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he beginning of a school year always brings racially restrictive housing covenants. Alumni served with it fresh energy. This year, many of us over the course of the year at all levels and in every at NYU Law return to campus with a sense branch of government, participating directly in our of urgency. Recent events worldwide have democratic governance on both sides of the aisle. A placedT stress on established legal norms, including group of students launched a bail fund to support freedom of the press and the legitimacy of courts people accused of certain low-level crimes who lack and other governmental bodies. People around the the resources to post bail. The boundless energy, cre- globe are looking to lawyers and legal institutions ativity, and commitment of members of the NYU Law to buttress the rule of law. At NYU Law, we are well community inspire me—and give me confidence that, suited to lead at this historic moment. in these challenging times, this Law School remains The rule of law—an enabling condition for fun- poised to promote the rule of law. damental fairness, the protection of liberty, and the Perhaps no one better personifies, or had a greater promotion of equality—is not, to us, a distant ideal to influence upon, the Law School’s leadership in be revered on a pedestal. It is a tangible concept that this area than Norman Dorsen, who passed away finds expression in how we construct our community in July. Norman fought and in the work of the individuals included within throughout his life for it. This perspective is not new: NYU Law welcomed justice. A professor at women as students decades before most peer insti- NYU Law and director tutions, and this year we mark 125 years since the of its Arthur Garfield Law School celebrated its first women graduates. Hays Civil Liberties The Law School likewise has long been enriched by Program for 56 years, immigrants among our faculty, administration, and Norman prepared hun- student body, and members of our community have dreds of fellows to pur- been key to protecting immigrants’ rights through sue careers in the public our renowned clinical program and our new Immi- interest; argued several grant Defense Initiative. Through our strategic plan, landmark cases before we have redoubled our commitment to building a the US Supreme Court diverse and inclusive community, a goal we fur- and filed briefs in many thered through the launch this year of the Center for more; and served as the Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging and the Center ACLU’s president for 15 on Race, Inequality, and the Law. years. Norman’s remarkably rich and impactful life In their scholarship, advocacy, and professional both advanced the causes of civil rights and civil pursuits, individual Law School faculty, students, and liberties and improved this school immeasurably. alumni are engaged at every level in making legal In my remarks to our graduates at Convocation institutions more open and more just. You’ll read last spring, I emphasized something that Norman more about some of that work in this year’s maga- understood deeply: that the rule of law is not inevi- zine. A few examples: Professors Helen Scott and table. It is the product of an ongoing recommitment Deborah Burand introduced the Grunin Center for to a system of laws and institutions, whether or not Law and Social Entrepreneurship, which unites the that system yields the results we prefer in every case. Law School’s strengths in law and business and public I’m proud that the members of the NYU Law com- service. Professor Edward Rock launched the Insti- munity are so deeply engaged in advancing this tute for Corporate Governance and Finance, operat- commitment—in being the load-bearing walls of ing at the intersections of academia and practice to our most vital legal institutions. In the year ahead, encourage the development of institutional inves- let’s lead the way together. tors as a responsible force in corporate governance. Professor Philip Alston continued his work as the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Professor Richard Brooks, the newest member of our faculty, has applied an innovative interdisciplinary approach to his scholarship on topics ranging from contract theory to trevor morrison 2017 • volume xxvii assistant dean for communications Rebekah Carmichael editorial director Samantha Dillard creative director David Niedenthal editors Rachel Burns, Atticus Gannaway, 4 57 81 Michael Orey, Jill Rachlin Marbaix, Michelle Tsai Dicta Arguments Relevant designers & Opinions Parties Michael Bierman, Jessica Eckert, Cheryl Hark design coordinator Allison Brobst writers Students design a secure Wilson Barlow, Rachel Burns, and private system for digital Atticus Gannaway, Leslie Hart, Faculty turn to the problem Judge Raymond Lohier ’91 Michael Orey, Michelle Tsai voting; NYU Law graduates in government serve the of income inequality; Lily and Ambassador David editorial coordinator public; Bryan Stevenson Batchelder upends common Pressman ’04 speak at Wilson Barlow appears in an Academy wisdom on business taxes; Convocation, and graduates contributing writers Award–nominated documen- Cynthia Estlund considers offer their own reflections; Patricia Cunningham, tary; the Brennan Center for the Chinese labor problem; the Law Alumni Association Jill Filipovic ’08, Linda Sandler Justice works to keep citi- José Alvarez asks if an inter- remembers and celebrates national rule of law exists; Judith Kaye ’62; and alumni photographers zens informed; and Brenda three IP professors weigh reconnect at Reunion 2017. Mathieu Asselin, Dan Creighton, Berkman ’78 recalls her fight in on cheerleader uniforms; Phil Gallo, Sam Hollenshead, to become a firefighter. Saskia Kahn, Pierre Le Hors, and Mark Geistfeld looks Elena Olivo, Brooke Slezak, at the complexities of liability Leo Sorel, Juliana Thomas for driverless cars. 96 copy editors 37 Closing Heidi Ernst Jones, Kelli Rae Patton The People director of digital strategy Statements Jill Rachlin Marbaix 69 web director Proceedings Clayton Gates digital communications specialist Leslie Hart editorial assistants Students teach patent law to Through film production, Tonya Johnson, Francesca Masella professionals; the NYU Law Broadway, entertainment law,

community addresses bail and talent representation, Photo retouching by Tito Saubidet Sonia Sotomayor focuses injustice; Ria Tabacco Mar ’08 Marc Platt ’82 has made his on diversity and inclusion; Cover illustration by Anita Kunz advocates for LGBTQ rights; mark on the entertainment in separate appearances, Printed by Full Circle Color Douglas Hand ’97 takes the industry for more than Joe Biden and Rachel measure of fashion law; and three decades. Special thanks to the NYU the Muslim Law Students Maddow talk plainly about Photo Bureau and NYU Archives Association builds com- the 2016 election; Loretta Please send your comments to munity and understanding. Lynch and others help inaugurate a new center with [email protected] digital assets a candid conversation about © 2017 New York University race, inequality, and the law; School of Law. All rights reserved. 56 new faculty experts discuss sanctuary Located throughout the magazine, The Law School cities; and Preet Bharara these icons indicate stories with welcomes stresses prosecutors’ roles additional video or photo content, which can be accessed online at contracts and corporate law in improving reentry for www.law.nyu.edu/magazine.

expert Richard Brooks. former prisoners. USA PRESS/SIPA ASSOCIATED PLATT: America in search of a better life. of abetter search in America to coming of people long history a combine with School Law the at advocacy and scholarship gration, on debate immi anational Amid Lives Real Immigration: 10 the Law School to enduring greatness. greatness. to enduring School Law the ACLU, the led guide helped leaders, and liberties of civil generations (1930–2017) three trained Law, Dorsen Norman NYU at years 56 his During Libertarian Civil The 30

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3 NYU LAW 2017 4 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU “If you’re sitting in this room, it means you come you come it means room, this in you’re“If sitting Survival Stories Survival Securing VotesSecuring Votebook, the project took took project the Votebook, As businesses and govern and businesses As Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law the and Inequality, Race, on Center your line had to overcome poverty or war or fam or war poverty overcome to had line your I think our disconnection from those stories— those from disconnection our I think Dicta whatever they had to. Somebody somewhere in in somewhere to. Somebody had they whatever first place in a cybersecurity cybersecurity in a place first addressing the audience at the launch of the of launch at the audience the addressing possibility the about cerns con- cybercrime, fend off to struggle entities ment ine or devastation or terrible health or injustice. or injustice. health or terrible or devastation ine survive to able were who of people aline from for digital voting. Called Called voting. for digital and NYU Tandon School School Tandon NYU and growing. In response, a team ateam response, In growing. are process democratic the tell you about power.” you about tell — we can’t think we sometimes that deep so tory—is of Engineering designed a designed of Engineering Law NYU from of students disrupting of cyberattacks our disconnection from understanding that his that understanding from disconnection our secure and private system system private and secure survive what we can survive. Those struggles struggles Those survive. we can what survive NYU Tandon Professor Nasir Memon Memon Nasir Professor Tandon NYU with the ASPIRE scholars team scholars ASPIRE the with SHERRILYN IFILL ’87 IFILL SHERRILYN - Fernando Maymi used block used Maymi Fernando ’17 Tandon and Kirby Kevin case study challenge hosted hosted challenge study case chain technology (the appa technology chain issues, policy and of legal ing currency bitcoin) to design design to bitcoin) currency alternative the behind ratus by the Economist the by public ledger of votes and and of votes ledger public a system that would create a create would that a system tance of grounding technical technical of grounding tance teammates Anthony Masi and and Masi Anthony teammates solutions in an understand an in solutions Demonstrating the impor the Demonstrating

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PILLAR ILLUSTRATION: ISTOCK/SIRA ANAMWONG “Changing a sculpture Reflections on CoreData includes more than by placing another 100 indicators on housing and sculpture near it is Government Service neighborhoods in New York City. simply not actionable. We don’t want to let These are, most would Given the tenor of the Cityscape artists start suing agree, unusual times in times, the Law School Last December, the Furman curators because they American politics and gov- reached out to alumni with Center for Real Estate and Urban don’t like who their ernment. Voters are polarized current or recent government Policy launched CoreData.nyc, work is displayed on a range of issues, and the experience and asked them to an online hub for New York City

next to.” current political and media reflect on their roles. housing and neighborhood data Emily Kempin Professor environment appears to do What concerns do they incorporating city, state, and of Law AMY ADLER, more to foster divisions than have about the current envi- federal data sets. CoreData.nyc, responding in Artsy bridge divides. ronment, and how is it pos- the most comprehensive source to Charging Bull artist A sizable number of NYU sible to operate successfully for property-level subsidized Arturo Di Modica saying Law graduates serve or have within it? Are there ways to be housing information, has a he was considering a served in government—at all more effective operating out- database of properties receiving lawsuit over placement levels and in every branch. side government than within government subsidies search- of the Fearless Girl statue Many who are no longer public it? And what advice would able by address that can also opposite his iconic officials continue to partici- they give to current students be explored through filters or Wall Street sculpture pate in our nation’s demo- considering government ser- on a map. In addition, the site’s cratic governance through vice? See their responses on features provide public access to such means as litigation, the Law School website: www. data on housing markets, afford- lobbying, or work in public- law.nyu.edu/news/reflections- ability, land use, demographics, interest organizations. on-government-service. and neighborhood conditions.

Justice in the Spotlight Few law professors can say they’ve appeared in an Academy Award– nominated film, but Bryan Stevenson did just that last year when he was featured in the documentary 13th. The film, directed by Ava DuVernay, sparked conversation and critical acclaim for its analysis of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States. The professor of clinical law has been frequently recognized in the media for his work with prisoners on death row, and for calling attention to the history of slavery, lynch- ing, and other forms of racial terrorism in America. This year, Stevenson also made an appearance in a 60 Minutes segment called “Life After Death Row” to talk about Ray Hinton, his Immigration law scholar and Professor of Clinical Law client who was exonerated NANCY MORAWETZ ’81 is a Greenwich Villager through 27 years after he was sen- and through. Not only did she attend NYU Law and return tenced to death. Stevenson to teach at the institution, but she has also lived in the has represented Hinton for neighborhood since age four. the past 16 years through

MORAWETZ ILLUSTRATION: RYAN MCAMIS RYAN MORAWETZ ILLUSTRATION: the Equal Justice Initiative. 6 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU “I do not buy post- buy not do “I I do stillI do believe in OUTLaw LGBT people as as LGBT people truth GORENBERG ’92 factual, and I don’t factual, Idon’t and families love.” and and relationships ful legal disparagement accepting theAlumna incapable of meaning of incapable of theYear Award from parents, vanquishing parents, HAYLEY how we won marriage marriage won we how buy alternate facts. alternatebuy facts. edgment of equal edgment of equal equality acknowl and of LGBT people as as of LGBT people demonization of dignity, vanquishing … . Truth is is Truth ,

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? World’s Poorest Advocating for the Florida, Louisiana, and and Louisiana, Florida, Poverty can be both a human ahuman both be can Poverty Pomeroy Professor of Law, of Professor Pomeroy Philip Alston has a second asecond has Alston Philip Chile, and the Sudan, Alston Alston Sudan, the and Chile, UN Human Rights Council. Council. Rights Human UN countries including Romania, Romania, including countries rights issue and aconse and issue rights social to extends income—it of alack just than more is poverty extreme that nizes reports his findings to the to findings his reports analy and research conducts Norton John Alston, rights, more than two dozen coun dozen two than more poverty in New York New in City, poverty job that has taken him to to him taken has that job also conducted research research conducted also access to basic services. services. basic to access tions. In addition to visiting visiting to addition In tions. tinent. As United Nations Nations United As tinent. con every on nearly tries elsewhere in the US. the in elsewhere viola rights of human quence exclusion and the lack of lack the and exclusion extreme poverty and human human and poverty extreme sis in numerous nations and and nations numerous in sis stateside, analyzing extreme extreme analyzing stateside, special rapporteur on rapporteur special - recog mandate Alston’s his homewithfelines Buddy, Gary, Seymour, andSylvester. interest policy, intax Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation Budget policy. Entitlements. Tabby Inadditiontohis cats. DANIEL SHAVIRO is also anailurophile. isalso Hecurrently shares - - - - - Alston said in a statement astatement in said Alston women should no longer need need no longer women should from the UN. In China, Alston Alston China, In UN. the from for services social its improve ment to view social protec social view to ment 2017, urged Alston January in ban should be lifted, and and lifted, be should ban achievements in alleviating alleviating in achievements nation’s the acknowledged male from authorization guardians to work to or travel,” guardians gen to enhance government rights human The poor. the to and right ahuman as tion the Saudi Arabian govern Arabian Saudi the der equality. “The driving driving “The equality. der scholar also called on the on the called also scholar After visiting Saudi Arabia Arabia Saudi visiting After

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For two decades, IRC students have represented individuals— have represented students IRC decades, For two Professors of Clinical Law Alina Das ’05 and Nancy Morawetz ’81. ’81. Morawetz ’05 Nancy Das and Alina Law of Clinical Professors lived on as institutional commitments of both the University and and University the of both commitments institutional on as lived - gradu School Law of anumber from challenges legal immediate in short order they won court rulings staying enforcement of the of the enforcement staying rulings won court they order short in portrayals of four from the Law School on pages 12–15.) on pages School Law the from of four portrayals ple—and worked with other organizations to pursue advocacy advocacy pursue to organizations other with worked ple—and by the large number of its alumni who have gone on to take posi have who gonetake on to alumni of its number large the by by (IRC), co-taught Clinic Rights School’s Immigrant Law the by ular had been implemented threw the lives of thousands of trav of thousands lives the threw implemented been had ular and Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson ’95—and ’95—and Ferguson Bob General Attorney State Washington and Immi of the ’01, Jadwat director Omar Das; them ates—among to dedicated offices government and organizations, advocacy graphic the (See globe. the around countries from come alumni elers and their friends and family members into chaos, and the the and chaos, into members family and friends their and elers campaigns, legislation, and litigation to broadly advance immi advance broadly to litigation and legislation, campaigns, for exam detention, challenging or deportation against defending grants’ Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU); Union Liberties Civil American the at Project Rights grants’ cause. same the magnified greatly been also has IRC’s impact The rights. grant work done example: Aprime inception. their since School Law the travel bans. The suddenness with which the first order in partic in order first the which with suddenness The bans. travel tions in (and in a number of cases found and lead) other clinics, clinics, other lead) and found of cases anumber (and in in tions stays offered immediate relief. In June, the US Supreme Court Court Supreme US the In June, relief. immediate offered stays Then there is Gallatin’s dedication to public service, which has has which service, public to dedication Gallatin’s is there Then President Trump’s executive orders on immigration drew drew on immigration orders executive Trump’s President Graphic adaptations byEleanorDavis By MichaelBy Orey

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ruled that part of a revised travel ban could go into effect and said it would hear arguments on the lawfulness of the ban in October. Reflecting on this litigation, Ferguson says it serves as “an important reminder of the massive impact the law can have on a deeply personal level for many thousands of people around our country. …Yes, we’re arguing constitutional principles or procedural aspects of any particular litigation, but we always remember that real lives are going to be impacted by what we do and whether or not we’re successful. And that is why I went to law school, honestly.” A HISTORY OF CONCERN NANCY MORAWETZ ’81 ADAM COX Concerns about unfair targeting and severe treatment of immi- The rhetoric prompted a shift on another front as well. While grants arose well before the ascent of Trump. Morawetz founded there were “a large number of arrests and deportations under the IRC in 1999 in response to a comprehensive immigration the Obama administration,” Morawetz says, “there were limits.” overhaul passed three years earlier under President Bill Clinton. There was, she explains, “an appreciation of how bad it would be The new laws “were extremely complicated and harsh,” says to have full implementation of enforcement—it was a recogni- Morawetz, and “remain the essential architecture for immi- tion of the central role of prosecutorial discretion.” That changed gration enforcement” today. During a roundtable discussion under Trump. “Simply by calling for a crackdown in speeches, at the Law School in the spring of 2009—just after the end interviews, and broadly worded executive orders,” Morawetz of President George W. Bush’s administration—Morawetz and observes, “Trump signaled to immigration and border protec- others expressed deep concern about the multitude of people tion agents that they could and should engage in more aggressive who had been deported or held in immigrant detention over the enforcement.” Eventually, some of President Trump’s proclama- previous decade, as well as an enforcement dragnet purportedly tions were also translated into directives by Immigration and targeting dangerous criminals and terrorists that primarily swept Customs Enforcement (ICE) leadership. up those who were neither. At a presentation to NYU Law alumni at Reunion weekend But as the Obama administration got under way, it disap- in April, just as the president was completing his first 100 days in pointed immigrant advocates by keeping many of the practices in office, Morawetz documented changes that were already evident— place. In fact, in three cases heard by the US Supreme Court dur- ICE arrests were up 32 percent from January 20 to mid-March ing its 2016–17 term, Das, Morawetz, and Professors Adam Cox and over the same period in 2016, for example, and the number of Mitchell Kane contributed to amicus briefs challenging a variety arrestees with no criminal records had more than doubled. Real Lives of immigration detention and deportation practices—all of which President Trump, in short, could significantly tighten laws gov- were defended during Obama’s final months in office by his solici- erning immigration without Congress taking any action. tor general. (Kane, the Gerald L. Wallace Professor of Taxation, This came as no surprise to Cox, who is the Robert A. Kindler was on sabbatical and looking to perform some pro bono work, so Professor of Law. In 2009, he and Yale Law Professor Cristina he teamed up with Morawetz on one of the briefs. Several students Rodríguez published an article outlining how structural changes and alumni pitched in on briefs as well: Terry Ding ’18, Anthony to immigration law during the second half of the twentieth cen- Enriquez ’13, Rachel Levenson ’18, and Rhidaya Trivedi ’17.) tury, combined with congressional deadlock, had resulted in the Still, few would dispute that things became dramatically dif- continued on page 16 ferent in the Trump administration. It began with candidate Trump's pronouncements during the presidential race, including The following pages depict the immigrant a statement on his campaign website calling for “a total and com- experiences of four members of the plete ban on Muslims entering the United States until our country’s NYU Law community: representatives can figure out what’s going on” and comments to the media such as, “We’re having problems with the Muslims, and Claudia Carvajal Lopez ’18 we’re having problems with Muslims coming into the country.” Trump also accused the Mexican government of “forcing their Cesar Francia ’14 most unwanted people into the United States,” including rapists Associate, Arent Fox and killers. His call for a wall along the US-Mexico border quickly established itself as “this rhetorical device to further separate us Tolga Ergunay Associate Dean for Innovation and to further create this divide between immigrants and every- and Chief Information Officer one else,” says Claudia Carvajal Lopez ’18, who trekked across the desert from Mexico to the US when she was four (see page 12). “It Samuel Estreicher was very disheartening to see the way he would talk about it and Dwight D. Opperman Professor of Law his supporters rallied behind it, and it is now viewed as a way to discriminate and harass. There are kids at schools chanting, ‘Build The illustrated text is adapted from the wall!’ as a way to bully Latino kids or Muslim kids, brown kids.” interviews with each of the individuals. 12 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU 13 NNYUYU LAW 2017 14 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU 15 NNYUYU LAW 2017 16 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU “the onslaught of enforcement tactics that I’ve seen many of our of our many seen I’ve that tactics of enforcement onslaught “the EXECUTIVE ORDERS, JUDICIAL ORDERS, RESPONSES EXECUTIVE The Obama administration discontinued the program, but the the but program, the discontinued administration Obama The concluded School) Law of Chicago University of the Miles Thomas Trump, and Obama Presidents under case the be to continued That Even before Trump took office, the NYU community began plan began community NYU the office, took Trump before Even Cox says, observing that for the Trump administration “it’s actu administration Trump for the that observing says, Cox for Childhood Arrivals meant they had not been targeted with with targeted been not had they meant Arrivals for Childhood School, Law the and University the both at enrolled had immigrants undocumented While students. NYU about worry to had never now and in, student aonetime As environment. for achanged ning ing their analysis for a forthcoming book. for aforthcoming analysis their ing president being the nation’s principal immigration policymaker. policymaker. immigration nation’s principal the being president continued from page from 11 continued a 2014 empirical study of the Secure Communities immigration immigration Communities Secure of the study empirical a 2014 for immigration vision their because easier, ways some in ally co-teacher of, the IRC, Das had long represented clients from out from clients represented long had Das IRC, of, the co-teacher January. it in reinstated administration current crime. in reductions no meaningful to it led since safer, country with (co-authored study The of people. of thousands of hundreds deportation and detention the to led which program, enforcement expand and updating are Rodríguez and Cox Trump.) candidate by a of lot respects significant in shared is one that is enforcement election and broadened to include Muslim students. Muslim include to broadened and election the with changed front on that face.” Her concerns clients clinic that the program had not served its central objective of making the the of making objective central its served not had program the that endorsed union ICE bureaucracy.” (The enforcement line-level the she says that reprieves offered by programs like Deferred Action Action Deferred like by programs offered reprieves that says she she says but deportation, and detention facing University the side Other scholarship by Cox that has renewed salience now is now is salience renewed has that Cox by scholarship Other What shouldwe do?... Well, thesesolutions What canwe do? start atstart home. ALINA DAS ’05 DAS ALINA

- - - - we do?’ and then a sense of, ‘Well, these solutions start at home.’” at start solutions these of, ‘Well, asense then and we do?’ we were receiving that we needed to do more.” As 2016 drew to a to 2016 do more.” to drew As we needed that we receiving were worked through the night, filing an emergency motion in federal in federal motion emergency an filing night, the through worked Das, “this overwhelming sense of ‘What can we do? What should should we do? What can ‘What of sense overwhelming “this Das, NYU Law community to the front lines. front the to community Law NYU NYU assist to (IDI), established Initiative Defense Immigrant NYU the with him to came Das steps. possible explored Morrison Dean New York issued an order staying the immigration ban nationwide, nationwide, ban immigration the staying order an New Yorkissued been had “There action. into springing Project Rights Immigrants’ with order removal expedited an seek would CBP refused, they If that detainees telling were agents CBP break. winter after Iran F. Interna John at Kennedy unfolding asituation about Das University-wide—President Trump issued his first executive executive first his issued Trump University-wide—President flight out on the airline they came on. came they airline the out on flight lifetime.” At least two dozen individuals had been detained pur detained been had individuals dozen two least At lifetime.” not allowing detainees to speak to attorneys. to speak to detainees allowing not ing help from the IDI and may refer those needing represen needing those refer may and IDI the help from ing the born was out of that and apparatus,” of a“rapid response idea not as fast-moving and chaotic.” Reports of CBP detentions at air at detentions of CBP Reports chaotic.” and fast-moving as not adjunct an also is who Jadwat, says coming,” was order this rumors individuals from seven predominantly Muslim nations, and by and nations, Muslim predominantly seven from individuals police in riot gear blocked building entrances, and the CBP was was CBP the and entrances, building blocked gear riot in police ports began coming in on Friday evening, and Jadwat and his team team his and Jadwat and evening, on Friday in coming began ports ways about strategizing been “We had School. Law the at professor all refugees, the action quickly drew a number of members of the of the of members anumber drew quickly action the refugees, all cases the take to agreed Morrison, out worked by arrangement of questions kind the from clear “it was says, “But,” Das attended. as unlawful. In the early evening, laptop in hand, she got in a in got she hand, in laptop evening, early the In unlawful. as the next on them and place US the to returning on ban a five-year and take the next available flight to the country they came from. from. came they country the to flight available next the take and encountered “something that I never thought I would see in my in see Iwould thought Inever that “something encountered order on immigration. Temporarily barring entry into the US by US the into entry barring Temporarily on immigration. order basis. bono on apro School, Law the At for solutions. looking began University the close, evening, US District Judge Ann Donnelly of the Eastern District of of District Eastern of the Donnelly Ann Judge District US evening, that of ahearing conclusion the At on Saturday. Brooklyn in court of phalanxes terminals, outside massed Protesters on religion.” based essentially it was “that says, Das knowing, and deported, be might ones loved their that fearing happening, was out what find to trying area arrivals the in clustered were tears, in down native her from NYU to return to trying student a PhD detained tation to Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, which, in an an in which, Dorr, and Hale Pickering Cutler Wilmer to tation people 650 than more that community University for the teach-in the first of several such rulings from federal courts. from federal rulings such several of first the was that for asituation was strategy our But it legally. challenge to she recalls, she airport, the at Arriving JFK. to headed and taxi detention student’s the challenge to petition a habeas drafting US the to for admission applications their withdraw to had they (CBP) had Protection Border and Customs US (JFK). Airport tional students and staff at risk of deportation. There had been, recalls recalls been, had There of deportation. risk at staff and students suant to the executive order. Their family members, some broken broken some members, family order. Their executive the to suant Trump’s executive order also sent Jadwat from the ACLU’s the from Jadwat sent also order executive Trump’s IRC students conduct initial screenings of individuals seek of individuals screenings initial conduct students IRC rights” your a “know organize helped November, late Das In From her Brooklyn home, Das worked the phones and began began and phones workedthe Das home, Brooklyn her From On Saturday, University Provost Katherine Fleming emailed emailed Fleming Katherine Provost University Saturday, On On Friday, January 27—five days after the IDI was announced announced was IDI the after days 27—five Friday,On January - - - - -

JADWAT: ASSOCIATED PRESS/STEVE HELBER | FERGUSON: WASHINGTON STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE/IAN COUCH “NYU is deeply concerned that the executive order will have asig will order executive the that concerned deeply is “NYU IN SEARCH OF COMMONIN SEARCH GROUND As is the case with other policy areas, President Trump’s force Trump’s President areas, policy other with case the is As Washington also ordered a nationwide stay on the ban. on the stay anationwide ordered also Washington OMAR JADWAT ’01 JADWAT OMAR was stayed by federal courts. Jadwat argued an appeal to the US US the to appeal an argued Jadwat courts. federal by stayed was 30,in fed Monday, filed January alawsuit With work marathon. - cul explored has and Ghana in raised and Britain in born was Professor of Philosophy and Law Kwame Anthony Appiah, who Appiah, Kwame Anthony Law and Philosophy of Professor later, US District Judge James Robart of the Western District of District Western of the Robart James Judge District later, US constitutional it violated order, claiming executive the lenge Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which in late May upheld May late in which Circuit, Fourth for the of Appeals Court weekend own their in engaged staff his and Ferguson General ing, but Das didn’t head home until late afternoon, when other other when afternoon, late home until head didn’t but Das ing, in principle with the idea that you don’t let everybody in,” says in,” says you don’t everybody let that idea the with principle in ground. common find might provoke equally can on immigration actions and statements ful global as a mission its a whole fulfill to as University of the ity nificant adverse impact not merely on its numerous current and current numerous on its merely not impact adverse nificant prospective international students and scholars, but on the abil on but the scholars, and students international prospective breadth of divide they imply, can obscure areas where Americans Americans where areas obscure imply, they can of divide breadth as distinctions are based on permissible reasons, it’s the task of task it’s the reasons, on permissible based are distinctions as a democracy to figure out what to do about inclusion.”Permis about to do out what figure to a democracy all.’” to open graciously and State the and by Ferguson filed of suits support in briefs amicus filed NYU Maryland. in court district a federal by issued a stay it too and others, and Ferguson, Jadwat, from lawsuits drew again criminate against people based on their sex, race, or religion, and and or religion, race, sex, on their based people against criminate long as and have nations, to it is of what part 67).on page “That’s all for ‘fitting constituents, of its for all institution educational wrote: University the statement, mission NYU’s Citing of Hawaii. to chal state first the became Washington Seattle, in court eral freed. been had assisting been had she detainees morn 10:30 Sunday about at released was student, PhD the client, through others with working JFK, at remained Das and enforced, tural, national, and religious identity in his scholarship (see story story (see scholarship his in identity religious and national, tural, wrong anything there’s “Idon’t think borders. their control to days Four protection. equal and freedom of religious guarantees Her on planes. people putting stop to agents CBP get to night the sible reasons, he is quick to add, do not include those that dis that those include do not add, to quick heis reasons, sible the and exchanges, of the sharpness the But responses. strong A revised version issued by the Trump administration in March March in administration Trump the by issued version A revised Judge Donnelly’s order still needed to be communicated and and communicated be to needed still order Donnelly’s Judge Many would agree, for example, that countries have a right have a right countries that for example, agree, would Many On the other side of the country, Washington State Attorney Attorney State Washington country, of side the other the On

