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05/08/2019
![Bryan Stevenson](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/NW_Aronson_Stevenson_Bryan_001_0.jpg?itok=6Xp1sa2n)
“Tonight, I want to talk about memory and trauma and justice and what I believe it will take to get to a different…
05/07/2019
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05/06/2019
![Pablo Greiff](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/NW_Emilio_Mignone_2019_Greiff_Pablo_001.jpg?itok=vOJDodep)
In this year’s Emilio Mignone Lecture, Pablo de Greiff, director of the transitional justice program at the Center for…
05/06/2019
![Stephanie Abramson](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/NW_Abramson_Stephanie_002.jpg?itok=-Abk4GED)
Life Trustee, Director of Law and Business Experiential Courses, and Adjunct Professor Stephanie Abramson ’69 passed…
05/02/2019
![Drying Pyrethrum flowers in the sun in Rwanda, Africa](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/Africa_Markets_Portrait_001.jpg?itok=IwuZuOP9)
Kenya’s soil and climate make it particularly hospitable to the pyrethrum flower, an environmentally friendly pesticide…
04/29/2019
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Andrew Weissmann
Dean Trevor Morrison announced that Andrew Weissmann will return to NYU Law on May 1…
04/25/2019
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NYU Law is one of five law schools selected for participation in the inauguration of the Weil Legal Innovators Program…
04/24/2019
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In late March, fast food giant McDonald’s announced that it would no longer lobby against minimum-wage increases at any…
04/23/2019
![Richard Epstein](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/Reflections_Revolution_Heartland_Epstein_R_Portrait_001.jpg?itok=fTXbP752)
NYU Law’s Classical Liberal Institute (CLI) and the NYU Federalist Society co-hosted a conference, “Reflections on the…
04/22/2019
![Rachel Barkow](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/Barkow_Rachel_Portrait_002.jpg?itok=CdV-nUWq)
Rachel Barkow, vice dean and Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy, has been elected as a member of the…
04/18/2019
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Members of NYU Law’s Legal Empowerment Documentation Project spent their spring break in Louisiana volunteering their…
04/18/2019
![Lu Shaun Thompson speaking at the Inaugural Kenneth Thompson Social Justice Fund Lecture](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/NW_Ken_Thompson_Lecture_001.jpg?itok=IW8Q-HN1)
On March 27, the legacy of the late Kenneth P. Thompson ’92, Brooklyn’s first black district attorney, was honored with…
04/17/2019
![NYU Law Professor Kim Taylor-Thompson](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/2019_laca_spring_dinner_kim_taylor_thompson_portrait.jpg?itok=4r99yJmh)
With the theme of “Reclaiming Our Image: The Power of Diversity in Leadership,” the Law Alumni of Color Association (…
04/16/2019
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In Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration, Rachel Barkow, vice dean and Segal Family Professor…
04/12/2019
![BJ Pak giving the 2019 Korematsu Lecture at NYU Law](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/Korematsu_2019_Pak_Byung_Jin_Portrait_001_0.jpg?itok=c2PtHpll)
Delivering the Fred T. Korematsu Lecture, Byung Jin “BJay” Pak, US Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, urged…
04/11/2019
![Chuck Klein speaking after receiving an award at the 2019 Weinfeld Gala](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/NW_Chuck_Klein_001.jpg?itok=Ju-fN-4Y)
This year’s Weinfeld Gala—an annual NYU Law tradition giving thanks to alumni who give back—was celebrated against the…
04/10/2019
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On April 12-14, NYU Law Reunion 2019 welcomed graduates of 11 classes from 1964 to 2014 and Golden Circle alumni. The…
04/09/2019
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For the third year in a row, NYU Law has taken home the Deans' Cup, beating Columbia Law School 68-53 in the…
04/08/2019
![Kenji Yoshino testifying before the House Judiciary Testimony in 2019](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/Yoshino_house_judiciary_testimony_2019_portrait.jpg?itok=a2Q6k7Mn)
Kenji Yoshino (right)
On April 2 Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law,…
04/08/2019
![Bryan Stevenson](/sites/default/files/styles/80_wide/public/news/images/Stevenson_Bryan_Portrait_002.jpg?itok=6aX_yAqo)
Professor of Clinical Law Bryan Stevenson won a key ruling for a death row client when the US Supreme Court held for…