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NYU School of Law and its faculty, students, alumni, centers and programs are frequently featured in the media. The following lists recent news stories, interviews and op-eds.

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NPR
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
03/20/2025
NPR
Quoted: Melissa Murray
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Podcast: The Supreme Court and the Trump Administration
02/27/2025
National Constitution Center
Expert: Melissa Murray
Huffington Post
MSNBC Host Tears Apart Right-Wing DEI Obsession With Brutal Reality Check
02/02/2025
Huffington Post
Quoted: Melissa Murray
WNYC Brian Legrer logo
"The Supreme Court's New Term"
10/08/2024
Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC)
Expert: Melissa Murray
New York Times
"Kagan Sees Threats to Everyday Rights Beyond Abortion"
09/10/2024
New York Times
Featured: NYU School of Law; Melissa Murray
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"Ketanji Brown Jackson Starts New Memoir’s Publicity Blitz"
09/02/2024
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Melissa Murray
Los Angeles Times logo
"From legal bribery to Trump’s immunity, a dark theme ran through the Supreme Court’s term"
07/14/2024
Los Angeles Times
Author: Melissa Murray
MSNBC
"‘Powers of a king’: Melissa Murray on the repercussions of the Supreme Court's immunity decision"
07/01/2024
MSNBC
Expert: Melissa Murray
NPR logo
"NYU law professor on what she'll be paying attention to ahead of Trump's sentencing"
05/30/2024
NPR's "All Things Considered"
Expert: Melissa Murray
"Trump Found Guilty!"
05/30/2024
"Pod Save America"
Expert: Melissa Murray
MSNBC
"D.A. 'rests case' in Trump's only criminal trial this year"
05/21/2024
MSNBC's "The Beat with Ari Melber"
Expert: Melissa Murray
MSNBC
"'Utter disrespect': Sen. Blumenthal rips Justice Alito's 'bias' after flag scandal"
05/17/2024
MSNBC
Expert: Melissa Murray
MSNBC
"‘It didn’t land’: Legal experts crush Trump defense performance in Michael Cohen cross-examination"
05/14/2024
MSNBC
Expert: Melissa Murray
"NYU’s Melissa Murray Dissects Trump’s Trial and Presidential Immunity"
04/22/2024
KQED
Featured: Melissa Murray
PBS
"Firing Line with Margaret Hoover—Melissa Murray"
04/19/2024
PBS
Featured: Melissa Murray
MSNBC
"Melissa Murray: Trials are ‘about storytelling,’ ‘who your audience is is critically important’"
04/16/2024
MSNBC
Featured: Melissa Murray
Mother Jones
"Uganda Cited Dobbs in an Anti-LGBTQ Crackdown. Americans Should Worry Too."
04/04/2024
Mother Jones
Expert: Melissa Murray
MSNBC
"Trump gets bailed out by a billionaire fan, posts $175 million bond in NY Civil Fraud case"
04/02/2024
MSNBC
Expert: Melissa Murray
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"Opinion: The Supreme Court Got It Wrong: Abortion Is Not Settled Law"
03/26/2024
The New York Times
Co-author: Melissa Murray
MSNBC
"Slippery slope toward contraception restrictions seen in court backing of Texas law"
03/15/2024
MSNBC's "Alex Wagner Tonight"
Featured: Melissa Murray
New York Times Logo
"In Trump Cases, Supreme Court Cannot Avoid Politics"
03/05/2024
New York Times
Expert: Melissa Murray
MSNBC
"'High on its own supply': Legal expert blasts Supreme Court"
03/04/2024
MSNBC's "The Reidout"
Featured: Melissa Murray and Kenji Yoshino
MSNBC
"Examining Trump's legal battles: Can they be resolved by November?"