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Michael Orey is public affairs director for the Law School. Law for the director affairs public is Orey Michael you know, to put a human face on this issue.” issue.” on this face you know, ahuman put to white working class in Appalachia and the Rust Belt. “I’m in the “I’m the in Belt. Rust the and Appalachia in class working white when he was 14 (see page 15). Following last fall’s election, he election, fall’s last 15). Following page (see 14 hewas when we connect as people?’” Francia says. One task for immigrant for immigrant task One says. Francia people?’” as we connect in Crisis interdependent with us, should want to take away the fear of sud fear away the take to want should us, with interdependent incomes are depressed because employers can pay poor immi poor pay can employers because depressed are incomes if he notes, But, immigrants. from competition face didn’t they if economic overall amassive provide immigrants that no doubt seekers— asylum admit to obligation legal and have a moral nations role immigrants play in American society. But, Francia adds, “We adds, Francia But, society. American play in immigrants role people forced to flee their home countries due to fear of persecution. of to due fear countries home their flee to forced people business of ‘How can we see each other as people?’ and ‘How can ‘How can and people?’ as other each we see ‘How can of business began reading reading began offbetter be might people some that allows he US, the to benefit also need to have as much storytelling as possible to share aspects aspects share to possible as much storytelling have as to need also correc “fact is he says, divide, the bridge to hope who advocates den extraction from the life they know.” they life the from extraction den tion”—making sure people have accurate information about the the about information have accurate people sure tion”—making their to legalize a chance them giving approach: adifferent cates he advo too buthere them, expel to rights its within is country immi blame to not is solution favored his protections), labor other we who are— understand help to people try to community of our the millions of immigrants who are here illegally, Appiah says, a says, Appiah illegally, here are who of immigrants millions the for As income. adecent earn workers all that assure to but grants, and laws of wage violation in cases (in some cheap on the grants status. “A decent society,” he says, “seeing people embedded and and embedded people “A “seeing society,” he says, decent status. BOB FERGUSON ’95 While Appiah, who became an American citizen in 1997, in has citizen American an who became Appiah, While Cesar Francia ’14 moved from Caracas, Venezuela, to Miami Miami to Venezuela, Caracas, ’14 from moved Francia Cesar we doandwhetherornot , J. D. Vance’s chronicle that illuminates the plight of the of the plight the , J. illuminates D. that Vance’s chronicle to beimpactedbywhat Real livesReal are going we’re successful. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture aFamily of Culture and AMemoir Elegy: Hillbilly

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17 NYU LAW 2017 18 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU Deloitte, three-quarters of millennials believe businesses have businesses believe of millennials three-quarters Deloitte, Her students, Clinic. Transactions International Burand; it is the promise, she says, of agenera says, she promise, the it is Burand; knows better than anyone that the time is right for law and social social for law and right is time the that anyone than better knows ronment—in a variety of geographic and legal legal and of geographic avariety ronment—in interest in reimagining the role law schools can play in advanc play in can role law schools the reimagining in interest the from lawyers with fund investment impact of an formation the concerning negotiations ment investors are showing more interest in in interest more showing are investors ment investing.” impact and entrepreneurship social field of the ing positive social impact on communities around the world.” As this world.” this the As around on communities impact social positive have a will that opportunities investment seeking philanthropy, an area of law that did not exist a decade ago. ago. a decade exist not did of law that area an trend has become more evident, says Burand, “there is a growing agrowing is “there Burand, says evident, more become has trend and investment between lines the “blurring as generation the think percent 93 awhopping that revealed research Unit gence Intelli 2016 Economist and problems, social solve to power the firm consulting by conducted a2017 to survey According out: this bears research world,” Market says. she this in mark its make to in deals” doing by “doing good of lawyers tion questions the students ask that are energizing energizing are that ask students the questions complex and thoughtful the It isn’t just Smith. Reed law firm the at group Finance Impact Social mock in engage to about are groups, into divided entrepreneurship. “Millennials are part of a generation that wants wants that of ageneration part are “Millennials entrepreneurship. 2015, in School Law the to space this in expertise support the well-being of people and the envi the and of people well-being the support endeavors that enterprise—commercial social describing decisions, investment their to key is impact social In a modern, global business climate, private and govern and private climate, business global amodern, In groundbreaking her brought who Burand, O n an April afternoon, Assistant Professor Assistant afternoon, April n an berant about the day’s seminar in her her in day’s seminar the about berant of Clinical Law Deborah Burand is exu is Burand Deborah Law of Clinical

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The The Additional reporting by Hart Leslie Illustration by Sebastién Thibault By Linda Sandler Sandler Linda By Scott and Burand - - - Professor Helen Scott, who co-directs the Mitchell Jacobson Lead Jacobson Mitchell the co-directs who Helen Scott, Professor firms developing practice groups in social impact finance,” says says finance,” impact social in groups practice developing firms finance and social entrepreneurship in the same way that a grow a that way same the in entrepreneurship social and finance kind of thing NYU Law is suited for,” says Scott, who co-founded co-founded who for,” suited Scott, is Law says NYU of thing kind lawyers Increasingly, field. developing rapidly this in advice legal ing number of international banks do. “We will have more US law law US have more do. “We will banks of international number ing for Law and Social Entrepreneurship—the first center of its kind kind of its center first Entrepreneurship—the Social for and Law at a leading law school. “Social entrepreneurship is very much the much the very is entrepreneurship “Social law school. a leading at and governance, on social, clients corporate advise to hired are 2017. in $25.9 billion aggregate another ership Program in Law and Business. “It’s a growing phenomenon.” “It’s agrowing Business. and Law in Program ership social in havespecialties few but law firms issues, environmental for skilled aneed is there investors, impact and entrepreneurs Just as today’s law students are being drawn to work with social social work to with drawn being are law students today’s as Just NYU Law is a pioneer in this field, launching the Grunin Center Center the Grunin launching field, this in apioneer is Law NYU year’s Annual Impact Investor Survey. With a a With Survey. Investor Impact Annual year’s 200 fund managers, foundations, banks, fam banks, foundations, managers, fund 200 which tracks money going into socially benefi socially into going money tracks which Law School has a proud tradition of innovation. of innovation. tradition aproud has School Law finance institutions who responded to this this to responded who institutions finance lic interest.” Dean Trevor Morrison agrees: “The “The agrees: Morrison Trevor Dean interest.” lic formance (91 percent) of their investments, it is it is investments, (91 of their percent) formance development government-backed and nies, compa insurance funds, pension offices, ily than more the by management under rently business law with a long-term focus on the pub on the focus along-term law with business - per financial and (98 percent) impact the both Network, Investing Impact Global The business. unsurprising that those surveyed plan to invest invest to plan surveyed those that unsurprising the center with Burand, “because it combines it combines “because Burand, with center the that their expectations were met or exceeded for for or exceeded met were expectations their that cial projects, counts $114 billion in assets cur assets in billion $114 counts projects, cial convincing majority of respondents reporting reporting of respondents majority convincing spaces. And it appears that good works are good good are works good that it appears And spaces.

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19 NYU LAW 2017 20 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU And it embraces student-run organizations, such as the Social Social the as such organizations, student-run it embraces And We are excited to be able to prepare students for afield work in students prepare to able be to excited We are (see sidebar on page 22) and the Jay and Linda Grunin Foun Grunin Linda Jay and the 22) and on page sidebar (see Enterprise at NYU Law during the 2013–14 academic year. Seeing Seeing year. academic 2013–14 the during Law NYU at Enterprise &Social Law in Fellows Jacobson both were who Esposito, Robert and 2009, Group (SE-SL), Law in founded &Startup Enterprise on com focused groups reading and Development, Financing ITC student Mana Ghaemmaghami ’18; Alex Stein ’13, New Fortress Energy; conference attendees; Jay Grunin’67 Clockwise, from top left: Abagail Nelson, Episcopal Relief &Development; Julia Bell’13 and Clark Wohlferd ’06, White &Case; Clinic (BLTC)—both of which have attracted great student inter student great have attracted of which (BLTC)—both Clinic Transactions Law Business Abramson’s Stephanie Law Clinical legal practitioners to keep up with the most current infor current most the up with keep to practitioners legal munity development and microfinance, among other specialties. specialties. other among microfinance, and development munity of Professor Adjunct as well as (ITC) Clinic Transactions national navigate they as entrepreneurs for social guidance much-needed in relevant laws across the US. Sponsored by NYU Law and and Law NYU by Sponsored US. the across laws relevant in mation about social enterprise by visualizing the changes changes the visualizing by enterprise social about mation proliferating laws applicable to the field, they harnessed their their harnessed they field, the to applicable laws proliferating unfamiliar or uncertain legal spaces.” legal or uncertain unfamiliar that not only will be rewarding to them, but also will provide provide will also but them, to rewarding be will only not that that lawyers and entrepreneurs were scrambling to keep up with up with keep to scrambling were entrepreneurs and lawyers that entrepreneurs, the center serves as the home for Burand’s Inter home for Burand’s the as serves center the entrepreneurs, of social network a global Ashoka, with partnering and dation, Social Enterprise Law Tracker. It allows entrepreneurs and and entrepreneurs It allows Tracker. Law Enterprise Social the together put to maps interactive and visualization, data data, area. the in initiatives student-led other and Entrepreneurship of Social & Business Law like classes cialized spe law with tax and securities, corporate, in training traditional combining seminars, and clinics, fieldwork, of classes, offerings Law’s of NYU expansion the supports also Center Grunin The est. shared knowledge of the emerging areas of social enterprise law, big enterprise of social areas emerging of the knowledge shared This includes the work of Shawn Pelsinger ’09, ’10 LLM Pelsinger and work of Shawn the includes This Endowed by Jay Grunin ’67 and Linda Kalmanowitz Grunin ’67 Grunin Kalmanowitz ’67 Linda and Jay by Grunin Endowed - online video video - - - - -

“Legal Issues in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing— Impact and Entrepreneurship Social in Issues “Legal Ayer, chairman of Honey Care Africa, which partners with small small with partners which Africa, of Honey Care Ayer, chairman yers from around the globe for the center’s inaugural conference, conference, inaugural center’s for the globe the around from yers Legal Working Group (IILWG)—a professional network of lawyers of lawyers network Group (IILWG)—a Working professional Legal information gives also tracker the of Business, School Stern NYU Grunin Center and IILWG convened at NYU Law more than 250 law 250 than more Law IILWG NYU at and convened Center Grunin main in SE-SL involve the will Center Grunin the forward, Going key initiatives: knowledge creation, knowledge dissemination, dissemination, knowledge creation, knowledge initiatives: key in the US and Beyond.” They came from law firms, foundations, foundations, law firms, from came Beyond.” They and US the in my time as CEO is spent on structuring deals and devising the the devising and deals on structuring spent is CEO as my time now, of are percent 50 “As things attendees: many by echoed ment government institutions, financial domestic and international SE-SL Burand, by organizations—founded numerous representing and entrepreneurs social affect that systems legal the improve nationwide. actions of state progression rapid increasingly the ing farmers in an East African honey-and-snack business, speaks to to speaks business, honey-and-snack African East an in farmers practice, the center partnered last spring with the Impact Investing Investing Impact the with spring last partnered center the practice, agencies, impact investment firms, social enterprises, nonprofit enterprises, social firms, investment impact agencies, building. community and taining, updating, and expanding the tracker. tracker. the expanding and updating, taining, the need for more and better legal advice in this arena, asenti arena, this in advice legal better for and more need the three through field this in role leadership Law’s NYU extend to organizations, and universities. Conference participant Madison Madison participant Conference universities. and organizations, the Together, lawyers. ’09, other Bourke and Aaron co-founder show timeline animated an displays and legislation on specific

As part of its commitment to advancing a community of legal of legal acommunity advancing to commitment of its part As These endeavors illustrate the Grunin Center’s mission to mission Center’s Grunin the illustrate endeavors These more training in this field at law schools. NYU Law and Law NYU schools. lawat field this in training more for the things change to It’s hard structure. capital right better, and this takes time away from doing the investing.” investing.” the doing away from time takes this and better, Attendees also agreed that there is a strong need for need astrong is there that agreed also Attendees - - - -

the Grunin Center have already begun addressing that need, building a network of well- trained lawyers specializing in social enterprise work. For the second year since the ITC’s launch at NYU Law, attorneys in the White & Case New York and Paris offices have collaborated with students to provide legal Raz Chang Egziabher support and advice to a faith- based institution that is in the process of making its first impact After more than 100 people showed interest, Raz, today an asso- investment. And several alumni, including Bourke, who also co- ciate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, and Bourke, then founded Reed Smith’s Social Impact Finance group, returned to a 3L, started the Law & Social Entrepreneurship Association (now campus to help with the ITC last spring. SE-SL) with like-minded peers. “Every social entrepreneur needs a Next year’s conference is poised to expand its reach: In a post- good lawyer, and we wanted to build a community of those lawyers conference survey, the overwhelming majority of respondents indi- to serve those who want to make the world a better place,” she says. cated that they were “very likely” to recommend the conference Bourke became interested in the area following a volunteer to others and offered positive feedback. Acclaimed one attendee, position at the Foundation for Sustainable Development in India, “[W]e have created an amazing community—unlike any other I where he worked on a project to start a youth center in Udaipur, have seen in the legal field.” Rajasthan. “After that, I thought I would do training in the field,” Says Burand, “Effective lawyers will find ways to work within he recalls. “I felt I needed concrete skills if I wanted to make a the rules and unlock opportunities for entrepreneurs and impact change in the world. NYU Law had a reputation as a good school investing. Lawyers are also key to developing new rules.” n focused on public interest. It also focused on international law, which I was interested in.” At the Law School, Bourke found a setting where he could explore these themes with fellow students, SYSTEM-CHANGING IDEAS TO SERVE THE COMMON GOOD and learned of companies that were tackling social and economic problems in developing countries. “It sounded like a win-win Student Pioneers approach to social enterprise,” he says. From a Seed of Interest to Global Growth Still going strong today, the SE-SL helps to train NYU Law students for roles in social innovation, entrepreneurship, and eren Raz ’10 first became interested in how the law inter- venture capital by coordinating educational events, career acted with social enterprise during college while in panels, and networking opportunities. The group also part- K Asia studying economic development. “I became fasci- ners with outside organizations like Ashoka to provide pro nated by the way businesses were coming up with innovative bono legal services to entrepreneurs, allowing members to gain solutions to solve problems,” she says. “That brought me to law valuable lawyering experience. school with a goal to get more explicit training in social enter- “The student group helped to build momentum, and I’m very prise.” Once at NYU Law, Raz spent a year surveying demand proud to see so many students now able to build expertise in for a student organization in the field. “I thought there would social enterprise,” Raz says. be a community like that, but I learned that in the legal field Joyce Chang ’17, who served as SE-SL co-chair for two years, there were few who even knew about social enterprise,” she says. traveled with the group to Morocco and Cambodia to meet with “Once students knew, they wanted a group.” local entrepreneurs and forge connections for the future. Now headed to Cooley in San Francisco to apply her skills in support of startups, social enterprises, and nonprofits, Chang under- scores the importance of law schools taking notice of this movement: “As someone who attended NYU Law specifically because I had an interest in pursuing social entrepreneurship, it is really exciting to see that in three years the school has secured funding, set up a center, and charted out a vision forward because they noticed that it was a trend.” The strong community of support that has developed fosters diverse perspectives and ways of entering and operating within the field. Peter Egziabher ’17 had a pre–law school résumé that included US congressional intern, Google account recovery specialist, and management consultant for a $7 bil- Chang, fourth from left, and Egziabher, far right, with SE-SL members in Cambodia lion technology hub outside Nairobi, Kenya. American-born

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The Social Enterprise & Startup Law Group with the goal of launching a fund to invest in African startups. Meaningful Partnerships “I have a strong interest in venture capital, and I’ve observed Jay Grunin ’67 stood at the front that many leading venture capitalists are former attorneys,” of classroom 216 in Vanderbilt Egziabher notes. “Yet it’s very difficult to envision a path from Hall last February, address- law school into venture capital, mostly because it’s not a tradi- ing the faculty, students, and tional field for an attorney to enter.” At NYU Law, he adds, “I was members of the administration exposed to areas beyond my own conception of what a lawyer or gathered to mark the room’s a businessperson could do.” dedication to him and to his wife With the SE-SL group, Egziabher was able to travel to South Linda Kalmanowitz Grunin ’67 Africa and participate in the Cambodia trip as well. “What SE-SL in recognition of their gener- gave us Americans who had not been to Cambodia,” he says, “was osity. By establishing the Grunin Center for Law and Social a language of social enterprise that allowed us to connect to social Entrepreneurship at NYU School of Law, the Grunins have entrepreneurs on the ground there.” ensured that the Law School can bring appropriate focus Back at home, Egziabher served as a co-founder of the NYU Law and commitment to this burgeoning area of practice. Venture Capital Group as a way to pool resources and gain entrée As students also stood and described the work they into the New York City venture capital community. He credits the did through the clinics the center will now support, it was faculty and administration for their support in “plugging into clear that these endeavors have meaning for their own the alumni network as well as the broader business community lives and career directions in addition to promoting posi- in New York City.” tive social change around the world. And though the for- Next steps for Egziabher, who says he is “primarily interested mal launch of the center was still months away, this small in how technology can advance social change,” include a voter ceremony had deep signifi- registration fellowship with the Law School’s Brennan Center for cance for the Grunins, who Justice. After that, he has options: “NYU Law has given me a strong met in the classroom more legal foundation so that when I pursue work either as an investor, than 50 years ago. Jay joked an entrepreneur, or as an attorney, I will be able to understand that he was lucky to draw the some of the core challenges that social entrepreneurs must face.” n interest of one of the only 10 women in their class of 300, but he also described the Where Profit Meets Purpose real connection they devel- Redefining the Bottom Line with the oped, finding ways to “acci- Business Law Transactions Clinic dentally” encounter each other for increasing periods tephanie Abramson, who co-directs the BLTC, can think of time in the break between of many moments when her students felt they made a dif- their respective classes held S ference. One recent deal was particularly gratifying for in the space. The plaque that them: the launch of a bakery in Brownsville, Brooklyn, by three now hangs in room 216 hon- women through a not-for-profit venture capital firm dedicated ors their romance as well as to creating commercial growth in underserved neighborhoods. the philanthropy their part- “There was no commercial hub in the vicinity, and the women nership ultimately engen- wanted to start a bakery that also had a place for community dered, growing what Jay refers to as their “mom-and-pop” meetings,” says Abramson, who is also the director of Law and law practice at the Jersey Shore in Toms River, New Jersey, Business Experiential Classes and a Law School trustee. “Students to a successful firm and expanding their interests to include worked on the operating agreement, lease, and employments real estate and other investments. contracts, and they had to negotiate with very able counsel Jay elaborated on the importance of the center—and of for the venture capital investor. It was very satisfying for them giving back—at its inaugural conference in May, describ- to see it launch.” ing when he and Linda “realized the time was right to do Her popular clinic provides students with the opportunity something for the Law School, which was so instrumental to develop analytical, planning, editorial, and counseling skills in giving us the training and mindset to be the kind of lawin the context of client projects and reality-grounded classwork. yers we had only dreamed of becoming.” They learn about a business lawyer’s multiple roles in assessing, He continued, “It is the audacious hope of Linda and planning, and managing corporate transactions. Among other myself that social entrepreneurship becomes a major sec- things, that involves gaining familiarity with legal documents tor of the law with elements combining both public and pri- as business communications and learning how to communicate vate law. A legal sector focused on social impact, which in complex legal concepts, factual matters, and tactical choices in turn would increase the scalability of sustainable solutions simple, concise, organized, and understandable ways. to some of the world’s largest and seemingly intractable For Michael Fahner ’17, whose assignments included advis- challenges, is certainly an endeavor worthy to aspire to.” ing a sustainable candlemaker that uses some of its profits to WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU 22 CHILDREN: JIBU/ANDY BERNDT “I felt the best way to bring changes is to root things locally, and I and locally, things root to is changes bring wayto best “I felt the A with the International Transactions Clinic Transactions International the with you can avoid rookie mistakes because you’ve already experienced experienced you’ve already because mistakes avoid rookie you can A Virtuous Circle A Virtuous working at a Moroccan hospital during a stint with the Peace Peace the with astint during hospital aMoroccan at working Rwanda, and Uganda, he needed a way to ensure quality con quality ensure to away heneeded Uganda, and Rwanda,

Corps, where he grew frustrated with its dependence on donations. on donations. dependence its with frustrated he grew where Corps, filtration systems and water bottles. That was when he turned turned he when was That bottles. water and systems filtration pany, Jibu, which brings safe drinking water to underserved underserved to water drinking safe brings pany, which Jibu, career, your you begin As of deals. kinds all whohave seen professors urban communities. Galen Welsch, featured on the on the featured Welsch, Galen communities. urban Crossing Borders to Make a Better World aBetter to Make Borders Crossing to NYU Law’s ITC. Law’s ITC. NYU to Jibu’s up with shop setting businesses franchise the at trols of 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs, came to the space after after space the to came Entrepreneurs, Underof Social 30 30 ents—mainly social enterprises and impact investors—that investors—that impact and enterprises social ents—mainly cli such to services legal supply to for students opportunity started thinking, ‘How can we partner with local entrepreneurs?’” entrepreneurs?’” local with we partner ‘How can thinking, started mentors.” of these hand helping the with deals of these some Fahner Children with Jibu drinking water inKampala, Uganda Launched by Burand in the fall of 2015, the ITC provides an an provides ITC the of 2015, fall the in Burand by Launched Because he was planning a franchise operation in Kenya, Kenya, in operation a franchise planning he was Because

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mutual interest in discovering a way to create a new type type a new create a way to discovering in interest mutual of partnership model in East Africa led Galen Welsch and Welsch and Galen led Africa East in model of partnership “One of the great things about about things great “One of the work with practitioners who practitioners work with Fahner. “You’re paired off with with off “You’reFahner. paired help support the distribution distribution the help support have years of experience,” says says of experience,” have years afirst-year as succeed to him in the clinic was invaluable. He He invaluable. was clinic the in in need, the experience gained gained experience the need, in associate with a Big Law firm. firm. Law aBig with associate the clinic is an opportunity to to opportunity an is clinic the credits it with helping prepare prepare helping it with credits communities to lamps of solar Forbes list list n - - -

Jibu, experienced as a child what it is like to lack direct access to to access direct lack to like it is what achild as experienced Jibu, Linda Sandler is a freelance writer and editor, often focusing focusing editor, and writer often afreelance is Sandler Linda ware engineer, is confident that that confident is engineer, ware NYU community and the broader society.” broader the and community NYU ITC students, Burand says, “are doing international transac international doing “are says, Burand students, ITC Bloomberg legal expertise, and social con social and expertise, legal a company of franchising lenges of our bolts and nuts the established students The clinic. her uncertain.” is environment legal his dual law and business degrees have prepared him well for his for his well him have prepared degrees business law and dual his nation of business acumen, acumen, of business nation fulfilling as well as an oppor an as as well fulfilling former Bloomberg and IBM soft IBM and Bloomberg former and law field of emerging the in future work in patent law at Baker Botts in Washington, DC. He DC. Washington, in Botts Baker law at patent work in future preneurship, Kale is sure NYU Law initiatives will make adiffer make will initiatives Law NYU sure is Kale preneurship, entre social field of growing the In forward.” moving practice on financial and investment markets. She previously worked at worked previously She markets. investment and financial on and enforcing safety protocols. protocols. safety enforcing and markets. emerging in transactions cross-border conducting are ence: “We’re creating lawyers to be able to give back to the local local the to back give to able be to lawyers “We’reence: creating - chal the about learn to tunity personally be to experience the 100-plus- despite water drinking Boiling grandmother. his visit to and students, her for Deborah, grateful “I’m enormously ITC. the the where countries in issues these handle to learning they’re Moreover, Street. on Wall you see of alevel complexity with tions the ITC with helping him to “build a better business and legal legal and business abetter “build to him helping with ITC the credits the client experience and interaction he gained through through he gained interaction and experience client the credits degree heat was a fact of life. Because of this awareness, he found he found awareness, of this Because of life. afact was heat degree he says. agreements,” cornerstone clean water when he traveled to rural India for months at a time atime at for months India rural to he traveled when water clean social entrepreneurship. Kale, a a Kale, entrepreneurship. social lawyers defining is that science Welsch is quickly expanding Jibu with ongoing advice from from advice ongoing with Jibu expanding quickly Welsch is It is precisely this combi this precisely It is Shreyas Kale JD/MBA ’17, one of the students who worked with ’17, who worked with JD/MBA Kale students one of the Shreyas Wall Street Journal Street Wall the and - - - - Kale . n - - -

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BY JILL FILIPOVIC (2008) they won’t stop now. legal profession, the in for womenchallenges Facing modern since 1892. have history been making womenThe of NYU Law without their husband’s written consent. Or own a business. Or Or abusiness. own Or consent. written husband’s their without in Riggs Bobby beat King Jean later, Billie Afew months wives. was in law school, “the law of married women was still in effect effect in still women was law of married “the law school, in was match in history. The feminist movement seemed to be hitting hitting be to movement seemed feminist The history. in match military to available were that husbands military to of benefits own property. You couldn’t prosecute a rape in New York unless York New in a rape unless You prosecute property. couldn’t own The level of injustice was so manifest it was low-hanging fruit.” fruit.” low-hanging it was manifest so was of injustice level The the Battle of the Sexes, in what was then the most-watched tennis tennis most-watched the then was what in Sexes, of the Battle the the testimony of a woman was corroborated by another witness. witness. another by corroborated was of a woman testimony the in many states,” says Ziegler, who helped write a part of the of the apart write helped who Ziegler, says states,” many in she While place. unequal a vastly was US the still, But stride. its brief while at NYU Law. “Women could not have a credit card card Law. have acredit not “Women could NYU at while brief Frontiero v. Richardson Frontiero abortion rights across the United States. That May, it ruled on on May, That it ruled States. United the across rights abortion n 1973, when Carol Ziegler graduated from NYU School of Law, School NYU from graduated Ziegler Carol when n 1973, US Supreme Court decided decided Court Supreme US it was a banner year for women’s rights: That January, the the January, That for women’s year rights: abanner it was

