News@NYU Law
09/11/2020
In the past year, alumni from around the world gathered at regional events—from San Francisco to London—to reminisce…
09/11/2020
While their awards ceremonies have been postponed, NYU Law recognizes these recipients.
2020 Recipients …
09/11/2020
The 2020 Judge Edward Weinfeld Award recipient was Judge Jonathan Lippman ’68, former chief judge of New York as well…
09/11/2020
The newly renovated Tishman Auditorium in Vanderbilt Hall reopened in January with a screening of the film Just…
09/11/2020
Justin W. Batten (1991–2020)
Justin W. Batten ’17 passed away on May 20, 2020, at age 29. Batten was an…
09/11/2020
Assistant Dean for Communications and Chief Communications Officer Rebekah Carmichael
Editorial Director …
09/10/2020
Sally Merry
Sally Engle Merry, Julius Silver Professor of Anthropology at NYU and an affiliated faculty…
09/02/2020
In the late 1970s, shortly after Robert Jackson Jr. was born in Bronx, New York, his father and mother—an encyclopedia…
08/25/2020
Professor Emeritus Guy B. Maxfield passed away on Wednesday, August 19. He served on the NYU Law faculty for 43 years…
08/18/2020
Valerie Radwaner ’87, deputy chair at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, attributes much of her success in…
08/17/2020
An article co-authored by Professor Robert Jackson Jr. was included recently on the Corporate Practice Commentator’s “…
08/13/2020
In the weeks following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, protests erupted…
08/13/2020
In a conversation lasting a little more than an hour, two longtime friends—John Sexton, president emeritus of NYU and…
08/12/2020
When Paul Romer studied physics and mathematics as an undergraduate at the University of Chicago, he meant to forge a…
08/10/2020
The NYU Law Venture Fund has made its first equity investment, providing $50,000 in capital to New York-based Paladin,…
08/10/2020
Justice Catalyst and Immigrant Justice Corps have chosen eight recent NYU Law graduates as 2020 fellows. Five graduates…
07/27/2020
A three-year advocacy effort by NYU Law’s Family Defense clinic and its partners came to a victorious close in April…
07/23/2020
In 2019, Stuyvesant High School, one of New York’s most elite public schools, admitted only seven Black students to an…
07/16/2020
Stephen Susman, founder and executive director of the Civil Jury Project (CJP) at NYU Law, passed away on July 14. Co-…
06/30/2020
For nearly 60 years—the past 30 at NYU School of Law—Professor Jerome A. Cohen has been a towering figure in the fields…