Journalist Resources

The New York Law School Experts Guide lists professors who can assist members of the media with insights and observations about diverse areas of expertise.


To read more about our faculty, click on the expert's name. In addition to providing information on how to reach the expert, the link connects to biographies and publishing histories for full-time faculty listed here.

 

TOPIC

EXPERTS

 

Abortion

Carlin Meyer

 

Administrative Law

Lenni B. Benson
Michael Botein
David Schoenbrod

 

Advertising & Law

Carlin Meyer

 

Affirmative Action

Deborah N. Archer
David Chang

 

AIDS

Arthur S. Leonard

 

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Lawrence M. Grosberg
Carlin Meyer

 

Antitrust

Michael Botein
Rudolph J. Peritz

 

Arbitration

Michael Botein
Aleta G. Estreicher (securities)
Carlin Meyer

 

Banking LawHouman B. Shadab
 
 

Bankruptcy

Ann F. Thomas
Marshall Tracht

 

Bar Exam and Admission

Lawrence M. Grosberg
Joseph L. Marino

 

Business Structures

Ann F. Thomas

 

Capital Punishment

Robert Blecker

 

Children and the Law
(incl. child custody, juvenile justice)

Stephen A. Newman

 

China

Lung-chu Chen

 

Church-State Separation

James F. Simon
Nadine Strossen
Ruti G. Teitel

 

Civil Law

Edward A. Purcell Jr.

 

Civil Rights

Elise C. Boddie
Lawrence M. Grosberg

Richard D. Marsico
Nadine Strossen

 

Class Action LawsuitsJames Grimmelmann 

Commercial Transactions

James Brook
 

 

Communications Law

Michael Botein

 

Comparative Law

Lloyd Bonfield
Sadiq Reza
Ruti G. Teitel

 

Competition Policy

Rudolph J. Peritz

 

Complex Litigation

Deborah N. Archer
Edward A. Purcell Jr.

 

Computers and Information Technology

Eugene Cerruti
James Grimmelmann
Carlin Meyer
Rudolph J. Peritz
Beth Simone Noveck
Richard K. Sherwin

 

Constitutional law

Elise C. Boddie
David Chang

Stephen J. Ellmann (war powers & terrorism)
Doni Gewirtzman
Jethro K. Lieberman
James F. Simon
Nadine Strossen
Ruti G. Teitel

 

Consumer Law

Stephen A. Newman

 

Continuing Legal Education
Joseph L. Marino 

Contracts

Jeffrey J. Haas
Arthur S. Leonard
Rudolph J. Peritz
Houman B. Shadab
 

 

Copyright

Richard Chused
James Grimmelmann

 

Corporate Governance and Finance

Aleta G. Estreicher
Jeffrey J. Haas
Faith Stevelman 
Carlin Meyer
Ann F. Thomas

 

Credit
(incl. credit cards, checks, debt collection, etc.)

James Brook
 

 

Criminal Law and Procedure

Robert Blecker
Frank Bress
Eugene Cerruti
Randolph N. Jonakait
Michael L. Perlin (criminal defense)
Sadiq Reza
Richard K. Sherwin

 

Damages

David S. Schoenbrod

 

Death Penalty

Robert Blecker
Michael L. Perlin
(mental status defenses, mitigation, etc.)

 

DerivativesHouman B. Shadab
 
 

Discrimination
(see also: gay and lesbian issues, housing, immigration, race and the law, reproductive rights, women and the law)

Deborah N. Archer
Elise C. Boddie
David Chang
Arthur S. Leonard
Richard D. Marsico

 

DNA

Randolph N. Jonakait

 

Education Law & PolicyRichard D. Marsico 

Employment Law

Arthur S. Leonard
Carlin Meyer

 

Entrapment

Robert Blecker

 

Environmental Law

Ross Sandler
David S. Schoenbrod

 

Estates

William P. LaPiana

 

Ethics, Legal

Robert Blecker
Carol A. Buckler
Elizabeth Chambliss
Stephen J. Ellmann
Rebecca Roiphe
Richard K. Sherwin

 

Euthanasia

Stephen A. Newman

 

Evidence

Randolph N. Jonakait
 

 