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While the barriers women face—both in and outside the legal Lawyers’ Club. Crystal Eastman (1907) worked with feminist leaders profession—may not be as blatant as they once were, women Alice Paul and Lucy Burns to establish the congressional commit- in the law continue to encounter complex obstacles to success. tee that, after protests, riots, and nearly a quarter century of stag- Today, 125 years after NYU Law graduated its first women, a look nation, eventually succeeded in getting women’s suffrage debated back to recent history contextualizes the Law School’s modern in Congress. NYU Law alumnae Byrns and Jessie Ashley (1902) challenge: preparing women to be leaders in the profession while worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s daughter Harriot Stanton also making the structures of that profession more conducive to Blatch to organize the first march for women’s suffrage in 1910. As women’s advancement. they paraded down Fifth Avenue, NYU Law student Inez Milhol- NYU Law student organizations including Law Women and land (1912) led the way, sitting atop a white horse. In the years that the Women of Color Collective (WoCC), as well as the recently followed, Eckhaus observes, women led some of the most exciting launched Women’s Leadership Network, offer resources for stu- movements of their time, including suffrage and birth control. NYU dents and alumnae, including professional skill-sharing and Law alumnae were often on the forefront of those issues, too: Jessie mentorship. “The Law School has done an amazing job in reshap- Ashley and Ida Rauh (1902) engaged in civil disobedience to promote ing, reforming, and making itself a better place,” Ziegler says. contraception and women’s health, passing out pamphlets about birth control in Union Square in violation of their era’s repressive LEADING CHANGE Comstock Law—the same law that put Planned Parenthood founder NYU Law has long been a leader for women in a field that has Margaret Sanger in jail. often been hostile to their entry, opening its doors to women A half century later, when the second wave of the feminist in 1890. In her 1991 NYU Law Review article, “Restless Women: movement was in full swing, NYU Law women were again at The Pioneering Alumnae of New York University School of Law,” the helm—in the Law School and outside of it. Janice Goodman Phyllis Eckhaus (1985) describes the experiences and contribu- (1971) co-founded the first Women and the Law committee at NYU tions of the Law School’s early women graduates. She notes that in 1968 and pushed to open what is now the Root-Tilden-Kern while uptown Dean Harlan Stone of Columbia Law School was Public Interest Scholarship to female law students; after gradu- promising to admit women “over my dead body*,” the women ating, she was a founding partner at the country’s first explicitly of the early twentieth century were graduating from NYU at a feminist law firm. Nancy Duff Campbell (1968) helped found the rate unparalleled by other law schools. Indeed, before American group that would go on to become the National Women’s Law women had collectively earned the right to vote, the Law School Center. And NYU Law taught one of the country’s first-ever Women had graduated more than 300 of them. and the Law courses, which Ziegler and her friend and classmate Still, of the 140 members of the class of 1916, just six were Elizabeth Schneider (1973), now a professor at Brooklyn Law School, women. But the women of NYU Law made their mark, on the school helped generate while they were both still students. and in the Greenwich Village neighborhood that housed it. As Eck- “We created this class,” Ziegler says, “and then we hired the haus recounts, a few of these female grads—feminists, socialists, teacher to teach it to us.” This, she adds, was a necessary coun- and radicals of various stripes—formed Heterodoxy, a Village social ter to what the women of her era saw as a hypermasculine law club for “women who did things and did them openly.” Elinor Byrns school environment. Just 15 percent of Ziegler’s graduating class (1907) declared herself “a restless woman,” happy primarily in the was female—but many of her male classmates thought there were MILHOLLAND: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/HARRIS & EWING & CONGRESS/HARRIS OF LIBRARY MILHOLLAND:

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Ling-Cohan has seen these changes firsthand. firsthand. changes these seen has men’s. Ling-Cohan with par from their male colleagues, who are less keen to interrupt one interrupt to keen less are who colleagues, male their from ferent, but…so many women come up to me with the same story.” same the up mewith women to come many but…so ferent, inter public its with offset to tries Law NYU dynamic sated—a fields in which they are underrepresented, including law. Seeing law. Seeing including underrepresented, are they which in fields Northwestern Pritzker School of Law found that the female jus female the that found of Law School Pritzker Northwestern I was a lawyer,” Ling-Cohan says. “Everybody thought I was a Iwas thought “Everybody says. alawyer,” Ling-Cohan I was marginally only is leadership law school among Representation tices of the US Supreme Court are much more likely to be inter be to much likely more are Court Supreme US of the tices translator—anything but the lawyer. 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Accord counterparts. female their outearn to continue lawyers look like a judge,’” she says. “I didn’t look like a judge because it because ajudge like look “Ididn’t ajudge,’” says. she like look better: fewer than one-third (31.1 percent) of law school deans deans of law school percent) (31.1 one-third fewer than better: “When I first graduated and I would go to court, nobody assumed assumed nobody court, to go and I would graduated Ifirst “When someone who looks like oneself doing a particular job makes makes job aparticular doing oneself like looks who someone With women graduating from law school in greater numbers, numbers, greater in law school from women graduating With Whether or not they faced the additional barriers attendant to to attendant barriers additional the faced they or not Whether it seem possible—a dynamic Ziegler’s career illustrates. illustrates. career Ziegler’s dynamic possible—a it seem 2008 When she was considering what to do with her life, her her life, her do with to what considering was she When working-class background meant she hadn’t met hadn’t she meant background working-class ) many lawyers, and certainly no female ones. After After ones. nofemale certainly and lawyers, many college, she took a job as a political speech a political as a job took she college, them down if they have to. they if down them writer for Eugene Nickerson, a federal judge judge afederal Nickerson, for Eugene writer trying to open even more doors—or kick kick doors—or more even open to trying in Brooklyn, whose wife, Mary-Louise, Mary-Louise, wife, whose Brooklyn, in had been in his class at Columbia Columbia at class his in been had Now, the women of NYU Law are are Law Now, women of NYU the Law. “He said to me, ‘Why aren’t aren’t ‘Why me, to Law. “He said no longer abstract.” abstract.” no longer That opened adoor. opened That you going to be a lawyer?’” a lawyer?’” be to you going real woman lawyer. It was It was lawyer. woman real Ziegler recalls. “And I recalls. Ziegler a woman lawyer. A lawyer. a woman said, ‘Idon’t know. 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27 NYU LAW 2017 28 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU “ways they coped, the ways they found spaces spaces found they ways the coped, they “ways TRANSFORMATIONAL NETWORKS Asian American women in her class. “As a woman of color at NYU, NYU, “As at of color awoman class. her women in American Asian 100 to 200 attorneys, and I could count the women on one hand,” the count Icould and attorneys, 100 200 to When Ling-Cohan was at the Law School, she was one of just two two one of just was she School, Law the at was Ling-Cohan When WoCC co-chair, “the day-to-day can sometimes feel very very feel sometimes can cially to meet with the Women of Color Collective. “I think I would I would “I think Women the Collective. of Color with meet to cially alienating—even as alienating—even a person of color. I did a trial with two women, one on each side.” one on women, each two with of color. atrial Idid a person weren’t that many of us.” And in the early days of her judgeship, judgeship, of her days early the in of us.” And many weren’t that me feel that NYU supports all of me.” all supports NYU that feel me group’s the is says, she of WoCC, functions helpful more of the acommunity.” it’s really speakers, invite they gatherings, regular probably with part motion large the in sitting “Iremember either. “There says. she isolated,” I felt very of time, period that during Clinic andothermentees suchasBeatrice Lindstrom story (2010)(see Satterthwaite (1999)focuses herresearch onissuesincludingthe process of becoming a lawyer alawyer of becoming process on page 44) have gone on to do significant in the fieldwork of inter inhumanrights fact-finding.science Students inherGlobal Justice for a lot of minority groups groups for of minority a lot share experiences and hear them talking about about talking them hear and experiences share to helpful it was so and says, school,” Onyekweli lawin were they when experiences different had sors profes “Our well. as participate to of color faculty female WoCC invites year, school of the beginning the at sions; offer. to One WoCC had of what advantage who took students a on half maybe of color people the “And count says. she Icould her, like who looked courtroom the in people many see didn’t she she continues, “is a place that lets lets that aplace “is continues, she at theInternational Women’s Rights Action Watch AsiaPacific, anNGO devoted to implementing the human rights of women through the national human rights. national humanrights. rights of migrant women, of humanrightsinHaiti,andtheuse social summer, ArielGeist(2019) traveled toKuala Lumpur, Malaysia, towork the law,” WoCC, the And says. she (2019), Balaram For shine.” to Devika NYU Law faculty, students, andalumniare working topromote it’s empowering to be to it’s empowering tion Against Women. Stephanie Sebastian(2019)spenthersummer in to complete international internships focused on women’s rights. This women’s rights across theglobe. Professor of Law Clinical Margaret hand. [But recently] I did a trial where everybody involved was was involved everybody where atrial Idid [But recently] hand. learning the language of language the learning says. she role has models,” “And WoCC having from have benefited Sister Circles, which serve as honest, informal group discus group informal honest, as serve which Circles, Sister lens of theConvention ontheElimination of Forms All of Discrimina A Global Focus on the Law and Women’s Law Focus the and on A Global Rights Current students often make of use theLaw School’s summergrants Now she comes back to NYU Law with some regularity, espe regularity, some with Law NYU to back Now comes she Law Women, another affinity group affinity Women,Law another law female many (2016) one of the Onyekweli was Nonny

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requirement, and to push for no-fault divorce. The profession has changed, she says, but it’s still not where she wants it to be. “The challenges are very different now,” Birnbaum says. “But women still face challenges that men do not.” She states that the mission of the WLN, in part, is to help women overcome those challenges “so we can have a more equal playing field.” To continue to do that work, the WLN is also evolving. In Sep- tember, Professor Florencia Marotta-Wurgler (2001) will become its faculty director, and Julie Ehrlich (2008), an adjunct clinical professor and the assistant dean for strategic initiatives and BALARAM BIRNBAUM chief of staff at NYU Law, will be the new executive director. Both women say they sought out their new roles because of personal and professional experience observing the impact of gender inequity and advocating for women’s rights. For Ehrlich, that came from her position just out of law school at the American Civil Liberties Union’s Women’s Rights Project, clerking in Brooklyn and on the Second Circuit, and working at a small firm where she routinely represented women who faced discrimination for their gender or for being pregnant. “I worked at great places,” Ehrlich says, “but by representing my clients and working for judges, I got to see first- EHRLICH MAROTTA-WURGLER hand some of the challenges women can face in the workplace.” For Marotta-Wurgler, the passion for advancing women in the and wherever she chooses to follow a new one. “What if there’s field came more circuitously, after a career that was spent largely something that could enable you to realize your potential more?” in the company of men. Her academic work in law and economics, she asks. “What if making some changes increased opportunities empirical study, and law and contracts puts her squarely in the for women and could increase their happiness?” faculties that are among the most male. Her mentors, professors, For many female lawyers, these unrealized opportunities and and colleagues, she says, were almost all men for most of her pro- still-to-come changes are frustrating and sometimes even career- fessional life, and she didn’t mind it—they were very good, and ending—women still drop out of the legal profession at much she didn’t feel like her own gender impeded her advancement. higher rates than men. But there is clearly growing attention to But then Yale Law School invited her to give a talk on one of her lingering problems: Women’s success in the law is increasingly papers, and the audience that filled the room to hear her speak the topic of professional affinity groups, panel discussions, and was almost all women. news stories. Now, 125 years after women first held an NYU Law “It felt different—it was so comfortable,” Marotta-Wurgler says. degree, a historical perspective highlights not only “It made me realize I hadn’t experienced anything different from the work to be done but also the progress that has the status quo.” been made. Ziegler graduated exactly 100 years photos online Among the priorities of the new leadership team is making after Bradwell v. Illinois, the US Supreme Court sure there are more women in every room. The ultimate goal is decision upholding a state rule barring women from practicing to get the legal profession closer to gender parity and ensure that law, on the ground that “[t]he natural and proper timidity and women are able to thrive. Of course, that takes individual skill- delicacy which belongs to the female sex evidently unfits it for sharpening, but women’s rights advocates, female lawyers, and many of the occupations of civil life.” law students alike agree that women’s individual choices alone “My mother was born in 1923,” Ziegler says, only three years can’t be the whole of the road map to change. The plan, Ehrlich after women gained the right to vote. “I added back and realized says, is “to work with our students, alumnae, and partners in the that many of these older male teachers at NYU [when I was a stu- legal profession to think about how we might change structures dent] had grown up in a time when women didn’t vote. And it to be more conducive to women’s leadership going forward. We struck me, full in my face, how fast these changes have come.” n want to acknowledge that the legal profession could be doing a lot better in terms of supporting the advancement of women’s Jill Filipovic (2008) is the author of The H-Spot: The Feminist careers, and to work with leaders in the industry to figure out how Pursuit of Happiness. She is a contributing opinion writer to they can do that. At the same time, we want to work with our stu- the New York Times and a weekly columnist for CNN.com and dents to support them in figuring out how to succeed in the legal Cosmopolitan.com. Her reporting on law, politics, and international profession as it’s currently constructed.” affairs has appeared in theWashington Post, Time, Foreign Policy, Marotta-Wurgler’s own experience moving from one of the the Guardian, and other publications. only women in the room to a room full of women sparked her This piece has been edited as the original version omitted citing dedication to rethinking conventional solutions and getting cre- the 1991 NYU Law Review article, “Restless Women: The Pioneering ative about promoting women’s leadership. For her, the goal isn’t Alumnae of New York University School of Law,” by Phyllis Eckhaus just numerical balance; it’s the promise of a richer life brimming (1985). Material from Eckhaus’s article contributed significantly to

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Adams and Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens over McCarthy’s T. over McCarthy’s Robert Stevens Secretary Army and Adams Joseph Senator as riveted were viewers million 20 1954, April willing, perceptive, appreciative of the complications of the of the complications of the appreciative perceptive, willing, McCarthy hearings, where Dorsen—fresh out of Harvard Law— out of Harvard Dorsen—fresh where hearings, McCarthy McCarthy in the public’s eyes: “Have you no sense of decency, “Have you no sense public’s eyes: the in McCarthy with horns locked Roy Cohn, counsel, chief his and McCarthy He became and remained a pillar of strength on whom we of strength apillar remained and He became regarding brief lengthy Army’s the co-authored who Norman, apoten as smear to attempting was whomFisher, McCarthy

BY ATTICUS GANNAWAY BY ATTICUS furthering the cause however possible consistent with honor. with consistent however possible cause the furthering coun general the G. Adams, John boss, his by written father, placed a near to intolerable burden week after week.” after week burden intolerable to anear placed of desirous earnestly and courageous, and tactful problem, but not before he sent Dorsen’s father the letter about his son son his about letter the father Dorsen’s he sent before not but allegations of Communist sympathizers in the Army’s ranks. ranks. Army’s the in sympathizers of Communist allegations Welch. In Joseph Counsel Special Army and Adams assisted day on the job. on the day the number of hours of overtime involved; I found him always always him Ifound involved; of overtime of hours number the hearings. the precipitated that circumstances the destroyed Welch’s irrevocably words famous Communist. tial sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” no sense have you left last, long At sir? penultimate 30, Adams’s 1955, Army, on March US of the sel Adams left government service the following March— following the service government left Adams Wrote Adams, “I never heard him complain regardless of regardless complain him heard “Inever Adams, Wrote It was less than a year after the conclusion of the Army- of the conclusion the after a year than less It was On June 9, Welch spoke in defense of a young lawyer, Fred Fred lawyer, of ayoung 9, June On Welch defense in spoke Dorsen was the subject of a full-page letter to his his to letter of a full-page subject the was Dorsen of Law, a US Supreme Court litigator, or the president of of president or the of litigator, Law, Court Supreme aUS School NYU at professor achaired efore he was the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Norman (ACLU), Union Norman Liberties Civil American the - -

American law. American A YOUNG MAN IN AHURRY IN MAN A YOUNG David, Dorsen’s only sibling, born in 1935, Dorsen was aware aware was Dorsen 1935, in born sibling, only Dorsen’s David, to According Europe. Eastern from immigrants Dorsen, Tanya and 1930 Arthur in to Bronx the in born was Dorsen old. years 24 He was lieutenant position at the Pentagon for a Fulbright grant at at grant for aFulbright Pentagon the at position lieutenant modern in careers liberties civil brilliant most and longest ing to live at home. At Columbia, Dorsen joined Phi Beta Kappa Kappa Beta Phi joined Dorsen Columbia, At home. at live to ing Ithink, of it much, much earlier, conscious “He was recalls. age,” David young avery from Americans of African rights who resigned Stevens, even and Adams, of Cohn, careers ment prised that Norman went off in a way that really challenged challenged really that wayin a went off Norman that prised by one of the starkest morality plays of the twentieth century. century. twentieth of the plays morality starkest one ofby the as a sophomore and later making varsity. At the same time, time, same the At varsity. making later and asophomore as scorer high team’s JV the becoming basketball, played and however, time, same the At exit. Adams’s a after few months conversations. “Our parents’ views were rather traditional,” traditional,” rather were views parents’ “Our conversations. continu College, Columbia at enrolled and 15 age at of Science the about concerned “He was on. early issues liberties of civil the system as a major component of his professional life.” professional of his component amajor as system the dinner lively in resulted worldview man’s budding young the contemporaries.” his than forever altered been having of Economics, School London the one of the became what pursue to Dorsen inspired hearings the says David, who also became a lawyer. “I think they were sur were they “Ithink alawyer. became also who David, says The Army-McCarthy hearings snuffed out the govern out the snuffed hearings Army-McCarthy The Dorsen graduated from the prestigious Bronx High School School High Bronx prestigious the from graduated Dorsen first his left Dorsen departed, superiors his after Not long

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31 NYU LAW 2017 32 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU AN INSTITUTION BUILDER 14-year deanship, Dorsen was his most valued source of input on on of input source valued most his was Dorsen deanship, 14-year virtually every major decision, and Sexton eventually nicknamed nicknamed eventually Sexton and decision, major every virtually There are two parallel narratives of Dorsen’s tenure at NYU NYU at tenure Dorsen’s of narratives parallel two are There Dorsen with Justice William Brennan Jr.; with Sylvia Law and Helen Hershkoff; with Burt Neuborne; with Hays Fellows, 1979 Fellows, Hays with Neuborne; Burt with Hershkoff; Helen and Law Sylvia with Jr.; Brennan William Justice with Dorsen NYU Law faculty in 1981, was named dean in 1988, and became became 1988, and in dean named 1981, in was faculty Law NYU Dorsen would remain for 56. remain would Dorsen for one year. served each had directors two first The Program. if know to wanted He office. his to Dorsen invited Niles Russell or teach. Department, work State for the politics, in stay He could job the said, Dorsen &Wood, Bushby, Palmer Dewey, Ballantine, of Magruder Calvert for Judge first clerked Dorsen London, Dorsen “uber-dean” to underscore his institutional importance. importance. institutional his underscore to “uber-dean” Dorsen Law the guide to help efforts indefatigable Law. his involves One US Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan II. II. Harlan Marshall John Justice Court Supreme US University president in 2002. Sexton says that throughout his his throughout that says Sexton 2002. in president University legal education. The other revolves around his tireless devo tireless his around revolves other The education. legal in year Fulbright the and Pentagon the at stint electric his Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program, established two years two years established Program, Liberties Civil Hays Garfield for civil liberties careers through hands-on training. The pro The training. hands-on through careers liberties for civil ing in 1835. “In the 1960s there were great internal struggles struggles internal great were there 1960s the “In 1835. in ing found its since questioned been sometimes had reputation Dorsen. remembered Democratic losing a 1960, In fit. managing upon wrong the like felt professor and the third director of the still-fledgling Hays still-fledgling of the director third the and professor became an editor of the of the editor an became based on sharp differences of educational philosophy and, and, philosophy educational of differences on sharp based undertake wide-reaching civil liberties work related to almost almost to work related liberties civil wide-reaching undertake every significant social justice issue of the past six decades. decades. six past the of issue justice social significant every earlier as the first program of its kind to prepare law students students law to prepare kind of its program first the as earlier campaign in a US House race, Dorsen considered three options: options: three considered Dorsen race, House aUS in campaign tion to the Hays Program and how its activities enabled him to to him enabled activities how its and Program Hays the to tion program. the heading in interested be would lawyer young the level then-Dean when peak at functioning yet not was gram for then and Circuit First for the of Appeals Court US the sometimes, of personality,” Dorsen wrote. Discussing some some Discussing wrote. Dorsen of personality,” sometimes, and quality whose institution an he depicted School’s history, of American tier uppermost the in position latter-day its to School later and include to women class first of the part as School “I knew him as a legend,” says John Sexton, who joined the the joined who Sexton, John alegend,” says as him “I knew “I said to myself, ‘If this works out, I’ll be in good shape,’” shape,’” good in be I’ll out, works this ‘If myself, to “I said After taking a corporate law position at the prestigious firm firm prestigious the at law position acorporate taking After NYU Law, meanwhile, needed a new director for its Arthur Arthur for its director a new needed Law, meanwhile, NYU Law Harvard at matriculated of 1950, Dorsen fall the In In a1991 In On March 1, 1961, he became NYU Law’s newest assistant assistant Law’s newest NYU 1961, 1, he became March On article by Dorsen on the Law Law on the Dorsen by article Magazine Law NYU Harvard Law Review Law Harvard . Following Following . - - -

“If a law school, or for that matter any institution, does not grow grow not does institution, any matter or for that a law school, “If After Robert McKay became dean in 1967, Dorsen helped guide 1967, in guide helped dean Dorsen became McKay Robert After yet you’re universally respected.” Relenting, Dorsen served served Dorsen Relenting, respected.” you’reyet universally year elective courses—the kind of unheralded work that made made work that of unheralded kind courses—the elective year was something of an exaggeration at the time, but neverthe time, the at exaggeration of an something was - have comprehen not he did that explaining demurred, Dorsen first- facilitate and programs, JSD and LLM the recast Program, less the school was definitely moving in that direction.” Prog direction.” that in moving definitely was school the less he helped revise the required curriculum, structure the Clinical Clinical the structure curriculum, required the revise he helped national reputation as a public interest leader grew. leader interest apublic as reputation national School’s Law the as 1980s 1970s and late the in continued ress now an intrinsic part of its institutional identity. institutional of its part intrinsic now an legal to approach a fresh necessitated change social and ization to on amemo professors fellow with collaborated tenure, making its faculty chair from 1996 to 2002. He set the new enterprise enterprise new the He set 1996 2002. to from chair faculty its curriculum, general the throughout perspectives legal national iconoclastic new program that would draw international fac international draw would that program new iconoclastic programmatic improvements and the addition of quality fac of quality addition the and improvements programmatic person in the recent history of our law school,” Sexton asserts. asserts. law school,” Sexton of our history recent the in person bly present,” Dorsen and his colleagues warned, “it is not merely merely not “it is warned, colleagues his and Dorsen bly present,” ulty. “Before we knew it,” he recounted, “NYU was spoken of in of in spoken was “NYU it,” we he recounted, ulty. knew “Before universally recognized leader in global and international law, international and global in leader recognized universally ulty and scholars to NYU Law, weave international and trans and Law, weave international NYU to scholars and ulty and on the side of change, and I worked hard at it.” at Iworkedhard and of side change, on the and a tangible impact on the quality of the Law School’s education. Law of the quality on the impact a tangible and greater faculty involvement in setting institutional policies. policies. institutional setting in involvement faculty greater and as the program’s founding director from 1994 to 1996 and as as 1994 1996 to and from director founding program’s the as When scholarship. legal global and comparative promote and 1992, late In Program. School Law Global Hauser of the ation on a steady course instrumental to making the Law School a School Law the making to instrumental course on asteady or alter to meet the challenges that changing conditions inevita conditions changing that challenges the meet to or alter of resources allocation for better argued memo the education, young “Iwas continued, Dorsen faculty, the within divisions ors—a “tremendous leap forward,” per Sexton—was the cre the Sexton—was per forward,” leap “tremendous ors—a tasks, other Among report. after report wrote and of committees the dean and the rest of the faculty. Asserting that rapid urban rapid that Asserting faculty. of the rest the and dean the some quarters as one of the top law schools in the country. This This country. the in law schools top one of the as quarters some such.” as regarded be it will and declining, is still—it standing Sexton replied: “You’re not caught in any disciplinary boxes, boxes, disciplinary any “You’re in replied: caught not Sexton scene, legal global the law and of international sive knowledge an run then and conceptualize Dorsen that proposed Sexton “I would say that Norman Dorsen is the single most important important most single the is Dorsen Norman that say would “I Among Dorsen and Sexton’s most significant mutual endeav mutual significant most Sexton’s and Dorsen Among Throughout, Dorsen chaired a seemingly endless succession succession endless aseemingly chaired Dorsen Throughout, Dorsen took advantage of opportunities for transformation. for transformation. opportunities of advantage took Dorsen One impetus for change came in 1965 when Dorsen, upon upon 1965 Dorsen, when in came for change impetus One ------“I would“I Dorsen say Norman that person the most is single important in the in of recent our law history school. (1971), which made possible the the v. (1971), Co. York possible States United made Times which As crucial as pushing NYU Law closer to greatness was for was greatness to closer Law NYU pushing as crucial As ACLU had overstepped a moral boundary. Dorsen, ever faithful faithful ever Dorsen, boundary. amoral overstepped ACLU had seriously.” taken was argument the of asudden all then And A CIVIL LIBERTARIAN A CIVIL 1990s, and, most recently, immigration and checks on execu checks and immigration recently, most and, 1990s, War Vietnam the and discrimination gender 1960s, 1950s and (1971), was the first abortion case heard by the court. The next The next court. the by heard case abortion (1971), first the was over the turn to president (1974), sitting the compelled which with the ACLU led to Dorsen’s election as the ACLU’s general ACLU’s the general as election ACLUDorsen’s to led the with was a 1977 case in which the ACLU defended American Nazis’ Nazis’ ACLU American defended the which in case a1977 was Hays Civil Liberties Program. The constitutional issues forming forming issues constitutional The Program. Liberties Civil Hays Garfield Arthur the to flowed devotion of his bulk the Dorsen, Neuborne recounts a time when he asked Dorsen to make an oral oral an make to Dorsen heasked when atime recounts Neuborne litigator. effective an as Dorsen of Law—remembers School NYU at Liberties of Civil Professor Dorsen Norman Neuborne—the v. Louisiana v. line. Throughout, Dorsen played an active role. active an played Dorsen Throughout, line. had existed during the Warren Court. A particular flash point point flash Aparticular Court. Warren the during existed had than arguments liberties of civil embracing less landscape argu amainstream into argument afringe was what he turned In Gault re argument, first his from a kind of stony resistance to a kind of puzzled concern. concern. of puzzled akind to resistance of stony akind from went faces judges’ the as “Iwatched Neuborne. ment,” recalls minutes, of 20 space the “In occasions. on previous execute fully nal defendants’ right to government-appointed counsel; counsel; government-appointed to right defendants’ nal in the 1970s, LGBTQ-related discrimination in the 1980s and and 1980s the in discrimination LGBTQ-related 1970s, the in right to march through Skokie, Illinois; many critics said the the said critics many Illinois; Skokie, through march to right publication of the Pentagon Papers; and and Papers; Pentagon of the publication unconstitutionality that Neuborne had not managed to success to managed not had Neuborne that unconstitutionality a new board chairman (later president) in 1976, he answered 1976, in president) heanswered (later chairman board a new War’s Vietnam the about Circuit Second the before argument include victories high-profile most The two. losing narrowly and four winning Court, Supreme US the before cases six argued children of unmarried parents. One loss, loss, One parents. of unmarried children and proceedings, delinquency in for juveniles rights cess the in state and of church separation and speech free century: half past of the problems liberties civil pressing most of the counsel in 1969—a position he held for seven years. Burt Burt years. heheld for seven position 1969—a in counsel tive power, with racial discrimination constituting a through a through constituting discrimination racial power, with tive the majority of the fellows’ work have shifted throughout the the throughout work have shifted fellows’ of the majority the New York New Times the told principles, Amendment First to and a legal infighting organizational faced Dorsen call. the of record. counsel as served and brief the such case was was case such scandal. Watergate the to related recordings House White secret as such many encompassing existence, program’s of the decades six Although Dorsen enjoyed litigating, when the ACLU needed ACLU needed the when litigating, enjoyed Dorsen Although With the fellows’ help, he wrote amicus briefs in major cases cases major in briefs amicus help, hewrote fellows’ the With The frequent collaboration of Dorsen and the Hays Fellows Fellows Hays the and of Dorsen collaboration frequent The But Dorsen did more than draft. In a four-year period, he period, afour-year In draft. than more did Dorsen But Gideon v. crimi (1963), Gideon Wainwright established which (1968), which established constitutional rights for rights constitutional (1968), established which Roe v.Roe Wade (1973), for which Dorsen helped write write (1973), helped Dorsen for which (1967), which secured due pro (1967), secured which United States v. States United Vuitch United States v. 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And he never used this power to unfairly skew the debate.” the skew unfairly to power this used he never And A COLLEAGUE AND AFAMILY AND MAN A COLLEAGUE very best,” says US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ginsburg, Bader Ruth Justice Court Supreme US says best,” very (or should exist) to serve the general welfare, he strived mightily mightily hestrived welfare, general the serve to (or exist) should way you would lead an orchestra by timing who spoke when. when. spoke who timing by orchestra an lead way you would was responsible for the transformation of the ACLU from arel ACLU from of the transformation for the was responsible will continue to guide and inspire legions of jurists, lawyers, lawyers, of jurists, legions inspire and guide to continue will Magruder, through the years he led the ACLU and thereafter, thereafter, ACLU and the he led years the through Magruder, K. Dollard Professor of Law, Medicine and Psychiatry Sylvia Sylvia Psychiatry and of Law, Medicine Professor Dollard K. Root Professor of Law; and Fiorello LaGuardia Professor Professor LaGuardia Fiorello of Law; and Professor Root ’68, Elihu Gillers Stephen 1977; since co-director Hays ’68,Law a consensus achieve to ability Dorsen’s at marvels still Neuborne hand fine his of The works wisdom. and wit his from I benefited Upper West Side into a massive organization that is the nation’s the is that organization amassive Side West into Upper let of hot-button issues during his 15 years at the helm. “Norman “Norman helm. the at years 15 his during issues of hot-button let known more for his civil liberties work than his scholarship, scholarship, his work than liberties civil for more his known Judge Circuit for First clerking was Norman when law school, national legal director during part of Dorsen’s presidency. of Dorsen’s part during director legal national igation, but also at producing powerful documents, whether whether documents, powerful producing at but also igation, presiding he was “When of meetings: amaestro as Dorsen ing ity of what the the of what ity practical influence and that could meet in a phone booth on the the on booth in aphone meet could that and influence practical approach potentially violent demonstrations in the wake of wake the in demonstrations violent potentially approach how to with ACLU’s The grappling passing. Dorsen’s after and exacting attention to detail. “Norman was a master at lit at amaster was “Norman detail. to attention exacting and depict members, ACLU board opinionated strongly the among law students.” and exists law that mindful “Ever ACLU former colleague. another atively small fringe group of intellectuals that had very little little very had that of intellectuals group fringe small atively over the board, he could literally orchestrate the debates the the debates the orchestrate literally he could board, over the civil liberties safety net,” explains Neuborne, who served as as who served Neuborne, net,” explains safety liberties civil wounds.” organizational - util crucial the highlights Virginia, Charlottesville, in events later, years 40 divisive no less are issues the But elsewhere. occurred arally instead, Skokie; in no march was there end, the we belong.” In where Idon’t know Skokie, in don’t belong of Clinical Law Martin Guggenheim ’71. Guggenheim Martin Law of Clinical have torn could that issues difficult with dealing committee, tee report or a governing document or a brief,” says Law. While Law. or abrief,” says While document or agoverning report tee or acommit organization for an documents founding they’re similar and for not championing, Dorsen’s if Law NYU at teach in days my From all. to accessible and equal justice, promote to the faculty apart.” apart.” faculty the stories are told by several Hays alumni, including Elizabeth Elizabeth including alumni, Hays several told by are stories after over committee preside him “I watched endeavors. School “Among law teachers and scholars, Norman Dorsen was the the was Dorsen Norman scholars, and “Among lawteachers Dorsen’s cool judgment helped the organization run agaunt run organization the helped judgment cool Dorsen’s Invariably, Dorsen’s colleagues mention his high standards standards high his mention Dorsen’s colleagues Invariably, to hired have been not he would that opines freely Neuborne Law his to adds, Neuborne talent, same the brought Dorsen ”

