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Recent Legislative Responses to Litigation Finance, PANEL 1

Monday, October 28, 2024 The Center on Civil Justice at NYU School of Law hosted a one-day conference on the subject of legislative efforts to regulate legal funding. While recent third-party funding conferences and events have discussed some of t...

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Recent Legislative Responses to Litigation Finance, PANEL 2

Monday, October 28, 2024 The Center on Civil Justice at NYU School of Law hosted a one-day conference on the subject of legislative efforts to regulate legal funding. While recent third-party funding conferences and events have discussed some of t...

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Recent Legislative Responses to Litigation Finance, PANEL 3

Monday, October 28, 2024 The Center on Civil Justice at NYU School of Law hosted a one-day conference on the subject of legislative efforts to regulate legal funding. While recent third-party funding conferences and events have discussed some of t...

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How to Heal a Divided Nation

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2024 "As we enter another heated election season, Americans are once again divided along lines of identity, including gender, race, and national origin. Some argue that the solution to our national division is to set aside “id...

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The U.S. Elections on a Global Stage, hosted by the The Reiss Center on Law and Security

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2024 The Reiss Center on Law and Security held a virtual discussion moderated by Reiss Center Non-Resident Senior Fellow Michael Wahid Hanna. An expert panel discussed what the 2024 elections mean for the international commu...

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NYU Law Forum: The Housing Affordability Crisis

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 The housing affordability crisis that has long dominated policy debates in New York City and other high-cost areas across the country is now a major issue in the presidential election. At this Forum, experts explored what...

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Climate Change and the Courts - NYU Law's 'Climate Week'

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 This panel discussion will bring together changemakers in the climate litigation world, environmental advocates, and legal experts, to address recent trends in climate-related litigation in the United States—both offens...

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Annual Survey of American Law Dedication: Professor Sally Katzen

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2024 Every year, Annual Survey of American Law dedicates its journal volume to an important legal figure. This year, it was dedicated to Professor Sally Katzen.

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Fireside Chat with SEC Chair Gary Gensler

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2024 Hosted by the Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance.

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NYU Law Forum—The Administrative State in Turmoil

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2024 At this Forum, the current general counsel of the US Department of Health and Human Services joined a leading attorney in private practice (and former top federal regulatory official) to discuss the implications of recent ...

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NYU Law Forum: Supreme Court (P)review

Wednesday September 18th, 2024 Each year, this program highlights major rulings from the Supreme Court’s recently concluded term as well as potentially significant cases on tap for the upcoming term. There is no shortage of material. Among the hea...

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28th Annual Attorney General Robert Abrams Public Service Lecture

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 Each year, a prominent public figure who has performed exemplary public service addresses the students, faculty, alumni, and friends of New York University School of Law. This year’s speaker was Connecticut’s Attorne...

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A Conversation with The Honorable Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court

Monday, September 9, 2024 The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center is pleased to present the inaugural Sidney Shainwald Public Interest Lecture: A Conversation with The Honorable Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Stat...

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NYU Law Graduate Tax Program

The NYU Graduate Tax Program faculty includes several of the country’s top academic figures in the tax field who specialize in a range of its doctrinal areas: corporate taxation, partnership taxation, taxation of real estate ventures, estate and gi...

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76th Annual Conference on Labor and Employment Law (Day 2, Panel 6)

76th NYU Annual Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Challenges & Opportunities Day 2 – THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2024 8:45 Breakfast & Registration 8:55 Introduction by Prof. Samuel Estreicher (NYU Law) Morning Session Moderator: Steven Swirsky (E...

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Fireside Chat: Challenges and Opportunities in Today’s Cyber Landscape

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Camille Stewart Gloster served as the first Deputy National Cyber Director for Technology & Ecosystem at the White House from 2022 – 2024, where she advised the President and led efforts to create new cybersecurity policies f...

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NYU Law Forum - The Presidency Unbound? SCOTUS’s Immunity Ruling

Tuesday July 9, 2024 During this program, experts in constitutional law and presidential authority discussed the implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity in Trump v. United States PANELISTS Mary McCord Visiting Profes...

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2024 Grunin Conference, Evolving as a General Counsel in Pursuit of Meaningful Impact

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 Day 1, Panel 1 The 2024 Annual Conference on Legal Issues in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing – in the US and Beyond, co-organized by the Grunin Center and the Impact Investing Legal Working Group, took place on-...

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2024 Grunin Conference, Remarkable Achievements of Our Legal Community (Grunin Prize Finalists)

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 Day 1, Panel 2 The 2024 Annual Conference on Legal Issues in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing – in the US and Beyond, co-organized by the Grunin Center and the Impact Investing Legal Working Group, took place on-...

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2024 Grunin Conference, Navigating Trust and Scale in Global Social Enterprise Law

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 Day 2, Panel 1 The 2024 Annual Conference on Legal Issues in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing – in the US and Beyond, co-organized by the Grunin Center and the Impact Investing Legal Working Group, took place o...

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2024 Grunin Conference, Sweetening Enduring Impact: A Taste of Two Social Enterprises

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 Day 2, Panel 2 The 2024 Annual Conference on Legal Issues in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing – in the US and Beyond, co-organized by the Grunin Center and the Impact Investing Legal Working Group, took place o...

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76th Annual Conference on Labor and Employment Law (Day 2, Panel 4)

76th NYU Annual Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Challenges & Opportunities Day 2 – THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2024 8:45 Breakfast & Registration 8:55 Introduction by Prof. Samuel Estreicher (NYU Law) Morning Session Moderator: Steven Swirsky (E...

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76th Annual Conference on Labor and Employment Law (Day 2, Panel 1)

76th NYU Annual Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Challenges & Opportunities Day 2 – THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2024 8:45 Breakfast & Registration 8:55 Introduction by Prof. Samuel Estreicher (NYU Law) Morning Session Moderator: Steven Swirsky (E...

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76th Annual Conference on Labor and Employment Law (Day 1, Panel 7)

76th NYU Annual Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Challenges & Opportunities NYU School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge 40 Washington Square Park South Day 1 - WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2024 8:30 Breakfast & Registration 8:55 Welco...

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76th Annual Conference on Labor and Employment Law (Day 1, Panel 6)

76th NYU Annual Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Challenges & Opportunities NYU School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge 40 Washington Square Park South Day 1 - WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2024 8:30 Breakfast & Registration 8:55 Welco...

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76th Annual Conference on Labor and Employment Law (Day 1, Panel 3)

76th NYU Annual Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Challenges & Opportunities NYU School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge 40 Washington Square Park South Day 1 - WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2024 8:30 Breakfast & Registration 8:55 Welco...

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76th Annual Conference on Labor and Employment Law (Day 1, Panel 2)

76th NYU Annual Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Challenges & Opportunities NYU School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge 40 Washington Square Park South Day 1 - WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2024 8:30 Breakfast & Registration 8:55 Welco...

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76th Annual Conference on Labor and Employment Law (Day 1, Panel 1)

76th NYU Annual Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Challenges & Opportunities NYU School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge 40 Washington Square Park South Day 1 - WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2024 8:30 Breakfast & Registration 8:55 Wel...

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Joint Conference with NYU Law Celebrates Prof. Robert Post’s Book on the Taft Court, Opening Remarks

April 20th, 2024 The Taft Court: Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921-1930, the latest book by Sterling Professor of Law Robert C. Post ’77, will be the focus of a jointly held conference at NYU Law on April 20. The event, “The Long 1920s: Rob...

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Joint Conference with NYU Law Celebrates Prof. Robert Post’s Book on the Taft Court, Panel 1

April 20th, 2024 The Taft Court: Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921-1930, the latest book by Sterling Professor of Law Robert C. Post ’77, will be the focus of a jointly held conference at NYU Law on April 20. The event, “The Long 1920s: Rob...

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Joint Conference with NYU Law Celebrates Prof. Robert Post’s Book on the Taft Court, Panel 2

April 20th, 2024 The Taft Court: Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921-1930, the latest book by Sterling Professor of Law Robert C. Post ’77, will be the focus of a jointly held conference at NYU Law on April 20. The event, “The Long 1920s: Rob...

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Joint Conference with NYU Law Celebrates Prof. Robert Post’s Book on the Taft Court, Panel 3

April 20th, 2024 The Taft Court: Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921-1930, the latest book by Sterling Professor of Law Robert C. Post ’77, will be the focus of a jointly held conference at NYU Law on April 20. The event, “The Long 1920s: Rob...

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NYU Law Graduate Tax Program — Jerome Manning ’52 Tax Salon with Amy E. Heller LLM ’09

NYU Law Graduate Tax Program presents the Jerome Manning ’52 Tax Salon featuring Amy E. Heller LLM ’09 and Faculty Director, Graduate Tax Program, Professor Brant Hellwig LLM ’00. During this conversation, they addressed the looming uncertainty...

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The Third Annual Robert A. Katzmann Lecture

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 The third annual Robert A. Katzmann Lecture at New York University School of Law, which celebrated the legacy and distinguished career of the late Judge Robert A. Katzmann. Gene Sperling, Senior Advisor to President Biden,...

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NYU Law Forum—US v. Trump: Presidential Immunity from Criminal Conduct

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 The Supreme Court has framed the following question for argument on April 25: “Whether and if so to what extent does a former President enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve ...

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Life of the Law Conversation: Employment Division v. Smith

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 In 1990, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Employment Division v. Smith, a landmark ruling that spoke to the question of when religious believers are exempt from laws that would interfere with their religious practic...

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Iconic Delaware Cases: Rural/Metro

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Emiliano Catan (Co-Director, Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance) moderated a panel that focused on the Rural/Metro litigation, tackling questions such as What makes Rural/Metro an iconic decision? What were the ke...

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Disability Pride: From Accommodation to Empowerment

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 61 million adults in the United States have a disability—more than a quarter of the population. Yet disability is often an afterthought in conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Ben Mattlin, journalist and a...

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Decoding the Trump Indictments

Thursday, March 28, 2024 Former President Donald Trump is facing four explosive criminal prosecutions: the January 6 and classified documents cases brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith in federal court, the election interference case in Georgia, an...

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Kenneth P. Thompson '92 Lecture on Race and Criminal Justice Reform

Thursday, March 14, 2024 Kenneth P. Thompson ’92 Lecture on Race and Criminal Justice Reform (Ethics CLE Approved) The Peter L. Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law and the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law invited an audien...

