…
02/03/2025
Lisa Monaco returns to NYU Law as a distinguished scholar in residence after serving as US deputy attorney general from…
01/31/2025
Dean’s Scholar
Sofia DeSimone ’26
What inspired you to go to law school?
My dad is a lawyer, and I grew up…
01/31/2025
Could a no-strings-attached cash transfer program—which provides financially struggling adults with a guaranteed basic…
01/27/2025
From his days at New York City Hall to his studies at NYU Law to his work with nonprofit organizations countering gun…