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33 NYU LAW 2017 1930 BORN 1970–72 1975–77 New York City Serves as executive director Chairs US DEPARTMENT of the SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, ON COURTROOM CONDUCT, AND WELFARE’s 1946–50 NYC Bar Association Review Panel on Enters COLUMBIA New Drug Regulation COLLEGE at 16 and 1972–74 plays basketball Serves as founding president of the SOCIETY OF AMERICAN LAW TEACHERS

1965 Marries Harriette Koffler ’66 1968 1967 1967 Publishes FRONTIERS Publishes Emerson, 1950–53 Jennifer OF CIVIL LIBERTIES Haber, and Dorsen’s Attends HARVARD LAW born with a preface by POLITICAL AND CIVIL SCHOOL and is a Harvard Robert F. Kennedy RIGHTS IN THE UNITED 1969 Law Review editor (author) STATES (co-author) Caroline born 1971 1974 Publishes Publishes NONE OF YOUR 1973 THE RIGHTS OF BUSINESS: GOVERNMENT Annie born AMERICANS (editor) SECRECY IN AMERICA (co-editor with 1971–95 Stephen Gillers ’68) Serves as general editor of ACLU’s 1984 50-BOOK SERIES on Publishes rights of vulnerable OUR ENDANGERED populations RIGHTS (editor)

1953–55 Serves as assistant to the Army secretary’s general counsel during the ARMY- MCCARTHY HEARINGS (pictured above, Counsel John G. Adams, seated, and 1961–2017 Dorsen standing at far left) Serves on the 1955–56 NYU LAW faculty Studies at the London Directs the School of Economics ARTHUR GARFIELD on a FULBRIGHT GRANT HAYS CIVIL LIBERTIES 1956–57 PROGRAM 1969–76 Clerks for Chief Judge Serves as ACLU Calvert Magruder of the US general counsel COURT OF APPEALS FOR 1976–91 THE FIRST CIRCUIT Serves as ACLU president

1967 In US Supreme Court 1970 1970–73 case SEE V. CITY OF Argues US Supreme Court Helps write petitioner's SEATTLE, argues that case LAW STUDENTS brief and is counsel warrant is required for CIVIL RIGHTS RESEARCH of record in 1957–58 search of private COUNCIL, INC. V. WADMOND ROE V. WADE commercial premises to protect First Amendment Clerks for US SUPREME 1963 1971 rights during the NY State bar COURT Justice John Writes amicus 1968 Argues admission process UNITED STATES Marshall Harlan II brief in GIDEON V. Argues US Supreme Court V. VUITCH, the first (pictured above with WAINWRIGHT case LEVY V. LOUISIANA, 1971 abortion case to reach fellow clerks) advocating for rights of Argues US Supreme Court the US Supreme Court 1966 nonmarital children case TATE V. SHORT 1958–60 Argues US Supreme 1974 on behalf of a man Practices at DEWEY, Court case IN RE 1969 Writes amicus brief imprisoned when he BALLANTINE, BUSHBY, GAULT, establishing Brings a PETITION FOR US in could not pay a fine UNITED STATES V. PALMER & WOOD in NYC rights of juveniles SUPREME COURT REVIEW NIXON (Nixon tapes) 1960 to due process in of alleged discrimination Writes amicus brief in Manages the delinquency hearings against a gay serviceman PENTAGON PAPERS case CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN of William vanden Heuvel 1995–96 1994 2015 Chairs US TREASURY’s Receives GREAT Burt Neuborne Citizens Review Panel TEACHER AWARD becomes the inaugural investigating improper law from the Society of NORMAN DORSEN enforcement conduct American Law Teachers PROFESSOR OF 1995–2000 2000 CIVIL LIBERTIES Serves as chairman of Receives ELEANOR LAWYERS COMMITTEE ROOSEVELT MEDAL, FOR HUMAN RIGHTS presented by Bill Clinton 1981 1987–88 (pictured below) Becomes Is a FULBRIGHT 1996–2004 Frederick I. and DISTINGUISHED Becomes founding president 2001 Grace A. Stokes LECTURER in of US ASSOCIATION OF Receives dedication from Professor of Law Argentina CONSTITUTIONAL LAW NYU ANNUAL SURVEY at NYU LAW 1992 OF AMERICAN LAW Receives honor- Is honored with 2007 ary degree from HARVARD CIVIL Receives Association of RIPON COLLEGE RIGHTS-CIVIL American Law Schools’ LIBERTIES LAW 1983 LIFETIME ACHIEVE- REVIEW tribute Receives the MENT AWARD MEDAL OF Receives honorary LIBERTY from degree from JOHN the French JAY COLLEGE minister of OF CRIMINAL justice JUSTICE

2002–15 Serves as COUNSELOR TO NYU PRESIDENT John Sexton

1994–2002 Serves as founding director and faculty chair of HAUSER GLOBAL LAW 1977–2017 SCHOOL PROGRAM Directs the (pictured below with JAMES MADISON Rita Hauser in 2012) 1998 LECTURE SERIES Celebrates (pictured above HAYS 4OTH REUNION with Justice Harry with Gloria Steinem Blackmun in 1984) 1987 Publishes THE EVOLVING 2000–08 CONSTITUTION Serves on Governing Board (editor) 2008 of the INTERNATIONAL Marks HAYS 5OTH 2001 ASSOCIATION OF REUNION with Justice Publishes THE LAW SCHOOLS Ruth Bader Ginsburg UNPREDICTABLE (pictured above, right) CONSTITUTION 2003–09 and Anna Deavere Smith (editor) Founds and serves as editorial director of 2013 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL Publishes 1986 OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, THE EMBATTLED Organizes photos which publishes tributes online CONSTITUTION JAMES MADISON in 2010 and 2012 (editor) LECTURE with Justice William Brennan Jr.

2013 2001 ACLU inaugurates Organizes DORSEN PRESIDENTIAL JAMES MADISON PRIZE, honoring lifetime LECTURE with Justice contributions to civil liber- Stephen Breyer ties (pictured below with ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero)

Left: In 1976 with Roger Baldwin Above: Attends a pro-choice rally Dorsen with John Sexton, 2013; with Jennifer, Caroline, and Annie, circa 1977; reading the New York Times, 1978; with wife Harriette

continued from page 33 Dorsen also co-edited three casebooks, wrote or edited 13 other Few benefited more from Dorsen’s esteemed position than books, and served as editor of the ACLU’s 50-book series on the his students. “He was extremely effective in opening doors for rights of vulnerable populations. young civil liberties students and lawyers who wanted to get “One of the great pleasures of my professional career was into academia,” observes Law. “And Norman had feet in both finding a typo in something he wrote,” says Gillers with a smile. worlds. He was respected by judges and by fancy professors “I gloated over that.” from elite schools. And he knew the civil rights and civil liber- Despite Dorsen’s array of professional activities, his per- ties community. He could make those connections.” Hays co- sonal life, he said, was equally rich. Dorsen first met Harriette director Helen Hershkoff adds, “If there’s any part of Norman’s Koffler ’66 in Spring 1965. They went on their first date that legacy that I think was most important to him, it’s the more September and were married on Thanksgiving Day. Together than 300 Hays Fellows the program has created and sent off they had three daughters: Jennifer, who works in K–12 STEM into the world.” teacher education; Caroline, an NYU academic like her father; Dorsen also connected past and present. “He was not just and Annie, a theater director and writer. the keeper of the institutional memory,” Dean Trevor Morrison Even through his grueling schedule, the family almost explains, “but the custodian of a set of institutional values in always dined together. “Our dinners were real conversations the school: the excellence of the faculty, the engagement of the about what was happening in the world,” Caroline recalls. Fail- school in issues that really matter.” ing to read the New York Times was “a sin,” she notes, and Dorsen Reflecting on Dorsen’s legacy, Hershkoff, Herbert M. and refused to go on vacation anywhere he couldn’t obtain a copy. Svetlana Wachtell Professor of Constitutional Law and Civil He was an understanding father, Caroline says, as his chil- Liberties, speaks to Dorsen’s sense of a longer historical arc dren grew up. In 1985, years after the Dorsen family moved to the for both law and Law School: “Everything he did was to ensure San Remo building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Madonna that institutions would be created, structures would be in place, was rejected as a prospective tenant by the building’s co-op norms would be created, junior people would be developed and board, of which Dorsen was a member. The New York Post tele- encouraged, and the work would carry on.” phoned his apartment for a statement, and though Dorsen wasn’t At 86, Dorsen readily recounted the details of the McCarthy home to comment, his daughters were. The Post story’s lede: battle and the finer points of his Supreme Court arguments. “The American Civil Liberties Union has defended the right of “I even then wondered whether I would ever do anything again that Nazis to march in Skokie, Ill., but Madonna apparently doesn’t was as important as working on those hearings,” he said. “And, of rate such support.” Remembers Caroline, “Someone else could course, I'm not sure what the answer is.” have been angry and embarrassed and shocked and all of those Through an often unglamorous accumulation of commit- things.” But her father, she says, shrugged it off. tee work and strategic litigation and steady advocacy, Norman In 2008, Harriette, a successful lawyer in her own right, was Dorsen devoted his life to civil liberties, declining to claim diagnosed with cancer; she died three years later at the age of 68. as much credit as he might have for his many victories, large “She was a fabulous person, personally and professionally and and small. Reflecting on his likely unique longevity as a law politically,” says Law. “And Norman missed her enormously.” professor at a single school, Dorsen said, “When you’re that person, first of all, you count your blessings. Second of all, A LUCKY MAN especially since the institution has prospered so well, you For Dorsen’s pivotal institutional role, Neuborne long ago consider yourself a very lucky man.” dubbed him NYU Law’s “First Citizen” (“uber-dean” also To untold numbers of students and colleagues, the luck remains in currency). “I’ve always been happy that he was well was always mutual. appreciated in the halls of the Law School,” says Guggenheim,

“and that he knew that.” Senior Writer Atticus Gannaway is the author of a children’s novel. PERSONAL PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE DORSEN FAMILY

“The works of his fine hand will continue to guide and inspire legions of jurists, lawyers, and law students.” JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG 38 54

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with A Conversation A York, one of the longest for anyone holding that that holding for anyone York, longest one of the L against politicians working at the city and state state and city the at working politicians against Ponzi Madoff’s out of Bernard growing cases and the as well as cases small the into excellence and as time of his end the about conversation open an equally: “You are judged as a professional by making making by aprofessional as “You judged are equally: of Justice (DOJ). (DOJ). of Justice position. Several weeks into his time at the Law the at time his into weeks Several position. scheme, as well as public corruption prosecutions prosecutions corruption public as well as scheme, charges trading insider numerous included saw integrity, level of effort, same you put the that sure Department the joining in interested for students ure as US attorney for the Southern District of New District Southern for the attorney US as ure they’re high profile.” high they’re cases all value to is attorney US of agood tinctions dis key one of the that responded Bharara tenure, US attorney, highlights of his career, and his advice advice his and career, of his highlights attorney, US ite cases or issues that he worked on during his his he onworked during that or issues ite cases less press that he said was nevertheless important: important: nevertheless was he said that press less garnered work to that pointed also Bharara levels. big—as the cases that everyone is watching because because watching is everyone that cases the big—as School, Bharara and Dean Trevor Morrison held Morrison Trevor Dean and Bharara School, National Security Expertise Security National Lisa Monaco joinedtheLaw Schoollast springfrom theWhite House, where shewas to assistant the president for homelandsecurity andcounterterrorism. Asthepresident’s homelandsecurityadvisor, When Morrison asked whether he had any favor any hehad whether asked Morrison When Some of the high-profile cases Bharara over Bharara cases high-profile of the Some came to NYU Law at the conclusion of his ten of his conclusion the at Law NYU to came as a distinguished scholar in residence. Bharara Bharara residence. in scholar distinguished a as School Law the joined Bharara Preet spring, ast

Preet Bharara Preet she coordinated development policy andcrisisresponse toterrorist cyberincidents, attacks, and publichealthemergencies andnatural disasters. the Center onLaw andSecurity (CLS) andtheCenter for Cybersecurity. InApril, Monaco inaCLS participated event onthegeopolitical challenges facing the national security, andcivillitigation matters. United States onpage story 75). (see deputy attorney general’s oncriminal policy, advisor primary law enforcement, positions at the Department of Justice,positions at theDepartment attorney includingasassistant general security division,shewas principalassociate deputy attorney general—the Monaco fellow isnowadistinguished senior at NYULaw, affiliated with responsible for andpolicy. national securitycases Before leadingthenational national security cyberspecialists andledadivisionof more than300lawyers for national security, where thefirstnationwide network sheestablished of Prior to her White House appointment, MonacoPrior toherWhiteappointment, spent15years House invarious FBI Director Robert Mueller III, andbefore worked that, asanassistant Monaco for served also three years ofto ascounsel andchief staff US attorney, includingasamemberof theEnron Task Force. Shebegan herlegal career asalaw toJudge clerk Jane Roth of of theUS Court Appeals for theThird Circuit.

- - - - at a US attorney’s office,” he said. office,” he attorney’s aUS at do you can that of things range wide the appreciate administrations should cause them to rethink their their rethink to them cause should administrations what goes on…is not political and doesn’t become become doesn’t and political not on…is goes what dents who were interested in joining the department department the joining in interested were who dents else. It was to serve the public, and to serve the the serve to and public, the serve to It was else. of mass “The offices. attorney’s US of the dence - stu some that noted Morrison DOJ. the at positions plans. In response, Bharara stressed the indepen the stressed Bharara response, In plans. political, no matter who the president is,” Bharara is,” Bharara president the who no matter political, students interested in public service to seek out seek to service public in interested students don’t Yonkers “People safer. and Newburgh as such said. “My job was not to serve the president, whether whether president, the serve to not “My was job said. He was able to combat gang violence, making cities cities making violence, gang combat to able He was that’s Barack Obama or Donald Trump or anyone or anyone Trump or Donald Obama Barack that’s interests of justice.” of interests had wondered whether the change in presidential presidential in change the whether wondered had Southern District of New York, Bharara encouraged encouraged York, of New Bharara District Southern Reflecting on the breadth of work he did in the in did of work he breadth the on Reflecting

‘Well, cowboy up,’ and the justice responded, ‘Now responded, justice up,’ the cowboy ‘Well, and Administration. And while she could indeed type type indeed could she while And Administration. Women’s Leadership Network (see (see Network Women’s Leadership 1994, Forrest says, with characteristic modesty, “I modesty, characteristic with says, Forrest 1994, versation, but I always remembered that moment that remembered Ialways but versation, you’re talking my language,’” Forrest recalls. “And recalls. Forrest my language,’” you’re talking we walked so fast we didn’t have much time for- con have much we time didn’t fast so we walked was hired by the Law School’s Institute of Judicial of Judicial School’s Institute Law the by hired was Forrest was looking for any University job when she she when job University for any looking was Forrest makes that “She’s a warmth got Trustee. Law NYU of psychol Law, knowledge her waiting Florence, NYU at conference School Law S School. Law the Jeannie Forrest departs service, of decades two more than After holds a PhD in counseling psy counseling in aPhD holds for a bus that would seemingly never come. “I said, “Isaid, come. never seemingly would that for abus for strong leadership. leadership. for strong School’s lead Law the including programs, of innovative multitude in a foreign country or standing in the Vander- the in or standing country aforeign in pioneer,” says Rachel Robbins ’76, senior indepen ’76, senior pioneer,” Robbins Rachel says the cultivate to learn students which in program bilt Hall lobby—is one of Forrest’s great talents, talents, great one of Forrest’s lobby—is Hall bilt as her “deep humanity.” Forrest “deep Forrest her humanity.” as describes Morrison Trevor Dean of what a result dent nonexecutive director at Atlas Mara and an an and Mara Atlas at director nonexecutive dent met—she’s ever I’ve areal thinkers out-of-the-box training intelligence emotional an developed new the and initiatives ership NYU worked at has she decades two the in and NYU, from chology connection.” of everyone comfortable and want to work with her.” work to with want and comfortable everyone type really fast.” A graduate student at the time, time, the at student A graduate fast.” really type ogy has helped her spearhead a spearhead her helped has ogy self-awareness and relationship skills essential essential skills relationship and self-awareness School Law the Forrest, by 24). Led on page story “Jeannie is one of the most dynamic, innovative, innovative, dynamic, most one of the is “Jeannie The Out- The Thinker of-the-Box When asked what brought her to NYU Law in in Law NYU to her brought what asked When Connecting with people—whether stranded stranded people—whether with Connecting Italy, with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. The O’Connor. Day The Sandra Justice Italy, with found herself on a street corner in Florence, Florence, in corner on astreet herself found everal years ago, Vice Dean Jeannie Forrest Forrest Jeannie Dean Vice ago, years everal two were on the verge of arriving late to a to late of arriving verge on the were two - - -

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Rachel Burns ways in which Forrest’s well of intelligence and inter and of intelligence well Forrest’s which in ways work, and wisdom. “In some ways, she leaves an an leaves she ways, some “In wisdom. and work, events. special and services student overseeing with Law community quickly learned the many other other many the learned quickly community Law King Professor of Law and dean emeritus. “But, on “But, emeritus. dean and of Law Professor King of law rule the that notion this with seized been I’ve In Forrest’s 23 years at NYU Law, she has served in in served Law, has she NYU at years 23 Forrest’s In how genuine change happens.” happens.” change how genuine Over the years, her development efforts have enabled haveenabled efforts development her years, the Over fast—an impressive 103 words per minute—the NYU NYU minute—the 103 per words impressive fast—an is what makes a difference in the world, and that’s that’s and the world, in adifference makes what is NYU to dedication “Her tireless life. intellectual secured role—Forrest recent most initiatives—her ferently than the people I’m surrounded by. I’ve But I’m surrounded people the than ferently positions including associate dean for development dean associate including positions school. the help strengthen could insight personal and alumni relations as well as vice dean, tasked tasked dean, vice as well as relations alumni and and more effective professionals because we had had we because professionals effective more and and thinking, lawyerly good by infected been also dif thinking lawyers, by surrounded a psychologist enormous void,” says Richard Revesz, Lawrence Lawrence Revesz, void,” Richard says enormous on the mark its left certainly has creativity own campus and research faculty nourish to and aid cial the privilege of working with her. All that will per will that her. All with of working privilege the people better are of us many so hand, other the finan and scholarships expand to School Law the Law’s history. NYU in gifts individual largest two the sist. And NYU Law is so much better as a result.” aresult.” as much better so is Law NYU And sist. school to which she has devoted so much of her time, much time, of so her devoted has she which to school .” As the vice dean for development and leadership leadership for and development dean vice the As If “lawyerly thinking” has changed Forrest, her her Forrest, changed has thinking” “lawyerly If

Law—together with her combination combination her with Law—together full of love for this place and for the for the and place of love for this full community,” School Law on the impact people here,” Forrest says. “I’ve been been “I’ve says. here,” Forrest people and wit—has had a transformational atransformational had wit—has and of intelligence, wisdom, compassion, compassion, wisdom, intelligence, of ter. “I’m leaving with my heart really really my heart with ter. “I’m leaving School to embark on her next chap next on her embark to School Morrison. says Now, Forrest is departing the Law Law the departing Now, is Forrest - - - - - Admissions Leading Leading Cassandra “Sandy” Cassandra “Sandy” and collaborating with and collaborating with year. admissions last deanforassistant JD admissions process more department’s director, spent five years asthe constituencies across the community, was named effective and responsive. Williams previously Williams, Law Schooltomake its tive NYULaw students the Law School’s new the NYUSchoolof Law ing outreach toprospec- with afocus onexpand- well-known figure in already a

41 THE PEOPLE 42 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU Anthony “Tony” Gooch ’ ’63, Gooch LLM “Tony” Anthony Janeiro, and New York offices. After his retire his After York New and offices. Janeiro, Anthony Gooch Anthony Forstadt Joseph current NYU Law students. students. Law NYU current and as a member of the Rockefeller University University Rockefeller of the amember as and ate and lifelong dedicated supporter of the Law Law of the supporter dedicated lifelong and ate of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Center of Lincoln Society Music Chamber of the of International and Public Affairs in 2005. Dur 2005. in Affairs Public and of International amaster’s earning school, to he returned ment, Council, and spent time informally advising advising informally time spent and Council, passed away on January 24 at age 79. Agradu age at 24 away on January passed &Hamilton, Steen Gottlieb of Cleary partner ing in Cleary Gottlieb’s Paris, Brussels, Rio de de Rio Brussels, Paris, Gottlieb’s Cleary in ing ing his retirement, Gooch also served as director director as served also Gooch retirement, his ing Columbia’s from School affairs international in had an illustrious career, spending 40 years work years 40 spending career, illustrious an had Commission onReapportionment of theNew York at thefirm, Forstadt continued to incitywork govern- State Legislature anddeputy commissioner of the counsel toGovernor Rockefeller’s Nelson Citizen’s created anaward inhishonor. ment, serving astheowners’ representative serving onthe ment, real estate, insurance, andcommercial interests. While Department of LicensesDepartment underMayor John Lindsay. Forstadt began hiscareer withpositionssuchasstaff He also foundedHe also of theAssociation Law Secretaries Ed Koch, David Dinkins, andRudolph Giuliani ’68. New York City Rent Guidelines Board underMayors to theJustices of theSupreme andSurrogate’s Courts in theCity of New York—and in2015,thegroup where hespent45 years asalitigator specializingin I MEMORIAM IN 1940–2017 1937–2017 In 1969,Forstadt joinedStroock &Stroock &Lavan,

Alumni Association BoardAlumni Association Joseph Forstadt ’64, along- at age 77. Aprominent figure and aWeinfeld Fellow, serving memberof theLaw serving passed awaypassed onMarch 23 in New York City government, and later learned they they learned later and were both RTK alums. alums. RTK both were married in 2009.married Gooch Gooch and Davis were were Davis and Gooch Davis ’79 at a luncheon aluncheon at ’79 Davis A. Florence Trustee Law NYU met Gooch Program, School’s Root-Tilden-Kern Root-Tilden-Kern School’s 64, a retired aretired 64,

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- Michael Levine Michael As a law student, hewroteAs alaw student, ahighlyinfluentialnote Ciro Gamboni Ciro away on April 23 at age 76. Gamboni spent nearly nearly spent 76. Gamboni age at 23 away on April and the Circle Repertory Company; and member member and Company; Repertory Circle the and 2016. Gamboni was a deeply dedicated member of of member dedicated adeeply was 2016. Gamboni was a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Patron Patron Theater Center Lincoln of the amember was of the boards of the Actors Studio, the Drama Drama the Studio, Actors of the boards of the a vigorous intheintellectual andactive participant Center of Contemporary Dance. Dance. Contemporary of Center Row Theatre Street of 42nd chairman Committee; as president andCEO of New York Air. theLawand served Schoolfor over 10years. colleague, anoriginalthinker, alively instructor, and on theUS Civil Aeronautics Board asgeneral direc - foron thecase rate deregulation. Hehelped imple- Morrison said: “MikeMorrison said: was agenerous andthoughtful NYU Law Life Trustee Ciro Gamboni ’65 passed ’65 passed Gamboni Ciro Trustee Life Law NYU League of New York, and the Martha Graham Graham Martha of York, New the and League Gamboni dance, and Alover of theater School. Law trustee, Gamboni was a Weinfeld Patron and amem and aWeinfeld Patron was Gamboni trustee, a as serving to addition In community: Law NYU the ment that visioninthelate 1970s, whenheserved Northwest AirlinesNorthwest andContinentalAirlines, and tor of international anddomesticaviation. Later in involvement withaviation throughout hiscareer. having joined the firm immediately after graduating graduating after immediately firm the joined having &Reindel, Gordon Cahill at career legal entire his his career, asexecutive heserved vice president of ber of John Sexton’s Council on the Future of the of the Future on the Council Sexton’s of John ber life of the Law School.” 1940–2017 1942–2017 A licensed pilot, LevineA licensedpilot, hadalonganddeep In astatement tothecommunity, DeanTrevor

guished research scholar away lastwinter at age 75. lecturer,and senior passed distinguished career Michael Levine, distin- He hadalong, varied, and in academia andinindustry,in academia 1969, he served as an officer officer an as 1969, he served ner in 1974. He retired from from 1974. in ner He retired part named he was where eral’s Corps of the US Army. Army. US of the Corps eral’s from NYU Law. 1966 to From NYU from He then returned to Cahill, Cahill, to returned He then the firm as senior counsel in in counsel senior as firm the in the Judge Advocate Gen Advocate Judge the in

