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06/23/2022
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Intellectual property experts Amy Adler, Emily Kempin Professor of Law, and Christopher Jon Sprigman, Murray and…
05/31/2022
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Robert Jackson Jr., Pierrepont Family Professor of Law, will become director of the Jacobson Leadership Program in Law…
05/25/2022
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On April 1, NYU Law’s Law Alumni of Color Association (LACA) honored the achievements of alumni and the Law School’s…
05/24/2022
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For Adrienne Austin ’05, combatting racist systems has been a common thread throughout a varied career. After NYU Law,…
05/20/2022
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On May 19, 2022, NYU Law’s class of 2022—more than 900 JD, LLM, JSD, and MS graduates—gathered with friends and family…
05/16/2022
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NYU Law’s Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (CDIB) will have a new name that honors Roger Meltzer ’77, an…
05/12/2022
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From April 29 through May 1, NYU Law alumni gathered for a joyful and spirited weekend of seeing old friends and making…
05/12/2022
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Daniel Hemel
Daniel Hemel will join the Law School as a tenured professor of law on June 1, Dean Trevor…
05/11/2022
![Devin McCowan](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/McCowan_Devin_Portrait_001.jpeg?itok=hYeeSF83)
Norman Ostrow Memorial Scholar
What first inspired you to pursue a career in law?
In the summer before my junior year…
05/10/2022
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The NYU Law Venture Fund has named Gabriel Delabra ’22 and Sam Klotz ’23 as grand prize winners in its spring…
05/09/2022
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Professor Katy Milkman of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School discussed lessons from her behavioral…
05/04/2022
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Avani Mehta Sood will join the NYU Law faculty as a professor of law on July 1, Dean Trevor Morrison announced in April…
04/29/2022
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Troy McKenzie ’00, Cecelia Goetz Professor of Law at NYU Law and a scholar whose research focuses on bankruptcy, civil…
04/28/2022
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On March 23, NYU Law honored the legacy of the late Kenneth P. Thompson ’92 with the fourth annual Lecture on Race and…
04/25/2022
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On the evening of April 12, more than 700 members of the NYU Law community streamed into the violet-lit colonnaded…
04/25/2022
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has repeatedly retaliated against immigrant rights activists for…
04/22/2022
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Daniel Francis
On June 1, Daniel Francis JSD ’20 will return to NYU Law as an assistant professor of law,…
04/21/2022
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On April 14, NYU announced that Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law and…
04/21/2022
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One student was matched with a mentor who serves as an assistant director at the American Civil Liberties Union;…
04/21/2022
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From international human rights to voting rights to prison reform, and from policy work to litigation and then back to…