Stephen J. Ellmann

Professor of Law
Director of the Office of Clinical and Experiential Learning; Chair, Clinical Theory Workshops; Cochair, South Africa Reading Group; Coeditor, Clinical Research Institute

 

Publications by Dean Ellmann


BOOKS

The Post-Apartheid Constitutions: Perspectives on South Africa’s Basic Law (Witwatersrand University Press & Ohio University Press, 2001) (coedited with P. Andrews).
 
In a Time of Trouble: Law & Liberty in South Africa’s State of Emergency (Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1992).

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

“A Constitutional Confluence: American ‘State Action’ Law and the Application of South Africa’s Socioeconomic Rights Guarantees to Private Actors,” in The Post-Apartheid Constitutions: Perspectives on South Africa’s Basic Law at 444–480 (P. Andrews & S. Ellmann, eds., Witwatersrand University Press and Ohio University Press, 2001) Reprinted, as revised, in H. H. Wellington, Festschrift Issue, 45 New York Law School Law Review 21–75 (2001).
 
Introduction: Towards Understanding South African Constitutionalism, (with P. Andrews) in The Post-Apartheid Constitutions: Perspectives on South Africa’s Basic Law at 1–19 (P. Andrews & S. Ellmann eds., Witwatersrand University Press and Ohio University Press, 2001).
 
“Cause Lawyering in the Third World,” Chapter 12 in Cause Lawyering: Political Commitments and Professional Responsibilities, at 349–430 (A. Sarat & S. Scheingold, eds., Oxford University Press, 1998).
 
“Test Cases: Legal Battles and Latent Effects,” in Wyatt v. Stickney: Retrospect and Prospect, at 181–190 (L.R. Jones & R.R. Parlour, eds., Grune & Stratton, 1981).

LAW REVIEW AND OTHER SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

"The 'Rule of Law' and the Military Commission," (New York Law School Faculty Presentation Day III), 51 New York Law School Law Review 761-799 (2006-2007) originally published as New York Law School Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No 06/07-9 (2006). <http://ssrn.com/abstract=939603>

"The Rule of Law and the Achievement of Unanimity in Brown” (New York Law School Faculty Presentation Day II), 49 New York Law School Law Review at 741–784 (2004–2005).
 
“Connection, Capacity and Morality in Lawyer-Client Relationships: Dialogues and Commentary,” 10 Clinical Law Review at 755–804 (2004) (with R. Dinerstein, I. Gunning & A. Shalleck).
 
“Weighing and Implementing the Right to Counsel” (South African Law Journal Jubilee Conference: The Impact of the Constitution on South African Law: Ten Years On), 121 South African Law Journal at 318–338 (2004).
 
“Legal Interviewing and Counseling: An Introduction” (Symposium: The 25th Anniversary of Gary Bellow’s & Bea Moulton’s The Lawyering Process), 10 Clinical Law Review 281–309 (2003) (with R. Dinerstein, I. Gunning & A. Shalleck).
 
“Racial Profiling and Terrorism” (Special Issue: Reflecting on the Legal Issues of Our Times. New York Law School Faculty Presentation Day), 46 New York Law School Law Review 675–730 (2002–2003).
 
“A Constitutional Confluence: American ‘State Action’ Law and the Application of South Africa’s Socioeconomic Rights Guarantees to Private Actors” (Harry H. Wellington Festschrift Issue), 45 New York Law School Law Review 21–75 (2001).
 
“To Live Outside the Law You Must be Honest: Bram Fischer and the Meaning of Integrity,” 26 North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulations, 767–798 (2001). Reprinted, as revised, in 17 South African Journal on Human Rights 451 (2001).
 
“Truth and Consequences” (Symposium: Case Studies in Legal Ethics), 69 Fordham Law Review 895–937 (2000).
 
Calling to Account (A review of George Bizos’ No One to Blame? In Pursuit of Justice in South Africa), 15 South African Journal on Human Rights 406–412 (1999).
 
Discussant, in response to Justice Richard J. Goldstone, 1998 Otto L. Walter Lecture: International Human Rights at Century’s End, 15 New York Law School Journal of Human Rights 256–262 (1999).
 
“Ethical Issues Panel Symposium: The Future of Legal Services: Legal and Ethical Implications of the LSC Restrictions,” 25 Fordham Urban Law Journal 357, 371–387 (1998).
 
“To Resign or Not to Resign” (Symposium: Executioners, Jailers, Slave-Trappers and the Law: What Role Should Morality Play in Judging?), 19 Cardozo Law Review 1047–1059 (1997).
 
Introduction to Albie Sachs’ The Creation of South Africa’s Constitution, 41 New York Law School Law Review 665–667 (1997).
 
Editor’s Introduction, “Struggle and Legitimation” (Symposium: Lawyering in Repressive States), 20 Law & Social Inquiry 339–348 (1995).
 