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Trans Inclusion at a Time of Backlash

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Attacks on the transgender community have increased dramatically in recent years, including legal restrictions on bathroom access and medical care, book bans, and what the Human Rights Campaign has called an “epidemic ...

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NYU Law Forum—Social Media, Government Jawboning, and the First Amendment at the Supreme Court

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 Recent issues of major public concern (the COVID pandemic; threats to the secure administration of federal elections) have engendered a wave of mis- and disinformation, often spread virally through social media platforms. Th...

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2024 Law Women Alumnae Reception

Thursday, February 22, 2024 On this special evening, Law Women continued their tradition of honoring distinguished alumnae who have been groundbreakers in the field of law. The 2024 Law Women Alumna of the Year Award was presented to Sandra Park ’...

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Remarks by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on the 10th Anniversary of Just Security

Thursday, February 29, 2024 In celebration of its 10-year anniversary, Just Security welcomed Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to the NYU Law School. This event featured remarks by Director Haines and a fireside chat moderated by NYU ...

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Civil Rights in the Criminal Legal System Clinic helps man leave prison after 51 years

For more information, read the full article: https://www.law.nyu.edu/news/civil-rights-criminal-legal-system-paul-williams-jr-alexis-karteron

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OUTLaw Alumni Reception

Tuesday, January 30, 2024 OUTLaw continued their tradition of honoring distinguished alumni for their outstanding professional achievements and advocacy for the LGBTQIA+ community. The 2024 OUTLaw Alum of the Year Award was presented to Shana Knizhn...

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Women Leaders in Cybersecurity: Regs, Risk & Opportunity, OPENING REMARKS

Friday, January 26, 2024 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity presents our January 26, 2024 program, Regs Risk & Opportunity: New Cyber Rules, AI’s Impact, Evolving Your Career. Returning to in-person programming, more than a dozen leaders, including go...

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Women Leaders in Cybersecurity: Regs, Risk & Opportunity, PANEL 1

Friday, January 26, 2024 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity presents our January 26, 2024 program, Regs Risk & Opportunity: New Cyber Rules, AI’s Impact, Evolving Your Career. Returning to in-person programming, more than a dozen leaders, including go...

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Women Leaders in Cybersecurity: Regs, Risk & Opportunity, PANEL 2

Friday, January 26, 2024 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity presents our January 26, 2024 program, Regs Risk & Opportunity: New Cyber Rules, AI’s Impact, Evolving Your Career. Returning to in-person programming, more than a dozen leaders, including go...

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Women Leaders in Cybersecurity: Regs, Risk & Opportunity, PANEL 3

Friday, January 26, 2024 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity presents our January 26, 2024 program, Regs Risk & Opportunity: New Cyber Rules, AI’s Impact, Evolving Your Career. Returning to in-person programming, more than a dozen leaders, including go...

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Women Leaders in Cybersecurity: Regs, Risk & Opportunity, FIRESIDE CHAT

Friday, January 26, 2024 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity presents our January 26, 2024 program, Regs Risk & Opportunity: New Cyber Rules, AI’s Impact, Evolving Your Career. Returning to in-person programming, more than a dozen leaders, including go...

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Inside Knowledge Book Launch

Monday, January 22, 2024 Inside Knowledge: Incarcerated People on the Failures of the America Prison; A Conversation with Doran Larson and Elizabeth Alexander Doran Larson, founder and co-director of the American Prison Writing Archive, was joined ...

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'Route to Justice' with the Civil Rights and Racial Justice Clinic

South Carolina wants to build a road through a historic Black neighborhood over residents’ objections. NYU Law’s Civil Rights and Racial Justice Clinic is teaming up with community members to put the brakes on the project. Read the full article ...

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NYU Law Forum—AI in Law Practice: What You Need to Know

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 AI stands to “radically alter” or “revolutionize” law practice, according to recent reports from, respectively, the Economist magazine and the Brookings Institution. Both suggested the that the jobs of junior asso...

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NYU Law Forum—Moore v. US and the Fate of the US Tax System

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Could a pending Supreme Court case upend large parts of the US tax system? Some observers think Moore v. United States could do just that. The specific claim in the case is that a one-time tax on unrepatriated profits tha...

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NYU Furman Center Policy Breakfast

Thursday, November 16, 2023 Supply Skepticism Revisited: Barriers to NYC's Housing Growth New York City policymakers have laid out plans to address the city’s housing shortage by urging every neighborhood to do its part to meet overall city hou...

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Nationwide Injunctions: Procedural Complications Surrounding Nationwide Injunctions (Panel 2)

Monday, October 23, 2023 What are the factors in our legal system that have resulted in the proliferation of nationwide injunctions? Are there systemic conditions that allow nationwide injunctions to be abused? If so, how can we prevent these abus...

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Nationwide Injunctions:Nationwide Injunctions As Such (Panel 1)

Monday, October 23, 2023 How do nationwide injunctions work? Are they necessary? Are they legally justified? Are they effective in blocking illegal or unconstitutional conduct? Do they cause harms? The panel discussed these questions and more, to ...

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NYU Law Forum—US Immigration “Crisis”: Origins, Opportunities, and the Road Ahead

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 Search the headlines these days, and you’ll find countless references to “migrant crisis,” “border crisis,” and similar formulations. Whether or not it is accurate to label the present moment a crisis, the chal...

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Toward a Goldilocks Deal on 702 Surveillance Reform

Monday December 4, 2023 The surveillance authorities contained in Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act are set to expire on December 31, 2023, unless Congress acts to renew them. Long regarded by the U.S. government as an indispe...

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Nationwide Injunctions: Lunch Conversation

Participants: Hon. Nicholas Garaufis & Steve Vladeck Judge Garaufis and Professor Vladeck, the moderators of the two panels, synthesized the panel discussions and highlighted the wisdom gained. Nationwide injunctions are playing an increasing role ...

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28th Annual Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in American Society

Tuesday November 14, 2023 The Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations held the twenty-eighth annual Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in American Society. Mehrsa Baradaran '05, Professor of Law at Unive...

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Artificial Intelligence: Crime, Security and International Regulation, Panel 1

Thursday November 9, 2023 Hosted by NYU Law and the Center for Cybersecurity Panel 1 – AI Crimes and Crime Fighting How has, and will, AI enable criminal endeavors? What tools and capabilities does AI supply to law enforcement for investigating ...

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Artificial Intelligence: Crime, Security and International Regulation, Panel 2

Thursday November 9, 2023 Hosted by NYU Law and the Center for Cybersecurity Panel 2 – AI and National Security: New Frontiers How has AI changed the national security landscape? What issues arise from AI enabled intelligence gathering, surveill...

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Artificial Intelligence: Crime, Security and International Regulation, Keynote

Thursday November 9, 2023 Hosted by NYU Law and the Center for Cybersecurity International AI Regulation Thomas Schneider, Ambassador and Director of International Relations, Swiss Federal Office of Communication; Chair of Council of Europe Committ...

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James Madison Lecture

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 The lecture, "Major Questions About the Administrative State" was presented by Judge Cornelia (Nina) Pillard, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Is the administrative state under attack? ...

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Will the A.I. Future Be Inclusive?

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Many commentators have sounded the alarm about bias in artificial intelligence and other digital technology. But what if such technology could instead be a powerful tool to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion? In her...

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Book Talk – Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West

Monday, October 23, 2023 'Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West' tells the story of a century-long espionage war between Russia and the West. In Walton’s telling, the Cold War began earlier than is widely understood and extended b...

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75th Annual NYU Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Reform for the Long Haul (DAY 2, PANEL 1)

Wednesday, May 24th, 2023 Keynote Address: US Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda (US DOL) Introduction: Patrick W. Shea (Paul Hastings)

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75th Annual NYU Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Reform for the Long Haul (DAY 2 PANEL 2)

Wednesday, May 24th, 2023 Employment Law Reform for the Long Haul Exploring basic employment discrimination and law reforms for the long haul that may attract consensus on both sides of the aisle. (i) Employee Privacy as a Distinct Area of Privacy...

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75th Annual NYU Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Reform for the Long Haul (DAY 2 PANEL 3)

Wednesday, May 24th, 2023 Addressing Hiring Discrimination Against Older and Disabled Workers, Former Incarcerated Individuals Speakers: Craig E. Leen (K&L Gates, fmr. Dir. OFCCP); Marjorie Mesidor (Philipps & Assoc.) Co-Com...

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75th Annual NYU Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Reform for the Long Haul (DAY 2 PANEL 4)

Wednesday, May 24th, 2023 Lunchtime Keynote Address: Hon. Jennifer Abruzzo (GC, NLRB) Introduction: Gerald T. Hathaway (Faegre Drinker) Afternoon Session Moderator: Davida Perry (Schwartz Perry & Heller)

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75th Annual NYU Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Reform for the Long Haul (DAY 2 PANEL 5)

Wednesday, May 24th, 2023 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives: Legal and Policy Issues Speakers: Michele Coyne '95 (Kauff, McGuire & Margolis), Martin Schmelkin '94 (Schulte Roth & Zabel), and Pearl Zuchlewski (Kraus & Zuchlewski) Moderator: ...

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75th Annual NYU Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Reform for the Long Haul (DAY 2 PANEL 6)

Wednesday, May 24th, 2023 Sectoral Solutions On New Forms of Industry-Level Regulation With Lessons From the CA Fast Food Recovery Act Speaker: Prof. Cynthia Estlund (NYU Law) Commentators: Jae Chun (Friedman & Anspach) and Zachary Fasman (Fasman A...

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75th Annual NYU Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Reform for the Long Haul (DAY 2 PANEL 7)

Wednesday, May 24th, 2023 Implications of the Harvard and UNC Affirmative Action Cases at the Supreme Court Exploring potential outcomes of these Supreme Court Cases and commensurate implications for employer workplace diversity initiatives. Speak...

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75th Annual NYU Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Reform for the Long Haul (DAY 1, PANEL 6)

AI: Benefits and Risks of Automated Employment Decision Tools An update on the use of AI in employment decisions: the benefits and challenges, and how to address potential discriminatory impact. How to address ChatGPT and other AI progress. Speaker...

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75th Annual NYU Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Reform for the Long Haul (DAY 1, PANEL 7)

Tuesday, May 23 2023 FTC Proposed Rules on Non-Compete Clauses in Employment Contracts An exploration of the new Federal Trade Commission proposal that would outlaw most non-compete clauses in employment contracts. Speakers: Erika Ozer '97 (SVP...