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FORSTADT: STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN | LEVINE: YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Norma Z.Norma Paige Luttan Rubin Luttan Justice Rose currently held by José Alvarez, as well as the the as well as Alvarez, José held by currently celebrated its 22nd anniversary last fall. fall. last anniversary 22nd its celebrated annual Herbert Rubin and Justice Rose Luttan Luttan Rose Justice and Rubin Herbert annual much of it in public service. In 1973, Rubin Rubin 1973, In service. much public of it in Rubin ’42 passed away last fall at age 99. She age at fall ’42Rubin away last passed Luttan Rose Justice Trustee Life Law NYU Rubin Professorship in International Law, International in Professorship Rubin ’42,Rubin Rose and Herbert the endowed she Rubin International Law Symposium, which which Symposium, Law International Rubin ’68. Rudolph Giuliani trative Trials and Hearings by then-Mayor then-Mayor by Hearings and Trials trative istrative law judge in the Office of Adminis of Office the in law judge istrative had a long and distinguished legal career, career, legal distinguished and along had joined the bench as a judge on the New York New on the ajudge as bench the joined School. Together with her husband, Herbert Herbert husband, her with Together School. 1922–2017 Association’s (LAA)Alumni Achievement Award, T. Vanderbilt Medal, andtheNYU Alumni a privately heldcompany that designs,develops, and endowed theNormaZ.Paige Professorship of Law, NYULaw students andalso tosupport scholarships co-founded theAstronautics Corporation of America, earning herJD, shefounded alaw firm, Paige & Paige, Meritorious Award. Service member of theNYU Law community. She established manufactures electronic navigation systems in used the LAAJudge Edward Weinfeld Award, theArthur Paigetion totheschool, received theLaw Alumni 1917–2016 with herhusband, Samuel Paige In1959,she LLM’51. held by Professor Jennifer Arlen’86. For- herdedica land, sea, andaerospaceland, sea, vehicles. Throughout hercareer, Paige was asteadfast Rubin was deeply committed to the Law Law the to committed deeply was Rubin

and acting justice on justice acting and appointed chief admin Court. In 1993, she was was 1993, she In Court. elected She was Court. the New York New the Supreme York New the Supreme in 1982 as a justice of ajustice 1982in as State Court of Claims of Claims Court State and businessperson, served served and businessperson, away onJune 5at age 94. on theBoard of Trustees for more than 20years. After Paige, atalented attorney Norma Z. Paige ’46Norma Z.Paige passed LawNYU Life Trustee

Thompson Kenneth Kenneth “represented thevery bestof us,theepitomeof a Treasury; was US assistant attorney for theEastern January 19 at age 86. Zeitlin’s colleagues and and colleagues 19 Zeitlin’s 86. age at January 1966–2016 George Zeitlin George counsel to the firm while on the Law School’sLaw the on while firm the to counsel Unit toinvestigate suspectedwrongful convictions. In that role, toeliminate sought practices Thompson as associate dean. associate as down stepping 1982, after in a partner Law Alumniof that Thompson Color said Association, District of New York; andspent14years inprivate Ronald Noble, of theUS then–assistant secretary as associate dean of the Graduate Tax Division Division Tax Graduate of the dean associate as NYU Law, to asspecialassistant served Thompson a generous mentor, a wise counselor, and an an and counselor, mentor, awise a generous of the law firm Chadbourne & Parke. He was was He Parke. & Chadbourne law firm of the member alongtime also was Zeitlin ago. years that underminedbothlaw enforcement andcommunity relations withpolice, launching theConviction Review practice before becoming Brooklyn attorney. district attorney, andacourageous voice for reform of the by hismother, apolice officer. After graduating from criminal justice system,” DeanTrevor said Morrison. social justicesocial warrior inevery way.” full-time faculty, and joined the firm as firm the joined and faculty, full-time George Zeitlin LLM ’61 passed away on ’61 LLM passed Zeitlin George from 1975 to 1982 and continued to teach part- teach to 1975 continued 1982 to from and students remember him as a lively instructor, instructor, alively as him remember students time in the Law School’s tax program until afew until program School’s tax Law the in time in 1966—a position he held until 1984. He served He served 1984. he held until position 1966—a in became a full-time professor of tax at NYU Law Law NYU at of tax professor afull-time became 1931–2017 Thompson wasThompson inspired topursuelaw enforcement Rafiq Kalam Id-Din II’00,president of NYULaw’s

American district attorney, district American Brooklyn’s first African Kenneth ’92, Thompson connection to NYU Law Law NYU to connection administration, Zeitlin passed awaypassed 9 onOctober at age 50 after abattle with during the Kennedy Kennedy the during cancer. “Ken was avisionary leader, atrailblazing district spanned over 50 years. years. over 50 spanned unshakable optimist. His the Treasury Department Department Treasury the in counsel legislative tax After serving as deputy deputy as serving After

43 THE PEOPLE Redress for Haiti’s Cholera Victims hen Beatrice Lindstrom ’10 decided to coming in from around the country, Lindstrom says, become a human rights lawyer, she says, it quickly became clear that the source of the out- W“suing the United Nations was very far from break was a UN peacekeeper base that had allowed my mind.” But as a staff attorney for the Institute waste to contaminate the water source. for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), Lindstrom After it emerged that the UN would not admit has spent years doing precisely that: She has played liability, BAI asked Lindstrom to develop a legal a key role in litigation holding the UN accountable response—a difficult task, due to the UN’s broad for Haiti’s cholera epidemic. legal immunities. Lindstrom and the team at BAI In 2010, after Haiti was hit by a devastating earth- and IJDH filed claims against the UN on behalf Lindstrom outside quake, Lindstrom went to work for the Bureau des of 5,000 Haitian cholera victims, demanding that the federal courthouse Avocats Internationaux (BAI), the Haitian partner the UN take action to address their losses, prevent in Manhattan organization of IJDH. When reports of cholera began future outbreaks, and make a public apology admit- ting liability for the epidemic. When the UN rejected those claims, Lindstrom took the lawsuit to the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, then to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. “I went to the oral argument in the Second Circuit,” says Professor Margaret Satterthwaite ’99, “and she was just so incredibly poised that it felt like she had already done 50 oral arguments before an appellate court— TK xxxxx and yet this is really her big debut as a lawyer.” Although the Second Circuit upheld the UN’s immunity in the case, the UN eventually publicly admitted to playing a role in the cholera outbreak. But Lindstrom and her colleagues are seeking more than an apology: “Our hope is that the UN will provide the kind of remedy that would meet victims’ rights, and it won’t be necessary to pursue the case further.”

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John Walker ’93 had spent the majority of his career as a partner at Dentons—a multinational law firm that employs more lawyers than any other firm in the world—when he decided to embark on a new venture. Walker joined Jennifer Yu Sacro, then a litigation partner at Palmer, Lombardi & Donohue, to establish Sacro & Walker, a commercial law firm focused on litigation. Walker and his partner shared a common vision of creating a firm that prized diversity in the workplace, work-life balance for its employees, and affordable legal fees for its clients. The partners believe that diverse backgrounds help the firm serve diverse markets and come up with creative solutions for clients who themselves come from varied backgrounds. It was also important to both Walker and his partner—each a parent of young children—to build an environment in which they and their employees would be able to balance work and home life. When Walker began his career at Dentons—then called Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal—the Los Angeles office was relatively small and focused on litigation for the insurance and commercial aircraft -in dustries. Those early years enabled him to develop a strong background in commercial and complex business litigation. When Walker became a partner in 2000, he had established himself as an accomplished advocate with expertise in defending individuals and businesses against tort and breach of contract claims. At Sacro & Walker, in addition to representing large companies, Walker explains, the firm’s rate structure makes it possible to work for the underserved legal market of individuals who cannot afford the rates at larger law firms but do not qualify for free legal services. Walker credits the importance Sacro & Walker places on building community—both within the firm and among the markets it serves—to his experience as a law student: “Opening our law firm

has been in step with the values I learned at NYU Law and the school’s emphasis on community.” SHEMIRANI SASHA WALKER: | IVES LIBERTÉ/KIM HAITI LINDSTROM:

44 STEINBERG: THE BRONX DEFENDERS | HECHINGER: RICHARD LAFONTAINE | SAUNDERS: LESLIE BROWN U system. bail the of injustices the faculty, alumni are and address helping to students, Law NYU can post bail, only 40 percent plead guilty. guilty. plead percent 40 only bail, post can charitable bail organizations. The Bronx Freedom Freedom Bronx The organizations. bail charitable and now has a criminal record. His crime? Driving Driving crime? His record. acriminal now has and alumni are making the case for reform. case the making are alumni ence in outcomes for the poor versus the better off better the versus poor for the outcomes in ence amisdemeanor. license, asuspended with resumed operations and has provided bail for more bail provided has and operations resumed and faculty, of students, anumber particular, in nity bail post cannot who defendants of misdemeanor of Public Defense’s Associated Counsel for the Counsel Associated Defense’s of Public plead guilty, according to 2013 data from Brooklyn Brooklyn from data 2013 to according guilty, plead of work aday for missing job his He lost well: as paid so he pleaded guilty to get out. The city paid more more paid city The out. get to guilty he pleaded so senior staff attorney and now managing attorney of attorney managing and now attorney staff senior BDS Saunders ’06, former and Joshua attorney, staff Defender Services (BDS). In contrast, of those who who of those (BDS). contrast, In Services Defender Fund, the first such organization in New in New State, York such organization first the Fund, of misdemeanors, accused defendants aid to Fund Freedom Bronx the co-founded ’82 Steinberg Robin the King County (Washington State) Department Department State) (Washington County King the ’10, senior Hechinger BDS Scott including cause, the date. to clients 1,200 than road regulatory into ran eventually fund the though commu Law NYU the within And system. bail the in inherent injustice socioeconomic as view they what on combating focused for those of activity ter Padilla and jail, in him keep to day per $450 than in the criminal justice system. More than 90 percent percent 90 than More system. justice criminal the in legislators to pass a law in 2012 facilitating 501(c)(3) facilitating 2012 alaw in pass to legislators blocks. Undaunted, Steinberg helped convince state The Freedom Price of At the same time, New York has become acen York New become time, has same the At The new law also encouraged others to champion champion to others encouraged law also new The - differ staggering the exemplifies case Padilla’s In 2007, Bronx Defenders Executive Director Director Executive Defenders 2007,In Bronx away from his family while awaiting trial, trial, awaiting while family his away from resident Miguel Padilla spent a week on aweek spent Padilla Miguel resident York New City bail, a$1,000 pay to nable Rikers Island in 2015. He didn’t want to be be to want He didn’t 2015. in Island Rikers

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MURPHY: JACOB BOGITSH Protecting the Rights of Muslims in America Johnathan Smith ’07 brings a decade of civil rights experience to Muslim Advocates.

s a Root-Tilden-Kern Scholar at NYU Law, challenge, Smith explains, argued that the execu- Johnathan Smith ’07 knew that he wanted tive order violated the American Shia community’s to use his legal career to fight for civil rights freedom to worship, because it prevented Shia reli- and racial and social justice. Ten years in, gious scholars and clergy, many of whom reside in SmithA has wholeheartedly devoted himselfName to those Here Iran, Iraq, and Syria, from being able to visit Shia causes, having worked for the NAACP Legal Defense communities in the US. On May 11, a federal judge and Educational Fund (LDF) and the Department of in DC issued an order staying consideration of the Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division and now serving preliminary injunction motion in light of the other as the legal director at Muslim Advocates. nationwide injunctions in place against the execu- Smith credits his experience in the Crimi- tive order (see story on page 10). nal Defense and Reentry Clinic, taught by Profes- sors of Clinical Law Anthony Thompson and Kim Taylor-Thompson, and the Juvenile Defender Clinic, taught by Vice Dean Randy Hertz, with helping him to develop legal skills crucial to the work he does now as a civil rights advocate. “Among the many things that made Johnathan a remarkable clinic student is the degree of commitment he brings to everything he does,” says Hertz. “And he always went the extra mile to do whatever could be done for each of his clients.” While still a law student, Smith was hired as an intern at the LDF by Vanita Gupta ’01. After graduating, Smith received a Fried Frank Civil Rights Fel- lowship, which gave him the opportunity to work for two years at the law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson and two years back at LDF, where In addition to advocacy on the national level, he stayed several years following the completion of Smith and Muslim Advocates are working to protect his fellowship. individual Muslim communities across the coun- Smith reunited with Gupta when, during the last try. In early March, Muslim Advocates filed a law- two years of the Obama administration, he worked in suit on behalf of a small congregation in Culpeper, the DOJ Civil Rights Division under her leadership. Virginia, that had been denied a permit needed in “Johnathan has incredible empathy for communities order to build a mosque. Muslim Advocates ulti- impacted by unfair laws and policies,” says Gupta. mately entered into a settlement agreement, and “He has keen litigation prowess and an ability to see the county agreed to provide the congregation with around the corner.” the permit as well as expenses and damages. “More At the DOJ, in addition to addressing housing importantly,” Smith says, “they can now move for- and employment discrimination—matters he also ward and actually construct their mosque and have worked on at LDF—Smith added issues including the kind of religious community that so many other LGBTQ rights and religious discrimination to his people take for granted.” portfolio. “We were committed to working with the These victories help Smith feel energized and American Muslim communities so that they would optimistic about the work that he does. “Muslim view the federal government as a resource and a Advocates,” he says, “is on the front lines of fight- partner,” he says. ing discriminatory policies not just on the federal This year, following the January executive order level, but any place that they arise. Our work is in the blocking travel to the US from seven predominantly proud tradition of civil rights organizations—pro- Muslim countries, Smith led Muslim Advocates in tecting the most oppressed segments of our society filing a lawsuit challenging the order on behalf of and keeping our country accountable by holding it the Universal Muslim Association of America—the to the standards and ideals that we profess in our REUTERS/JIM BOURG largest Shia Muslim organization in the country. The Constitution.” n Rachel Burns PEOPLE THE

47 48 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU Wong (right)Wong with HSLI students with HSLI America and AmeriCorps. For others, it is their first first their it is For others, AmeriCorps. and America before teacher Wong aclassroom ’18, was who Andrew O Think Like aLawyer At the High School Law Institute, NYU students teach local high schoolers about the law. the about high schoolers local teach students NYU At Institute, Law High the School Beginning to classrooms, have tutoring experience, or have been or have been experience, have tutoring classrooms, trial mock as well law as criminal and constitutional This (HSLI). Institute Law School High the at classes are preparing themselves to serve and advocate for advocate and serve to themselves preparing are and March through October from annually runs ago, and moot court. Each lesson contains background background contains lesson Each court. moot and others. Alongside a sister program at Columbia Law Law Columbia at program asister Alongside others. and society, affects how it concretely about more learn to wish system, legal of the impact the ognize entering law school. Seeing his students’ motiva students’ his Seeing law school. entering deeply,” chairman HSLI says thinking to mitted part of educational organizations including Teach for Teach including organizations of educational part five sections, taught by 27 teachers. HSLI describes describes HSLI teachers. 27 by taught sections, five them. teach who students years 20 than more created program, student-run time teaching a large class. HSLI teachers receive receive teachers HSLI class. alarge teaching time out their bring to do my to best me want “makes tion rec who those as program for the students ideal the initial training and ongoing support throughout the the throughout support ongoing and training initial he says. expectations,” their meet to and interests com are we serve kids “The homework. and ities, activ classroom questions, discussion information, Law NYU of current teams law and the in interest brings together precocious high schoolers with an an with schoolers high precocious together brings School, HSLI offers free academic programming in programming academic free offers HSLI School, The HSLI class of 2017 comprised 104 students in in 104 students of 2017 comprised class HSLI The Like Wong, many HSLI teachers have taught in in have taught teachers HSLI Wong, many Like Jersey commute to NYU Law to attend attend to Law NYU to commute Jersey agers are out of bed, high school students students school high out of bed, are agers n Saturday mornings, before most teen most before mornings, n Saturday from across New York New New and across City from - - - - - Wilson Barlow Wilson

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MAR: ACLU/MOLLY KAPLAN | STUDENTS: LEGAL OUTREACH LGBTQ Rights A Pipeline for Diversity R cacy, whether written or oral.” written cacy, whether commanding public interest advocate through her her through advocate interest public commanding and Educational Fund, Mar uti Mar Fund, Educational and advo through story a compelling was participating in the Juvenile Juvenile the in participating was Transgender Gay Bisexual ACLU’s the Lesbian with work on behalf of LGBTQ rights. of LGBTQ work on behalf earlier opposition to interracial couples. couples. interracial to opposition earlier Defense Legal NAACP the with ney taught law,” “Randy says. nal Mar Group Center for Research &Policy Analysis found report despite recent that, gains, amere 25 percent of JDdegrees On a muggy JulyOn amuggy morning, DeanTrevor Morrison was explaining toaclassroom of students thefundamentals & HIV Project, has firmly established herself as a herself established firmly has Project, & HIV awarded go annually tominority students. AndinNew York City, onlyslightlymore thanhalfof blackandHispanic and confidently gave a answer.well-reasoned seemed nervous, it Hadhe would have beenunderstandable— Square. Thesummerprogram for risingninth-graders from New York’s occurs publicschools at five law otherlocal out tostudents whomay oneday joinourLaw Schoolcommunity, tohelp butalso improve theworld.” says Lisa Hoyes ’99,NYULaw’s deanfor assistant publicservice. “We’re racial strictly diversity, notjusttalking of constitutional law. Posing aquestion ona student whostood aboutaffirmative called action, Morrison employs curriculumastheothers,itisunique thesame inthat thestudents young are all menof color. Butwhiletheversionschools. at NYU Law, dubbedPathways toAchievement andCommunity Transformation (PACT), cally, withNYULaw since haspartnered 2009tobringaniteration of itsLaw andJustice Institute toWashington from that clinic transcend crimi transcend clinic that from us about narrative and how to tell how tell to and narrative about us Championing Championing Dean Randy Hertz. “The lessons lessons “The Hertz. Randy Dean Vice by taught Clinic Defender experiences formative of her One Scholar. Kern male students complete infour highschool years. tionately lownumberof minority students from communities underserved whopursuelegal studies. AnAccess for innovative, effective ways of increasing thediversity of ourstudent population andthepractice in general,” which is of course extraordinarily important, but socioeconomic diversity as well.... NYU’s interest istoreach which isof course extraordinarily butsocioeconomicdiversity aswell.... important, lized those skills through her work on several amicus amicus work her on several through skills those lized he hadonlyrecently finishedeighthgrade. between current opposition to same-sex couples and and couples same-sex to opposition current between parallels drawing cases, equality marriage in briefs Legal Outreach runsPACT, whiletheLaw Schoolprovides “We’re space andothersupport. constantlylooking Legal Outreach, anonprofit organization that prepares New underserved CityYork youth to compete academi- NYU Law andLegal Outreach joinedforces toaddress aninsufficientdiversity pipeline—that is,thedispropor Early in her career, as an attor an as career, her in Early Mar attended the Law School as aRoot-Tilden- as School Law the attended Mar of 2016, Ria Tabacco Mar ’08, a staff attorney attorney ’08, astaff Mar Tabacco of 2016, Ria Under Class 40” Lawyers LGBT “Best ation ecognized in the National LGBT Bar Associ- Bar LGBT National the in ecognized - - - -

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49 THE PEOPLE Teaching American Indian Law

One Friday afternoon, ACLU Senior Staff Attorney in part hoping to gain a background that will be help- Stephen Pevar, adjunct professor at NYU Law, faced ful for his post-graduation position as an associate a dilemma: His work on behalf of the Standing at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, a firm that has Rock Sioux Tribe’s efforts to stop the building of represented several tribal clients and often works the Dakota Access Pipeline required him to partici- with the Department of the Interior and the Bureau pate in a conference call that occurred at the same of Indian Affairs. time his course, American Indian Law, met. His solu- For Ray Fadel ’17, his interest in American Indian tion: giving his students a firsthand look at the law law stems from his own Native American heritage. in action, inviting them to listen in on the call as “Professor Pevar is a remarkable person to have at 40 lawyers across the United States discussed liti- the Law School,” says Fadel. “He really cares about gation strategy. Students were excited to hear this his students and has a great deal of insight. And behind-the-scenes conversation, made possible by because of his perspective as a litigator, we get to see Pevar’s extensive work in the field. how this area of law is addressed in the real world.” In addition to taking on issues that are cur- Pevar is thrilled to be able to introduce a new rently making headlines, Pevar’s course covers how generation of lawyers to the area of law that has American Indian law intersects with many areas formed his life’s work. “It’s a labor of love for me,” of law, including environmental, civil rights, crimi- he says. “I’m delighted that there are students who nal, and tax. Pevar’s students approach the material are interested in learning about this, and over time, with an equally diverse set of interests. Alexander I hope more and more students take these courses Walker ’17 took the seminar in part due to the envi- and help the United States fulfill the promises we’ve ronmental law issues raised during the course, and made to Indian tribes.”

Solving Cybersecurity Challenges

It was anything but a typical law school assignment: In 1,000 words, design a secure email system consistent with a new draft law on encryption. For students in NYU Law and NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s new joint Cybersecurity Law and Technology Seminar, however, the assignment was yet another opportunity to grapple with policymaking and technology in an interdisciplinary fashion—just as cybersecurity experts do outside of academia. Randal Milch ’85, former general counsel of Verizon and now a distinguished fellow at the Law School’s Center on Law and Security (CLS) and Center for Cybersecurity (CCS) and a member of NYU Law’s Board of Trustees, co-teaches the seminar with two CCS co-founders: Zachary Goldman ’09, executive director of CLS, and Nasir Memon, professor of computer science and engineering at NYU Tandon. The seminar examines germane topics that include national security, cybercrime, and cybersecurity regulation, and devotes equal time in each session to law and engineering issues. The goal, says Goldman, is to develop a sophisticated understanding of the ways in which law and technology are deeply interdependent. Caroline Alewaerts LLM ’17 sought out the cybersecurity seminar because her prior work as an associate at Baker McKenzie in Brussels frequently involved privacy and cybersecurity issues. “Knowing the law is not enough,” Alewaerts asserts. “You have to understand the underlying Goldman, Milch technology if you want to give good advice.” Likewise, Liming Luo, a computer science PhD student at Tandon, relished classroom discussions where students from each discipline helped each other understand thorny technical issues. As cybersecurity concerns grow more relevant across countries, the photos online topical and collaborative nature of the CCS seminar serves as a mirror to prepare students in both fields for what they will likely encounter in their professional careers. “In the real world, cybersecurity problems are fixed by engineers and lawyers working together,” Milch says. “It was important to see if they could complement one another.” Society’s Helper Chantá Parker ’06 works to improve the country’s public defense systems.

hantá Parker ’06 defines herself as a “helper.” his mother before he died. “It was a heartbreaking And it is through this lens, she says, that she case,” Parker says. “But I’m proud of it because I do Crelates to the world. That disposition led Parker believe that no matter what someone has done, they to NYU School of Law, where she uncovered a strong deserve to die with dignity.” interest in becoming a public defender. Eleven years Now, at the Innocence Project, Parker is look- after graduating, Parker has already held a wide ing to develop strategies to address what she con- range of positions as a public defender, working for siders to be a crisis in indigent defense nationwide. the Orleans Public Defenders (OPD), Neighborhood Co-founded by Peter Neufeld ’75, the Innocence Defender Service of Harlem (NDS), and Legal Aid Project focuses on exonerating the wrongly con- Society. Parker now serves as the special counsel for victed using DNA testing and reforming the criminal new initiatives at the Innocence Project, where she justice system to prevent future wrongful convic- brings her individual represen- tions. There, Parker says, she tation experience to bear on “My clinic community is investigating how wrong- larger, systemic criminal jus- was really important in ful convictions can happen tice issues. preparing me to think about not only on a major case level, An alumna of the Criminal what it would be like to be but on minor issues as well. In Defense and Reentry Clinic, a public defender.” particular, she says, there are taught by Professors Anthony chantá parker ’06 10 million cases filed per year Thompson and Kim Taylor- at the misdemeanor level, and Thompson, and the Juvenile Defender Clinic, taught over 95 percent of them end in guilty pleas. by Professor Randy Hertz, Parker notes that her “There’s this pressure from the court to resolve experiences in both clinics inspired her to make cases quickly,” Parker says, so often people proceed public defense her life’s work: “My clinic commu- without the advice of an attorney, to which they nity was really important in preparing me to think legally have a right. It’s an issue entrenched about what it would be like to be a public defender in the country’s criminal justice system, and to know that there were folks I could talk to Parker says, and adds that she is just about the challenges I was going through.” beginning her advocacy to fix it: “The Even as a student, Taylor-Thompson explains, first step is to do public education—just Parker was very thoughtful about how she wanted letting folks know what is really hap- to address the systemic issues she saw in the crimi- pening in misdemeanor courtrooms nal justice system: “She realized that in order to be across the country.” able to assess policy and to make the kind of judg- Taylor-Thompson sees Parker’s ments that will help clients and their communities, latest role as the natural next step you need to start with individual representation and in what is already an impressive understand that fully before you can think about public interest career. “When the larger picture.” she was in the Law School, After completing a program at Gideon’s Promise, we caught glimpses of an organization that trains public defenders, Parker the amazing lawyer she accepted a position at OPD. It was there, Parker says, would turn out to be,” that she witnessed firsthand systemic problems such Taylor-Thompson as lack of resources for public advocates and the injus- says. “It’s been tice of people held in jail for minor drug arrests with- lovely to watch her out a set bail. She faced similar issues in her position progression and at NDS, but there, she was able to work more on to really see her holistic representation, connecting clients to blossom into social services. this fierce One of Parker’s strengths, Taylor-Thompson advocate. notes, is her ability to bring her empathy for her She’s really clients to court. In one instance, Parker successfully a powerful advocated for a judge to release her client—charged voice for her in a minor drug possession case—who had stage- clients.” MATT COHEN four liver cancer, to allow him to spend time with Rachel Burns PEOPLE THE

51 52 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU Vote The Fight to to Fight The (2014) and A Biography Amendment: Justice William Brennan Jr., who raised $5 million million $5 Jr., Brennan who raised William Justice 1995 event attended by six current current six by 1995 attended event N justice. amultipronged social pursue approach to uses legend, Court aUSSupreme founded of in honor Law, for Justice, Center Brennan the At NYU Advocacy for A Powerhouse cies and respect for constitutionalism and the rule of of rule the and for constitutionalism respect and cies center during his dozen years as its leader. Waldman, leader. Waldman, its as years dozen his during center Shapiro. Walter columnist and independent judiciary; the Justice Program Program Justice the judiciary; independent and to addition in justices former and a balance between effective national security poli security national effective between a balance working in its New York and Washington, DC, DC, York New its in Washington, and working embodies “equal justice for all”; and the Liberty Liberty the for all”; and justice “equal embodies Democracy The divisions. broad three into marily comprehen a covers Center Brennan the offices, to accountable laws and institutions political our hold “to strives statement, mission a at Court, Supreme US the at rated expansion and transformation in the mission of the of the mission the in transformation and expansion Edwards, Donna Representative US mer & National Security Program seeks to help achieve help to achieve seeks Program Security & National president since 2005, has overseen a significant asignificant overseen has 2005, since president promotes a criminal and civil justice system that that system justice civil and acriminal promotes finance reform, redistricting integrity, and a fair fair and a integrity, redistricting reform, finance pri- work organized the with of issues, sive spectrum NYU only the also It is side donors. a now has center the endowment, center’s for the section of justice, policy, and effective messaging: messaging: effective policy, and of justice, section as for such fields, their in experts who are fellows Program is focused on voting rights, campaign campaign rights, on voting focused is Program Brennan himself. inaugu have been to center Law During the Clinton administration, he served as as he served administration, Clinton the During the author of influential books including including books of influential author the editorial York New former Times German, Michael equal and of democracy ideals American twin the its Center, per Brennan the tice, institute dedicated to social jus social to dedicated institute out by of it funded budget—all annual $16 million legal analyst Andrew Cohen, retired FBI agent agent FBI retired Cohen, Andrew analyst legal hosts center the staff, regular its to law. addition In board member Dorothy Samuels, and and Samuels, Dorothy member board justice for all.” With more than 80 employees total total employees 80 than more With for all.” justice A nonpartisan law and policy policy law and A nonpartisan Michael Waldman ’87, the Brennan Center’s ’87, Brennan the Waldman Michael (2016), is particularly well placed at the inter the at placed well (2016), particularly is YU Law’s Brennan Center for Justice for Justice Center Brennan Law’s YU of former clerks of US Supreme Court Court Supreme of US clerks of former Founded through the efforts of dozens of dozens efforts the through Founded has been unique from its inception. inception. its from unique been has - - the [current]the challenges to democracy are more democracy to michael waldman ’87 point in the Brennan Brennan inthe point 60 Minutes 60 profound than we’ve than profound The Second Roll Call addressed at any at addressed Center’s history.” “ In many ways, In many - - - - -

