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10/28/2019
![Elizabeth Yeampierre speaking](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/2019_sheinberg_lecture_Elizabeth_Yeampierre_portrait001.jpg?itok=P8nHSm-H)
The groups most exposed to the risks of climate change must have a leading role in the effort to contain—and survive—…
10/24/2019
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Sonia Lin ’08 began working in the field of immigrants’ rights shortly after the 9/11 attacks of 2001 as a paralegal…
10/21/2019
![Ashley Binetti Armstrong and a student](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/Lawyering_Armgstrong_Binetti_Ashley_Portrait_002.jpg?itok=qdYnpC9H)
1L students get their first taste of NYU Law’s Lawyering Program during Orientation, and they continue in the…
10/18/2019
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The title of Fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute recognizes individuals who have…
10/18/2019
![Richard Pildes](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/Pildes_Richard_Portrait_001_0.jpg?itok=92Pn8Fmg)
Common Cause recognizes the efforts of four lawyers and experts who have played key roles in …
10/17/2019
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On September 23, Pennsylvania’s attorney general, Josh Shapiro, delivered the 23rd annual Attorney General Robert…
10/16/2019
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Judge William T. Allen, Nusbaum Professor of Law and Business and founding director of the Pollack Center for Law…
10/16/2019
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On September 9th, the Federal Republic of Germany appointed Professor Franco Ferrari to the panel of arbitrators…
10/15/2019
![Diane Wood](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/NW_Opioid_Epidemic_Wood_Diane_001.jpg?itok=McxzLt4w)
NYU Law’s September 26 Conference on the Opioid Epidemic offered sobering statistics on opioid use. More than 900…
10/14/2019
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The Willem de Kooning Foundation loans NYU Law a painting by one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century.…
10/14/2019
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A Latham & Watkins Forum on September 25 previewed the upcoming US Supreme Court term with a panel that included…
10/14/2019
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Anthony Thompson
“Diversity and inclusion have become buzzwords that organizations like to advance but too…
10/08/2019
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In an age of identity politics, Professor of Philosophy and Law K. Anthony Appiah questions the truth of the labels and…
10/03/2019
![Chris Hughes speaking on a panel at the Latham & Watkins Forum bout Reigning in Big Tech](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/Latham_Watkins_Forum_2019_Hughes_Chris_001.jpg?itok=iL11iJcT)
In May, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes sparked a flurry of discussion with a New York Times op-ed calling for the…
09/26/2019
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Small cases can teach big lessons. As a law student, Grasford Smith ’05 trained as a mediator with the NYU Mediation…
09/10/2019
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On September 4 Lily Batchelder discussed ways to raise more tax revenue from the wealthy in her inaugural lecture for…
09/10/2019
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NYU Law becomes a pioneer among law schools with the launch of its own venture capital fund.
This month NYU Law leads…
09/10/2019
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The American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) has elected Richard Revesz, Lawrence King Professor of Law and…
09/05/2019
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Jeanne Fromer
The primary rationale for intellectual property protection is that it’s needed to incentivize…
09/05/2019
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Sally Newman ’10, founder of Charleston Legal Access (CLA), died on August 16, 2019, at age 36. Born in Montana, Newman…