Journalist Resources

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

Members of the media seeking faculty expertise should contact Assistant Director of Communications, LaToya Nelson.

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 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

 

Celebrity Divorce Kevin Noble Maillard  

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.)

 

Defamation

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

Camille Broussard
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
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
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

Syndney M. Cone

Sydney M. Cone III

 

Internet

Molly Beutz(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

 

Juries Randolph N. Jonakait  
Jurisprudence Kris Franklin  

Labor Law

Seth Harris
Arthur S. Leonard
Carlin Meyer

 

Land Use Andrew R. Berman  
Landlord and Tenant Law Andrew 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 Employment

Meg Reuter

 

Legal Education

Deborah N. Archer
Kris Franklin

Lawrence M. Grosberg
William P. LaPiana
Joyce Saltalamachia

 
Legal Profession Elizabeth Chambliss
Sydney M. Cone, III
Tanina Rostain
 

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

Rudolph J. Peritz

 

Middle Eastern law

Sadiq Reza

 

Mortgages Andrew R. Berman  
Multiracial Issues Kevin Noble Maillard  

Mutual Funds

Jeffrey J. Haas

 

National Security

Stephen J. Ellmann
Sadiq Reza

 

Neuroscience and Law Carlin Meyer
Michael L. Perlin
 

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

 

Philanthropy Faith Stevelman Kahn  

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

Seth Harris

 

Prisons and Punishment

Robert Blecker
Annette Gordon-Reed

 

Privacy

Sadiq Reza

 

Property

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

 

Psychology and Psychiatry and Law Michael L. Perlin  

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
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

 
Securities and Securitization Aleta G. Estreicher
Jeffrey J. Haas
Kenneth Kettering
Faith Stevelman Kahn
Howard S. Meyers
 
South African Law & Politics Stephen J. Ellmann  
Taiwan Lung-chu Chen  

Terrorism

Stephen J. Ellmann
Sadiq Reza

 

Thailand Frank W. Munger  

Trial Procedure

Frank Bress
Eugene Cerruti
Mariana Hogan
Randolph N. Jonakait

 

War Powers Stephen J. Ellmann  
Women and the Law Carol A. Buckler
Carlin Meyer
Nadine Strossen
 

Press Contacts:

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

LaToya Nelson, Assistant Director of Communications
212.431.2191
latoya.nelson@nyls.edu