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IJA Brennan Lecture "The Disruption We Needed: Accelerated Innovation in Courts & Access to Justice"

Thursday, October 5, 2023 The Institute of Judicial Administration (IJA) hosted the IJA's 28th Annual William J. Brennan, Jr. Lecture on State Courts & Social Justice, featuring Chief Justice Bridget McCormack '91, ret. Michigan Supreme Court The C...

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16th Annual Emile Noël Lecture: The Building of a New Global Order -- A No Holds Barred Conversation

Wednesday, September 20, 2023 The Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law & Justice at New York University School of Law, cordially hosted the Sixteenth Annual Emile Noël Lecture on the State of the (European) Union on Wednes...

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Meltzer Center Speaker Series: Equal Justice Under the Law?

Tuesday, September 12, 2023 In recent years, the conservative supermajority on the U.S. Supreme Court has profoundly altered the civil rights landscape. The Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, ended affirmative action in higher education, and found th...

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NYU Law Forum—The Legalization of Corruption in the United States

Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Following Watergate, the US led the charge against corruption in adopting the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), which imposed criminal penalties for corruption of foreign public officials. The US also advocated for ...

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27th Annual Attorney General Robert Abrams Public Service Lecture

Monday, September 11, 2023 PILC hosted the Twenty-Seventh Annual Attorney General Robert Abrams Public Service Lecture. Each year, a prominent public figure who has performed exemplary public service addresses the students, faculty, alumni, and frie...

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17th Annual Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Lecture

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 "Abortion: Jewish law (Halakhah), Feminism, Jurisprudence" The Seventeenth Annual Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Lecture “Abortion: Jewish law (Halakhah), Feminism, Jurisprudence” was presented by: Professor Ronit Irshai...

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The Fifteenth Annual Emile Noël Lecture on The State of the (European) Union

Monday, April 3, 2023 "The Court of Justice of the European Union and the Contemporary Challenges to European Integration - Rule of Law, New Technologies and More" The Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law & Justice at NYU ...

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Grunin Conference, Morning Plenary - A New Approach to Contracting: Building on Shared Values

June 6, 2023 This opening plenary combines contract theory with practice as the speakers draw on their expertise in economics, business, and law to explore a new approach to contracting where the goal is to create and maintain resilient, long-term, ...

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Grunin Conference, Afternoon Plenary - Remarkable Achievements of Our Legal Community

June 6, 2023 This plenary celebrates the six finalists for the 2023 Grunin Prize and explores the work they have done in contributing to the fields of social entrepreneurship and impact investing. Lawyers play a critical role in designing, implemen...

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Grunin Conference, Morning Plenary - Fireside Chat with Christopher Stephens, World Bank Group

June 7, 2023 This Day 2 opening plenary features a conversation with the senior vice president and general counsel, World Bank Group. The Fireside Chat will focus on the role of the legal function and the general counsel in the World Bank Group; the...

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Grunin Conference, Lunch Plenary - Book Talk and Signing: For-Profit Philanthropy

June 7, 2023 Professor Linda Sugin will lead a discussion of the new book, For-Profit Philanthropy, with author Dana Brakman Reiser. For-Profit Philanthropy argues that three recent shifts in elite philanthropy share the same DNA. High-net-worth ind...

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Grunin Conference, Closing Plenary

Wednesday June 7, 2023 Speakers: Emmeline Liu, General Counsel, Calvert Impact Fran Seegull, President, US Impact Investing Alliance Moderators: Ginny Reyes Llamzon, General Counsel and Chief Operations Officer, MCE Social Capital Kevin Saunders,...

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GPT, GDPR, AI Act: How (not) to regulate generative AI? - Panel 1

Monday, April 24, 2023 Networking lunch: How does “generative AI” work? David Stein, NYU Law, Guarini Global Law & Tech and Information Law Institute Event description: How to regulate “generative AI” is now a major question across the w...

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GPT, GDPR, AI Act: How (not) to regulate generative AI? - Panel 2

Monday, April 24, 2023 How should lawyers think about “generative AI”? Benedict Kingsbury, NYU Law Catherine Sharkey, NYU Law, David Stein, NYU Law, Guarini Global Law & Tech and Information Law Institute Event description: How to regulate...

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GPT, GDPR, AI Act: How (not) to regulate generative AI? - Panel 3

Monday, April 24, 2023 Is “generative AI” compatible with data protection and privacy law? Aniket Kesari, NYU Law, Information Law Institute Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna, Future of Privacy Forum Marc Rotenberg, Center for AI and Digital Policy Esha ...

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GPT, GDPR, AI Act: How (not) to regulate generative AI? - Panel 7

Monday, April 24, 2023 How to coordinate “generative AI” regulation transnationally? Gráinne de Búrca, NYU Law Angela Zhang, University of Hong Kong [joining remotely] Marc Rotenberg, Center for AI and Digital Policy Yirong Sun, NYU Law, Guar...

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GPT, GDPR, AI Act: How (not) to regulate generative AI? - Panel 4

Monday, April 24, 2023 How to allocate risk, rights, and responsibilities along the “generative AI” supply chain? Anna Gressel, Debevoise James Grimmelmann, Cornell Tech Thomas Streinz, NYU Law, Guarini Global Law & Tech Event description: H...

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GPT, GDPR, AI Act: How (not) to regulate generative AI? - Panel 5

Monday, April 24, 2023 Will “generative AI” entrench infrastructural power and impair competition? Angelina Fisher, NYU Law, Guarini Global Law & Tech Kevin Fodouop, NYU Law, Rights over Tech Shaoul Sussman, FTC Sarah West, AI Now Event descr...

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GPT, GDPR, AI Act: How (not) to regulate generative AI? - Panel 6

Monday, April 24, 2023 Keynote: The EU’s Digital Decade His Excellency Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States Fireside chat with J. H. H. Weiler, University Professor, Joseph Straus Professor of L...

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12th Annual Peter L. Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law Conference

The Peter L. Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at NYU Law School hosted its 2023 annual conference, focusing on restorative justice and federal criminal practice on April 11, 2023, from 1:30-6:00 PM in the Greenberg Lounge of Vande...

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The 16h Annual Friedrich A. Von Hayek Lecture

Thursday, March 23, 2023 The 16h Annual Friedrich A. Von Hayek Lecture The Origins of System in Property Law Presented by Henry E. Smith Fessenden Professor of Law Harvard Law School Henry E. Smith is the Fessenden Professor of Law at Harvar...

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NYU Law Graduate Tax Program — Jerome Manning ’52 Tax Salon

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 NYU Law Graduate Tax Program presented the Jerome Manning ’52 Tax Salon featuring United States Tax Court Judge Juan F. Vasquez LLM '78 and Faculty Director, Graduate Tax Program, Professor Brant Hellwig LLM ’00. During...

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NYU Law Forum (Virtual Event): A Former President Indicted: The Special Counsel and the Road Ahead

Wednesday June 14, 2023 Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury in Miami. Since the country learned last August of an FBI search of the former president’s residence at Mar-a-Lago for documents marked as classified, details ...

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Are Constitutions Helping or Hindering Gender Equality?

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Constitutions around the world are overwhelmingly the creation of men. How well are they doing at acknowledging equality – and advancing the rights of women? Ruth Rubio-Marin, professor of constitutional law at the Universi...

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Third Party Funding Conference: Panel 5

Friday, February 3, 2023 The third-party funding industry is changing rapidly, and it is causing rapid changes in the legal profession. However, law schools and legal academia are paying insufficient attention to the changes in the legal profession...

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Third Party Funding Conference: Panel 4

Friday, February 3, 2023 The third-party funding industry is changing rapidly, and it is causing rapid changes in the legal profession. However, law schools and legal academia are paying insufficient attention to the changes in the legal profession...

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Third Party Funding Conference: Panel 3

Friday, February 3, 2023 The third-party funding industry is changing rapidly, and it is causing rapid changes in the legal profession. However, law schools and legal academia are paying insufficient attention to the changes in the legal profession...

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The End of Zero-Sum Politics

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 On issues of race, many Americans get stuck in a zero-sum paradigm, assuming that advances for people of color will come at the expense of white individuals. Heather McGhee, policy expert and author of the New York Times...

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Women’s Rights and Backsliding Democracies, Fireside Chat with Professor Melissa Murray

Friday, April 14, 2023 The United States was designated a backsliding democracy in late 2021, when it appeared on a prominent European think tank’s annual global ranking. Today, half of the world’s democratic governments are on the decline accor...

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Women’s Rights and Backsliding Democracies, Panel 2: United States

Friday, April 14, 2023 The United States was designated a backsliding democracy in late 2021, when it appeared on a prominent European think tank’s annual global ranking. Today, half of the world’s democratic governments are on the decline accor...

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Women’s Rights and Backsliding Democracies, Panel 1: Global

Friday, April 14, 2023 The United States was designated a backsliding democracy in late 2021, when it appeared on a prominent European think tank’s annual global ranking. Today, half of the world’s democratic governments are on the decline accor...

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NALSA and CRIL Symposium: Law On Our Terms

Thursday, March 30, 2023 The NYU Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) and the Center for Race, Inequality, and the Law (CRIL) co-hosted an exciting symposium, Law On Our Terms. The goal of this symposium was to engage with important Ind...

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29th Annual Rose Sheinberg Lecture: No Prisons, No Borders, No Cops, No State?

Thursday, March 30, 2023 The Rose Sheinberg Committee, NYU Law’s project on cutting edge issues of gender, race, and class, hosted writer, organizer, and feminist poverty lawyer Dean Spade to present our 29th Annual Lecture. In this lecture, Spade...

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Robert A. Katzmann Lecture: Hon. Ann Claire Williams (Ret), US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

Tuesday, April 18, 2023 The second annual Robert A. Katzmann Lecture at New York University School of Law, which celebrates the legacy and distinguished career of the late Judge Robert A. Katzmann, was given by the Honorable Ann Claire Williams, for...

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NYU Labor Center Webinar: [Neuro]Diversity in the Workplace

Thursday, March 2, 2023 [Neuro]Diversity in the Workplace: Adapting Current Disability Laws and Inclusion Initiatives How do we bring more workers with non-apparent disabilities, including those under the neurodiversity umbrella (such as autism, AD...

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Mothers in Law

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 A discussion of practical and systemic reforms needed to ensure that mothers can thrive in the legal profession. The panel featured leaders from multiple disciplines — including Andrea Merediz Basham '02, Freshfields; Cas...

