Alumni Almanac
The Iceman Cometh
It takes a tough executive to freeze a hockey season, withstanding pressure and criticism from players and fans. But National Hockey League (NHL) Commissioner Gary Bettman...
Better Co-Ed Than Dead
A century-old women’s college called on Virginia Worden when it needed to make a mission-altering change. Student rebellion was in full swing when Virginia Hill Worden...
An Entrepreneur of the Law
Sanjay Sham Kamlani (LL.M. ’98) and David Perla, his buddy from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, were restless. It was the fall of 2003; Kamlani...
Taking Stock of the Law
If it hadn’t been for a kink in NYU School of Law’s financial-aid policies, Rachel Robbins ’76, general counsel to the New York Stock Exchange, might...
Asylum: Views from Both Sides of the Fence
Taking a hard line on illegal immigration, a Republican-led Congress authorized the construction of a 700-mile-long fence between Arizona and Mexico last September. Six weeks later,...
Life Lessons of the Chief Judge
When our fabulous dean invited me to deliver the keynote address, he said it would allow me to give “a retrospective of over two decades” of...
