Doni Gewirtzman
Associate Professor of Law

Professor Gewirtzman is a scholar of constitutional law and theory whose research focuses on the intersection between constitutional law and politics.

Prior to joining New York Law School, Professor Gewirtzman taught Constitutional Law as a visiting fellow at Vanderbilt School of Law, and served as the Co-associate Director and Acting Assistant Professor of Law in New York University School of Law’s Lawyering Program. He began his legal career as a Skadden Fellow at the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, where he represented the mother of Brandon Teena, a Nebraska teen whose murder was portrayed in the film Boys Don’t Cry, in a wrongful death suit against a local police department. He also represented members of gay student organizations that were banned from meeting in Salt Lake City public schools, and spearheaded Lambda’s advocacy efforts on behalf of older lesbians and gay men.

Previously, Professor Gewirtzman was a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, where he represented clients on a range of commercial and pro bono matters. He also served as a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs and worked as an educational consultant for Prep for Prep, a nonprofit organization that identifies and places intellectually gifted high school students of color in elite prep schools. 

Contact information:
T:  212-431-2134 
F:  212-431-1864
E:  dgewirtzman@nyls.edu
O: C503
Assistant: Sondy Ortiz
T:  212-431-2190
E:  sortiz@nyls.edu
O: B509

Education:
Wesleyan University, B.A. 1993 Phi Beta Kappa
University of California-Berkeley, J.D. 1998 (California Law Review, Senior Notes and Comments Editor)

Courses:
Constitutional Law I
Constitutional Law II


At New York Law School since 2007.