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Invitation to the Life of the Law conversation

Tuesday, March 28, 2023 Four years ago, the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in the case of Bostock v. Clayton County, a ruling that protected gay and transgender employees from discrimination. The plaintiff Gerald Bostock shared his story...

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NYU Law Forum—How Will the Law Handle Generative AI?

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 How Will the Law Handle Generative AI? The release of generative AI systems such as ChatGPT, DALL-E, and Stable Diffusion have raised numerous concerns—from copyright infringement to defamation to the unlawful disclosure ...

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3rd NYU Sciences Po Intergenerational Arbitration Symposium

Friday March 24, 2023 Panel 1: The Use of Evidence Gathered in Non-Traditional Ways Clara Colboc Bruno Sousa Rodrigues Benno Kimmelman Sarah Chokecki Panel 2: Open Questions in International Arbitration Jonathan Schaffer-Goddard Paola Patarroyo Br...

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Democracy Unmoored: Populism and the Corruption of Popular Sovereignty

Thursday, March 23, 2023 New York University School of Law held a discussion of Democracy Unmoored: Populism and the Corruption of Popular Sovereignty (Oxford University Press) with author Samuel Issacharoff, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Co...

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Furman Academic Program

The Furman Academic Program is designed to train future law professors. Participants in the program receive resources and mentorship to prepare them for successful careers as legal academics. Furman Scholars are current JD students who show exception...

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Can Free Speech And Inclusion Be Reconciled?

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Freedom of expression is a core value of the United States and other democratic countries. Yet in recent years, free speech has become a site of intense conflict when it intersects with issues of diversity and inclusion. Such ...

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Empirical Data on Annulment of International Awards: What to learn from it?

Monday March 6, 2023 The Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law hosted an in-person seminar entitled “Empirical Data on Annulment of International Awards: What to learn from it? ArbDossier.com and Beyond”. The semin...

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2023 Women of Color Collective Alumnae Reception

Tuesday February 28, 2023 The theme of this year’s celebration was “Building Bridges: Fostering Wellbeing.” During the reception, WoCC proudly honored Crystal Crawford ’91, executive director at the Western Center on Law & Poverty, with the ...

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Recent Developments in Arbitration, Panel 5: Third Party Arbitration Funding

Saturday, November 12, 2022 Parties are increasingly resolving their disputes via alternative dispute resolution, as opposed to jury or bench trials. The increased reliance on ADR, and especially arbitration, to take a leading role in providing civ...

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Recent Developments in Arbitration, Panel 4: Arbitration in Employment Consumer Contracts

Saturday, November 12, 2022 Parties are increasingly resolving their disputes via alternative dispute resolution, as opposed to jury or bench trials. The increased reliance on ADR, and especially arbitration, to take a leading role in providing civ...

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Diplomacy and the Fight Against Racial Injustice: Fireside Chat with Desirée Cormier Smith

Tuesday, February 21, 2023 In the summer of 2022, the U.S. Department of State announced the creation of a new Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice, the first mandate of its kind in the U.S. diplomatic corps. On February 21, Desirée...

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Law Women Alumnae Reception

Friday, February 17, 2023 Law Women continued their tradition of honoring distinguished alumnae who have been groundbreakers in the field of law. The 2023 Law Women Alumna of the Year Award was presented to Stephanie Toti ’03, Senior Counsel & Pro...

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NYU Law Forum—Asylum, Border Politics, and NYC

Wednesday, March 1, 2023 The United States has a duty to welcome asylum seekers under federal and international law. Over the course of the last six years, however, a combination of controversial federal policies and border-state politics has obstru...

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NYU Law Forum—ESG: The Backlash

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Socially responsible investing—widely known as ESG, for the environmental, social, and governance factors used as investment criteria—is facing a backlash. Even as the level of money flowing into ESG funds remains ro...

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Dedication of the 80th Volume of Annual Survey of American Law to Judge Jed S. Rakoff

Tuesday, February 21, 2023 On behalf of the editorial board of the NYU Annual Survey of American Law, the 80th Volume of Annual Survey was dedicated to Judge Jed S. Rakoff at a ceremony on Tuesday, February 21, at 5:30 p.m. in Greenberg Lounge, o...

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Kevin Kuate-Fodouop '23 on how his Torts class combined the law with economics

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Bex Rothenberg-Montz '23 on why he liked his Evidence class

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Emily Espinel '23 talks about how she benefited from her 2L summer at Debevoise Plimpton

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Michael Modak-Truran '23 on the bonds he made with his 1L Lawyering classmates

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Emily Espinel '23 on how the Business Transactions Clinic gave her valuable real world experience

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Community at NYU Law

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The Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

Professor Kenji Yoshino, faculty director, and ProfessorDavid Glasgow, Executive Director, introduce the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. For more information: https://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/belonging

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Beth Kelley '24 on how her International Law class and PILC prepared her for her 1L Summer Job

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Devin McCowan '23 on how the Public Interest Law Center positively affected his experience at NYU

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Devin McCowan '23 on his experience participating in the Juvenile Defense Clinic

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NYU Law Graduate Tax Program -- Inaugural Jerome Manning ’52 Tax Salon (Virtual)

Thursday, April 14, 2022 NYU Law Graduate Tax Program presented the inaugural Jerome Manning ’52 Tax Salon featuring IRS Commissioner Charles P. Rettig LLM '82 and Faculty Director, Graduate Tax Program, Professor Brant Hellwig LLM ’00. They ref...

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Recent Developments in Arbitration, Panel 1: Gateway Issues

Saturday, November 12, 2022 Parties are increasingly resolving their disputes via alternative dispute resolution, as opposed to jury or bench trials. The increased reliance on ADR, and especially arbitration, to take a leading role in providing civ...

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Recent Developments in Arbitration, Panel 4: Arbitration in Employment Consumer Contracts

Saturday, November 12, 2022 Parties are increasingly resolving their disputes via alternative dispute resolution, as opposed to jury or bench trials. The increased reliance on ADR, and especially arbitration, to take a leading role in providing civ...

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Recent Developments in Arbitration, Panel 3: International Arbitration from a US Law Perspective

Saturday, November 12, 2022 Parties are increasingly resolving their disputes via alternative dispute resolution, as opposed to jury or bench trials. The increased reliance on ADR, and especially arbitration, to take a leading role in providing civ...

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Recent Developments in Arbitration, Panel 2: Due Process in Arbitration

Saturday, November 12, 2022 Parties are increasingly resolving their disputes via alternative dispute resolution, as opposed to jury or bench trials. The increased reliance on ADR, and especially arbitration, to take a leading role in providing civ...

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Recent Developments in Arbitration, Panel 5: Third Party Arbitration Funding

Saturday, November 12, 2022 Parties are increasingly resolving their disputes via alternative dispute resolution, as opposed to jury or bench trials. The increased reliance on ADR, and especially arbitration, to take a leading role in providing civ...

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Public Justice & Private Harmony: An Evening with Eric Holder and Dr. Sharon Malone

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network hosted a conversation with Former Attorney General Eric Holder and Dr. Sharon Malone, moderated by the BWLN’s Executive Director Jennifer Weiss-Wolf. This event was co-hosted b...

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BWLN Book Talk: Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America

Monday, October 3, 2022 The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network held a virtual book talk on Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America by Dahlia Lithwick. Lady Justice tells the gripping and heroic story of the women lawyers who ...

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Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Program: How to Identify a Startup Idea?

How to Identify a Startup Idea? The Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital (EVC) Program at NYU Law (formerly the NYU Law Venture Fund), in partnership with the NYU Law Social Enterprise & Startup Law Group hosted a session on how to identify a startup i...

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Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Training for Beginners

Tuesday November 29, 2022 The Center for Race, Inequality and the Law co-sponsored with Electronic Frontier Foundation, a training to learn the ins and outs of how to initiate and navigate records requests from the federal government using the Freed...

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Environmental Racism and Climate (In)Justice

Friday, October 28th, 2022 At the intersection of the Promise Institute for Human Rights’ work on racial justice, human rights and the protection of the environment, NYU Law was thrilled to launch U.N. Special Rapporteur on Racism E. Tendayi Achiu...

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Chief Judge Judith Kaye Portrait Unveiling

Monday, November 7, 2022 Dean Troy McKenzie hosted a celebration honoring the extraordinary career and service of Chief Judge Judith Kaye '62, culminating with the unveiling of her portrait. Speakers: Troy McKenzie '00, Dean and Cecelia Goetz Pr...

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Change From Within: Reimagining the 21st Century Prosecutor

Monday, November 14, 2022 The Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, Fair and Just Prosecution, and The Brennan Center for Justice held a talk for the forthcoming book, Change From Within: Reimagining the 21st Century Prosecutor, whic...

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Parole Justice Teach-In

Thursday, October 27, 2022 The Center on Race, Inequality and the Law and the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign held a teach-in on the Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole bills, two New York State bills to address the inequities of the parol...

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Meltzer Center Launch Celebration - A Conversation with Professor Melissa Harris Perry

Monday October 17, 2022 Meltzer Center Director and Professor Kenji Yoshino held a conversation with Professor Melissa Harris Perry at the celebration of the launch of the Meltzer Center for Diversity Inclusion and Belonging. For more information:...

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Meltzer Center: Speaker Series How to Reckon with Our Unjust Past

Thursday, October 27, 2022 In recent years, debates over topics such as reparations, Confederate monuments, the 1619 Project, and “critical race theory” have forced us all to examine painful truths about our country’s past. Yet this process of...

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NYU Law Forum—After Dobbs: The Future of Abortion, Privacy Rights, and Equality in the US

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 A conversation between: Chris Hayes, Host, All In with Chris Hayes, MSNBC Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law, NYU School of Law Co-hosted by the Birnbaum Women's Leadership Network.

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IJA's 27th Brennan Lecture on State Courts and Social Justice

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 The Institute of Judicial Administration presents: Judge Roy W. McLeese III '85 District of Columbia Court of Appeals Trying to Write Fair Opinions Introduction: Victor Hou ’97 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton IJA Faculty...

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2022 James Madison Lecture: Hon. David J. Barron

The 2022 James Madison Lecture "The Court of History" Monday, October 24, 2022 Speaker: Chief Judge David J. Barron, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

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Fake Symposium, Day 2: Fake Intellectual Property

Friday, September 23, 2022 The Fake Symposium was a two-day exploration of how the law understands the space between what is real and what is fake. Please see panel topics and panelists listed below for our first of two days of the Fake Symposium. ...

