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Notes and Renderings

Counsel on Tax Dollars and Sense

Lily Batchelder, Professor of Law and Public Policy, has taken a leave of absence to become chief tax counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance....

A Challenge to Peremptories

An Equal Justice Initiative report, “Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy,” sparked debate in June about the use of peremptory strikes to remove...

Clement Stands and Delivers

Although courtrooms have always been places of learning, the hallowed court chamber of the U.S. Supreme Court was literally transformed into a classroom when the students...

ElBaradei for President?

Since returning to his homeland in 2009 after a 30-year absence, Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei has attracted crowds of admirers urging him to run...

Defending the Cross

Appearing before 17 judges of the European Court of Human Rights on June 30, University Professor Joseph Weiler waded into an emotionally charged debate over religious...

Advocating for Chinese Dissidents—and a Dad

During the last year, Professor of Law Jerome Cohen has kept up pressure on China, writing many op-eds about Gao Zhisheng, a leading human rights lawyer...

Honorary Doctorates

Harvard University granted NYU University Professor Thomas Nagel an honorary doctorate of laws in May. Provost Steven Hyman called Nagel “one of the most influential philosophers...

An Enduring Claim

Last December, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens cited a 2002 NYU Law student article in his dissent in Johnson v. Bredesen, an application for a...

A Civil Action: Ensuring Legal Representation for the Poor

Announcing his first major initiative since becoming chief judge of the State of New York, Jonathan Lippman ’68 introduced a proposal in May to ensure that...

Striking Samurai

University Professor Arthur Miller’s long love affair with the 19th-century woodblock prints of Utagawa Kuniyoshi has led to his acquiring nearly 2,000 vibrant, dramatic, and beautifully...

Notes and Renderings