Family Law

Richard Chused
Kris Franklin
Carlin Meyer
Stephen A. Newman

 

Federal Communications Commission

Michael Botein

 

 

Federal Courts

Edward A. Purcell Jr
 

 

Federalism

Elise C. Boddie
Edward A. Purcell Jr
David Schoenbrod

 

Feminist Law
(see also: women and the law)

Kris Franklin
Karen Gross
Carlin Meyer

 

Finance

Andrew R. Berman
(real estate finance)
Aleta G. Estreicher
Karen Gross (personal finance)
Jeffrey J. Haas (corporate finance)
Houman B. Shadab

 

Financial ModernizationHouman B. Shadab
 
 
Financial RegulationHouman B. Shadab
 
 

First Amendment
(see also: free speech)

David Chang
Jethro K. Lieberman
Carlin Meyer
(commercial and advertising speech)
James F. Simon
Nadine Strossen
Ruti G. Teitel (religion)

 

Foreign Law

Lung-chu Chen
Ruti G. Teitel (comparative law)

 

Forensics

Randolph N. Jonakait

 

Free Speech

David Chang
Jethro K. Lieberman
Carlin Meyer
(commercial and advertising speech)
James F. Simon
Nadine Strossen

 

Gay and Lesbian Issues

David Chang
Kris Franklin
Doni Gewirtzman
Arthur S. Leonard
William P. LaPiana
Nadine Strossen

 

Gender IssuesRichard Chused 

Genocide

Ruti G. Teitel

 

Government (city and state)

Ross Sandler

 

Harassment, Sexual

Arthur S. Leonard
Carlin Meyer
Nadine Strossen

 

Hate Crimes

Nadine Strossen

 

Hedge FundsHouman B. Shadab
 
 

History, Legal

Robert Blecker
Richard Bernstein
Richard Chused
William P. LaPiana
Edward A. Purcell Jr.
James F. Simon

 

Holocaust

Michael Botein
Ruti G. Teitel

 

Housing

Andrew R. Berman
Edward A. Purcell Jr.

 

Human Rights

Molly Land
(technology, intellectual property, and economic rights)
Lung-chu Chen (Taiwan, China)
Stephen J. Ellmann (terrorism; South Africa and apartheid)
Michael L. Perlin (mental disability)
Nadine Strossen
Ruti G. Teitel (Europe, South America, genocide)

 

Immigration

Lenni B. Benson

 

Income Tax

Richard Beck
Ann F. Thomas

 

Injunctions

David S. Schoenbrod

 

Insanity Defense

Michael L. Perlin

 

Intellectual Property

James Grimmelmann
Rudolph J.R. Peritz

Beth Simone Noveck

 

Internal Revenue Service (income tax)

Richard Beck
Ann F. Thomas

 

International Law

Molly Land
(human rights, conflicts of law, and international IP)
Lung-chu Chen
Michael L. Perlin
(human rights and mental disability)
Ruti G. Teitel

 

 

 

 

International Intellectual PropertyMolly Land 

Internet

Molly Land (human rights and access to knowledge)
James Grimmelmann
Jeffrey J. Haas (stock offerings)
Carlin Meyer (freedom of speech)
Beth Simone Noveck
(civil liberties, international)

 

Interpreters in the Courtroom

Camille Broussard

 

Investing

Jeffrey J. Haas
Houman B. Shadab

 

Investment AdvisorsJeffrey J. Haas 

Islamic Law

Sadiq Reza

 

Jefferson, Thomas

Richard Bernstein

 

Journalism, Legal

Jethro K. Lieberman
James F. Simon
 

 

Juries

Randolph N. Jonakait
Richard K. Sherwin

 

 
JurisprudenceKris Franklin
Richard K. Sherwin
 

Labor Law

Arthur S. Leonard
Carlin Meyer

 

Land Use

Andrew R. Berman
Elise C. Boddie
Richard Chused

 
Landlord and Tenant LawAndrew R. Berman
Kris Franklin
 

Lawyering Skills

Deborah N. Archer
Frank Bress
Carol A. Buckler
Stephen J. Ellmann
Kris Franklin
Lawrence M.Grosberg
Mariana Hogan
Michael L. Perlin