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Fake Symposium, Day 2: Fireside Chat with John Belcaster and Megan Bannigan

Thursday, September 22, 2022 The Fake Symposium was a two-day exploration of how the law understands the space between what is real and what is fake. Please see panel topics and panelists listed below for our first of two days of the Fake Symposium....

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Fake Symposium Day 2, Fake News

Friday, September 23, 2022 The Fake Symposium was a two-day exploration of how the law understands the space between what is real and what is fake. Please see panel topics and panelists listed below for our first of two days of the Fake Symposium. ...

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The Fake Symposium Day 1: Keynote Speaker Professor Siva Vaidhyanathan

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Fake Symposium Day 1: Fake Art

Thursday, September 22, 2022 The Fake Symposium was a two-day exploration of how the law understands the space between what is real and what is fake. Please see panel topics and panelists listed below for our first of two days of the Fake Symposium....

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Fake Symposium Day 1: Framing Discussion -- What Does It Mean To Be Real?

Thursday, September 22, 2022 The Fake Symposium was a two-day exploration of how the law understands the space between what is real and what is fake. Please see panel topics and panelists listed below for our first of two days of the Fake Symposium....

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Fake Symposium, Day 1: Fake Goods and the Problem of Authenticity

Thursday, September 22, 2022 The Fake Symposium was a two-day exploration of how the law understands the space between what is real and what is fake. Please see panel topics and panelists listed below for our first of two days of the Fake Symposium....

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Fake Symposium, Day 1: Fake Social Media Movements in Culture, Advocacy, and Policy

Thursday, September 22, 2022 The Fake Symposium was a two-day exploration of how the law understands the space between what is real and what is fake. Please see panel topics and panelists listed below for our first of two days of the Fake Symposium....

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Reproductive Justice After Roe

Thursday, October 6, 2022 In the 1990s, activist and scholar Loretta Ross co-created the term “reproductive justice” and went on to co-found an organization—SisterSong— dedicated to its realization. For decades, Professor Ross has been a lea...

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NYU Law Forum—Investigating Mar-a-Lago

Wednesday, October 12, 2022 The US Department of Justice’s unprecedented investigation continues into the documents found at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, raising many intertwined domestic law and national securi...

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Shifting Tide in State Court Civil Litigation: Chief Justice Bridget M. McCormack '91

Friday, September 16, 2022 During an event sponsored by the NYU Law Center on Civil Justice, entitled 'Shifting Tide in State Court Civil Litigation', Chief Justice Bridget M. McCormack '91 gave the keynote speech.

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Shifting Tide in State Court Civil Litigation: Matching Civil Justice System Design to Use

Friday, September 16, 2022 This was the final of three panels during an event sponsored by the NYU Law Center on Civil Justice, entitled 'Shifting Tide in State Court Civil Litigation'. How can we make use of procedural reforms such that our state...

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Shifting Tide in State Court Civil Litigation: Consumer Debt, Eviction & Foreclosure

Friday, September 16, 2022 This was the second of four panels during an event sponsored by the NYU Law Center on Civil Justice, entitled 'Shifting Tide in State Court Civil Litigation'. Consumer Debt, Eviction & Foreclosure The share of debt coll...

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Shifting Tide in State Court Civil Litigation: Access to Justice

Friday, September 16, 2022 This was the first of four panels during an event sponsored by the NYU Law Center on Civil Justice, entitled 'Shifting Tide in State Court Civil Litigation'. Access to Justice Access to the courts is increasingly costly...

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PILC: 26th Annual Attorney General Robert Abrams Public Service Lecture

Monday, September 12, 2022 The Twenty-Sixth Annual Attorney General Robert Abrams Public Service Lecture took place at NYU Law, featuring Delaware's Attorney General, Kathy Jennings. Each year, a prominent public figure who has performed exemplary ...

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Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco Announces Changes to Corporate Criminal Enforcement

Thursday, September 15, 2022 Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco delivered remarks on changes the Department of Justice will be making to its corporate criminal enforcement policies. These changes were the result of a comprehensive review conduct...

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Discussion of in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Wednesday, July 27, 2022 New York University School of Law held a discussion of the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization with Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law, Travis Tu ’03,...

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AnnaKay Brown LLM ‘22 on her experience with the Black Allied Law Students Association

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Gargi Bohra LLM ‘22 on the Offices of Graduate Services and Career Services

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Joaquina Diaz Corona LLM ‘22 on finding community at NYU Law

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Marco Accorroni LLM ’22 on the use of the Socratic method in the classroom

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Marco Accorroni LLM ’22 on why he chose NYU Law

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Minna Mumma LLM ‘22 on her positive experiences with the Office of Career Services

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Saideh Ghasemi LLM ’22 on why she chose NYU Law

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Sanjana Rao LLM ‘22 on the draw of living in New York City

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Tomer Levinger LLM ‘22 on how the Legal Theory LLM program helped him improve his writing skills

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Hadiya Williams ’22 describes the experience of working closely with the faculty directors of CDIB

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Mari Dugas '22 on the Reiss Center on Law and Security

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The 2020 Elections and National Security: What We Learned, What Comes Next

Friday, November 6, 2020 A conversation on the 2020 elections, with an expert panel, convened virtually by Just Security and the Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law. The panelists discussed the national security dimensions of the ...

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Women Leaders in Cybersecurity - Cyber Risk: Increasing Board and Executive Accountability

Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity presented the July 2022 program Cyber Risk: Increasing Board and Executive Accountability, a can’t-miss discussion on the role top leadership plays in cybersecurity practice and policy. The pan...

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Leo Hu LLM ‘22 on why he chose the Tax specialization

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AnnaKay Brown LLM ‘22 on why she enjoyed her Trademark class

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Joaquina Diaz Corona LLM ‘22 on meeting people with the same passion for antitrust

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Gargi Bohra LLM ‘22 on learning from the experts in Corporation Law

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Milica Skaro LLM ‘22 on how the Environmental & Energy Law specialization elevated her work

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Minna Mumma LLM ‘22 on the International Business Regulation Litigation & Arbitration specialization

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Lautaro Furfaro LLM ‘22 on how the International Legal Studies program made him a better academic

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Sanjana Rao LLM ‘22 on how the International Tax specialization helped her range as a lawyer

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Tomer Levinger LLM ‘22 on the Legal Theory specialization’s broad range of study

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Mohammed Alismail LLM ‘22 on why he enjoys classes that include both JD and LLM students

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Orison S. Marden Moot Court Competition

Wednesday, April 6, 2022 Named for the famous NYU Alumnus, the Orison S. Marden Competition is an annual, school-wide moot court tournament open to all second-year and third-year students. The NYU Moot Court Board administers the competition and dra...

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Will a Judicial Ethics Code Ever Apply to the Justices? What Can & Should We Do About Ginni Thomas?

Saturday, April 30, 2022 This lecture grappled with two issues that can threaten the appearance of fairness in the administration of justice. First, the Code of Judicial Conduct that applies to all federal judges does not apply to the Justices. Why ...

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The Many Facets of "Public Policy" in International Arbitration

Friday, April 29, 2022 The panel discussed different points of view on enforcement of international arbitration awards and conflicting issues of public policy. Panelists: Franco Ferrari Professor of Law Director, Center for Transnational Litigatio...

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The Supreme Court and American Life: Continuity or Disruption in the Law?

The late Justice Byron White used to say that every new member creates a new Supreme Court. With the appointment of three new Justices by President Trump, and now another new Justice by President Biden, the Supreme Court has undergone a dramatic tran...

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The Future of Human Rights: Existential Challenges and Creative Responses

Saturday, April 30, 2022 The traditional human rights paradigm is ill-equipped to deal with the simultaneity, speed, and depth of existential challenges to human rights, like climate change, democratic backsliding, technological disruption, geopolit...

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The US Struggle to Implement a Comprehensive National Policy on Climate Change

Saturday, April 30, 2022 The US has yet to implement a comprehensive national legal and policy framework to limit climate change. While the Biden Administration came into office committed to limiting climate change, even it has struggled to fully i...

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BWLN Book Talk: Civil Rights Queen

Monday, March 28, 2022 The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, Law Alumni of Color Association, and Women of Color Collective held a virtual book talk on 'Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality' by Tomiko Brown-N...

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Lessons on Leadership from the GCs of Away and ClassPass

Thursday, April 7, 2022 The Venture Fund hosted an exciting conversation with Lydia Cheuk '97, GC of Away and Shana Neiditch '02, GC at ClassPass on the topic of leadership. This event was co-sponsored by the NYU Law Venture Fund and the NYU Law Wom...

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BWLN Book Talk: Right Within and Inclusion on Purpose

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network; NYU Stern’s Center for the Future of Management; the Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation; the Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging; the NYU La...

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BWLN Book Talk: The Farmer’s Lawyer: The North Dakota Nine and the Fight to Save the Family Farm

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU Law and the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU held a virtual book talk on The Farmer’s Lawyer: The North Dakota Nine and th...

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Racing Religion: A Conversation with Sahar Aziz

Tuesday, April 19, 2022 CRIL Executive Director Jason Williamson and Professor Sahar Aziz held a provocative and much-needed conversation about the long-standing tension between race and religion in the United States, through the lens of Professor A...

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BWLN/Ms. Foundation Panel: The Next Generation of Gender Justice

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 The Fight for Gender Justice, PART III: The Next Generation of Gender Justice The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the Georgetown Law Initiative on Gender Justice and Opportunity hel...

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NYU Law Venture Fund

An Overview of the NYU Law Venture Fund - Join us in hearing testimonials from members of the NYU Law community around their experience with the Fund, and its impact on their careers. Find out more at https://www.law.nyu.edu/alumni/venturefund

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Welcome to NYU Law

A virtual campus tour

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Inside the Women's Leadership Fellows Program

The Women’s Leadership Fellows Program (WLFP), part of the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, is a selective co-curricular program that provides training in effective communication, self-awareness and resilience, seeking and receiving feedback,...

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Dedication of the 79th Volume of Annual Survey of American Law to Dean Trevor Morrison

Monday, April 11, 2022 The editorial board of the NYU Annual Survey of American Law invited guests to the dedication of the 79th Volume of Annual Survey to Dean Trevor Morrison, Eric M. and Laurie B. Roth Professor of Law at a ceremony on Monday, Ap...

