Faculty News

03/03/2023
Alexis Karteron
Alexis Karteron, a tenured professor of law and director of the Constitutional Rights Clinic at Rutgers Law School,…
02/21/2023
Bryan Stevenson
When Dean Troy McKenzie ’00 clerked for Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the justice encouraged McKenzie and…
02/14/2023
Kenji Yoshino
Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law Kenji Yoshino has joined the Oversight Board for Facebook and…
02/08/2023
Rendering of family law—figurines alongside a gavel
Under New York domestic relations law, unmarried fathers were often considered ineligible for hearings to prove their…
02/07/2023
Illustration of many kinds of people on blue background
In uncomfortable exchanges on matters of diversity and inclusion, many people fear misspeaking. As a result, they often…
01/30/2023
Professor of Law Emeritus John Peschel died on December 29, 2022, at the age of 87. During his nearly six decades…
01/27/2023
Catherine Sharkey, Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy, will receive the Robert B. McKay Law Professor…
01/25/2023
Ryan Bubb Emiliano Catan Surprise Parties Ideas Artwork
In 2009, Netflix concluded a three-year open competition by awarding $1 million to a team of researchers that had…
01/23/2023
Nyu Flag hanging from a building, waving in the wind
Dara Liss ’24 says that when she was exploring a sea of law school options, Law’s Jacobson Leadership Program in…
01/12/2023
Panel icon
On November 16, in a conversation hosted by Law’s Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network (BWLN), former US attorney…
01/11/2023
Noah Rosenbaum Ideas Story Art
For much of the United States’s history, the president’s powers were relatively weak, by design. The framers of the…
12/29/2022
Richard Revesz
Law’s Dean Emeritus and AnBryce Professor of Law Richard Revesz will assume the role of administrator of the US…
12/22/2022
Deborah Archer portrait
For Alexander Rose ’20, the highlight of his 2L year was participating in the Civil Rights Clinic taught by Professor…
12/21/2022
Building pillars
It was a year for Supreme Court headlines—from the tectonic overturning of Roe v. Wade to other high-profile decisions…
12/21/2022
Melissa Murray and Chris Hayes having a discussion at a  Law Forum
On November 2, MSNBC’s “All In” host Chris Hayes joined Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law Melissa Murray…
12/13/2022
J.H.H. Weiler
On December 1, in a ceremony at the Vatican, Pope Francis awarded a 2022 Ratzinger Prize to Joseph H.H. Weiler,…
12/13/2022
Books
This year, Law professors published books addressing significant and groundbreaking issues such as artificial…
12/09/2022
Erin Murphy
Norman Dorsen Professor of Civil Liberties Erin Murphy returned to Law in August 2022 after a year-long public…
12/01/2022
Painting of Judith Kaye '62
The late Judith Kaye ’62, a pioneering woman leader in the legal profession who made her mark as chief judge of the New…
11/21/2022
Roger Meltzer
Law celebrated the newly renamed Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, formerly known as the…