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Landmark Rights Protected…

To call Jennifer Dalven’s first argument before the Supreme Court a challenge would be an understatement. It was November 2005 and the stakes were high— she...

…And New Rights Created

In a landmark 5-3 decision last May, the Constitutional Court of Colombia ended the country’s complete ban on abortion. Mónica Roa (LL.M. ’03) successfully argued that...

Center for Law & Business Dedicated to Lester Pollack ’57

To honor Lester Pollack for more than 25 years on the Law School’s board of trustees, the last eight as chairman, the NYU Center for Law...

A Firefighter and Trailblazer

Shunning lawyerly business suits to don the blue uniform of the New York Fire Department—as a woman, no less— Brenda Berkman ’78 knows what it means...

Another First for Fox

Law Women honored Professor Eleanor Fox ’61 with its first Alumna of the Year Award at their Alumnae Reception last March, in recognition of the many...

BLAPA Honors Dutt, Lopez, and Welters

This year’s Black, Latino, Asian Pacific American Law Alumni Association (BLAPA) Spring Dinner celebrated the accomplishments of Mallika Dutt ’89, Professor of Clinical Law Gerald López...

Alumni Inaugurate Ambitious New Capital Campaign

More than 300 alumni and guests of the NYU School of Law went to the New York Public Library last September to cheer the launch of...