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Whether you are returning for your fifth, 25th, 50th or your 55th reunion this spring, the Law School community looks forward to sup·porte : verb welcoming you back to Washington Square. s -pôrt \ to promote the Reunion is an opportunity to relive favorite ´ memories, renew friendships and reconnect interests or cause of with the intellectual excitement you felt as an NYU School of Law student. On Saturday, April 4, all returning alumni will be able to spend the morning at our thought-provok- ing academic panels featuring esteemed fac- cam·paign : noun ulty and distinguished alumni, enjoy the - annual alumni awards luncheon that follows, kăm-pan \´ a connected series of and cap it all off at an elegant and festive operations designed to bring about dinner dance with classmates. a particular result Look for your invitation in the mail. Please call (212) 998-6470 or send us an email at [email protected] with any questions. e par·tic·i·pa·tione : noun - pär-tı˘s ´-pa sh n \ the act of participating;´ the state of being related to a larger whole a·lum·ni : noun plural e ae ·lum·nus -lum˘ n s \ a person who has attended or has graduated´ from a particular school, college, or university Define Success: $400 million by 2009 Contact Nick Vagelatos, Campaign Manager, NYU School of Law | Telephone: (212) 998-6007 | email: [email protected] A Message from Dean Revesz we have a tremendous issue here! i am delighted to be able to present you with a timely cover story that will shed light on the intersection between law and politics as we come into the final stretch of the 2008 presidential race. Two of our faculty, Samuel Issacharoff, the Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law, and Richard Pildes, the Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, along with their colleague Pamela Karlan, a past judge on and president of professor at Stanford Law the Inter-American Court of School, are the co-creators of Human Rights, Buergenthal a legal field called the Law of has made profound contribu- Democracy. tions to the cause of human The groundbreaking case- rights. In fact, as the magazine book they published in 1998, was going to press, he was one The Law of Democracy: Le- of two recipients of the Gruber gal Structure of the Political Foundation International Jus- Process, has transformed the tice Prize, a $500,000 award way scholars view election honoring those who advance law. Defining the cluster of the cause of justice through legal issues underpinning the legal system. the practice and theory of On a lighter note: Did you American democracy, their know that Professor Roderick work turned diffuse areas of Hills Jr. had to find a new home the law into a coherent dis- for Reflector, his horse, before cipline—one that is quite coming to NYU? Turn to page popular among law students. 46 to learn more about the 27 As you may know, each enormously accomplished ac- year we highlight an academic ademics who have joined our area that we are confident a full-time faculty since 2002. I peer review would say is the am also quite proud of all our strongest of its kind among faculty, and delighted to wel- the top law schools. This year come six new members, whose that area is the Law of Democ- profiles begin on page 40. racy. Larry Reibstein, the for- This was a great year for midable journalist who wrote student scholarship. An article about Law and Philosophy for the magazine in 2005, explores that Brian Frye ’05 began as a third year, published in the NYU this new legal specialty in “Leveling the Playing Field” on page 18. Journal of Law & Liberty, was cited in Supreme Court Justice Anto- As you’ll discover in our story “Follow the Numbers” on nin Scalia’s majority opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller. And page 28, Jennifer Arlen ’86, Norma Z. Paige Professor of Law, a paper that Sima Gandhi ’07 (LL.M. ’10) wrote for Batchelder’s tax and Geoffrey Miller, Stuyvesant P. Comfort Professor of Law, are and social policy seminar won the Brookings Institution’s inaugu- also blazing new trails in the burgeoning area of Empirical Legal ral Hamilton Project Economic Policy Innovation Prize. To read Studies, known as ELS. Along with almost two dozen members more about students’ achievements, please turn to page 73. of the faculty, including Professors Lily Batchelder in tax and Finally, we are privileged to have so many active and thought- social policy, Marcel Kahan in corporate law and Stephen Choi ful alumni. Don’t miss our back page piece about the new presi- in securities law, Arlen and Miller have been publishing real- dent of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou (LL.M. ’76), who is married to Chow world, data-driven research that illuminates a range of public Mei-ching (LL.M. ’76). The interview was conducted by Law School policy matters, and have made NYU Law a locus of ELS activity. Professor Jerome Cohen, who taught Ma at Harvard in the 1970s. It’s hard to understand why Thomas Buergenthal ’60, who And many thanks to an alumnus who sent an email last year sug- received an honorary doctorate during our most recent com- gesting that The Law Schoolcould improve its environmental prac- mencement ceremonies, isn’t a household name. tices. This issue is our first printed on paper con- Turn to the remarkable story, “From Darkness,” on taining 30 percent post-consumer recycled fiber; page 10, and you will see Buergenthal’s early life as the quality of recycled paper continues to im- was the stuff of nightmares; he was one of the few prove, that percentage will increase. So, enjoy, and children to survive the Auschwitz Death March. A when you’re finished reading these pages, please judge on the International Court of Justice, and a Richard REvesz be sure to recycle the magazine! AUTUMN 2008 1 The Law School the magazine of the new york university school of law • autumn 2008 SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Elyse Mall Klayman 4 MANAGING EdITORS Jeanhee Kim Notes & Pamela Kruger Renderings CREATIVE DIRECTOR David Niedenthal Leila Thompson ’05 becomes the first AnBryce Scholar to have AssISTANT MANAGING EdITOR 73 Student Spotlight Elizabeth Rohlfing clerked on the Supreme Court; Ronald Dworkin awarded the Holberg Prize; An economic policy paper by Sima SENIOR DESIGNERS Michael Bierman Immigrant Rights Clinic triumphs in Gandhi ’07 (LL.M. ’10) wins the Hamilton Karin Wood long-fought deportation case. Project prize; Reena Arora ’08 aids im- GRAPHIC DESIGNER migrant detainees and gets public service Hisiya Beppu award; students spend spring break providing free legal services to needy WEB CONTENT EDITOR 33 Jill Rachlin Marbaix Faculty Newark residents. SENIOR WRITER student Atticus Gannaway Focus 84 scholarship DESIGN COORDINATOR Peggy Cooper Davis wins University’s David Kamin ’09 on Julia Lovallo 2007 Distinguished Teaching Award; the continuing, fierce CONTRIBUTORS peers pay homage to Anthony Amster- debate in Washington, Karen Donovan, Gretchen Feltes, Catherine dam; Smita Narula named U.N. adviser Fredman, Jennifer Frey, Adam Liptak, Elizabeth D.C.