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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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"COVID-19 and Workers’ Compensation in New York"
07/06/2020
Justia
Co-authors: Samuel Estreicher and Christopher Ioannou '22
Guardian
"Former UN expert decries Spain's 'utterly inadequate' social protection system"
07/06/2020
The Guardian
Expert: Philip Alston
New York Times
"Virus, Confederate Flag, Amy Cooper: Your Monday Evening Briefing"
07/06/2020
New York Times
Expert: Richard Pildes
Washington Post
"Judge who issued injunction blocking removal of Richmond’s Lee statue appears to recuse himself from case"
07/03/2020
Washington Post
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
New York Times
"Inquiry Prompted by Trump’s Hurricane Dorian Claim Is Being Blocked, Investigator Says"
07/01/2020
New York Times
Expert: Richard Revesz
New York Times
"Is Economic Inequality Really a Problem?"
07/01/2020
New York Times
Author: Samuel Scheffler
Christian Science Monitor
"Principle over politics? Why Chief Justice Roberts upheld abortion rights."
06/30/2020
Christian Science Monitor
Expert: Melissa Murray
New York Times
"Harsh Penalties, Vaguely Defined Crimes: Hong Kong’s Security Law Explained"
06/30/2020
New York Times
Expert: Jerome Cohen
Reuters
"Special Report: Thousands of U.S. judges who broke laws, oaths remained on the bench"
06/30/2020
Reuters
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
Bloomberg News
"‘Kafkaesque’ FERC Pipeline Process Needs Revamp, Court Says"
06/30/2020
Bloomberg Law
Expert: David Hayes, State Energy & Environmental Impact Center
Wall Street Journal
"How to Prevent an Electoral Crisis"
06/30/2020
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Richard Pildes
Washington Post
"The problem with relying on precedent to protect abortion rights"
06/29/2020
Washington Post
Author: Melissa Murray
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"Call 911: How Police Built Military Arsenals And A Firm Grip On Local Budgets, And Why Defunding May Be Inevitable"
06/26/2020
Forbes
Expert: Brennan Center for Justice
Five Thirty Eight
"Voter Registrations Are Way, Way Down During The Pandemic"
06/26/2020
FiveThirtyEight
Expert: Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice
New York Times
"A DNA Mix-Up Involving a Washing Machine Kept a Man in Jail for 3 Years"
06/26/2020
New York Times
Expert: Erin Murphy
Vice
"Can't Imagine a World Without Police? Start Here"
06/25/2020
Vice
Expert: Barry Friedman
New York Review of Books
"Less Punishment, More Justice"
06/25/2020
New York Review of Books
Featured: Rachel Barkow
New York Times
"Tax the Rich and Their Heirs"
06/24/2020
New York Times
Author: Lily Batchelder
Washington Post
"Absentee ballots will be critical this fall. But in-person voting is even more essential."
06/23/2020
Washington Post
Author: Richard Pildes
New York Times
"NASCAR Drivers Support Bubba Wallace After Noose Is Found in Talladega Garage"
06/22/2020
New York Times
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
CNN
"Firing Berman: 'Bizarre how this went down'"
06/22/2020
CNN (video)
Expert: Anne Milgram '96
CNBC News
"Abortion case could end — or add to — streak of liberal wins at Supreme Court"
06/21/2020
CNBC
Expert: Melissa Murray
New York Times
"The Wrong Justice Department Official Lost His Job This Weekend"
06/21/2020
New York Times
Author: Preet Bharara
"Hawaii can require testing for all coming in"
06/19/2020
Star Advertiser
Co-author: Sylvia Law '68
Fast Company
"We spent a fortune on police body cams. Why haven’t they fixed policing?"
06/17/2020
Fast Company
Expert: Barry Friedman
New York Times
"PG&E Pleads Guilty to 84 Counts of Manslaughter in Camp Fire Case"
06/16/2020
New York Times
Expert: Jennifer Arlen
New York Times
"Here Are the 97 U.S. Cities Where Protesters Were Tear-Gassed"
06/16/2020
New York Times
Expert: Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Brennan Center for Justice
Bloomberg News
"Trump Signs Order on Police Force After Meeting Victims’ Families"
06/16/2020
Bloomberg
Expert: Barry Friedman
New York Times
"More Than 2,000 Black People Were Killed by White Mobs During Reconstruction, New Study Shows"
06/16/2020
New York Times
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
The New Yorker
"Who Is the Floyd Family’s Lawyer?"
06/15/2020
New Yorker
Expert: Rachel Barkow
Salon
"How the government's use of algorithm serves up false fraud charges"
06/15/2020
Salon
Expert: Jason Schultz
MSNBC
"Jonathan Capehart: Supreme Court 6-3 ruling on LGBT worker protections upholds equal justice under law"
06/15/2020
MSNBC (video)
Expert: Melissa Murray
"Jail Support: What Is It and How Does It Support Social Movements?"
06/15/2020
Teen Vogue
Expert: Deborah Archer
Chronicle of Social Change
"Let’s Root Out Racism in Child Welfare, Too"
06/15/2020
Chronicle of Social Change
Author: Martin Guggenheim '71
Wall Street Journal
"Amid Calls to ‘Defund,’ How to Rethink Policing"
06/13/2020
Wall Street Journal
Author: Barry Friedman
CNN
"Trump campaign says it can't be held liable if rally attendees contract coronavirus"
06/13/2020
CNN
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
CNN
"How a new kind of policing saved America's most dangerous city"
06/13/2020
CNN
Author: Anne Milgram '96
Vice
"These Cities Replaced Cops With Social Workers, Medics, and People Without Guns"
06/12/2020
Vice News
Expert: Barry Friedman
Bloomberg News
"Legal Risks Abound When Companies Bring Their Employees Back"
06/12/2020
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Samuel Estreicher
"3 ways the tax code ‘amplifies’ the black-white wealth gap"
06/12/2020
MarketWatch
Expert: Lily Batchelder
Law.com
"Kirkland's Role Advising 'Repeat Players' Highlights Risk of Business Conflicts in Deals"
06/11/2020
Law.com
Expert: Stephen Gillers '68
Bloomberg News
"Trump Campaign Asks Rally-Goers to Waive Covid-19 Liability"
06/11/2020
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
USA Today
"Supreme Court's deference to police for 'reasonable' conduct faces scrutiny in wake of brutality cases"
06/11/2020
USA Today
Expert: Barry Friedman
NPR
"What Police Are For: A Look Into Role Of The Police In Modern Society"
06/10/2020
NPR
Expert: Barry Friedman
Washington Post
"Can the federal government fix our policing problem?"
06/08/2020
Washington Post
Expert: Barry Friedman
Bloomberg News
"McDonald’s Case Tests Nuisance Theory for Job Virus Safety"
06/04/2020
Bloomberg
Expert: Catherine Sharkey
NBC News
"What's Next - George Floyd and the Future of Policing in NYC"
06/04/2020
NBC New York (video)
Expert: Deborah Archer
Wall Street Journal
"Fed Expands Municipal-Lending Facility to More Localities"
06/03/2020
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Clayton Gillette
The New Yorker
"Bryan Stevenson on the Frustration Behind the George Floyd Protests"
06/01/2020
New Yorker
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
Bloomberg News
"Pandemic-Era Prison Releases a ‘Tipping Point’ for Reformers"
05/29/2020
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Rachel Barkow