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NEW YORK, NY, March 1, 2004— Exploring a rich field of legal issues encompassing everything from gay rights and sexuality to immigration law and the impact of Brown v. Board of Education, scholars at New York Law School will gather on Wednesday, March 3 for the school’s second Faculty Presentation Day.
The academic papers to be presented, which are available upon request, highlight a number of interesting new shifts and turns in the law, including:
- The impact of international human rights developments on lesbian and gay rights
- An examination of the concept of innocence in workplace discrimination through the characters on HBO’s The Sopranos
- A discussion on the impact and limits of Brown v. Board of Education
- The freedom of online sexual expression
- The crisis in the mutual fund industry
The academic papers generated by the more 40 New York Law School professors delivering addresses on Faculty Presentation Day will be published in the New York Law School Law Review.
ABOUT NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL
Located near the centers of law, government, and finance in New York City, New York Law School is one of the oldest independent law schools in the United States. Its faculty of noted and prolific scholars has built the school’s curricular strength in the areas of tax law, labor and employment law, civil and human rights law, media and information law, urban legal studies, international and comparative law, and interdisciplinary fields such as legal history and legal ethics. The Law School enrolls 1,400 students and has more than 11,000 graduates.
Contact: Jim Hellegaard, Office of Public Affairs, 212.431.2191, jhellegaard@nyls.edu
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