“Law and Legitimacy in South Africa” (Symposium: Lawyering in Repressive States), 20 Law & Social Inquiry 407–479 (1995).
 
Foreword: “Why Not a Clinical Lawyer-Journal?” 1 Clinical Law Review 1–8 (1994) (with R. Hertz & I.R. Gunning).
 
“The New South African Constitution and Ethnic Division,” 26 Columbia Human Rights Law Review 5–44 (1994).
 
“The Ethic of Care as an Ethic for Lawyers,” 81 Georgetown Law Journal 2665–2726 (1993).
 
“Federalism Awry: The Structure of Government in the KwaZulu/Natal Constitution,” 9 South African Journal on Human Rights 165–176 (1993).
 
“The Separation of Powers in a Post-Apartheid South Africa,” 8 American University Journal of International Law and Policy 455–482 (1992–93).
 
“Client-Centeredness Multiplied: Individual Autonomy and Collective Mobilization in Public Interest Lawyers’ Representation of Groups,” 78 Virginia Law Review 1103–1173 (1992). Excerpted in Clinical Anthology: Readings for Live Client Clinics 248–254 (A. Hurder, F.S. Bloch, S.L. Brooks & S.L. Kay, eds., Anderson, 1997).
 
“Empathy and Approval” (Conference on Theoretics of Practice: The Integration of Progressive Thought and Action), 43 Hastings Law Journal 991–1015 (1992).
 
“Visions of Legitimation in Old and New South Africa: A Summary and Response” (Symposium: Law and the South African Legitimacy Crisis), 16 Legal Studies Forum 193–205 (1992).
 
“Lawyering for Justice in a Flawed Democracy” (Book Review Essay on David Luban’s Lawyers and Justice: An Ethical Study), 90 Columbia Law Review 116–190 (1990).
 
“Lawyers Against the Emergency,” 6 South African Journal on Human Rights 228–250 (1990).
 
“A Constitution for All Seasons: Providing Against Emergencies in a Post-Apartheid Constitution,” 21 Columbia Human Rights Law Review 163–191 (1989).
 
“Legal Text and Lawyers’ Culture in South Africa,” 17 New York University Review of Law & Social Change 387–418 (1989).
 
“Who Are the Citizens of South Africa and Transkei?” 4 South African Journal on Human Rights 76–79 (1988).
 
“Lawyers and Clients,” 34 UCLA Law Review 717–779 (1987).
 
“Manipulation by Client and Context: A Response to Professor Morris,” 34 UCLA Law Review 1003–1022 (1987).

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, PRACTICE MATERIALS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Advisory Committee, Journal of Legal Education (Association of American Law Schools, 2000–2002).
 
Essay in Eight Blocks Away: Memoirs of September 11, 2001 at 11–16 (New York Law School, 2002).
 
First Meeting of the September 11 Law School Pro Bono Coordinating Committee, Minutes in Eight Blocks Away: Memoirs of September 11, 2001 at 108–117 (New York Law School, 2002) (E-mail Invitation to Meeting at 105).
 
“Unjust Laws and Just Lawyers,” 4(3) The BLSA News Journal 3–4 (April 2001).
Letter to the Editors, 5 Clinical Law Review 335–336 (1998).
 
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Law Review: A Journal of Lawyering and Legal Education (American Association of Law Schools, Clinical Legal Education Association and New York University School of Law, 1994–1997); Board of Editors (1997–1999).
 
Judge Albie Sachs: Shaper of South Africa’s New Constitution, 15 In Brief 16–17 (Spring/Summer 1997).
 
Editor, Symposium: Lawyering in Repressive States, 20 Law & Social Inquiry 339–599 (1995).
 
“On the Death Penalty, Copy South Africa,” New York Newsday (Viewpoints), at A41 (June 29, 1995).
 
“South African Constitution of 1993,” South Africa: The Countdown to Elections (Special Edition) (Southern Africa Project of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law), February 14, 1994.
 
South African Constitutional Amendments, South Africa: The Countdown to Elections (Southern Africa Project of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law), May 3, 1994, at 3–6.
 
“Instructions on Death: Guiding the Jury’s Sentencing Discretion in Capital Cases,” 10(3) The Champion 20 (1986).

Contact Information:

T: 212-431-2392
E: stephen.ellmann@nyls.edu
O: S-930
Assistant: Daryl-Marie Ayala
T: 212-431-2312
E: darylmarie.ayala@nyls.edu
O: S-936

Education:

Harvard, B.A. 1972 magna cum laude, J.D. 1976 magna cum laude (Law Review, Note Editor).
Law Clerk, Hon. Elbert Tuttle, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth (now Eleventh) Circuit.

Award-winning author on legal ethics and expert on human rights and South African law. Dean Ellmann blogs at Now Without Hesitation.

Courses:

  • The Constitution & Terrorism
  • Constitution and Socio-Economic Rights
  • Constitutional Law I & II
  • Lawyering
  • Legislation and Regulation

At New York Law School since 1992.

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