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55 THE PEOPLE 56 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU Professor of Law of Professor your broader concerns to feel a sense of community.” of community.” asense feel to concerns broader your Professor at Columbia Law School, which he joined he joined which School, Law Columbia at Professor He was also impressed by the number of faculty of faculty number the by impressed also He was fac of the many so that is Law’s appeal “NYU NYU. University of Chicago), Brooks often engages in work in engages often Brooks of Chicago), University He was previously the Charles Keller Beekman Beekman Keller Charles the previously He was W Faculty New he is teaching in the fall and will formally become become formally will and fall the in teaching he is Law, where NYU to scholarship hard-to-categorize on the interaction of racial doing he is study larger he says. “People are not confined to niches, so if your if your so niches, to confined not are “People he says. island that, much to his wife’s consternation, he consternation, wife’s much his to that, island members who are foreign born. “I think that’s just just that’s “Ithink born. foreign are who members you don’t sacrifice have topics, to across cut interests in 2013 from Yale Law School, where he also held a he also where Yale School, Law from 2013 in perspectives,” says Brooks, who lived in Jamaica Jamaica in who lived Brooks, says perspectives,” diverse and global in engagement of a larger part until moving to Connecticut when he was seven. he was when Connecticut to moving until me,” to matter that areas in engaged broadly are ulty RICHARD BROOKS a full-time tenured faculty member in January. January. in member faculty tenured a full-time cialist, Brooks has brought his wide-ranging and and wide-ranging his brought has Brooks cialist, there. vacations family during conducts of a other—part each to relation in beach on the themselves arrayed blacks and on how whites data collect to it use to permission got and idea different of California, Berkeley (as well as a JD from the the from a JD as (as well Berkeley of California, chaired professorship. chaired A feeling of intellectual kinship drew Brooks to to Brooks drew kinship of intellectual A feeling With a PhD in economics from the University University the from economics in a PhD With Nominally a contracts and corporate lawspe corporate and acontracts Nominally Vineyard’s South Beach, it was to moni to it was Beach, South Vineyard’s Institution placed a camera on Martha’s on Martha’s acamera placed Institution hen the Woods Hole Oceanographic Hole Oceanographic Woods the hen tor shore erosion. Richard Brooks had a a had Brooks Richard erosion. shore tor - - -

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59 ARGUMENTS & OPINIONS 60 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU The Chinese Labor DilemmaChineseLabor The whether Chinese workers are poised to make major major make to poised are workers Chinese whether the and economy national world’s second-largest C flicts in the twentieth century, Estlund considers considers Estlund century, twentieth the in flicts Cynthia Estlund examines how the Communist government is responding to demands demands to responding is government Communist the how examines Estlund Cynthia labor with the United States’ labor-employer con labor-employer States’ United the with labor law. She also suggests that the Chinese govern Chinese the that suggests law. Shealso implications of those changes for the rest of the of the rest for the changes of those implications ment has responded with reforms rather than than rather reforms with responded has ment breakthroughs in industrial relations and labor labor and relations industrial in breakthroughs globe. Comparing the current state of Chinese of Chinese state current the Comparing globe. for reform from the world’s the workforce. for from reform largest repression to nascent worker organizing in order order in worker organizing nascent to repression to tamp down the potential rise of an independent independent of an rise potential the down tamp to labor movement. labor the bulk of her research efforts to the evolvthe to efforts of research her bulk the ing labor relations scene in China. “The rise rise “The China. in scene relations labor ing New Deal period, when labor activism was was activism labor when period, Deal New of strikes and the government’s government’s the and of strikes surging and our current labor law regime law regime labor current our and surging Seven years ago, Estlund began devoting devoting began Estlund ago, years Seven from what happened in our country in the the in country our in happened what from began to take shape.” take to began China’s Workers? Estlund’s newest book, book, newest Estlund’s workers have begun to agitate more strongly strongly more agitate to have begun workers atherine A. Rein Professor of Law Cynthia Cynthia of Law Professor Rein A. atherine evolving labor landscape for workers in the the for in workers landscape labor evolving many-faceted efforts to figure figure to efforts many-faceted for increased wages, improved labor stan labor improved wages, for increased dards, and a voice in decisions about those those about decisions in avoice and dards, how it’s similar to and different different and to how it’s similar matters. The country’s sole labor union, union, labor sole country’s The matters. the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, Unions, of Trade Federation All-China the what’s going on in China, and and China, on in going what’s interesting questions about about questions interesting Estlund. “They raised really really raised “They Estlund. out how to deal with rising rising with out how deal to tive and dramatic to me,” says me,” to says dramatic and tive As China has modernized its economy, its modernized has China As labor unrest were very evoca very were unrest labor , focuses on the rapidly rapidly on the , focuses A New Deal for Deal A New - - - - -

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65 ARGUMENTS & OPINIONS Moving Targets Ryan Goodman examines how the laws of targeting apply to the modern battlefield.

s part of Operation Tidal Wave II, a mili- not, if they are proportional to the benefit gained tary initiative that takes aim at the oil from destroying the target. infrastructure of ISIL (or ISIS), the US has This question has come into focus during the been targeting ISIL tanker trucks, wells, fight against ISIL, especially in the context of Opera- and Arefineries. Oil is a key source of revenue for ISIL tion Tidal Wave II. While some scholars still believe that is used to pay fighters and purchase supplies. oil transport vehicles would not be targetable at all, However, according to Ryan Goodman, Anne and Goodman argues the vehicles should be consid- Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Law, there has been ered targetable “war-sustaining” objects and that a debate regarding whether oil production facilities proportionality analysis must be conducted. are targetable under the law of armed conflict (LOAC). Herein lies the distinction between “war-fighting” Goodman specializes in LOAC, national secu- and “war-sustaining” objects. “The biggest differ- rity law, and international human rights law. He ence is the tightness of the causal connection,” Good- is also founding co-editor-in-chief of the national man explains. “War-fighting resources are more security online forum Just Security and previously directly linked [to military operations], such as oil served as special counsel to the general counsel of that’s being used to fuel military machines… . War- the Department of Defense. Goodman synthesized sustaining resources are one step out from that in his recent research on the law of targeting in his the causal chain.” ISIL oil facilities—including trans- latest article, “The Obama Administration and port vehicles—are considered war-sustaining since Targeting ‘War-Sustaining’ Objects in Noninterna- revenue gained from selling oil is used to continue tional Armed Conflict,” which has been published the group’s armed activities. in the American Journal of International Law. While most existing scholarship on targeting The essence of LOAC is the basic rule that only argues against war-sustaining objects as valid tar- military personnel and military objects are target- gets, Goodman uncovered precedents of the US and able while civilians and civilian objects are other states targeting these kinds of objects dat- entirely off-limits. However, especially on ing back to the nineteenth century and as recent the modern battlefield, this basic rule can as this decade. Some of the evidence he found was become complicated as the line between buried in a footnote in a respected treatise on the civilian and military blurs. Goodman’s arti- Geneva Conventions, which points back to the cle examines the legality of targeting objects American Civil War, when cotton bales were consid- that aren’t directly military but contribute as ered a legitimate military target because they were the a source of revenue to the enemy’s war effort. chief export of the Confederacy, and thus indirectly To describe how the law of targeting their chief source of military supplies. From there, can lead to complex ethical and Goodman discovered several examples in which legal debates, Goodman uses the US, NATO, and others targeted war-sustaining the example of a civilian objects, such as the targeting of poppy fields con- munitions factory worker. trolled by the Taliban between 2008 and 2014. “Everyone agrees that the But, Goodman says, “The academic literature has munitions factory is tar- yet to catch up to that history.” Goodman considers getable because it’s a his article “one effort” in closing this gap between military target, or it’s existing scholarship and evolving perspectives on a ‘war-fighting’ tar- targeting. Understanding the law of targeting is cru- get,” he says. “But the cial to modern warfare, Goodman explains, because people working inside “a lot is at stake with counterterrorism operations the factory, if they’re due to political pressure to pull back on restric- civilians working on tions that have been in place for decades and to the assembly line, erode the Geneva Conventions.” At the same time, are not targetable.” Goodman acknowledges that in American fighting This requires a pro- forces, “there’s a very strong commitment to adher- portionality analysis, ing to the laws of war. It’s part of the internal code Goodman explains, to that one’s fighting justly… . It’s really important that determine if casualties we understand our foundational commitments.” can be avoided, and, if Wilson Barlow ILLUSTRATION: ISTOCK/PEOPLEIMAGES “Mistaken Identities” that hedelivered for BBCRadio’s flagship Reith Lectures. A renowned philoso Mistaken Identities Mistaken Kwame Anthony Appiah examines how we define ourselves, ourselves, we how Kwame define examines Appiah Anthony and one another, one BBC’s inthe and Reith Lectures. A Fighting Chance for Democracy John Ferejohn investigates the intertwined histories of histories intertwined the John Ferejohn investigates F asserts, wars of mass mobilization led led mobilization of mass wars asserts, martial and of government of forms evolutions allel with the major powers developing huge huge developing powers major the with with attendant pressures to widen the scope of scope the widen to pressures attendant with rights to the wider populace. Beginning Beginning populace. wider the to rights non-aristocracy. the by enjoyed of rights expansion. democracy’s and conflict armed between links of the origins and sexuality exist, shape, and determine potentially who people are of in aseries addresses titled powder weapons necessitating a large alarge necessitating weapons powder standing armies requiring broad participation by by participation broad requiring armies standing armed conflict and the expansion of democratic rights. democratic of expansion the and conflict armed on what people have incommon. Inhisclosinglecture, heinvoked thewords of dramatist Terence theAfrican writing fixation onsuchdifference persists.A way forward,hesuggested, restswiththe impulse”“cosmopolitan that draws Everything changed when the rise of gun rise the when changed Everything the traces professor, Yale University Rosenbluth, the lower classes. the we now know, of democracy form the to degree the influenced greatly technology pher and cultural theorist, Appiahfocusedpher andcultural theorist, hislectures onfour central of identity—creed, bases more than two ago: millennia “I am human, I think nothing human alien to me.” Appiah concluded: “Now there’s an Professor of andLaw Philosophy Kwame Anthony Appiahexplored howrace, religion, nationality, than we tend tothink. Recognizing that nations are invented meansthey’re also always beingreinvented, in eighteenth-century Europe, the book book the Europe, eighteenth-century in some concede to elite the forced infantry identity holding onto.” worth have obviated the need for massive infantries, along along infantries, for massive need the have obviated he contends. makes “What ‘us’ apeople,” “ultimately, hesaid, iscommitment togoverning acommon life.” together On the subject ofOn thesubject race, Appiahnoted that genetic sciencehasdisproved thenotionof “racial essences,” andyet a According to Ferejohn and Rosenbluth, the par the Rosenbluth, and Ferejohn to According The co-authors argue that technological advances advances technological that argue co-authors The orged Through Fire: War, Fire: the and Through orged Peace, by John Ferejohn, Samuel Samuel Ferejohn, John by Bargain Democratic Tilden Professor of Law, and Frances McCall McCall of Law, Frances and Professor Tilden and misconceptions around them. “There ismuch con and misconceptions around them.“There change. Similarly, Appiahargued, national identity ismore fluid ofderstanding scriptural passages evolves toaccommodate the that drivesdoctrine religious practice, alookbackintimere said. “Andsaid. theway we identitiescan aboutthese often talk country, color, andculture—and theinherent assumptions veals itisoften theotherway around: Practice changes, andun tention of identities,” abouttheboundariesof these all he be misleading.” Appiah argued that, thoughweAppiah argued that, tend tothinkitisreligious - - consumers and voters?” voters?” and consumers vital for democracy and for a nation to succeed. War succeed. to for a nation and for democracy vital defending the homeland,” says Ferejohn. says homeland,” the defending to important less people ordinary make which things are remoteness and robotics of use increased the of warfare, mation conscription, of abolition “The democracy. ordinary citizens are not needed to be more than than more be to needed not are citizens ordinary Ferejohn worries that democracy may atrophy. With atrophy. may With democracy that worries Ferejohn the rise of the professional army, the auto army, the professional of the rise the tion: “Are we evolving technologically in a way that a way that in technologically “Aretion: we evolving ques the poses Ferejohn looming, concern this And ordinary citizens, the co-authors assert, are are assert, co-authors the citizens, ordinary And citizens are key to some such endeavor, such some to key are citizens mass participation, unless everyday everyday unless participation, mass of techno wake the in for bodies need puts such an urgent demand on the state, state, on the demand urgent an such puts support from the general populace. But populace. general the from support Ferejohn explains, that the state requires requires state the that explains, Ferejohn the only reason a government requires requires agovernment reason only the be not may war While democracy. to tal lessening the that suggests book the logical advancements may be detrimen be may advancements logical

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67 ARGUMENTS & OPINIONS 68 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU Rules of the Road the of Rules Mark Geistfeld outlines a liability scheme for driverless cars. for driverless scheme aliability outlines Mark Geistfeld The possibility of a crash would be top of mind for of mind top be would of acrash possibility The Does a crash necessarily mean the design of that of that design the mean necessarily acrash Does fewer errors, far make to expected are cars Driverless I legal judgments and insurance could drive up the up the drive could insurance and judgments legal California Law Review Law California the in ing fatalities and 2 million injuries in the US each year. year. each US the in injuries 2million and fatalities many people in this situation, but probably not in in not probably but situation, this in people many because emerging automobile technology is likely likely is technology automobile emerging because explora in-depth an offers ride—he Tesla his by about liability persists, however, because while while however, because persists, liability about of number the deployed, widely are they once and rollout. delay their to manufacturers lead even and crashes, and the toll is enormous—more than 30,000 than enormous—more is toll the and crashes, vehicle of motor majority vast the causes error driver vehicles, autonomous (and buying) of making costs omous vehicle’s operating system was at “fault”? “fault”? at was system vehicle’somous operating auton - an if now decide have to courts will driver, have traditionally would that cases In cumstances? designed. as functions system that when even occur malfunc the by caused be will Some them. eliminate not will they accidents, reduce will cars driverless Worry drop. ahuge see should injuries and deaths turned on claims of negligence against a human a human against of negligence on claims turned will others and system, vehicle’s of operating the tion Currently, safety. public improve dramatically to West Side Highway. Manhattan’s down itself gated the way it was for Geistfeld. In an article forthcom article an In for Geistfeld. wayit was the system was unreasonably dangerous? Geistfeld’s Geistfeld’s dangerous? unreasonably was system Tesla Model S, his hands hovering inches from from inches hovering hands his S, Model Tesla Birnbaum Professor of Civil Litigation, sat in a in sat Litigation, of Civil Professor Birnbaum n spring of 2016, Mark Geistfeld, Sheila Lubetsky Lubetsky Sheila Geistfeld, of 2016, Mark n spring the wheel as the car, in self-drive mode, navi mode, self-drive in car, the as wheel the Resolving this is important, Geistfeld notes, notes, Geistfeld important, is this Resolving How will the law evaluate liability in these cir these in liability law evaluate the How will reached by other commentators on this on this commentators other by reached self- involving accidents govern might uncertainty, and Geistfeld points to points Geistfeld and uncertainty, driving vehicles. driving concerns that unknowable outlays for outlays unknowable that concerns hates Business uncertainty. legal cant signifi produced has article, of his outset the at notes Geistfeld question, tion of the kind of liability regime that that regime of liability kind of the tion The wide range of conclusions of conclusions range wide The —informed in part part in —informed ------

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69 PROCEEDINGS 70 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU Diversity on Centered T clusion of a presidential campaign that brought to to brought that campaign of apresidential clusion cooperation with student affin student with cooperation Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. and Inclusion, for Diversity, Center about a compliment she once received for “arguing for “arguing received once she acompliment about you do have to have a certain amount of amount you do have have acertain to munity through extracurricular activities and and activities extracurricular through munity oir, oir, based center, was of the director and diversity to related research pursuing dents Chief Justice Earl Warren Pro Warren Earl Justice Chief Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor helps launch NYU Law’s NYU launch helps Sotomayor Sonia Justice Court Supreme fessor of Constitutional Law and and Law Constitutional of fessor utes to the broader national and and national broader the to utes the issues with which the center engages. center the which with issues the of many conversation national of the forefront the ity groups and other key Law key other and groups ity international dialogue. dialogue. international com Law NYU inclusive an fosters inclusion; how to control the space you’re space in.” the how control to mem onbestselling her largely like a guy.” Unpacking what that stereotype meant, meant, stereotype that aguy.” what like Unpacking bravado…a certain sense of understanding of understanding sense certain bravado…a Sotomayor and Kenji Yoshino, and Sotomayor School institutions; and contrib and institutions; School Sotomayor said, “To be an effective lawyer, lawyer, effective an be “To said, Sotomayor The conversation between between conversation The stu and ahub for faculty provides center The My Beloved World My Beloved Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, fea Belonging, and Diversity, Inclusion, turing US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sonia Justice Court Supreme US turing he launch event for NYU Law’s Center for Center Law’s for event NYU he launch Sotomayor, came just two days after the con the after days two just Sotomayor, came Sotomayor . Yoshino asked Sotomayor Sotomayor asked . Yoshino - - - -

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71 PROCEEDINGS 72 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU Truth Shading Shading War gen II,thesolicitor - American internment American which upheldtheconsti- tutionality of Japanese the US Supreme Court the US Supreme Court In theJames Madison In States Lynch of theUS Court Lecture, Judge Sandra First Circuit examined instances when the instances whenthe inaccurate information. get itright,” Lynch. said of Appeals for the executive branch gave camps duringWorldcamps of thethird branch to evidence. “Itisthejob eral suppressed critical n Norman Dorse Lynch and Korematsu v. United , for instance,

“We had from all corners of the country a general dis ageneral country of the corners all from “We had O cess but have lost considerable power in all those those all in power considerable but have lost cess controlled once Parties themselves.” protect couldn’t failed. had infrastructures democracy’s where cern areas, he said, resulting in diminished influence. diminished in resulting he said, areas, through politics of channeling centuries two almost pre and protecting includes said, Pérez aftermath, Law; of Constitutional Professor Reiss Richard and money, civil service jobs, and the nominating pro nominating the and jobs, service money, civil Morrison, Trevor Dean by Moderated election. of the serving minority rights, working to instill confidence confidence instill to working rights, minority serving (above, left), Sudler Pildes Richard and for Justice; social views diverging from those of the party party of the those from diverging views social with supporters working-class white as suggested, the weakened also has institution, robust formerly shifted: “There were outsiders to the parties”— the to outsiders were “There shifted: Bernie Sanders and Trump—“who basically took took basically Trump—“who and Sanders Bernie Elec- and Rights Voting of the leader and Program Family Professor of Constitutional Law. Constitutional of Professor Family to the erosion of long-standing institutions. After After institutions. of long-standing erosion the to said. she system,” in our of confidence lack and trust Center School’s Brennan Law the at project tions Democracy of the director deputy Pérez, Myrna Bonnie Issacharoff, Samuel included also event the traditional Democratic Party base, Issacharoff Issacharoff base, Party Democratic traditional that shells were they over, that them who found has dynamic the he argued, parties, major two ized as far too low. It is crucial, she argued, to dis to argued, she low. too far crucial, It is as ized character she which participation, voter increase to reforms pursuing and system, election the in labor as a unifying force. aunifying as labor become increasingly alienated without organized Election Dissection Election The decline of the private-sector union, another another union, private-sector of the decline The election’s the in agenda Center’s Brennan The For Issacharoff, the election raised issues related related issues raised theelection For Issacharoff, experts to consider the ongoing impact impact ongoing the consider to experts elected was Trump Donald after ne week (above, right) joined a panel of NYU Law Law of NYU apanel joined (above, right) president, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow Maddow Rachel host MSNBC president, - - - - -

campaign on Election Day in Pennsylvania, offered offered Pennsylvania, in Day on Election campaign about reports that Trump might continue to hold to continue might Trump that reports about concern voiced Maddow ire. populist from arise weakened state. She pointed to the nature of online of online nature the to She pointed state. weakened what Trump might do in response to that,” said said that,” to response do in might Trump what news content that results when Google ad dollars go go dollars ad Google when results that content news of American politics than we’ve ever seen before.” seen we’ve ever than politics of American of per kind up the he keeps “If president. as rallies could that minorities religious and ethnic, racial, Court justices like Justice Ginsburg, if he continues he continues if Ginsburg, Justice like justices Court sonal attacks that he has on individual Supreme on individual he has that attacks sonal Pildes, “because anytime any institution has stood stood has institution any anytime “because Pildes, to the pages that receive the most traffic, whether whether traffic, most the receive that pages the to tional crisis.” crisis.” tional constitu of massive realm the in really we are then role. play asimilar well could he said, too, Court, Supreme US The not. might party same the if him, against of protest legitimacy the attack to out of apuddle.” adrink taking now, media it’s our like we way curate the be to going that’s “If or not. accurate is information the institution. If he does that in the sense of not fol of not sense the in that hedoes If institution. that delegitimate to way, his in he’s try to tended lowing a command from the US Supreme Court, Court, Supreme US the from acommand lowing lane we’re adifferent into supporters, own his of rallies mass intimidating holding starts he then general distrust and general distrust “My concern there is less about the court but court the about less is there “My concern lack of confidence Pildes, who provided counsel to the Clinton Clinton the to counsel who provided Pildes, Pérez said she worried about prejudice against against prejudice about worried she said Pérez Maddow was mindful of her own profession’s own of her mindful was Maddow from all corners corners all from of the country a country the of in our system in our myrna pérez myrna “ We had had We n

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L Anthony Thompson,thecenter’sfacultydirector, Law the and Inequality, Race, on Law’s Center NYU of The launch the Confronting Complexities of Race Race of Complexities civil rightsactivism,andsocioeconomicills. conversation aboutissuesattheintersectionoflaw, also lamented that “the velvet rope has been removed also lamentedthat“thevelvetropehasbeenremoved and EducationalFund(LDF);Professorof and director-counseloftheNAACPLegalDefense of nongovernmental entitiessuch as LDF and the ognized theimportance,power,nobilityof of theEqualJusticeInitiative,inawide-ranging The LawSchool,shesaid, “was aculturethatrec gave hissenseofthenationalmood.“We’rewitness Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law: “What you’re Center onRace,Inequality,andtheLaw:“Whatyou’re Clinical LawBryanStevenson,executivedirector from what used tobe the shame of being racist, of said. “We’re here toreorient a countrythat seems Ifill expressedprideinbeinganNYULawalumna. to havelostitsway.” ing anuptickinhatecrimesandspeech,”he includes a trio of leaders in civil rights. in civil leaders of atrio includes being misogynistic.” being acivilrightslawyerandnurturedthat.”She NYU President Andrew Hamilton,NYU President Stevenson, Lynch, Trevor andIfill Morrison, Thompson, Dean Introducing thepanel,ProfessorofClinicalLaw Lynch considered the newly elevated importance Lynch consideredthenewlyelevatedimportance In thecontextofthatpolarizedenvironment, ast February, the launch of NYU Law’s Center launchofNYULaw’sCenter the February, ast on Race,Inequality,andtheLawfeatured Loretta Lynch,formerattorneygeneralofthe United States; Sherrilyn Ifill ’87, president - -

Atticus Gannaway we’re dealingwiththeconsequencesofthat.” we’re living at a time where that thriving narrative work that you will ever do, the work of bending your work thatyouwilleverdo,theofbendingyour really seeing,whichwehavenotseenin50years,is of racialdifference…hasmanifesteditself,andnow grassroots efforts,whetherinseekingofficeorwork potent toolalongsidethelaw.Themoreprogressive side, Stevenson argued, had lost the “narrative bat Shecitedvoter down.” pushed who’ve been people protecting thedisenfranchised,awayfromspeaking shoulder and making this world a little bitbetter.” said. “Ithasalwaysbeenhardwork,butitisthebest ID lawsandtransgenderrightsasexamples. tle” goingbackallthewaytogenocidecommitted up lifting to thosewhodon’thaveavoice,away from the peeling away of the role of government, away from to citizens. For Stevenson, mindset was the key: “You to citizens.ForStevenson,mindsetwasthekey:“You ing to make schools and police forces more responsive ing tomakeschoolsandpoliceforcesmoreresponsive have to see hopelessness as a kind of toxin that will have toseehopelessnessasakindoftoxinthatwill by whitesettlersagainstNativeAmericans.“Now online The panelistsextolledtheimportanceoflocal video video Stevenson stressedtheimportanceofstoryasa

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73 PROCEEDINGS 74 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU Rock A The Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance showcases showcases Finance and Governance for Corporate The Institute Martin Lipton’sMartin Governance.” for Paradigm Corporate “New Giig h Way the Guiding

conducted under the Chatham House Rule, Katz said, said, Katz Rule, House Chatham the under conducted corporate law and corporate in career “No one School: Law the to commitment continued access to many institutional investors, corpora investors, institutional many to access finance. law and and practice and of ensuring challenges fundamental the about ways we haven’t been able to in the past.” the in to able we haven’tways been nance dialogues among investors. And since the the since And investors. among dialogues nance gover corporate crucial facilitate to opportunity academia intersects that institute of an whose Rock, Edward Professor director, one example.” just is institute of this his and of Trustees, Law’s Board of NYU member governance facilitated the formation formation the facilitated governance Rosen & Katz, noted that because the institute has has institute the because that noted &Katz, Rosen Wachtell, Lipton, at partner ’88, Katz Morrison also spoke about the institute’s institute’s the about spoke also Morrison launch the to see helping in role his and man, this than conversation aspirited sparking ’55, Lipton Martin these key players will be able to “make progress in in progress “make to able be will players key these aunique is there professionals, and academics, tions, institute’s flagship program consists of roundtables roundtables of consists program flagship institute’s has done more for this law school over 60-plus years years over 60-plus law school for done more this has long-term economic prosperity. economic long-term to Good Governanceto Good Dean Trevor Morrison praised Lipton, who is a a who is Lipton, praised Morrison Trevor Dean NYU Law Adjunct Professor David David Professor Adjunct Law NYU and Finance launch last March, a panel apanel March, last launch Finance and of leaders examined the “New Paradigm Paradigm “New the examined of leaders for Corporate Governance” proposed by by proposed Governance” for Corporate t the Institute for Corporate Governance Governance for Corporate Institute t the

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“In the long run, we need to redo it, but that happens happens that but it, redo to we need run, long the “In direction, right the in a nod was “New Paradigm” Michelle Tsai Michelle corporate transparency and fiduciary duty. Jean- whole structure. We have to take it step by step.” by it step We take have to whole structure. with a new way of conceptualizing what corporate corporate what wayof conceptualizing anew with “We up come have to world compelling. found digm. And not how it compares to some ideal vision, vision, ideal some to how it not compares And digm. the old vision—that the that He noted decisions. only in a dream world. We’re not going to redo the the world. We’re redo to going not adream in only acor if model, Under his Lipton. said managers,” parameters set to and investment long-term mote governance should be,” Rock said. “A be,” said. Rock para should new governance maximize to be should corporation of the goal & Katz, recently developed a corporate governance governance acorporate developed recently & Katz, putting it in the context of recent global political political global of recent context the it in putting praised the “New Paradigm” for its efforts to improve improve to efforts for its Paradigm” “New the praised pursu are management and board its and poration shareholder value—was not something voters of the of the voters something not value—was shareholder such as end investors having too little power. little too having investors end as such addressed, being not were problems fundamental gains. for short-term corpora business the players: principal two for the pro to is purpose its that premise the with starts short- and “short-termism” resist to framework Pierre Rosso, vice chairman of the World of the Eco chairman vice Rosso, Pierre Delaware Supreme Court argued that while the the while that argued Court Supreme Delaware tive ways of organizing what we do.” what of organizing ways tive Mallow ’67, LLM ’68, vice chairman of BlackRock, of BlackRock, ’67, chairman Mallow ’68, vice LLM looking activists financial than rather company the asset and investors institutional major the and tion contradict that activists financial by attacks term ing well-conceived strategies, investors will support support will investors strategies, well-conceived ing long-term economic growth. “The ‘New Paradigm’ Paradigm’ ‘New “The growth. economic long-term but how it compares to politically plausible alterna plausible politically to but how it compares Lipton, who co-founded Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen Rosen Wachtell, Lipton, who co-founded Lipton, Paradigm,” “New his and Lipton introduced Rock Lipton responded with an appeal to practicality: to appeal an with responded Lipton Matthew Lipton’s presentation, Following . ”

nomic Forum USA, also commended commended also USA, Forum nomic Chief Justice Leo Strine Jr. of the Strine Leo Justice Chief porate Department at Paul, Weiss, Paul, at Department porate skeptical of the framework, point framework, of the skeptical short-term trading as an obstacle. obstacle. an as trading short-term Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, was was &Garrison, Wharton Rifkind, Lipton’s framework. Lipton’s framework. ing out the prevalence of high-speed, of high-speed, prevalence out the ing Robert Schumer, chair of the Cor of the Schumer, chair Robert