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NYU Law Forum—NFTs Explained … To the Extent Possible

Wednesday, April 6, 2022 What is an NFT, and why are people talking about them? In this Forum, Professors Amy Adler and Chris Sprigman—joined by Mitchell F. Chan, an artist and leading NFT innovator— looked at what NFTs do, and just as important...

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Women of Color Collective Honors Tsion Gurmu '15

Wednesday, March 2, 2022 The Women of Color Collective (WoCC) continues their tradition of honoring alumnae of color for their outstanding achievements in the field of law by presenting the 2022 WoCC Woman of Distinction Award to Tsion Gurmu '15, Le...

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28th Annual Rose Sheinberg Lecture - Anti-Asian Violence: An Intersectional Feminist Lens

Thursday, March 31, 2022 The Rose Sheinberg Committee -- NYU Law’s project on cutting edge issues of gender, race, and class -- presented their 28th Annual Lecture, “Anti-Asian Violence: An Intersectional Feminist Lens.” It was with grieving,...

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Exploiting Identity: When Insiders Use Diversity to Their Advantage

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 Diversity is about equality and justice, but sometimes it’s treated as a commodity. A college plasters its website with people of color to look more diverse. A company belatedly adds a woman to an otherwise all-male panel b...

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The Kenneth P. Thompson '92 Lecture on Race and Criminal Justice Reform

Wednesday, March 23, 2022 The Peter L. Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law and the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law held the fourth Kenneth P. Thompson ’92 Lecture on Race and Criminal Justice Reform. Jason Williamson ex...

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NYU Law Venture Fund: The Journey of an Accidental Social Entrepreneur

Thursday, March 3, 2022 The NYU Law Venture Fund hosted Lauren Burke '09, to hear her story about her journey as an accidental social entrepreneur. Lauren has spent the last ten years building programs inside institutions, developing new nonprofits,...

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"The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth" a Conversation with Kristin Henning

Monday March 7, 2022 The Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law hosted a virtual conversation with Professor Kristin Henning on her newly released book, “The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth.” Throughout the discussion, C...

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Intersecting Identities: Gender, Race, and the Politics of Supreme Court Nominations

Thursday, March 3, 2022 NYU Law’s Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network; Law Alumni of Color Association; Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law; Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging; American Constitution Society; Black Allied Law Stud...

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The Cyber Social Contract: A Conversation with National Cyber Director Chris Inglis

Monday, March 21, 2022 In the wake of disruptive ransomware attacks and escalating tensions worldwide, the need for greater security, efficiency, and confidence in cyberspace has never been more urgent. To discuss these issues, inaugural National Cy...

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Charting the Course Forward: Re-Thinking the Fight for Racial Justice in 2022 and Beyond

Friday February 25, 2022 To commemorate the five-year anniversary of the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, Executive Director Jason Williamson moderated an honest and in-depth conversation with three dynamic leaders in the fight for racial ju...

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BWLN/Ms. Foundation Panel: The Equal Rights Amendment in the 21st Century

Tuesday, March 8, 2022 The Fight for Gender Justice, PART II: The Equal Rights Amendment in the 21st Century The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, the Ms. Foundation for Women, the ERA Project of Columbia Law School's Center for Gender & Sexua...

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My Name is Pauli Murray: Film Screening and Talkback

Thursday, February 24, 2022 The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, the Law Alumni of Color Association, the Black Allied Law Students Association, If/When/How: Lawyering Reproductive Justice, OUTLaw, and the Women of Color Collective virtually h...

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Building Inclusive Habits: A Science-Based Approach

Tuesday, February 15, 2022 Creating a more inclusive culture will require all of us to change our daily habits—in the workplace, in the classroom, and in our broader lives. But why is change so difficult, and what can we do to overcome the barrier...

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NYU Law Forum—Should the Supreme Court Be Reformed?

Wednesday, February 9, 2022 As an institution that famously has no power over purse or sword, the US Supreme Court is particularly reliant on public confidence. But confirmation battles in recent decades have routinely led to claims that the Court�...

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Law Women Honors Chief Justice Bridget McCormack '91

Thursday, February 10, 2022 Continuing Law Women's tradition of honoring distinguished alumnae who have been groundbreakers in the field of law, the 2022 Law Women Alumna of the Year Award was presented to the Honorable Bridget McCormack ’91, Chie...

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NYU Law Forum—The Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Navigating Law, Diplomacy, and Force

Thursday, February 24, 2022 Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and with the potential risk of expanded conflict in Europe, a panel of leading experts and former US diplomats examined the current state of play, the domestic and international l...

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OUTLaw Honors Jennifer C. Pizer '88

Wednesday, January 26, 2022 OUTLaw continued its tradition of honoring distinguished alumni for their outstanding professional achievements and advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community by presenting the 2022 OUTLaw Alumna of the Year Award to Jennifer C. ...

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Inaugural Robert A. Katzmann Lecture: A Coversation with Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Wednesday, February 9, 2022 The inaugural Robert A. Katzmann Lecture at New York University School of Law, which celebrates the legacy and distinguished career of the late Judge Robert A. Katzmann, featured a conversation between Justice Sonia Sotom...

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Emma Schwartz ’22 on how NYU Law faculty and staff helped her navigate the clerkship process

Upon graduating in Spring 2022, Emma Schwartz ’22 will clerk for Judge Diane Gujarati of US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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Arijeet Sensharma ’22 on the outreach and broad network of NYU Law's clerkship office

Arijeet Sensharma ’22 will clerk for two judges after graduation in Spring 2022: Judge Jesse M. Furman of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York and the Judge Raymond J. Lohier '91 of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circ...

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Texas SB8 & Looking Ahead to Dobbs: A Roundtable Discussion on Reproductive Rights & Abortion Law

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 The NYU Law Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network at NYU Law, and NYU If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, hosted a virtual roundtable discussion on current legis...

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Innovative Lawyers

Thursday, December 2, 2021 Charlie Corwin ’99, Co-CEO of SK Global, an independent film and television studio based in Los Angeles spoke about how he has used his legal education and career path to be an innovative thinker, creator, and leader. T...

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NYU Law Forum—Invisible Child: Lawyers, Journalists, and Social Justice

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 At this Forum, Andrea Elliott, a Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times journalist discussed her just-published book, 'Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City', which has been heralded as a ground-br...

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26th Annual Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in American Society

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 The Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations held the twenty-sixth annual Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in American Society. Robert S. Chang, Professor of Law and Executiv...

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Women Leaders in Cybersecurity - Critical Cybersecurity Updates

December 8, 2021 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity - Critical Cybersecurity Updates: Digital Extortion; International Supply Chain Attacks; and Critical Infrastructure Risk In its sixth year of programming, Women Leaders in Cybersecurity convened a De...

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A Virtual Book Talk: The Family Roe

Tuesday November 2, 2021 The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, the Brennan Center for Justice, the Institute for Public Knowledge, If/When/How, and the Women of Color Collective hosted a virtual book talk on The Family Roe: An American Story by...

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James Madison Lecture

Wednesday, November 3, 2021 The James Madison Lecture, "The Power of the Prior Conviction," was presented virtually by Judge Jane Kelly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Her talk explored the scope and severity of the pr...

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BWLN/Ms. Foundation Panel: Protecting Gender Identity & Expression for America’s Youth

The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network and OUTLaw at NYU Law and the Ms. Foundation for Women held the first event in The Fight for Gender Justice, a three-part speaker series that convened thought leaders from across advocacy organizations and th...

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The Relationship Between Founders and Venture Capitalists

Wednesday, October 6, 2021 Venture capital is relationship-driven. Building and maintaining a healthy relationship with investors is crucial for startup success. NYU Law convened a virtual conversation on the relationship between founders and ventu...

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NYU Law Forum—Memes on Memes and the New Creativity

Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Whether viewed from the perspective of copyright law, which values creativity, or First Amendment law, which prizes a robust marketplace of ideas and political discourse, memes matter. They are a paradigm of contemporary ...

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NYU Law Fireside Chat with Gary Gensler, Chair, US Securities and Exchange Commission

Tuesday October 19, 2021 Co-sponsored by the Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance and the NYU Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement.

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Racial Progress and Backlash in a Diversifying America

Thursday, November 11, 2021 Many demographers predict that the United States will become a “majority-minority” nation as early as the 2040s. Jennifer Richeson, a renowned social psychologist at Yale University, has conducted cutting-edge researc...

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Kenneth P. Thompson '92 Lecture on Race and Criminal Justice Reform

The Center on the Administration of Criminal Law and the Center on Race, Inequality and the Law held the third Kenneth P. Thompson ’92 Lecture on Race and Criminal Justice Reform on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Vincent Southerland, Assistant Profes...

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Launching a Startup After Law School

March 25, 2021 NYU Law Venture Fund The NYU Law Venture Fund hosted this conversation with Jason Finger JD ’99, MBA ’99, co-founder and chairman of Upper90 Partners. Finger discussed his career and how one can launch a startup after law school. ...

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Show Me the Truth: Countering Disinformation and Deepfakes with Digital Content Attribution

Digital information, true and false, is created and shared at a tremendous velocity. This challenges individuals, governments, businesses, and content providers to quickly evaluate the authenticity of massive amounts of information every day. This pa...

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NYU Law Forum - Demanding or Demeaning? Powerful Workplaces and the Cuomo Scandal

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 The executive summary of a report released by New York Attorney General Letitia James in August 2021 stated: “We, the investigators appointed to conduct an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by Governo...

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Launching a Startup After Law School

Thursday, March 25, 2021 The NYU Law Venture Fund invited Jason Finger JD ’99, MBA ’99, co-founder and chairman of Upper90 Partners to speak to us about his career and how one can launch a startup after law school. To learn more about the Ventu...

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Conversation with Alex Elias ’12, founder and CEO of Qloo

Thursday, April 15, 2021 The NYU Law Venture Fund held a conversation with Alex Elias ’12, founder and CEO of Qloo. Qloo is a cultural artificial intelligence platform that leverages deep intelligence to connect and predict consumer taste across d...

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BWLN/All Places/Beyond #MeToo Panel, Part II: Investor-Driven Diversity

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 NYU Law’s Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network; All Places; and the Beyond #MeToo Working Group on Corporate Governance, Compliance, and Risk presented a conversation focused on how investors can act as allies to adva...

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BWLN Book Talk: Ladies Get Paid

Thursday, August 12, 2021 The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network presented a virtual book talk with author Claire Wasserman about her recent book, Ladies Get Paid: Breaking Barriers, Owning Your Worth, and Taking Command of Your Career. *Claire ...

