Faculty Focus
Hornets’ Nest: Foreign Law and the U.S. Constitution
In “Treating Like Cases Alike in the World: The Use of Foreign Law in Constitutional Cases,” his inaugural lecture as University Professor, Jeremy Waldron explored the...
How to Prevent the Next WorldCom or Enron
In a successful effort to raise $12 billion in capital through the largest bond offerings in American history, WorldCom, a publicly traded telecommunications company, “waved the...
To the Teacher, Legal Legend and Man
The only surprise at the April dedication of the 2008 NYU Annual Survey of American Law to Anthony Amsterdam was, as the journal’s Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Geffen...
Dworkin Tributes Held
Prominent legal theorists gathered in Norway and New York to honor Professor Ronald Dworkin, winner of the prestigious 2007 Ludvig Holberg International Memorial Prize for outstanding...
Davis Recognized for Teaching
Peggy Cooper Davis, John S.R. Shad Professor of Lawyering and Ethics, was one of four University faculty to receive the 2007 Distinguished Teaching Award, which includes...
Late to the Academy, But Sharing a Lifetime of Learning
Charles L. Denison Professor of Law Emeritus and Judicial Fellow Theodor Meron was chosen to give the American Council of Learned Societies’ Charles Homer Haskins Prize...
Regulating Self-Regulation
How can employment law guarantee fair wages and working conditions and foster employee democracy within the workplace? Cynthia Estlund offered answers to both questions in her...
Sylvester J. Petro: In Memoriam, 1917-2007
On November 10, 2007, former NYU School of Law Professor Sylvester Petro passed away at age 90. Petro joined NYU as an assistant professor in 1950,...
Introducing John Ferejohn
John Ferejohn can lecture on porkbarrel politics in the afternoon and whip up a dish of pork bellies with scallops that evening. A true Renaissance man...
Introducing Robert Howse
Asked who was most influential in shaping his illustrious academic career, Professor Robert Howse ran down a list of people before answering with a “thing”—the typewriter....
Introducing Mitchell Kane
Even dutiful students tend to approach introductory tax law like they would a bitter medicine: hoping to get done with the distasteful task as fast as...
Introducing Samuel Rascoff
Samuel Rascoff is probably the only badge-carrying member of the New York City Police Department to leave that gritty world for NYU Law. The director of...
Introducing Kenji Yoshino
When Kenji Yoshino started teaching at Yale Law School, he recalls a well-meaning colleague who offered him this advice: “You’ll have an easier chance at getting...