03/02/2024
MSNBC's "The Weekend"
Featured: Melissa Murray
MSNBC
"‘A hot mess’: Trump legal team's attempt to disqualify Fani Willis starts to fall apart"
02/27/2024
MSNBC's "Deadline White House"
Expert: Melissa Murray
Huffington Post
"Opinion: What the Alabama Supreme Court’s Decision Says About Our Failing Democracy"
02/27/2024
Huffington Post
Expert: Melissa Murray
New York Times Logo
"Alabama Says Embryos in a Lab Are Children. What Are the Implications?"
02/21/2024
New York Times
Expert: Melissa Murray
MSNBC
"Trump faces prospect of asset seizure over payment of massive fraud penalty"
02/20/2024
MSNBC's "Alex Wagner Tonight"
Featured: Melissa Murray
"Melissa Murray and Kate Shaw—'Strict Scrutiny' & Trump’s Fight for Immunity'
02/19/2024
The Daily Show
Featured: Melissa Murray
NPR logo
"A trial date set in New York and an indignant prosecutor in Georgia"
02/17/2024
NPR's "Trump Trials"
Featured: Melissa Murray
MSNBC
"The end of government as we know it? What happens if Chevron deference is overturned"
01/20/2024
MSNBC
Expert: Melissa Murray
NPR logo
"Immune or not immune, that is the question"
01/13/2024
NPR's "Trump Trials"
Expert: Melissa Murray
MSNBC
"Legal expert breaks down New York Times exposé on dismantling Roe"
12/16/2023
MSNBC
Expert: Melissa Murray
MSNBC
"Supreme Court’s SEC case ruling could ‘upend government as we know it’"
12/03/2023
"Velshi" on MSNBC
Expert: Melissa Murray
NPR logo
"Trump's Trials: Trump's trials are about to collide with the political calendar"
12/02/2023
NPR
Expert: Melissa Murray
NPR logo
"Trump's Trials: 'The boss is not going to leave under any circumstances'"
11/18/2023
NPR
Expert: Melissa Murray
MSNBC
"Clarence Thomas scandal corners high court: New 'code' adopted over calls for reform"
11/14/2023
MSNBC's "The Beat with Ari Melber"
Expert: Melissa Murray
New York Times Logo
"Opinion: The Conservative Supreme Court Vision That Means Inequality for Women"
11/12/2023
The New York Times
Co-author: Melissa Murray
Associated Press
"Things to know about efforts to block people from crossing state lines for abortion"
11/10/2023
AP News
Expert: Melissa Murray
NPR logo
"The latest in Trump's New York civil fraud trial"
11/05/2023
NPR
Expert: Melissa Murray
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"New Supreme Court Case a Test for Carrying Guns in Malls, Parks"
09/28/2023
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Melissa Murray
"Girlhood Is Trending, But Actual Girlhood Has Never Been More Fraught"
09/14/2023
InStyle
Experts: Melissa Murray, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
"Donald Trump INDICTED In MASSIVE Georgia RICO Case—Giuliani, Meadows and Others Also Charged"
08/15/2023
Pod Save America
Expert: Melissa Murray
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"In Victory for Abortion-Rights Advocates, Ohio Rejects Effort to Make it Harder to Change State Constitution"
08/08/2023
Time
Expert: Melissa Murray
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"Opinion: One of the Most Brazen Republican Schemes Around Abortion Is Happening in Ohio"
08/07/2023
New York Times
Expert: Melissa Murray
MSNBC
"#WITHpod & 'Strict Scrutiny' crossover: podcast and transcript"
08/02/2023
MSNBC
Expert: Melissa Murray
The Nation
"If You Want to Reform the Court, Reform the Media, Too"
07/25/2023
The Nation's "Contempt of Court" podcast
Expert: Melissa Murray
"Okay...but Why Is SCOTUS Like This?"
07/19/2023
Cosmopolitan
Expert: Melissa Murray
New York Times Logo
"In Her First Term, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘Came to Play’"
07/07/2023
New York Times
Expert: Melissa Murray
Washington Post
"Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s bold debut and independent streak"
07/02/2023
Washington Post
Expert: Melissa Murray
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"The Supreme Court’s term was full of whimpers. Then it ended with a bang."
06/30/2023
Politico
Expert: Melissa Murray