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BWLN/CACL/IPK Book Talk: The Feminist War on Crime

Thursday, October 7, 2021 The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network and the Peter L. Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at NYU Law and the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU presented a virtual book talk on The Feminist War on ...

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BWLN Symposium: The Marshall Plan for Moms, Part 3

September 24, 2021 The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network (BWLN) and the Marshall Plan for Moms joined together at the BWLN's annual symposium on "The Marshall Plan for Moms: What Would It Mean for America to Put Care First?" Leadership Roundtab...

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BWLN Symposium: The Marshall Plan for Moms, Part 2

September 24, 2021 The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network (BWLN) and the Marshall Plan for Moms joined together at the BWLN's annual symposium on "The Marshall Plan for Moms: What Would It Mean for America to Put Care First?" Panel 2 - Looking F...

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BWLN Symposium: The Marshall Plan for Moms, Part 1

September 24, 2021 The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network (BWLN) and the Marshall Plan for Moms joined together at the BWLN's annual symposium on "The Marshall Plan for Moms: What Would It Mean for America to Put Care First?" Panel 1 - Taking St...

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A Conversation With Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 To celebrate the five-year anniversary of the Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, we warmly welcomed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Professor Kenji Yoshino, the Center’s faculty direct...

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2021 Supreme Court Preview

September 30, 2020 NYU Law Forum The US Supreme Court was at center stage as the nation mourned the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and a political brawl came underway over the selection of her successor. Amidst all this, the Court began a new ...

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Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance Roundtable, April 28, 2021

April 28th, 2021 Given that it looks like the SEC will mandate ESG disclosure, what should it mandate? Moderated by April Klein, Robert Jackson and Ed Rock Post-election, with a new SEC chair, one of the Commission’s priorities is “ESG Disclo...

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Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance Roundtable, February 19th, 2021

Updating HSR Reporting: the 2020 NPRM and ANPRM

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#FreeBritney: The Dynamics of Sex, Money & Power

July 21, 2021 Britney Spears’s challenges to her ongoing conservatorship reveal stark truths about how the American legal system can suppress individual rights under the guise of protection. The NYU Law’s Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, L...

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Book Talk: Misogynoir Transformed: Black Women's Digital Resistance

July 14, 2021 The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network (BWLN); the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law; the Black Allied Law Students Association (BALSA); and OUTLaw at NYU Law and the African American Policy Forum hosted this virtual book talk...

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State of the Law School Address and Reunion Awards

April 23-25, 2021 NYU Law Reunion Dean Trevor Morrison delivered Law School updates and introduced the Reunion awards ceremony, which recognized the achievements of a select group of alumni: • Amal Clooney LLM ’01, barrister at Doughty Street...

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Politics, Power, and Women’s Leadership: Panel 1 - Rebuilding Better

March 5, 2021 Speakers: • Sylvia Law ’68 (moderator), Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law, Medicine, and Psychiatry Emerita, NYU School of Law • Melissa Boteach, Vice President of Child Care and Early Learning, National Women’s Law Cent...

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Politics, Power, and Women’s Leadership: Panel 2 - Maintaining Momentum

March 5, 2021 Speakers: • Kelly Dittmar, PhD (moderator), Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers-Camden; Director of Research and Scholar, Center for American Women and Politics, Rutgers-New Brunswick • Amanda Brown Lierman, Execut...

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Politics, Power, and Women’s Leadership: Keynote – Being the Leader You Want to See in the World

March 5, 2021 As the keynote for the symposium, Representative Katie Porter (CA-45) discussed women's leadership with Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law and faculty director of the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network. ...

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2021 Sidley Austin Forum: Making Progress Amidst Polarization

June 16, 2021 The polarized politics of the times raises the core question of whether--and how-- our leaders can overcome partisan conflicts to address major challenges facing the nation. In her address, Senator Amy Klobuchar detailed the requiremen...

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#MeToo Panel: Beyond Diversifying Your Board

April 21, 2021 NYU Law’s Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement and the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network hosted this conversation with the Beyond #MeToo Working Group on Corporate Governance, Compliance, and Risk. As new rules and ...

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Gender Expression and Client Service in the Courtroom Program

March 15, 2021 Especially when clients face a loss of life or liberty, what balance of conformity to expectations and authenticity results in the most effective advocacy from attorneys who don’t fit the straight white cisgender male norm that judg...

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NYU Law Forum: The SPAC Craze: A Critical Assessment

June 16, 2021 NYU Law Forum, sponsored by Latham & Watkins For the past year, SPACs have been the hottest thing on Wall Street. Legions of private companies seeking public capital have done so through SPACs, which have been touted as faster, easier,...

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Insanity Defense: Congresswoman Jane Harman in Conversation with Andrew Weissmann

June 9, 2021 The Reiss Center on Law and Security hosted this virtual discussion with former Congresswoman Jane Harman, former CEO of the Wilson Center and former ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, in conversation with Andrew Weissm...

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OK Boomer, Let’s Talk: Making Peace in the Generation Wars

April 8, 2021 Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging In her book, "OK Boomer, Let’s Talk" (2020), NYU Law alum Jill Filipovic ‘08 explores generational inequalities across a range of subjects—from jobs to housing, climate to technology...

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Venture Investing in Sustainability

March 18, 2021 NYU Law Venture Fund The NYU Law Venture Fund hosted this conversation about venture investing in sustainability with Matt Walker ’07, managing director at S2G Ventures. S2G Ventures is a Chicago-based investment firm focused on foo...

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2021 Jacob K. Javits Professorship Lecture: Democracy, Inequality, and Civil Unrest

March 30, 2021 Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law The 2020-21 Jacob K. Javits Professorship Lecture, titled “Democracy, Inequality, and Civil Unrest,” was given by jointly by Deborah Archer, Professor of Clinical Law and Co-Faculty Director...

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Women Leaders in Cybersecurity: Privacy 2021

March 2, 2021 A panel of experts met for a timely overview of critical privacy issues impacting cybersecurity for 2021, including data transparency and security; navigating international regulations; remote workforce programs; employer contact traci...

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Lawyers and Democracy: Whose Side Were They On?

NYU Law Forum March 31, 2021 Lawyers have long played a vital role in assuring the fair and equitable functioning of our democracy, including through challenges to voting rules and election administration. But before and after the 2020 election, som...

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Could the Internet Break Democracy?

NYU Law Forum April 15, 2021 Could free speech, long considered a defining element of liberal democracy, also bring about its undoing? In recent years, a deluge of falsehoods, conspiracy theories, foreign-government sponsored disinformation, and hat...

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Law Women Honors Susan Herman '74

February 11, 2021 Law Women continued their tradition of honoring alumnae who have been ground-breakers in the field of law. The 2021 Law Women Alumna of the Year Award was presented to Susan Herman '74, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Professor of Law at Brook...

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Women of Color Collective Honors Chantá Parker '06

February 24, 2021 The Women of Color Collective (WoCC) continued their tradition of honoring alumnae of color for their outstanding achievements in the field of law. The 2021 WoCC Woman of Distinction Award was presented to Chantá Parker '06, manag...

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The SolarWinds Breach: What Happened and Where Do We Go From Here?

March 24, 2021 NYU Law Forum In early 2020, the company SolarWinds suffered a massive cybersecurity breach of its software that went undetected for many months and had the effect of compromising a number of US government agencies in addition to man...

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Birnbaum Women's Leadership Network Book Talk: "Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue..."

March 22, 2021 Birnbaum Women's Leadership Network The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network and the NYU Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation hosted this book talk for the upcoming book, "Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue...

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NYU Annual Survey of American Law 2021 Dedication: Justice Elena Kagan

March 9, 2021 NYU Annual Survey of American Law This year the 78th Volume of the NYU Annual Survey of American Law was dedicated to the Honorable Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Tributes to Justice Kagan w...

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Fireside Chat with IRS Commissioner Charles P. Rettig LLM '82 & Professor Bryan C. Skarlatos LLM ’91

November 23, 2020 The NYU Law Graduate Tax Program hosted a fireside chat with the Commissioner of the IRS, Charles P. Rettig LLM ’82, and Bryan C. Skarlatos LLM ’91, adjunct professor of law, NYU Law and partner, Kostelanetz & Fink, This con...

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OUTLaw Honors Justice Lynn Nakamoto ’85 and Robert Raben ’88

January 28, 2021 At this virtual event, OUTLaw awarded the Hon. Lynn Nakamoto ’85, justice of the Oregon Supreme Court and Robert Raben ’88, president and founder of the Raben Group with 2021 OUTLaw of the Year Awards. This award is given to di...

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Conversation with Eric Berry ’08

February 22, 2021 NYU Law Venture Fund: A Conversation with Anthony Thomas and Eric Berry '08 The NYU Law Venture Fund hosted this virtual conversation with Eric Berry ’08, co-founder and CEO of TripleLift. Berry discussed his background in law a...

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Paul Appelbaum '98

Paul Appelbaum '98 on knowing your clients and their needs

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Bob Gold '84

Bob Gold '84 on finding a scalable idea

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NYU Law Venture Fund: D.K. Smith '16

D.K. Smith '16 on overcoming analysis paralysis

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Riley Jones '20

Riley Jones '20 on the value of grace under pressure

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Brandon Nelson '99

Brandon Nelson '99 on focusing your mission and believing in it

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Nick Goss '13 and Jake Yormak '13

Nick Goss '13 and Jake Yormak '13 on how law school teaches you to read contracts and question everything

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Brandon Nelson '99

Brandon Nelson '99 on how issue spotting and other skills honed in legal training contribute to success

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Alexandra Fung '08

Alexandra Fung '08 on how a lawyer's analytical skills complement entrepreneurial vision

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Paul Appelbaum '98

Paul Appelbaum '98 on how legal training prepares you to make a solid business plan

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NYU Law Venture Fund: D.K. Smith '16

D.K. Smith '16 on how lawyers have an advantage—being able to argue effectively and efficiently

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Bob Gold '84

Bob Gold '84 on his journey from political science major to Ridgewood Capital

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Riley Jones '20

Riley Jones '20 on starting a business in college and growing it in law school

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Nick Goss '13 and Jake Yormak '13

Nick Goss '13 and Jake Yormak '13 on founding Parallel Markets and Story Ventures, respectively

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Alexandra Fung '08

Alexandra Fung '08 on her transition from immigration lawyer to Upparent CEO and co-founder

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Women Leaders in Cybersecurity: Cybersecurity 2021

December 9, 2020 Center for Cybersecurity The fifth annual Women Leaders in Cybersecurity event featured topics including public health; insider threats; algorithmic bias; facial recognition and surveillance technologies; and civil and criminal liab...

