NYU School of Law

My hope for each student, graduate, and employee is to have the same sense of purpose, professional pride, and longstanding relationships that I have had"Irene Dorzback, associate dean for career services, on plans to retire at the end of 2021: http://ow.ly/tMTP50EXJOe

On May 24, Dean Trevor Morrison announced that four new faculty members will take up positions at the Law School this summer: Maggie Blackhawk; César Rodríguez-Garavito; Noah Rosenblum; and Vincent Southerland: http://ow.ly/yUnn50EU9aT

GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: Amanda Gonzalez Burton ’21; Fellow, Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network Norma Z. Paige Scholarship Q: What drew you to NYU Law?... I chose NYU School of Law because of its career development opportunities. I am a mother and a first-generation law student, so job security was a high priority in choosing which law school to attend. Our Office of Career Services is truly second to none among the top law schools. Like many of my peers, I began my 2L year with an offer in hand from my first-choice law firm. Q: What has been the best surprise about your law school experience? I was pleasantly surprised by the close friendships I formed with many of my 1L section classmates. I expected law school to be competitive and 1L year, especially, has a reputation of wearing you down, but we made it a priority to build each other up. Q: What unique opportunities has your fellowship provided? Before law school, I was an entrepreneur and an independent consultant and I knew my interests were somewhere at the intersection of business and law. But my career goals were somewhat vague. For me, a law degree was (and still is) about empowerment more than anything. I see myself as a future leader in this profession. To that end, one of the best things I did was apply for the Birnbaum Women's Leadership Fellowship. Through this fellowship I spent the week before my 1L spring semester at a leadership training program hosted by Sara Moss, the executive vice president and general counsel of The Estée Lauder Companies. Sara was really active in the program and I was able to build a relationship with her. I became curious about counseling companies and potentially becoming a general counsel one day. She allowed me to shadow her for a portion of her day at the Estée Lauder offices in midtown. I mentioned I am going to be the first lawyer in my family so this kind of access was wild. Sara is also the person who first encouraged me to explore law firms with strong emerging-companies and venture-capital practices. Thanks to her guidance, I will be joining Cooley following graduation, a firm recognized for its excellence in these practice areas.

The Korematsu Lecture series was started in 2000 by NYU Law students in honor of Japanese internment challenger Fred Korematsu. This year, Judge Edward M. Chen discussed Korematsu v. United States and the lessons it offers in the continuing struggle for racial justice. #AAPIHeritageMonth

On Friday, Jan. 15, Dean Trevor Morrison will lead a discussion on unfolding events in our nation’s capital with NYU Law’s Rachel Barkow, Preet Bharara, Ryan Goodman, Melissa Murray, and Andrew Weissmann. Register: ow.ly/fbyh50D7Qkk

On January 15, at an NYU Law Forum, Dean Trevor Morrison moderated a panel discussion among faculty experts that examined the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. Among the subjects considered were the potential criminal charges against those involved in the insurrection, the impeachment of President Donald Trump, the president’s pardon power, the recent statement by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and racial disparities in law enforcement response to protests: http://ow.ly/6zU850DcRXP

On Nov. 12, NYU Law celebrated 25 years of the annual Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in American Society. The Derrick Bell Lecture began in 1995 to celebrate his 65th birthday and continue his legacy of pursuing racial justice through scholarship and action: http://ow.ly/eHJe50D5BLl

David J. Hayes, executive director of NYU Law’s State Energy & Environmental Impact Center, will join the presidential administration of Joe Biden as special assistant to the president for climate policy: http://ow.ly/oubj50DcMma

"Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love," wrote Dr. King in his final book, "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?" (1967) Join us February 1-6 for #NYUMLKWeek 2021: Chaos or Community? nyu.edu/mlkweek

Dean Trevor Morrison joins law deans’ statement on the 2020 election and events at the Capitol: http://ow.ly/xlnq50D6OXU "Today, I joined more than 150 law school deans from schools across the country in issuing a statement addressing the 2020 election and the events that took place at the United States Capitol last week. The statement marks a rare occasion. It is unusual for such a diverse group of law deans to come together to speak as one on an issue that falls outside the ambit of legal education."

