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Making the Law School a part of your planned giving is “NYU Law gave my husband, Chuck, who a first step in creating an academic legacy of which you was in the class of 1955, can be proud. You can plant the seed of education today a chance to study the so that the scholars of tomorrow may enjoy its bloom. law. What he learned gave him the tools to fight for change and NYU Law gift plans are flexible and tailored to fit for our civil rights. your unique circumstances. Please contact Betsy Brown We both wanted to give at (212) 998-6701 or [email protected] to discuss back to the community that had embraced us, how your gift can best fit your financial picture. in the hope that others would have similar transformational experiences.” ellen conley of new connections to legal and policy work in gov- The ernment. Last year, for example, we launched a new semester-long clinic in Washington, DC, that places students in a range of offices across the federal gov- Morrison ernment. And thanks to the generosity of Trustee Jay Furman ’71, we also instituted the Furman Pub- lic Policy Scholarship Program, which is designed to Memo train and support outstanding students interested in pursuing careers in public policy. ne of the many qualities that attracted me to At the same time, we are working to expand our NYU Law is the institution’s deep commit- connections at the state and local government levels. Oment to public interest, and the extraordinary One way we’re doing this is through the New York quality, character, and diversity of the students who State Excelsior Service Fellowship Program, which come here as a result. NYU Law takes a broad view places graduates of select New York law schools in of public interest that hinges on the belief that all of state agencies ranging from the Department of Envi- us in the legal profession are responsible for promot- ronmental Conservation to the Department of Labor. ing justice—whether that means building careers in Through these various programmatic initiatives, nonprofit organizations or the government, or doing we will help new generations of NYU Law gradu- pro bono work while in pri- ates follow in the long tradition of alumni working vate practice. In choosing at all levels of government, from Anthony Foxx ’96, to apply their considerable US secretary of transportation, to Lisa Landau ’87, skills toward promoting chief of the Health Care Bureau at the New York the public interest, our State Office of the Attorney General, to Kenneth students and graduates Thompson ’92, the newly elected Kings County dis- render vital service to our trict attorney. Government is a creature of law, but country while also main- its laws are only as good as the lawyers attending taining and extending to them. I’m tremendously proud to have our tal- an enduring value of our ented alumni helping to ensure that our government Law School. runs efficiently and fairly, safeguarding both our In the pages of this collective welfare and our individual rights. magazine, we celebrate This year marks the 60th anniversary of the the pioneering work of first graduating class of the Root-Tilden-Kern Karen Freedman ’80, Scholarship Program, the bedrock of our strong founder and executive public interest mission. The program covers director of Lawyers For Children, and Sherrilyn the full cost of tuition for outstanding students Ifill ’87, president and director-counsel of the NAACP who plan to dedicate their careers to public ser- Legal Defense and Educational Fund and this year’s vice. The RTK program also had an instrumental Convocation speaker. We also commend the accom- role in establishing the Public Interest Law Cen- plishments of Sheila Birnbaum ’65, a partner at ter, thereby inspiring the spirit of public inter- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and special est that permeates our larger community. This master of the September 11th Victim Compensation important anniversary allows us to reflect on how Fund; Marshall Camp ’02, a partner at Irell & Manella RTK’s aims are shared by NYU Law as a whole. and lead attorney in the first case to test changes Collectively, we are dedicated to shaping the next to California’s criminal sentencing policies regard- generation of leaders, to fostering a dynamic com- ing juveniles; and Scott Fein LLM ’81, a partner at munity of scholars, and to ensuring that a con- Whiteman Osterman & Hannah who was counsel cern for the public interest is an integral part of for one of the longest-litigated civil rights cases in our students’ conceptions of themselves and their US history. Plus, we take great pride in the public roles, no matter which career paths they pursue. interest work that our faculty and students do on The 2014 magazine was begun and finished dur- a range of issues, including protecting free speech ing my first term as dean. The magazine staff and I and challenging unlawful government surveillance are eager to learn what you think of our news and sto- through our new Technology Law and Policy Clinic, ries and how we deliver them. Please take a moment which is described in this issue’s to let us know by filling out the reader story on intellectual property law. survey on the last page or online at In keeping with our expansive bit.do/nyulaw2014survey. view of public interest, the Law School As always, I welcome your thoughts in recent years has forged a number trevor morrison at [email protected]. 2014 • volume xxiv managing editor Jeanhee Kim creative director David Niedenthal designers Michael Bierman, Cheryl Hark, Kara Van Woerden writers Rachel Burns, Atticus Gannaway, 4 57 81 Michael Orey, Michelle Tsai Dicta Arguments Relevant special acknowledgment Elyse Mall Klayman, former & Opinions Parties Assistant Dean for Communications contributing writers Thomas Adcock, Chelsea Allison, Christopher Borgen ’95, Peter Carbonara, Candy J. Cooper, Amy Feldman, Catherine Fredman, Lily Batchelder is appointed Jennifer Frey, Erin Geiger Smith, to the National Economic David Krajicek, Robert Levine, Council; NYU Law to launch Bryan Stevenson shares Sherrilyn Ifill ’87 delivers Duff McDonald, Christine Pakkala, intimate stories of mass a stirring convocation speech Larry Reibstein the Institute for Executive Advancement; Gabrielle incarceration and capital on democracy; Elena Kagan photographers Apollon ’15 testifies on human punishment; Richard and Martin Edelman receive Cover photograph by rights violations in Brazil; Epstein contemplates his honorary law degrees; Sam Hollenshead Scott Fein LLM ’81 closes a transformation to a classical graduates reflect on their Mathieu Asselin, Riccardo Cavallari, 14-year-long pro bono civil liberal; Amanda Levendowski accomplishments; Reunion Dan Creighton, Mark Finkenstaedt, rights case; and more.