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NYU Law Forum: The Crisis in Washington

January 15, 2021 Dean Trevor Morrison moderated this discussion among NYU Law experts in constitutional law, criminal law, and national security to address the urgent concerns raised by recent and ongoing events in Washington. The NYU Law Forum is ...

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The Corruption Virus in Arbitration

November 19, 2020 Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law Speakers: • Jennifer Lim, Sidley Austin , Singapore • Jeremy Sharpe, Ottawa • Kevin Davis, NYU Law Moderator: • Dirk De Meulemeester, DMDB Law, Brus...

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The 25th Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in American Society: Jasmine Gonzales Rose

November 12, 2020 The NYU Law Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations hosted the annual Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in American Society. Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Professor of Law at Boston Univer...

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Freedom from a Firm

November 11, 2020 NYU Law Venture Fund: Freedom from a Firm—Transitioning from a Traditional Legal Practice to a Tech Company In this conversation, Vinay Jain ’09, vice president and senior counsel at American Express, and David Pashman ’97, g...

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Feminism, Women's Leadership, and the Barrett Confirmation

November 16, 2020 Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network and A Better Balance hosted a conversation about the gendered implications of the Barrett Supreme Court confirmation process. The panelists discussed ...

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The 2020 Election, Part II: Where Things Stand

November 20, 2020 NYU Law Forum, sponsored by Latham & Watkins At this Forum, the same panelists who discussed key issues around voting shortly before the election reconvened two-and-a-half weeks after Election Day. Panelists assessed how the elect...

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NYU Law Graduate Tax Program's 75th Anniversary: Alumni Faculty Panel

April 24, 2020 A panel of NYU Law faculty convened in celebration of the Graduate Tax Program's 75th anniversary. The discussion was moderated by Steven Dean, the program’s faculty director, and included Professors Noël Cunningham LLM ’75, Dav...

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Where Do We Go From Here?: Looking Ahead to 2021

November 5, 2020 Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law Candice Jones ‘07, President and CEO, Public Welfare Foundation, Kim Taylor-Thompson, Professor of Clinical Law, NYU Law and Anthony Thompson, Professor of Clinical Law and Co-Faculty Direct...

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Conversation with Brandon Nelson ’99

October 28, 2020 NYU Law Venture Fund The NYU Law Venture Fund hosted a virtual conversation with Brandon Nelson ’99, general counsel and corporate secretary at JetBlue. Nelson discussed his current role, JetBlue’s venture capital arm JetBlue Te...

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Women's Leadership in the Age of COVID-19

October 27, 2020 Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Renowned Harvard Business School scholar, Robin Ely, has conducted groundbreaking research on work-life balance and gender inequality in the workplace. In this discussion, Professor Ely...

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2020 James Madison Lecture: Judge James A. Wynn Jr.

October 19, 2020 James Madison Lecture The annual James Madison Lecture was presented by Judge James A. Wynn Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. This lecture was titled, "When Judges and Justices Throw Out Tools: Judicial A...

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Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation

October 13, 2020 NYU Law Forum, sponsored by Latham & Watkins For two years, Andrew Weissmann served as a senior member of the team assembled by Robert Mueller to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 US election. In his new book, "Where Law...

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Literature and Inequality with Dan Shaviro

October 15, 2020 Author and Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation Daniel N. Shaviro discussed his new book, "Literature and Inequality: Nine Perspectives from the Napoleonic Era through the First Gilded Age" (Anthem Press) with Branko Milanovic, Stone ...

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2020 James Madison Lecture: James A. Wynn Jr.

October 19, 2020 James Madison Lecture The annual James Madison Lecture was presented by Judge James A. Wynn Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. His lecture was titled, "When Judges and Justices Throw Out Tools: Judicial Ac...

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NYU Law Venture Fund: A Conversation with Esther Dominguez ’97

September 15, 2020 NYU Law Venture Fund The NYU Law Venture Fund hosted this virtual conversation with Esther Dominguez ’97, general counsel at .406 Ventures. Dominguez discussed her legal career at venture backed and public companies in the high...

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Conversation with Felicity Conrad ’13

September 24, 2020 NYU Law Venture Fund The NYU Law Venture Fund hosted this virtual conversation with Felicity Conrad ’13, co-founder and CEO of Paladin. Conrad discussed her journey from graduating law school to co-founding Paladin, and its wor...

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NYU Law Venture Fund: Starting a Legal Tech Startup out of Law School

October 7, 2020 NYU Law Venture Fund The NYU Law Venture Fund hosted this virtual conversation with Jerry Ting, founder and chief executive officer of Evisort. Ting discussed starting a legal tech startup out of law school. Founded out of Harvard La...

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Race, Religion, and the Presidential Election

October 8, 2020 Center on Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging In this discussion, political scientists John Sides and Michael Tesler, co-authors of "Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America" (2018) j...

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Sustainable Finance

October 1, 2020 Economic Policy Conference Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance With threats from climate change upon us, investors are increasingly calling for public companies to provide disclosure of environmental risks and for our fina...

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The Future of the American Worker

October 1, 2020 Economic Policy Conference Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, what concrete changes to the American worker’s experience should we expect and ask of corporate and political leadership ...

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Corporate Resilience

October 1, 2020 Economic Policy Conference Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance Despite a decade of economic growth, many corporations–as well as the economy at large–were unprepared for the COVID-19 crisis. Panelists discussed how to ...

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Small Business

October 1, 2020 Economic Policy Conference Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance Small businesses across the country have been decimated by the COVID-19 crisis. Panelists discussed the best ways to preserve and revive American small busines...

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Closing Conversation: Crisis Response

October 1, 2020 Economic Policy Conference Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance Panelists examined how policy-makers should approach the twin public health and economic challenges of the COVID-19 crisis. Moderator: • Robert J. Jacks...

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Labor and Corporate Governance

October 1, 2020 Economic Policy Conference Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance Economic growth in recent decades has not consistently benefited American workers. Panelists explored the question 'what is the best way of securing greater ga...

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The CISG’s Impact on International Commercial Law

September 15, 2020 Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law To mark the 40th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), NYU’s Center for Transnational Litigati...

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Black Lives Matter, Inc.

September 17, 2020 Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Speaker Series Pamela Newkirk, professor of journalism at NYU and author of "Diversity, Inc: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business" (2019), was joined in conversation by Pro...

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Where Do We Go From Here?: A Conversation About the Future of Race and Inequality in America

July 30, 2020 Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law Faculty Co-Directors of NYU Law’s Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, Professor Deborah Archer and Professor Anthony Thompson, discussed the dynamics of racism and inequality, the national...

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Let's Talk Baseball: Then and Now with John Sexton and Arthur Miller

July 21, 2020 NYU Law Alumni Association John Sexton, president emeritus, NYU; dean emeritus and Benjamin F. Butler Professor of Law, NYU School of Law; and author of "Baseball as a Road to God" met virtually with Arthur Miller, University Professo...

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Journalist Adam Cohen on Injustice at the Supreme Court

February 27, 2020 Brennan Center for Justice In recent years, the Supreme Court has empowered moneyed interests to wield disproportionate influence in elections, gutted the Voting Rights Act, and upheld President Trump’s travel ban. These decision...

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George Washington: You Never Forget Your First - But You Do Misremember Him

How did George Washington view the presidency? What might he think of U.S. politics today? And what lessons does he offer for the challenges ahead? Historian Alexis Coe examines America’s first president in a freshly humanizing light. Her new book,...

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Election Expert Richard L. Hasen on Voters’ Distrust

February 4, 2020 Brennan Center for Justice Americans are increasingly questioning the fairness and accuracy of US elections. In this discussion, law professor Richard L. Hasen examined four sources of voters’ distrust: voter suppression, poor ele...

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Legislative Solutions, Individual Rights, and the Question of Government Intervention

March 2, 2020 When Seeing Isn't Believing: Deepfakes and the Law NYU Center for Cybersecurity and the NYU Journal of Legislation & Public Policy What larger legislative, regulatory, and legal problems do deepfakes pose? Three states have already ena...

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Global Implications of False Information for National and International Security and Human Rights

March 2, 2020 When Seeing Isn't Believing: Deepfakes and the Law NYU Center for Cybersecurity and the NYU Journal of Legislation & Public Policy This discussion addressed how terrorist organizations have used, and continue to use, false information ...

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The Front Line: Big Tech, Fake News, and Private Industry's Deepfake Detection Problem

March 2, 2020 When Seeing Isn't Believing: Deepfakes and the Law NYU Center for Cybersecurity and the NYU Journal of Legislation & Public Policy This panel focused on the actors on the front line: platforms and media organizations that publish and d...

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Keynote: Kathryn Harrison, Founder & CEO, DeepTrust Alliance

March 2, 2020 When Seeing Isn't Believing: Deepfakes and the Law NYU Center for Cybersecurity and the NYU Journal of Legislation & Public Policy Kathryn Harrison is the founder and CEO of the DeepTrust Alliance, a non-profit building the solutions a...

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Future Possibilities: Paving the Path Forward for Reparations

February 19, 2020 The Past, Present, and Future of Reparations NYU Review of Law & Social Change For hundreds of years, the law has maintained racial injustice and curtailed meaningful remedies for reparative justice in the United States. This Collo...

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Current Efforts to Fight for Reparations

February 19, 2020 The Past, Present, and Future of Reparations NYU Review of Law & Social Change For hundreds of years, the law has maintained racial injustice and curtailed meaningful remedies for reparative justice in the United States. This Collo...

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Setting the Stage for Reparations

February 19, 2020 The Past, Present, and Future of Reparations NYU Review of Law & Social Change For hundreds of years, the law has maintained racial injustice and curtailed meaningful remedies for reparative justice in the United States. This Collo...

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The Enduring Problem of School Segregation

More than half a century after Brown v. Board of Education, the fight for integrated schools has yet to be won. Across the United States, school systems remain racially segregated, and seemingly progressive cities are no exception. Produced by the Ce...

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Housing Law Externship

As COVID-19 buffets the United States, NYU Law faculty and students have taken action to help vulnerable populations. Professors Sateesh Nori and Julia McNally as well as clinical student Rachel Riegelhaupt ’21 discussed how NYU Law's Housing Law ...

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