On the latest episode of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, Professor Melissa Murray and her co-hosts discuss the attack on the Capitol, the upcoming January sitting of the US Supreme Court, and the 25th amendment: http://ow.ly/XAkL50D5xGy

President-elect Joseph Biden announced that he will nominate Lisa Monaco, a distinguished senior fellow with the Reiss Center on Law and Security, for deputy attorney general; and alumna Vanita Gupta ’01, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, for associate attorney general: ow.ly/VDBA50D2FMQ

The U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI) has launched USALI Perspectives. Every two weeks, USALI will publish essays about developments in domestic, comparative and international law in East Asia that have implications beyond the region: http://ow.ly/FniT50C400T

Members of the NYU Law community, like Samuel Ison ’21, share how they are doing their part to keep our community safe. I wear my mask because I am my neighbor’s keeper, and everyone’s well-being is my concern.

New York University invites students to join its pumpkin carving (or painting) contest! If you want to participate, send a picture of your pumpkin to nyustories[at]nyu[dot]edu. Entries will be featured on social media and the winner will receive a mini photo printer. Contest details: http://spr.ly/6182GAuSq

"People think of technology as a tool that can be used to solve or resolve some deep and challenging problems...the sad reality is that more often than not they carry with them the potential to simply reflect back and exacerbate the same biases we see in the world around us."Vincent Southerland, executive director for the Center on Race, Inequality and the Law, discusses ways in which algorithms used in policing perpetuate racial inequality in the criminal justice system.

As a member of the New York State Bar Association Task Force on the Presidential Election, Professor Richard Pildes and fellow task force members released a new report outlining constitutional processes that would apply in the case of various election crisis scenarios: http://ow.ly/WR0a50BYDZU

On Sept. 30, Professor Melissa Murray and her Strict Scrutiny co-hosts Kate Shaw and Leah Litman brought their brand of respectfully irreverent Supreme Court analysis to a livestreamed NYU Law Forum: ow.ly/U5E150BWt6T

Professor and CNN Election Analyst Richard Pildes unpacks the unique challenges of the 2020 election. One of the things the media has to do is to prepare people for not knowing who the winner will be on election night, or maybe even the next day.

NYU Law's own Brenda Berkman '78 is among the trailblazing women featured in New York University's latest Pop Quiz episode!

While much of corporate America has publicly pledged support of the Black Lives Matter movement, several key strategies that organizations have adopted to diversify their ranks are failing, NYU journalism professor Pamela Newkirk said in a recent discussion hosted by NYU Law’s Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging: http://ow.ly/nN8R50BQiLp The same way you give bonuses to managers for innovation, for the bottom line increasing, you can incentivize diversityand increasing diversity will improve both the bottom line and innovation. All the research shows that, Newkirk said. ...This is not an issue of rocket science. It’s an issue of will, and it’s an issue of leadership and it’s an issue of intention.

In a co-authored New York Daily News op-ed, Chris Gottlieb ’97, co-director of the Family Defense Clinic, discusses solutions to help parents of children in foster care who risk losing their children due to legal timelines that fail to acknowledge the disruptions and delays caused by the pandemic: http://ow.ly/DyIQ50BEELC

Leading judges reflect on decision makingand working with each otherin an oral history project produced by NYU Law’s Institute of Judicial Administration. Click the following link to watch the full interviews and learn more about the IJA Oral History Project: http://ow.ly/u71e50BJOqv

As a 2L student in the Family Defense Clinic, Sienna Fontaine ’07 learned early on that her clients often needed more than just legal representation. The clinic was a piece of my understanding of how low income families, especially families of color, are navigating systems and not given any tools for success, says Fontaine. http://ow.ly/ngUG50BJPq3 Now, Fontaine serves as the legal director for Make the Road New York, a nonprofit organization that organizes and provides wraparound support to immigrant communities and low-income New Yorkers.

In a new Just Security post, Professor Dan Shaviro provides his top ten takeaways from the recent New York Times article on Trump’s tax returns: http://ow.ly/LqgV50BFuiy