Amal Clooney LLM ’01 has built an unparalleled human rights law practice that reaches around the globe. NYU Law is where she ...

I particularly loved Constitutional Law with Professor [Kenji] Yoshino. On the first day, he explained that his guiding ...

My role will be catalyzing the development of broader understanding of what it means to be a social justice–oriented lawyer ...

Erin Murphy “My research and scholarship has heavily focused on DNA and forensics,” says Murphy. “And so it is a wonderful ...

Kagan said she understood both sides. On one hand, she said, an appeal via the typical route could take years to make its way to the Supreme Court, leaving a policy in limbo. “On the other hand,” ...

Michael Orey is public affairs director at NYU Law. Alumni interviews conducted by assistant dean and chief communications ...

Donald Sturm LLM '60. Sturm began his legal career as a trial attorney in the Chief Counsel’s Office of the Internal Revenue ...

Elected Democratic leader of the US House of Representatives in 2022, Hakeem Jeffries ’97 has played a pivotal role in a ...

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The JSD is NYU School of Law’s most advanced law degree. It provides intense training in academic research, geared primarily to those intending to pursue a career in academia. The program prepares ...

In 2019, 5.1 billion people worldwide were found to live outside the protection of the law. Global pandemics, climate emergencies, threats to democracy, racism, and income inequality continue to ...