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EXPERTS

Abortion

Administrative Law

Lenni 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 Law

Richard D. Marsico
(Community Reinvestment Act)

Bankruptcy

Karen Gross
Kenneth Kettering
Ann F. Thomas
Marshall Tracht

Bar Exam and Admission

Lawrence M. Grosberg
Richard A. Matasar

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

Lawrence M. Grosberg
Richard D. Marsico
Nadine Strossen

Commercial Transactions

James Brook
Karen Gross
Michael B. W. Sinclair

Communications Law

Michael Botein

Community Reinvestment Act

Richard D. Marsico

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
David Johnson
Carlin Meyer
Rudolph J. Peritz
Beth Noveck
Richard K. Sherwin

Constitutional law

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

Contracts

Karen Gross
Jeffrey J. Haas
Arthur S. Leonard
Rudolph J. Peritz
Michael B. W. Sinclair

Corporate Governance and Finance

Aleta G. Estreicher
Faith Stevelman Kahn
Carlin Meyer
Ann F. Thomas

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

James Brook
Karen Gross
Michael B. W. Sinclair

Criminal Law and Procedure

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

Damages

Lawrence Levine
David S. Schoenbrod

Death Penalty

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

Lawrence Levine

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

Deborah N. Archer
David Chang
Arthur S. Leonard
Lawrence Levine
(gay and lesbian issues)
Richard D. Marsico

DNA

Randolph N. Jonakait

Employment Law

Seth Harris
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
Stephen J. Ellmann
Annette Gordon-Reed
Richard D. Marsico
Rebecca Roiphe
Tanina Rostain
Richard K. Sherwin

Euthanasia

Stephen A. Newman

Evidence

Randolph N. Jonakait
Donald Zeigler

Family Law

Kris Franklin
Carlin Meyer
Stephen A. Newman

Federal Communications Commission

Michael Botein

Federal Courts

Edward A. Purcell Jr
Donald Zeigler

Federalism

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

Financial Modernization

Richard D. Marsico

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
Sydney M. Cone, III
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

Genocide

Ruti G. Teitel

Government (city and state)

Ross Sandler

Harassment, Sexual

Arthur Leonard
Carlin Meyer
Nadine Strossen

Hate Crimes

Nadine Strossen

History, Legal

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

Holocaust

Michael Botein
Ruti G. Teitel

Housing

Andrew R. Berman
Richard D. Marsico
Edward A. Purcell Jr.

Human Rights

Molly Beutz Land
Lung-chu Chen (Taiwan, China)
Stephen J. Ellmann (terrorism; South Africa and apartheid)
Richard D. Marsico (political asylum)
Michael L. Perlin (mental disability)
Nadine Strossen
Ruti G. Teitel (Europe, South America, genocide)

Immigration

Lenni Benson

Import Law

Sydney M. Cone III

Income Tax

Richard Beck
Ann F. Thomas

Injunctions

David S. Schoenbrod

Insanity Defense

Michael L. Perlin

Intellectual Property

Rudolph J.R. Peritz
Beth Noveck

Internal Revenue Service (income tax)

Richard Beck
Ann F. Thomas

International Law

Molly Beutz Land
Lung-chu Chen
Tai-Heng Cheng
(state succession, regime change)
Sydney M. Cone III
Michael L. Perlin
(human rights and mental disability)
Ruti G. Teitel

International Business Law

Tai-Heng Cheng
Sydney M. Cone III

Internet

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

Interpreters in the Courtroom

Camille Broussard

Investing

Jeffrey J. Haas

Islamic Law

Sadiq Reza

Jefferson, Thomas

Richard Bernstein
Annette Gordon-Reed

Journalism, Legal

Jethro K. Lieberman
James F. Simon
Cameron Stracher

Labor Law

Seth Harris
Arthur S. Leonard
Carlin Meyer

Lawyering Skills

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

Legal Employment

Meg Reuter

Legal Education

Deborah N. Archer
Kris Franklin
Lawrence M. Grosberg
William P. LaPiana
Joyce Saltalamachia

Legal Writing

David Epstein
Cathy Glaser
Anne Goldstein
Sandra K. Janin '75
Jethro K. Lieberman
Cameron Stracher
Lynn Boepple Su

Liability

Randolph N. Jonakait

Limited Liability Companies

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 Noveck (comparative)
Richard K. Sherwin
(effect of media on law)
Cameron Stracher
(newsgathering and publication issues)

Mediation

Lawrence M. Grosberg
Carlin Meyer

Mental Health

Michael L. Perlin

Mergers and Acquisitions

Jeffrey J. Haas
Faith Stevelman Kahn

Microsoft Antitrust litigation

Middle Eastern law

Sadiq Reza

Mutual Funds

Jeffrey J. Haas

National Security

Stephen J. Ellmann
Sadiq Reza

Not-for-Profit Organizations

Ann F. Thomas

New York City Law

Ross Sandler

New York Law School (background/history)

communications@nyls.edu

Personal Finance

Karen Gross

Political Theory and Law

Jethro K. Lieberman

Popular Culture and the Law

Randolph N. Jonakait
Carlin Meyer

Richard Sherwin

Pornography

Michael Botein
Carlin Meyer

Nadine Strossen

Presidential Transition

Prisons and Punishment

Robert Blecker
Annette Gordon-Reed

Privacy

Sadiq Reza

Property

Andrew R. Berman
Aleta G. Estreicher
Annette Gordon-Reed
William P. LaPiana

Race and the Law

Deborah N. Archer
Annette Gordon-Reed
Kevin Noble Maillard

Real Estate
(property)

Andrew R. Berman
(property and development)
Aleta G. Estreicher
Annette Gordon-Reed
Gerald Korngold
William P. LaPiana
Marshall Tracht

Regulation

Michael Botein
Seth Harris (labor & employment)
Richard D. Marsico
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 Kahn
Howard S. Meyers

Terrorism

Stephen J. Ellmann
Sadiq Reza

Trial Procedure

Frank Bress
Eugene Cerruti
Mariana Hogan
Randolph N. Jonakait