 

Legal Education

Deborah N. Archer
Elizabeth Chambliss

Kris Franklin
Lawrence M. Grosberg
William P. LaPiana
Joyce Saltalamachia

 
Legal ProfessionElizabeth Chambliss
 
 

Legal Writing

David Epstein
Anne Goldstein
Sandra K. Janin '75
Jethro K. Lieberman
Lynn Boepple Su

 

Liability

Randolph N. Jonakait

 

Limited Liability Companies

Jeffrey J. Haas
Ann F. Thomas

 

Litigiousness

Jethro K. Lieberman

 

Marriage and Tax Law

Richard Beck
Ann F. Thomas

 

Media

Michael Botein
Carlin Meyer
(V-chips, movie/Internet ratings)
Beth Simone Noveck (comparative)
Richard K. Sherwin
(effect of media on law)

 

Mediation

Lawrence M. Grosberg
Carlin Meyer

 

Mental Health

Michael L. Perlin

 

Mergers and Acquisitions

Jeffrey J. Haas
Faith Stevelman

 

Microsoft Antitrust litigation

Rudolph J. Peritz

 

Middle Eastern law

Sadiq Reza

 

MortgagesAndrew R. Berman 

Mutual Funds

Jeffrey J. Haas
Houman B. Shadab

 

National Security

Stephen J. Ellmann
Sadiq Reza

 

Neuroscience and LawCarlin Meyer
Michael L. Perlin
 

Not-for-Profit Organizations

Ann F. Thomas

 

New York City Law

Ross Sandler

 

New York Civil Procedure
Joseph L. Marino 

New York Law School (background/history)

communications@nyls.edu

 

Online TeachingMichael L. Perlin 
PhilanthropyFaith Stevelman  

Political Theory and Law

Jethro K. Lieberman

 

Popular Culture and the Law

Randolph N. Jonakait
Carlin Meyer

 

Richard K. Sherwin

 

Pornography

Michael Botein
Carlin Meyer

 

Nadine Strossen

 

Prisons and Punishment

Robert Blecker

 

Privacy

James Grimmelmann
Sadiq Reza

 

Property

Andrew R. Berman
Richard Chused
Aleta G. Estreicher
William P. LaPiana

 

Public EducationRichard D. Marsico
 
Psychology and Psychiatry and LawMichael L. Perlin 

Race and the Law

Deborah N. Archer
Elise C. Boddie


 

 

Real Estate
(property)

Andrew R. Berman (property and development)
Richard Chused
Aleta G. Estreicher
Gerald Korngold
William P. LaPiana
Marshall Tracht

 

Regulation

Michael Botein
Rudolph J. Peritz
David S. Schoenbrod

 

Regulatory agencies

Michael Botein

 

Religion

Stephen A. Newman
Ruti G. Teitel

 

Remedies

David S. Schoenbrod

 

Reproductive Rights

Carlin Meyer

 

Research (legal)

Camille Broussard
William R. Mills

 

"Right to Die"

Stephen A. Newman

 

Securities Regulation and Litigation

Aleta G. Estreicher
Jeffrey J. Haas
Faith Stevelman
Howard S. Meyers
Houman B. Shadab

 
Securities and Securitization

Aleta G. Estreicher
Jeffrey J. Haas
Kenneth Kettering
Faith Stevelman
Howard S. Meyers
Houman B. Shadab

 
South African Law & PoliticsStephen J. Ellmann 
TaiwanLung-chu Chen 

Terrorism

Stephen J. Ellmann
Sadiq Reza

 

ThailandFrank W. Munger 
TortsRoss Sandler 
TrademarkJames Grimmelmann 

Trial Procedure

Frank Bress
Eugene Cerruti
Mariana Hogan
Randolph N. Jonakait

 

Visual Law
(visual evidence and visual advocacy)


Richard K. Sherwin
 
War PowersStephen J. Ellmann 
Women and the LawCarol A. Buckler
Carlin Meyer
Nadine Strossen
 

Press Contacts:

Nancy Guida, VP of Marketing and Communications
212.431.2325
nancy.guida@nyls.edu