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“Following the law sends a powerful message to those “Following thelawapowerful message sends tothose Security Security Eye on National National on Eye According to Cohen, the Trump administration oper administration Trump the Cohen, to According Law in Battle A cials in the Obama administration, included Distin included administration, Obama the in cials ated under a “policy of maximum pressure” with with pressure” of maximum a “policy under ated economics. for international advisor Walsh University’s Georgetown at professor associate the facing challenges geopolitical the addressed administration. Trump the and East Middle the and deemed the lack of strategy on numerous fronts. fronts. on numerous of strategy lack the deemed security national deputy former and Studies national Kahl, Colin Cohen; David director deputy CIA mer have Events issues. security ofnational key nations guished Senior Fellow Lisa Monaco, former assistant assistant former Monaco, Fellow Lisa Senior guished experts security national top office, took Trump adversaries andnotcivilians,we treat will every- and throughout theworld that we fightonlyour will Jennifer O’Connor “Applying discussed theLaw of senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and Inter and for Strategic Center the at advisor senior Adeyemo, Adewale and president; vice the to sor law, the and of counterterrorism territory strategic shifting the media, of social use on terrorists’ focused do thesame,” “We shesaid. are following thelaw one fairly andhumanely, even whenourfoes donot tant to the president and national security advi security national and president the to tant for and member of Advisors Board CLS terrorism; counter and security for homeland president the to Former of Defense Department General Counsel United States. The speakers, all former senior offi senior former all speakers, The States. United that we are fighting to protect and preserve—in short, that we are fighting toprotect andpreserve—in short, it reflects who it reflects we are.” who live operates inthecountries where ourmilitary because it reflects our itreflects corebecause values,the principles very School of Foreign Service and former deputy assis deputy former and Service of Foreign School - exami for in-depth alocus as (CLS) served Security At one event, roughly 100 days after President President after 100 days roughly one event, At The group expressed alarm over what they they over what alarm expressed group The (or ISIS), and cybersecurity dominated the the dominated (or cybersecurity ISIS), and s North Korea, China, Russia, Syria, ISIL ISIL Syria, Russia, China, Korea, s North headlines, NYU Law’s Center on Law and and on Law Center Law’s NYU headlines, Targeting totheModern as Syria andAfghanistan. groups inplaces such Law andSecurity last Battlefield” inanevent November. Herspeech is used tostrikeis used terrorist focused onhowthelaw hosted by theCenter on

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“The immigration and travel ban feeds into ISIS’s ISIS’s into feeds ban travel and immigration “The Technology current administration would address ISIL’s address ability would administration current we don’t know what our endgame is.” endgame our we what don’t know recruiting narrative—that the West is in a war against against awar in is West the narrative—that recruiting pursued by President Obama, it was unclear how the how the unclear it was Obama, President by pursued strikes in Iraq were a continuation of the approach approach of the acontinuation were Iraq in strikes Kim Jong-un. Cohen argued that this engagement engagement this that argued Cohen Jong-un. Kim with negotiations into enter to order in Korea North Islam,” said Monaco. “Far from having a strategy astrategy having Monaco. from “Far said Islam,” turing a crisis with North Korea in a situation where where asituation in Korea North with acrisis turing to counter ISIS, we’ve seen one step that feeds it.” feeds that one step we’ve seen ISIS, counter to media. social exploit and fighters deploy foreign to ongoing the while that Sheobserved noted. Monaco is dangerous: “I’m concerned that we are manufac we are that “I’m concerned dangerous: is Officers Officers On hispenultimate day inoffice as New City York and Accountability intheDigital Age.” Co-sponsored creativity, of andouruse technology. Andwe are very note address at anNYULaw symposium, “Policing police commissioner, William Bratton gave the key- mindful theresponsibilities of that all come withthat.” NYPD, Bratton “We said, are theleadingdepartment tive policing, media,andbody cameras.Ofthe social in thiscountry, ifnot theworld, inourembrace of, our Cohen This lack of strategy extends to counterterrorism, counterterrorism, to extends of strategy lack This of technology such as of suchas technology examined theways in Law School’s Policing Project, thesymposium Project, transformed by theuse for Justice andthe which policing is being which policingisbeing by theBrennan Center location tracking,location predic- Monaco

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75 PROCEEDINGS 76 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU At thisyear’s S. Orison were presented toJudge US Court of US Appeals Court the US Court of the US Appeals Court Judge Robert Sack of tition’s topaward for took homethecompe- for theSixth Circuit and for theSecond Circuit. Marden Marden for Best Writer. Brief Bernice Donaldof the Best Oral Advocate, Competition, arguments as well astheaward Marden Moot Court Victor Mathura Sridharan ’18

T Eminent Patently author of many dissents. “The first Justice Harlan Harlan Justice first “The dissents. of many author work. her to devotion and patent and property intellectual field of the in and world of patents, that title unquestionably goes goes unquestionably title that world of patents, records factual difficult technologically and works eloquence, for scholarship, her respect great with prevail. The US Supreme Court has taken up taken has Court Supreme US The prevail. said, “She has consistently been able to work to able been consistently has “She said, Newman’s views tend to be those that ultimately ultimately that those be to tend views Newman’s dissents, her in even that, observed also Dreyfuss judge. circuit federal of any noted, Dreyfuss Dreyfuss spoke about Newman’s reputation as an an as reputation Newman’s about spoke Dreyfuss to Judge Newman,” she said. said. she Newman,” Judge to our underlying principles core of the us remind to help always that decisions just and wise reach to frame legal convoluted sometimes the through court on the colleagues Newman’s February, in tion in Circuit Federal for the of Appeals Court US the is often called the great dissenter, but within the the within but dissenter, great the called often is law, as well as several of her former clerks, spoke spoke clerks, former of her several law, as well as the dedica At career. prolific and honor long of her laws.” Pauline Newman Professor of Law Rochelle Rochelle of Law Professor Newman laws.” Pauline Judges Without Borders Without Judges Newman has written 202 dissents—the most, most, dissents—the 202 written has Newman ’94 Chen Raymond Judge colleague Newman’s Beinisch McLachlin dedicated its 74th volume to Judge Pauline Pauline Judge 74th to volume its dedicated Newman ’58 in her 33rd year on the bench of bench on the year 33rd her ’58 in Newman he NYU Annual Survey of American Law American of Survey Annual NYU The selection of judges, SupremeThe selection Court politicization of the Court of former CanadaandDoritBeinisch, Court president of the Supreme Court ofSupreme Israel Court anddistinguished juristinresidence at avoided. Theseparation of authority between thejudicialandpolitical agreed that tobe thepoliticization of issomething theSupreme Court decisions from othernations, inbothCanadaandIsrael itisafrequent state—something that thegovernmentstate—something has theonustoshow.” represent reasonable intrusionsinafreeon liberties anddemocratic however,cases, court’s attitude isthat we defer” don’t topoliticians, “the While there isgreat debate inthe US astowhetherjustices may cite practice. “We lookwithgratitude tothedecisions of othercountries NYU Law, joinedDeanTrevor Morrison for afrank conversation Beinisch said. McLachlin said. Beinisch added,“We mustjustify that any infringement the US Supreme Court and the Supreme Courts ofthe US andtheSupreme Israel Supreme Courts andCanada: Court to questions of national security, Even Morrison pointed out. inthese issue inthe2016US presidential McLachlin election, andBeinisch whenever they help,” can McLachlin said. were Justice asChief discussed Beverley McLachlin of theSupreme judiciary, anddialogue between of different thecourts nations branches of government difficultwhenit comes become can particularly last October about the international politics of abouttheinternational judging.last October politics Although selecting Supreme Court justices Supreme intheUS Court wasAlthough selecting amajor Beinisch and McLachlin also observed akey andMcLachlinBeinisch observed also difference between - -

Appeals for the Federal Circuit—in US culture and and culture US Circuit—in Federal for the Appeals cial career. With an eye to current events, Newman Newman events, current to eye an With career. cial and, by extension, patent law and the US Court of Court US the law and patent extension, by and, about the changes in the roleof technology— the in changes the about nine cases in which Newman authored a dissent. adissent. authored Newman which in cases nine noted, “I’m happy to see that again, perhaps, it’s perhaps, again, that “I’m see to happy noted, finally coming to be understood that the judiciary judiciary the that understood be to coming finally Eight of those times, the court agreed with her. with agreed court the times, of those Eight the economy during the three decades of her judi of her decades three the during economy the is not the least dangerous branch after all.” all.” after branch dangerous least the not is In accepting the dedication, Newman spoke spoke Newman dedication, the accepting In

The Law as It Lives The NYU Law Forum convenes a multidisciplinary array of experts experts of array amultidisciplinary Forum convenes Law The NYU Vyhnánek LLM ’14, assistant professor of law at professor ’14, assistant LLM Vyhnánek T and trademarks. and public and of legal avariety address and society. John Norton Pomeroy Pomeroy Norton John society. and or disrupt dismantle to moving and an to lead even could and states member among would give a boost to Euroskeptic Euroskeptic to aboost give would democratic institutions of the state state of the institutions democratic dle classes, who have seen “their access to jobs, jobs, to access “their have who seen classes, dle observed that the surge in pop in surge the that observed many countries include fanning fanning include countries many in power have gained that regimes noted discussion, the moderated ’99, who Satterthwaite Margaret Law of Clinical is project whole European “The of unity. erosion fol “don’t slavishly countries other Brexit that concerns downplayed King governor—Mervyn of England Bank former Law—and and nomics justice, law, reproductive election politically very fragile and vulnerable,” said Ladislav Ladislav said vulnerable,” and fragile very politically struc EU’s governance of the aspects to pointed in candidates populist as prescient, that noting continent, on the parties fea topics the Among issues. policy sion series were transgender rights, rights, transgender were sion series ulist and nationalist sentiment sentiment nationalist and ulist Professor of Law Philip Alston Alston Philip Law of Professor Eco of Professor Union. European implica the at looked Now What?” ture that present barriers to further integration integration further to barriers present that ture the wages they get, the prospects they have… they prospects the get, they wages the that common tactics of populist of populist tactics common that Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. Czech the in University Masaryk panelists other and King Still, spring. the in tions elec in defeat suffered France and Netherlands the the from departure of Britain’s tions discus lunchtime the during tured tections, and this was the focus of “Human Rights Rights of “Human focus the was this and tections, to illuminate cutting-edge issues of law and policy. and law of issues cutting-edge illuminate to in an Illiberal Age,” a February Forum. Professor Professor Forum. Age,” aFebruary Illiberal an in in good part by economic insecurity of the mid of the insecurity economic by part good in driven been has regions many in has also exposed the fragility of human rights pro rights of human fragility the exposed also has do.” proved That British the low what hatred of minority populations populations of minority hatred An October Forum titled “Brexit: “Brexit: titled Forum October An The changing political climate around the globe globe the around climate political changing The and business professionals to to professionals business and ists, academics,ists, politicians, he 2016–17 NYU Law Forum Forum Law he 2016–17 NYU brought together journal together brought -

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Intersection Intersection Navigating the the Navigating Across of TheIntersection Latinx andLGBT Identities: O contribute at the state and local levels and the roles roles the and levels local and state the at contribute and have enacted provisions that are outside of it. of it. outside are that provisions have enacted and authorities local and state, federal, a law prohibiting of Law, and Kate Brick, director of state and local local and of state director Brick, of Law, Kate and respond to the executive order. executive the to respond attorneys advocating for peoplewhodonotfitneatly professor of clinical law and co-director of the of the co-director law and of clinical professor policy during the Trump administration. Trump the during policy from restricting government officials from sharing sharing from officials government restricting from sanctuary city and how such localities might might localities how such and city sanctuary client’s behalf. Onlyby resisting thepressure toover sex, pregnancy, andrace claimsonhis discrimination where hepursuednational origin, acase discussed In thisyear’s Latinxs in theLaw Lecture, “Lawyering New York City Council speaker; and Dara Lind, Lind, Dara and speaker; YorkNew Council City Mark-Viverito, Melissa Clinic; Rights Immigrant Economy, discussed the myriad ways immigrants immigrants ways myriad the Economy, discussed issue. the around questions key tackle to School Law the at gathered government and Law, media, NYU the first, composed of Alina Das ’05, associate ’05, associate Das of Alina composed first, the that cities and states might play in immigration immigration play in might states and cities that law this violate do not cities sanctuary most that noted unconstitutional,” clearly “pretty order the called who Das, authorities. immigration with tus 1373,” 8 U.S.C. with comply to refuse “willfully that Economic Justice, considered thechallenges faced by Rights,” Iván Espinoza-Madrigal ’05,executive director of theLawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and initiatives at the Partnership for a New American for American aNew Partnership the at initiatives Professor Kindler A. Robert Cox, Adam including sta or citizenship immigration about information into onepredetermined category. Espinoza-Madrigal journalist at Vox, explored what characterizes a characterizes what Vox, at explored journalist Sanctuary Cities Sanctuary Trump’s executive order targets jurisdictions jurisdictions targets order executive Trump’s and panels, two into divided was event The In the second half of the program, panelists panelists program, of the half second the In ne day after President Trump signed an exec an signed Trump President after ne day utive order cutting off funding for locations for locations funding off cutting order utive known as sanctuary cities, experts from from experts cities, sanctuary as known “We should respect and advocates maximize the clients’ full identities and simplify civilrightslitiga- potential for real change: take intoaccount our tion, heargued, could lived experiences.”

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“intersected withxenophobia, withanti-blackness, could emulate states such as California in diverg in California as such states emulate could an idea of what national policy should be,” said be,” said should policy national of what idea an which prevents local jails from holding people for people holding from jails local prevents which Cox, “and they’re using the instruments they have they instruments the using they’re “and Cox, power to shape immigration policy. This is good, good, is policy. This immigration shape to power port of local policymaking around immigration immigration around policymaking of local port state and local governments have had dwindling dwindling have had governments local and state to disempower states from being able to make make to able being from states disempower to to organize change.” change.” organize to issues, Cox pointed to the California Trust Act, Act, Trust California the to pointed Cox issues, immigrants’ lives more difficult. difficult. more lives immigrants’ evolved law has constitutional view, because his in ing from federal approaches. “Those states have states “Those approaches. federal from ing state any that He suggested purposes. immigration Regarding Islam At “‘Regarded As’ Muslim: IslamophobiaandItsRipple and ArjunSethi’08, professor adjunct at Georgetown of thewaya wholehostof issuesthat cutat theheart University and Vanderbilt University law schools. director Leading of SouthAsianAmericans Together; of itsIslamicCenter; SumanRaghunathan, executive country,” Associate Professor said ofLaw Clinical Alina Das ’05.OtherpanelistsincludedImam KhalidLatif, NYU’s first Muslim chaplainand executive director Effects,” panelists considered howIslamophobiahas we treat peopleof different races and religions inthis Cox Over the course of the last century, Cox explained, explained, Cox century, last of the course the Over On the other hand, noting arguments in sup in arguments noting hand, other the On n Das, Latif, Raghunathan, Sethi - -

T Cybersecurity Gender Equity in chief privacy officer at the Coca-Cola Company, and and Company, Coca-Cola the at officer privacy chief and mentors in STEM fields like cybersecurity are are cybersecurity like fields STEM in mentors and man Sachs, focused on opportunities in the private private the in on opportunities focused Sachs, man public in careers their about spoke ofment Energy, Depart US the for officer information chief deputy enter to girls young for women and opportunities service. Other panelists, such as Katherine Fithen, Fithen, Katherine as such panelists, Other service. sector. Emily Vacher, director of trust and safety at at safety and of trust Vacher, Emily director sector. Buckner, of the Jennifer General Brigadier security. speakers The field. of their future the about sions discus and panels in October last convened sionals Nasir me,” to said visible very always was science bolster to ways suggest and sion’s inequity gender - cyber within tracks career of potential number the how women leaders hediscussed and remarks, tory introduc center, during of the co-founder Memon, computer in STEM in gap gender “This industry. the profes the discuss to leaders cybersecurity together US Cyber Command, and Renee Forney, then–acting Forney, Renee then–acting and Command, Cyber US integral to achieving greater gender balance. gender greater achieving to integral hailed from a wide range of industries, emphasizing emphasizing of industries, range awide from hailed Sandie Ritucci, vice president of technology at Gold at of technology president vice Ritucci, Sandie Answering the Call 2014, duringtheEbolaoutbreak, hegathered leadersfrom of some thelargest corporations inAfrica. Working to dowithhaving money,” “It’s hesaid. justadesire change toseek andlookfor solutions.” together, they mobilized 850 togo anddoctors nurses totheaffected communities. “Philanthropy hasnothing A group of women who are cybersecurity profes cybersecurity of women are who A group NYU Center for Cybersecurity (CCS), brought (CCS), brought for Cybersecurity Center NYU the Gender Gap” conference, organized by the the by organized conference, Gap” Gender the he “Women Leaders in Cybersecurity: Closing Closing Cybersecurity: in he “Women Leaders

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Judi Germano, senior fellow at CCS and NYU Law’s NYU and CCS at fellow senior Germano, Judi a cyber scholar at CCS. CCS. at scholar a cyber negotiating and cybersecurity on entering another women in management and at senior levels, and and levels, senior at and management women in midcareer changes. changes. midcareer ous position as a supervisory special agent for the FBI FBI for the agent special a supervisory as position ous Center on Law and Security; and Emily Poole ’18, Poole Emily and Security; and on Law Center Q&A sessions with experts. One focused on focused One experts. with sessions Q&A Facebook, spoke about transitioning from her previ her from transitioning about spoke Facebook, to her current role at Facebook and provided insight insight provided and Facebook at role current her to Zachary Goldman ’09, NYU Law adjunct professor; professor; adjunct Law ’09, NYU Goldman Zachary into both the public and private sectors. private and public the both into Buckner The conference split up midday for a pair of for a pair up midday split conference The Other participants included CCS co-founder co-founder CCS included participants Other “We theonlycompany became in Strive Masiyiwa, founder of the spent several years inlitigation. ernment resistance tolaunching a change wherever they are. In group Econet Wireless, engaged Masiyiwa encountered strong gov mobile network inZimbabwe and Law Leadership Mindset event. president andco-founder Tom Bernstein inMarch at anNYU Rights, urged students tomake Bernstein Institute for Human tional court,” hesaid. the world licensedby aconstitu- the Advisory Board of NYULaw’s in conversation Piers withChelsea international telecommunications Masiyiwa, on whoserves n n

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Nuances Nuances and and In theannualHayek Markets Markets Law School articulated Law Schoolarticulated Robert of Yale Ellickson Professor Emeritus Lecture lastOctober, Brooklyn Bridge oran a complex view of typical alone cannot alwaysalone cannot allowed that markets and zoning ordinances, insulting twentieth- market. Ellickson, while while market. Ellickson, public works suchasthe produce widelybeneficial by “praising nineteenth- opposed torentopposed control of anunfettered free capitalists,” advocates anarcho- challenging Newcentury York, and Newcentury York, of taxes and regulation offering a limited defense liberalism, classical orderly street grid.

79 PROCEEDINGS 80 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU “We knowat theEEOC Jenny Yang ’96, US Equal &‘BigAnalytics’ Data’ At theCenter for Labor that the use of big data ofthat theuse bigdata the increasing of use Intelligence &Employ - EEOC’s examination of Employment- Opportu ing howemployment chang is fundamentally said Yang.said selection procedures.selection in Personnel Decisions,” and artificial intelligence and artificial and Employment Law’s a Number a Not Just Just Not nity Commission (EEOC) nity Commission (EEOC) ment Law: ‘People big data inorganizations’big data chair, the discussed decisions are made,” discussion “Artificialdiscussion

- L “The overriding of purpose theregime,”“The “is hesaid, Begins at Work Begins Responsibility Accountability for Corporate Misconduct” assembled The NYUProgram onCorporate Compliance and Authority (FCA), delivered thekeynote speechand Way Reentry a Finding cated to halving the US correctional correctional US the halving to cated ager, charged with shoplifting and unable to pay to unable and shoplifting with ager, charged with New York’s notorious jail com York’s New jail with notorious New York earlier, week One victory: astounding an he considered what of the abuse of inmates. CACL Faculty Faculty CACL of inmates. abuse of the dedi organization an ershipUSA, helpcan former officials enforcement academics, compliance officers,academics, enforcement officials, and market oversight at theUK’s Financial Conduct City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced announced de Blasio Bill Mayor City plex: He first had been incarcerated there as a teen as a there incarcerated been had He first plex: population by 2030, was fresh off of fresh 2030, was by population founder and president of JustLead president and founder enforcement. Mark Steward, director of enforcement general counsel,andwhite-collar defense attorneys Director Rachel Barkow, introduc Reentry,” explored how prosecutors and other law other and how prosecutors Reentry,” explored the city’s main jail complex, which which complex, jail main city’s the Island, Rikers close to decision the life. post-incarceration to transition Enforcement’s conference “Expanding Individual to place greater emphasisonindividualwrongdoing. theevolvingto discuss state of legal andregulatory $1,500 in bail. “In my personal reentry experience experience reentry my personal “In bail. in $1,500 he what of miraculous short ing noth “It is said, speech, Martin’s ing often-tortuous the navigate inmates focused ontheFCA’s SeniorManagers Regime, created has accomplished.” has allegations by plagued been long has Steward

Keynote speaker Glenn Martin, Martin, Glenn speaker Keynote Martin was intimatelyMartin familiar ast April, the ninth annual conference of NYU of NYU conference annual ninth the April, ast Law (CACL), “Disrupting the Cycle: Reforming Reforming Cycle: the (CACL),Law “Disrupting of Criminal Administration on the Center Law’s accountability infirms or obfuscated clear or bureaucratic structures that have impeded to improve genuine within firms.” by removing ambiguous lines of responsibility - - - - -

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- a human grist mill,” he said. mill,” grist a human and my subsequent work to end mass incarceration incarceration work mass end to my subsequent and a better job in the criminal justice system, particu system, justice criminal the in job a better need to be thinking more broadly about how we do about broadly more thinking be to need system as a giant conveyor belt that culminates in in culminates that conveyor belt a giant as system in America, I’ve come to view our criminal justice justice criminal our view to come I’ve America, in larly with respect to reentry.” reentry.” to respect with larly Dfnig Dissent Defending authoritarianism andnationalism.”authoritarianism critical humanrightsvalues. critical spotlighted trends that threaten andother dissent director of Human Rights inChinaanddirector of the sub-Saharan Africa. Sharon K.Hom’80,executive contracting democracyandliberalism andexpanding Institute’s faculty director, “We said, live inatimeof presenters discussed attacks on dissent, with particular withparticular ondissent, attacks presenters discussed Professor Margaret Satterthwaite ’99,theBernstein Rights Law Research Program, moderated asexperts Bernstein Institute’s ChinaandInternational Human focus Russia, onEgypt, China,andthecountries of fundamental rights. Calling theconferencefundamental rights.Calling toorder, Hom In theopeningpanelof thetwo-day symposium, coupled with a failure to acknowl to afailure with coupled and repairing the harm.” the repairing and healing, trauma, to paid attention extended approach this that argued reentry: “Over time, people who are are who people time, “Over reentry: edge that many people were both. He He both. were people many that edge or US attorney or chiefs of divisions— or chiefs attorney or US gories for victims and for offenders for offenders and for victims gories particular, those leaders at the top top the at leaders those particular, played a large role, with neat cate neat with role, alarge played former US attorney for the Southern Southern for the attorney US former for ex-offenders of success surement spending careers in prosecution—in prosecution—in in careers spending District of New York, emphasized of York, New emphasized District the role of prosecutors in improving improving in of role prosecutors the mea the “where programs, reentry to is reduced to recidivism, with little little with recidivism, to reduced is like the attorney general of a state of astate general attorney the like Scholar in Residence Preet Bharara, Bharara, Preet Residence in Scholar Later in the day, Distinguished day, the Distinguished in Later said, Martin thinking, Binary The annualRobert L. and activists to discuss todiscuss and activists on dissent aroundon dissent the sium convened scholars globe andhowtodefend Human Rights sympo- Bernstein Institute for the growing crackdown n

- - - - 82 82 bear the NYU School of Law banner at Commencement onthebear the banneratCommencement field of NYUSchool ofLaw Yankee Stadium. 88 88 Relevant Parties Relevant Members of the Class of 2017 share reflections on their time at NYU Law NYU at time their on 2017 reflections of share Class the of Members 92 92 Graduating students Nahuel Maisley LLM’17 (left)andRussell Rennie ’17 93 93 Family album hooding The LAA Fall Conference honors the legacy of Judith Kaye ’62 Judith of legacy the honors Conference Fall LAA The A LACA celebration

90 90 94 94 …… A reception forA donors reception and scholars Snapshots from Reunion 2017 Reunion from Snapshots 81 RELEVANT PARTIES 82 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU a Time of Reflection Members of the Class of 2017 share their favorite experiences and memories from from memories and 2017 of favorite experiences their Class share the of Members with the social justice commu justice social the with will take with them as they they as them with take will Madison Square Garden, the the Garden, Square Madison Law School and the memories, memories, the and School Law A GraduatingFor Students, ilies and friends gathered for NYU Commencement Commencement for NYU gathered friends and ilies of achievement the celebrating matters: festive my friends were super supportive—even if we were if supportive—even super were my friends of clinics number the by forced nity, and I think that was rein was that I think nity, and public interest careers,” said John Cusick ’17. Cusick John said “All of careers,” interest public applying to the same things—looking at cover letters, letters, cover at things—looking same the to applying pursuing of people supportive that’s faculty the and NYU at home here mental and they lessons and achievements, at Convocation Law NYU and Stadium Yankee at embark on the next stages of stages next on the embark that there were, the amazing advocates that are here, here, are that advocates amazing the were, there that careers. their the at time their on reflect to fam of Law. their School As NYU from graduating and former Ambassador David Pressman ’04. Pressman David Ambassador former and students also had a chance achance had also students law school and hear from Convocation speakers including Judge Raymond Lohier ’91 Judge Lohier Raymond including speakers Convocation from hear and school law Trivedi “I found a physical, spiritual, spiritual, aphysical, found “I fter finishing their last law school papers papers school law last their finishing fter and exams, but before sitting for the bar, bar, for the sitting butbefore exams, and collective sigh of relief and turn to more more to turn and of relief sigh collective the Class of 2017 was able to breathe a breathe to able of 2017 was Class the - - supportive of people pursuing pursuing people of supportive was reinforced by the number number the by reinforced was “I found a physical, spiritual, spiritual, “I found aphysical, of clinics that there were, the were, there that clinics of community, and I think that that Ithink and community, amazing advocates that are that advocates amazing here, and the faculty that’s faculty the and here, NYU with the social justice justice social with the NYU and mental home here at public interest careers.” interest public john cusick ’17 cusick john - Alumni Association President Joe Ehrlich ’97. Ehrlich Joe The President Association Alumni Melissa Passman LLM ’17 presented the gift to Law Law to gift the ’17 LLM presented Passman Melissa level of collaboration and support among the stu the among support and oflevel collaboration from over 200 students and added 37 Weinfeld 37 added and students over 200 from Law &Startup Enterprise Social the like nizations afforded by his involvement with various student student various with involvement his by afforded for that.” Ilove NYU law school. at dents is something you don’t really expect to find find to expect you don’t really something is dents combined JD and LLM/JSD classes raised $84,000 $84,000 raised classes LLM/JSD and JD combined groups were especially memorable. “Certain orga “Certain memorable. especially were groups that Having interviews. about tips other each giving School of Law, while at the LLM/JSD ceremony, LLM/JSD the at of Law,School while For Julian Pymento ’17, the opportunities ’17, Pymento opportunities the For Julian At the JD ceremony, Samantha ceremony, JD Samantha the At 2017 gift to Anthony Welters ’77, Anthony to 2017 gift was particularly inspired to inspired particularly was law fits in the context of inter of context the in law fits allowed that abroad trips had Coxe ’17 presented the Class of Class the ’17Coxe presented Associa JD/MBA Group, the national law,” national he said. how our about more learn me to chairman of the Board of NYU of NYU Board of the chairman give back to their alma mater. alma their to back give Society Law Asia the and tion, This year’s graduating class class graduating year’s This

