Marcey L. Grigsby

Faculty Publisher, New York Law School Law Review

Marcey Grigsby is the faculty publisher of the New York Law School Law Review, the scholarly journal of New York Law School, and teaches an academic writing course titled Legal Scholarship.

She also directs the Law Review Diversity research project, which examines gender and minority diversity among law review membership and leadership at ABA law schools nationwide.  Professor Grigsby is a member of the New York City Bar Association’s Public Service Network committee, which fosters public service in the New York City legal community by matching attorneys with legal and non-legal volunteer opportunities in not-for-profit organizations. In 2012, she served on the New York County Democratic Party’s independent judicial screening panel, which evaluated candidates for openings on the New York County State Supreme Court.

She previously practiced corporate and securities law at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York City, where she represented domestic and international companies in securities transactions and advised clients on securities law compliance, corporate governance, general corporate law, and mergers and acquisitions. She also advised non-profit organizations on business transactions and governance and regulatory matters. Professor Grigsby clerked for the Honorable Ronald Lee Gilman on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Memphis, TN.

Prior to entering law school, Professor Grigsby worked in interactive marketing and advertising in New York City and Warsaw, Poland.

She received her J.D., summa cum laude, from New York Law School in 2006. While in law school, she was editor-in-chief of the New York Law School Law Review and was a John Marshall Harlan scholar. In 2006, she received the Alfred L. Rose Award for Excellence, the Trustees’ Prize for the Highest Average, Law Review Award for Best Note, and the Woodrow Wilson Award in Constitutional Law.  She received her B.A., summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1995.

Professor Grigsby is a member of the board of directors of Brooklyn Jubilee, a non-profit organization that seeks to cultivate healthy neighborhoods in Brooklyn, New York, by creating programs for social and economic justice and providing legal assistance and education to low-income Brooklyn residents.