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“The peers that I engaged with and the faculty and and faculty the and with Iengaged that peers “The Arts artist in residence. residence. in artist Arts chance the had also Stadium Yankee was the 2015 NYU Tisch School of the of the School Tisch NYU 2015 the was who is also vice chairman of the NYU NYU of the chairman vice also is who Law School. Yilu Zhang ’17 was grateful that in her her in that ’17 grateful was Zhang Yilu School. Law Lewis Rudin Award for Exemplary for Award Exemplary Rudin Lewis and large at University the and Law in Center, was Medical Langone NYU of a trustee and of Trustees Board num highest Weinfeld Program—the the to Fellows Urban Management, received the the received Management, Urban lowing day, Dean Trevor Morrison Morrison Trevor day, Dean lowing of Institute Marron low NYU’s at load-bearing walls of our legal institutions.” institutions.” legal of our walls load-bearing Classes of 2017, remarking that re- that of 2017, remarking Classes ning Commission and a senior fel asenior and Commission ning to Contributions for Outstanding Medal Gallatin Albert the received asense fostering really and people intellectual ied diver the only body—not student the in inclusion mind to comes that things great “One of the found. is not inevitable,” he said. “As lawyers, you are the the you are “As lawyers, he said. inevitable,” not is placed particular importance on the community she she community on the importance particular placed ber of new Weinfeld Fellows in class gift history. gift class in Weinfeld Fellows of new ber already had the opportunity to begin to serve as as serve to begin to opportunity the had already help to sustain opportunity now have an would ates who Williams, Pharrell producer and songwriter, musician, speaker: ation at attendance in students ating the and diversity the is Law NYU to going about outside of the normal classroom setting,” she said. said. she setting,” classroom normal of the outside way a different law in the with engage to opportunity awonderful just “It was Clinic. Policy and Law ogy - Gradu decades. four past over the city of development the economic York New of the Plan City chairman way.” of the step every us supporting and of camaraderie var most the in of bringing job amazing an does third year, she decided to participate in the Technol the in participate to decided she year, third the at time their during walls” “load-bearing these of law rule the that emphasizing worth it is these, “At like abroad. times and US the of law in rule the gradu the plans, post-graduation of their gardless gradu University’s the from hear to the in role transformative of his tion NYU to service for his honored turn spoke to both the JD and LLM/JSD LLM/JSD and JD the both to spoke - York New to recogni in City Service ’68, Weisbrod former Carl Society. Law NYU that “Ithink said. she goals,” and suits, - pur beliefs, in but also backgrounds students’ in sity At NYU Law Convocation the fol the Convocation Law NYU At Welters, Commencement, NYU At Thinking about her time at the Law School, Coxe Coxe School, Law the at time her about Thinking Graduating students reflected on how they on how they reflected students Graduating - - - -

Scholten - - - - - “[The Technology Law and Policy Clinic] Policy “[The and Law Technology Trivedi ’17 and Anna Scholten LLM ’17 acted as the the as ’17 LLM acted Scholten ’17 Anna and Trivedi would have the ability to do such a thing—except a thing—except do such to ability have the would Law School’s student voices. Trivedi encouraged encouraged Trivedi voices. School’s student Law ’17. you Panek law but school else where don’t “I know lawyer in a way I couldn’t have accessed otherwise.” have accessed away Icouldn’t in lawyer Court last year was a neat opportunity,” said Gabriel Gabriel said opportunity,” aneat was year last Court front of Justice Elena Kagan for the Marden Moot Moot Marden for the Kagan Elena of Justice front before the Supreme Court. But you law But to go have to Court. Supreme the before The peers that I engaged with and Iengaged that The peers do something in law school that few lawyers get get few lawyers that law school in do something a as how Iam shaped and my horizons expanded really with of working privilege the I had that clients to do during the course of their careers: “Arguing in in “Arguing careers: of their course the do during to school first to get there.” get to first school yilu zhang ’17 was just a wonderful opportunity to opportunity awonderful just was expanded my horizons and shaped shaped and my horizons expanded working with of really privilege the Ihad that clients and faculty the engage with the law in a different way inadifferent law with the engage outside of the normal classroom setting. setting. classroom normal the of outside have accessed otherwise.” have accessed inaway Icouldn’t alawyer as Iam how Another student noted that he had a chance to to achance he had that noted student Another During the Convocation ceremonies, Rhidaya Rhidaya ceremonies, Convocation the During Williams

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83 RELEVANT PARTIES 84 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU University President President University Andrew Hamilton Andrew “It is a story that should inspire all of us in this room room this in of us all inspire should that astory “It is Americans from the lands that were taken from them. them. from taken were that lands the from Americans Lohier ’91 of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Second for the of Appeals Court ’91 US of the Lohier had changed drastically during the one year that that one year the during drastically changed had “a world work to of restora toward classmates her Circuit spoke of his background as an immigrant immigrant an as background of his spoke Circuit importance of seeking to understand those with with those understand to of seeking importance from England to America as well as that of Native of Native that as well as America to England from experi father’s his recounted also and Canada from praised what she described as the “violet optimism” optimism” “violet the as described she what praised are concerned about the state of law and democracy democracy of law and state the about concerned are different opinions. Scholten, noting that the world that noting Scholten, opinions. different the observation that American democracy is still still is democracy American that observation the made inclusion.” Lohier and diversity prize to today world. the throughout many when atime during Law NYU at found she that nevertheless School, Law the at spent class LLM the of the them reminded and retribution,” less tion, photos photos online In his address to the JD class, Judge Raymond Raymond Judge class, JD the to address his In

pointing to the exile of the Puritans Puritans of the exile the to pointing of our country, the United States, is is States, United the country, of our story “The Haiti. from exile an as ence the story of the exile,” said Lohier, Lohier, said exile,” of the story the Lohier - - “The story of our country, the United the country, our of story “The Rachel Burns and Wilson Barlow Wilson and Burns Rachel young. To the graduating students, he said: “In this this “In he said: students, graduating To the young. who may not share their views. “Engage people who who people “Engage views. their share not who may judge raymond lohier ’91 lohier raymond judge lawyer who has served as the United States ambas States United the as served has who lawyer from the inside, he said, lawyers must find small small find must lawyers hesaid, inside, the from rights Ahuman scale. on apersonal change ing better.” it for the States, is the story of the exile. It is a story astory It is exile. the of story the is States, and unexpected opportunities to influence people people influence to opportunities unexpected and disagree with you,” Pressman urged. “And strive “And strive urged. you,” Pressman with disagree out of transitioned recently Pressman affairs, cal change you can And possible. still is change country to make them, like you, into a force for justice.” for a force justice.” into you, like them, make to Boies at apartner as arole into and government effect of 2017 work to toward Class LLM/JSD the Schiller Flexner. In order to change the system system the change to order In Flexner. Schiller - politi for special Nations United the to sador today to prize diversity and inclusion.” and diversity prize to today room inthis us of all inspire should that Ambassador David Pressman ’04 encouraged ’04 encouraged Pressman David Ambassador - -

Donors and Scholars The Class of 2017 Honorable CharlesSwinger Conley Scholar (AnBryce Program) Evan Shepherd was Desmarais LLP Scholar Arthur Argall Desmarais LLPScholarArthur was hoodedby NYULaw Trustee hooded by Conley Ellen John M.Desmarais ’88

Hillary Smith, ElizabethOrgan,Hillary Riane Harper, andMax Yoeli Alex Schindler, AnnJaworski, Grace Leeper, Nathan Yaffe, Alexandra Bursak, The Honorable Jesse Furman hoodedFurman Academic andPublic Policy Scholars by NYULaw Life Trustee Kathryn Chenault ’80 (AnBryce Program) Richard Diggs was hooded Kenneth andKathryn Chenault Scholar Greenberg Scholar),Bingxin Wu (C.V. Starr Scholar),andRun BoLu (C.V. Starr Scholar) Root-Tilden-Kern Program), ClintonAgresti (C.V. Starr Scholar),Kyle Ezzedine (Maurice R. NYU Law Trustee Florence Davis ’79 hoodedZawadi Baharanyi (Starr Foundation Scholar,

Lucy Zhouwas hoodedby Janet Dewart Bell ScholarforDerrick Bell Public (LACA) Service Getzel Berger was hoodedby CJ Quackenbush Christopher Quackenbush ’82 (AnBryce Program) Jacob Marley Foundation of ScholarinMemory

85 RELEVANT PARTIES 86 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU Christopher Quackenbush D. ’82), Grad Maybelline Memorial Scholar),andRichard Mena-Hadyka Diggs (Kenneth (John andKathryn Chenault Scholar) Charles Swinger Conley Scholar),Samuel Lacy, Marley Foundation andMarc of ScholarinMemory Platt Scholar),Getzel Lauren E. Berger Webb (Jacob (Julie within theAnBryce Program: Raymond Fadel, Jason Kuo (William Randolph Hearst Scholar),Breck Wilmot, EboniBlenman,Jiaqian Zhou,Evan Shepherd (Honorable Anthony Welters ’77, chairmanof theLaw School’s Board of Trustees, andhiswife, Beatrice Ambassador Wilkinson Welters, hoodedgraduates withscholarships Jennifer DeJesus was hoodedby NYULaw Julianna Campbell B.Manzi Scholar Ellen Trustee andProfessor Gerald Rosenfeld Rosenfeld Macaulay Pipeline Scholar was hoodedby Julianna Manzi ’13 hoodedby Roland G.Riopelle Norman Ostrow Memorial Scholar Tyler Dominowas

was hoodedby Maxwell Pfeifer ’49 Pfeifer-Gans Family ScholarKasey Marie Hemphill Scholar; Aleksi Peltonen;Scholar; and andSherinShefik, Martin Eva Domke Scholar) Daniel Blum,andMintewab Abebe (notpictured: Ismael Franco Gonzalez, Starr Foundation GlobalLaw (Michael Schwind ScholarinGlobalLaw), A. Giulia Checcacci (Michael Schwind ScholarinGlobalLaw), A. Foundation Scholar),NahuelMaisley M.Franck (Thomas ScholarinInternational Law), Jaroslav Mencik Professor Gráinne deBúrca GlobalLaw hoodedHauser ScholarsTawakalitu Folake Alabi (T.D. Kenneson NYU Law Trustee Ronald Grossman ’62 Fortun wasGabriella hoodedby Ronald andMarilynn Grossman Scholar

by Fran Amirsaleh Seyed Zavarei was hooded Scholar Amirsaleh A.H. was hoodedby Lois Weinroth Heftler ScholarStephenThomas E. Frausto

Sinsheimer ScholarJean-Luc Service Adrien were hoodedby Professor Alina Das ’05 Latinx Rights ScholarsMariel Villarreal andJuliana Morgan-Trostle was hoodedby NYULaw Life Trustee Dealissia, andTal (notpictured: Elmatad Alexander Allard; Jennifer Kalmanides; Penny King; andRonald Stubblefield, CharlesKleinScholar) LaurenAmy Larsen, Wiseman, Arash Ardalan, Joyce Chang, Samantha Ku, Daniel Peck, Mohammad Islam (Nordlicht Family Scholar),Mikaela NYU Law Trustee and Professor Gerald Rosenfeld andProfessor Helen Scott hoodedJacobson Leadership Program inLaw andBusinessScholars Warren J.Sinsheimer LLM’57 Nordlicht Family Scholar (Jacobson Leadership Nordlicht Family Scholar(Jacobson Program) Mohammad Islam was hoodedby Ira Nordlicht ’72 andProfessor Helen Scott

Trustee Karen J.Freedman ’80 Program) Mitchell Brown was hoodedby NYULaw andAlan J.FreedmanDoris C. Scholar(AnBryce

Elana Wilf Tanzman ’12 and Jaehyun Jung were hoodedby NYULaw Trustee Wilf Family andWilf JDMerit ScholarsMichael Ramsey of New York University anddeanemeritus of theLaw School by BenjaminF. ButlerProfessor of Law John Sexton, president emeritus John Sexton ScholarsElizabethZhouandSolomonBrown were hooded hooded by Karlebach Nancy Scholar Ivette Sanchez was &RoseHerbert Hirschhorn

87 RELEVANT PARTIES 88 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU Family Tradition The Class of 2017 Robert Lewis ’15 Briggs Sonya Chungwithherfiancé, Joseph Jarashow withhismother, Deena Epstein Jarashow ’87 mother, Lois J.Radisch ’84

Anna Parnes withher

husband, David Humphreys LLM ’86 Debra Humphreys withher and Susan Debraand Susan Wagner ’81, andhisbrother Wagner Zachary Klinger ’15 Jesse Wagner Klinger withhisparents, NYULaw Trustee Alan Mark Klinger ’81 in-law, Daniel Straus ’81 David Baruch withhisfather- in honorof hislate grandfather, Tepper Herbert ’35 Andrew Tepper withhisfather, Howard Tepper, Eva Paloma Treves withher brother, Renato Raymundo Treves LLM’12 father, Bruce Tobin LLM’83 Benjamin Tobin withhis father, James Murphy ’89 Adam Murphy withhis

Wen Jie Pek withhis sister, Jane Pek ’08 Board Member John Harris’85 andMarcy Harris’86 Andrew Harriswithhisparents, Law Martin Alumni Association

father, Joel Rudin ’78 David Rudin withhis

father, Moses Rosengarten ’80 Robert Rosengarten withhis

89 RELEVANT PARTIES 90 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU for Students Support here is a selection ofhere photosfrom isaselection theannualevent. theirtimeat theLawthe chance School.Displayed tomeetthedonorswhoare supporting award. Each year at theScholarshipReception, students whohave received have scholarships of the lastthree at least50 classes, percent of theincoming JDclassreceived ascholarship It isapriority at NYULaw toensure that students receive thefinancialaidthey need.Ineach Celebrating Stuart Z.Katz Scholarship: Guy “Jack” Mathews ’19 David ’67 Malkin andJessica ’02 Malkin with scholars Filomen M.D’Agostino Scholarshipfor Women andChildren: Filomen M.D’Agostino Scholarshipfor Civil Rights; Stuart Z.Katz ’68and

Dean Trevor Morrison andProfessor AlinaDas ’05withscholars Latinx Rights Scholarship:

Honorable Jesse Furman withscholars Furman Academic Scholarship;Furman Public Policy Scholarship:

Scholar withintheAnBryce Program) (Honorable CharlesSwinger Conley Lopez Claudia Carvajal ’18 Student Speaker: Scholarship Reception Ijeamaka ObasiJD/MBA ’18 David Malech and in Law andBusiness: Kia Motors Scholarship

Marc Roberts, Cohen Nancy Roberts, Michael R. Roberts ’15Scholarship: Mahyar andFran and Amirsaleh A.H. Amirsaleh Scholarship: Amirsaleh A.H. and Katherine Rouse ’18 Seyed Zavarei LLM’17 Institute for International Law andJustice (IILJ) Joyce Lowinson Research Scholarship:

and Evan Shepherd ’17 LopezClaudia Carvajal ’18, Conley, Ellen Scholarship withintheAnBryce Program: Honorable Charles Swinger Conley Joyce Lowinson withscholars Leonard Wilf LLM’77withscholars Wilf Family Scholarship;Wilf Graduate Tax Scholarship;Wilf JDMerit Scholarship:

Dean Emeritus Richard Revesz, andThelma Duggin with scholars

Krista Bailey ’19,andVerónica ’18 Casellas Caleb Seeley ’17, BonnieandRichard Reiss ’69, Bonnie andRichard Reiss Scholarship:

Anthony Welters ’77, DeanTrevor Morrison, Professor and Janet andLucy Dewart Bell Zhou’17 for Public (LACA): Service Derrick Bell Scholarship Scholarship Derrick Bell

AnBryce Scholars:

91 RELEVANT PARTIES 92 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU Talks State Talks State State of Appeals, Court Alumni Association Alumni Association Courts that the 2016 election that the2016election US Constitution.” tecting individual rights tecting individualrights inprothe state courts - the court where she the court Jenny Rivera ’85, associ spoke at the2017Law state, we continue to Luncheon onthebreadth Rivera “Within said. our ate judge of theNew York justice,”and access to interpret ourconstitution Making the observation Making theobservation Rivera Rivera presides. “Our court presides. “Ourcourt protections thanthe brought “areinvigorated broadly toprovide greater has generated leading of issuesaddressed at cases forcases over acentury,” discussion ofdiscussion therole of

T T The Legacy of Judith Kaye ’62 Weiler, co-director of the Jean Monnet Center for Center Monnet Jean of the Weiler, co-director court system and for her critical for critical her and system court conversation between former Italian Prime Minister Minister Prime Italian former between conversation and had an amazing work ethic… amazing an had and as New York’s serve to woman first The year. away last was brilliant, compassionate, a doer, adoer, compassionate, brilliant, was equal access to the courts and the legal system.” legal the and courts the to access equal alifelong and Justice to on Access rights. LGBTQ and penalty death the including on issues decisions York New the reform to efforts dum on nationalist politics. The dinner’s featured featured dinner’s The politics. on nationalist dum gested that Europe is reeling, not only from Brexit Brexit from only not reeling, is Europe that gested Court of Italy, and University Professor J.H.H. J.H.H. Professor University of Italy, and Court Constitutional of the now ajudge Amato, Giuliano friend of Kaye’s, recalled: “Judith of Kaye’s, recalled: friend focused on a timely topic: Europe after Brexit. after Europe topic: on atimely focused New York’s Permanent Commission Commission York’sNew Permanent International and Regional Economic Law & Justice, &Justice, Law Economic Regional and International referen watched aclosely as served Netherlands tal health and domestic violence, ensuring that New New that ensuring violence, domestic and health tal for her known was Kaye jurist, top whopassed of Appeals, York New Court the State lished courts that specialized in issues such as men as such issues in specialized that courts lished Yorkers New low-income have that priorities highest She set as one of the court system’s system’s court one of the as She set Amato (left) with Weiler with (left) Amato Post-Brexit EU the Discussing Helaine Barnett ’64, chair of ’64, chair Barnett Helaine In their conversation, Amato and Weiler sug and Amato conversation, their In During her 15 years as chief judge, Kaye estab Kaye judge, chief as years 15 her During Annual Dinner occurred exactly one week exactly occurred Dinner Annual ference, co-sponsored by the the by co-sponsored ference, honored Judith Kaye ’62, former chief judge of of ’62, judge Kaye chief former Judith honored Con- Fall Association Alumni he 2016 Law his year’s Hauser Global Law School Program Program School Law Global Hauser year’s his before a fateful national election in the in election national afateful before

. . NYU LawNYU Review - - - - , “I admire the children of our primary schools…that schools…that primary of our children the “I admire Amato said. said. Amato Judge Kaye was absolutely a transformative figure,” figure,” atransformative absolutely was Kaye Judge York’s courts were focused not only on punishment on punishment only not focused were York’s courts contrasted the older generations with the younger: younger: the with older generations the contrasted protection, rights human as such values common - impor especially out as stands area that in court als have been sorely tested, Amato said, by a recent arecent by said, Amato tested, sorely have been als Europe. in elsewhere stirrings political similar and within all of us,” said Lisa Schweitzer ’96, a partner ’96, apartner Schweitzer Lisa of us,” said all within were the source of the real worry: “There’s afeel “There’s worry: real of the source the were not a thing of the past but something she has left left has she something but past of the athing not of the skin, the religion, the attitudes are not so so not are attitudes the religion, the skin, of the difficul economic states’ member in factor major attacks. terrorist deadly The strength of the EU and its multinational ide multinational its and EU of the strength The said Dean Trevor Morrison. “But her work on the work her “But on the Morrison. Trevor Dean said sons for cautious optimism, as did Amato, who Amato, did as optimism, for cautious sons marginal.” not is skepticism Continental state. amember being about siastic onslaughts and overlapping immigrants of flood Europe and its disaffected citizens, Weiler added, added, Weiler citizens, disaffected its and Europe the citizens of the state. “Judge is state. Kaye’s of the legacy citizens the ties, without fear.” without ties, difficul without problems, without together live to fractured, also had solidarity EU and tolerance, held previously to related on issues Consensus ties. scholarship.” this through legacy her and that we celebrate and tant, important. They are children, and they learn how learn they and children, are They important. Euro of skepticism. afeeling of disappointment, ing enthu wholly been never had UK view, the his in and crisis financial and economic an including live with diversity as their ordinary lives. The color color The lives. ordinary their as diversity with live but also on building solutions to problems facing facing problems to solutions on building also but but also from the victory of Donald Trump in the US US the in Trump of Donald victory the from also but Amato named an “overdose of austerity” as a as of “overdose austerity” an named Amato In the end, Weiler acknowledged there are rea are there Weiler acknowledged end, the In picture; of the part only is Weiler argued, Brexit, “There are many areas in which which in areas many are “There Robles clerk Kaye. to at Cleary Gottlieb and a former aformer and Gottlieb Cleary at eloquent dissent in Hernandez in v. dissent eloquent an wrote famously Kaye rights. sex couples the right to be married. married. be to right the couples sex pursu to committed for astudent Kaye’s legacy, the Judith S. Kaye Kaye S. Judith Kaye’s the legacy, ing a career in the area of LGBTQ of LGBTQ area the in acareer ing Scholarship, will cover full tuition tuition full cover will Scholarship,

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A Fête for Sheila for Fête A LACA Community H Brbu ’65 Birnbaum as an editor of the of the editor an as Change was then presented to Professor of Law Paulette Paulette of Law Professor to presented then was on intersectionality in the United States. Caldwell Caldwell States. United the in on intersectionality voice influential most the as Caldwell to referred Profes said voices,” our find to of women of color Chairman Anthony Welters ’77, andthen–Vice Dean Quinn Emanuel Urquhart was &Sullivan, honored at the $5,000 levelat the$5,000 andhigher annually, or or$1,000 ago ormore. Heldthisyear at theWhitney Museum alumni whograduated from theLaw School50 years at thisyear’s Weinfeld GalawiththeJudge Edward Caldwell. “She has paved the way for a generation way for ageneration the paved has “She Caldwell. spoke of her pride in LACA members’ success over success members’ LACA in pride of her spoke of American Art, thegala celebratesof Art, donorswhogive American sor of Clinical Law Kim Taylor-Thompson, who Kim Law of Clinical sor faculty. and students, current one another, with connect to for alumni In additiontoBirnbaum’s acceptance of her award, Weinfeld Award, whichrecognizes distinguished Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award: Lorna Lorna Award: Achievement Alumni Distinguished here Icome mewhen “It thrills needed. were Lounge Greenberg in afew tables only when dinners, LACA mem of LACA achievements the celebrate to Dinner the years and reminisced about attending the first first the attending about reminisced and years the more duringeachof theirfirst10 years asalumni. the legal profession, and in the nation,” she said. she nation,” the in and profession, legal the enormously, only not grown has how LACA see to for Public Scholarship Bell Derrick of the tation Forrest eachgave remarks. Dean Trevor Morrison, NYULaw Board of Trustees NYU Law Trustee at SheilaBirnbaum ’65,partner in size, but in power and influence at NYU Law, in NYU at influence and power in but size, in for Development and Leadership Initiatives Jeannie Celebrating the bers. Each year, the event also serves as an occasion occasion an as serves also event the year, Each bers. Schofield ’81, district judge for the US District District US for the judge district ’81, Schofield Association. Students ’18, serves who Duque-Franco Nicolas to Service The President’s Distinguished Leadership Award Award Leadership Distinguished President’s The presen the with began activities evening’s The Three recipients were honored with this year’s year’s this with honored were recipients Three Alumni of Color Association (LACA) Spring Spring (LACA) Association of Color Alumni and students gathered for the annual Law Law annual for the gathered students and undreds of alumni, faculty, administrators, administrators, faculty, of alumni, undreds and executive co-chair of the Latino Law Latino of the co-chair executive and NYU Review of Law & Social &Social Law of Review NYU

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photos online online photos Foxx Schofield 93 RELEVANT PARTIES 94 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU Blank (left) Tax Program, was recognized with theLegal Teaching Award, reminisce at a variety of receptions, class dinners, and an all-reunion dance. all-reunion an and dinners, class receptions, of avariety at reminisce and faculty, Law NYU current by taught classes special at days student law their revisit tours, walking goon to chance the had attendees days, three Over Reunion 2017. celebrate to School Law the at gathered alumni April, In late 2017 Reunion Reminiscing at Joshua BlankLLM’07 (above), vice deanfor technology- counsel of theNAACP Legal Defense andEducational Fund, top),president anddirector- ’87(right, students. SherrilynIfill andtraining totheeducation of dedication law ordinary enhanced andfaculty education director of theGraduate graduates’ professional significant achievements and com- received theAlumniAchievement Award, whichrecognizes Flexner, bottom),chairmanofLLM ’67 BoiesSchiller (right, recognizes alumniwhoforge and careers inpublicservice During theReunion weekend, alumnireceived awards mitment tothecontinued development of theLaw School. from theLaw Professor AlumniAssociation. of Tax Law was therecipient of thisyear’s Public Award, Service which which honorsgreat teachers for andfor scholarship extra- honors those whoprofoundlyhonors those affectsociety. And David Boies

Boies Ifill Ehrlich (left) Cravath, Swaine &Moore, was honored with Hernández (second from left) ate of theLaw School’s AnBryce Scholarship Swaine &Moore’s first Latina partner. of lastyear’s NYULaw Magazine, isagradu- Damaris Hernández ’07 (above), at partner Program andlast year Cravath, became Hernández, whowas featured onthecover the professional achievements of alumni the Recent Graduate Award, whichrecognizes who graduated nomore than10years ago.

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95 RELEVANT PARTIES 96 WWW.LAW.NYU.EDU O&A with Editorial Director Samantha Dillard about his illustrious career. illustrious his about Dillard Samantha Director with Editorial Wicked who produced Platt, for 14 nominations. record for nominated the most was the Academy Awards, tying film acclaimed theater. year, This and critically his television, forcompany feature films, What did you imagine your career path to be when you when be to path career your imagine you did What the learn to part in school law entered you that You’ve said What kinds of projects do you see yourself drawn to in the the in to drawn yourself see you do projects of kinds What cal, and I discovered that most of the people involved around me around involved people of the most that Idiscovered and cal, attorneys than it was with MBAs. with it was than attorneys with more filled was of entertainment business The attorneys. wouldn’t pursue them. Years ago, I made a film called called afilm Imade ago, Years them. pursue wouldn’t or entertainment business Broadway the in professionals were ments of my career. of my career. ments dif vast a made definitely NYU, from my law degree obtaining side. My business the on producer effective meamore made sure for has It agreements. facilitate in helping effective more what and language, mindset, the Iunderstand fruition. to ects proj bringing and getting in involved process the me navigate introduced really I was experience, legal but intense my brief That film was inspired by a number of things that were going on going were that things of by a number inspired was film That entered law school? school? law entered post-production for, but an idea or script or book or filmmaker or filmmaker or book for, or script idea but an post-production school instead of business school? school? business of instead school strong advantage. advantage. strong mea given has and aproducer as life my day-to-day in ference show was Wicked show was I’m doing a year or two from now. I know the now. from the or two I know I’m a year doing achieve crowning one of my personal remains that and Idid, But I thought I’d be when I entered law school and a very long time time long avery and I’d law school Ientered when be I thought time where the subject matter was very taboo and very challeng very and taboo very was matter subject the where time to produce my first Broadway show, and it was lucky for me that that for me show,lucky was and Broadway it my first produce to the makes, I know I’ve got films I’m shooting now that I’ll be in be I’ll that now I’m shooting films got I’ve I know makes, the what you exactly tell Ican’t for that. answer Idon’t have an that theater the beyond grew ambition and my business, film the to the sensitivities of the other side are, and it definitely makes me makes it definitely and sideare, other of the sensitivities the project? project? University of Pennsylvania, I produced a small Off-Broadway musi Off-Broadway asmall Iproduced of Pennsylvania, University in the world around me and a lot of people that I knew. It was a Iknew. It was that of people a lot meand world around the in into the film world as well. It took me a long time to get to where where to get to time mea long took It as well. world film the into ing to get a project like that made, even as chairman of acompany. chairman as even made, that like aproject get to ing future? future? Has any one project of yours been a particular passion passion aparticular been yours of project one any Has advantages any you given background legal your Has business acumen, which I developed from being a lawyer and and alawyer being from Ideveloped which acumen, business throughout your career as a producer? aproducer? as career your throughout business side of entertainment. What made you choose law law choose you made What entertainment. of side business closing statements I think one of the things I love most about what I do is Ido is what about Ilove most things one of the I think , I have to say most of my projects are passion projects or I or I projects passion are of my projects most I have say to Bridge of Spies of Bridge . I wanted to be a Broadway producer. Through producer. Through aBroadway be to I wanted , Legally Blonde Legally at a major talent agency. He now heads Marc Platt Productions, a production aproduction Marc Productions, Platt He heads now agency. talent amajor at affairs business handled and attorney, entertainment an as practiced hits, Universal Pictures), and Broadway produced Pictures, TriStar (Orion Pictures, studios for film three production of president as served He has years. 30 than for more industry entertainment inthe agiant been Marc ’82 has Platt When I was a senior at the the at asenior Iwas When It certainly has helped helped has It certainly Wicked Into the Woods the Into , and Philadelphia film is in is film - - - - - .

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