Faculty News
New York Law School’s faculty members produce influential and timely scholarship that advances legal education and breaks new ground.
Selected works from Fall 2025 are below:
- Professor Susan J. Abraham served as the Restorative Justice Consultant for Punch, a Fall 2025 Broadway show at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater of the Manhattan Theater Club.
- John Marshall Harlan II Professor Penelope Andrews received the Academic Excellence Award from the Institute for African Women in Law. She also received a grant from the Law and Society Association's Advance Grant Program for the NYLS Racial Justice Project's “Challenges to the Rule of Law and Democracy: A Series of Constitutional Conversations in International Perspective.”
- Distinguished Adjunct Professor Barry Appleton received the Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award from the American Bar Association’s International Law.
- Associate Dean for Upper Level Writing Heidi K. Brown was appointed to Practising Law Institute's (PLI) Innovation Council.
- Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell was named one of PoliticsNY’s 2025 Power Players in Education. He was invited to serve on a Special Advisory Committee to help the Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar as well as the New York City Bar Association’s Task Force on Higher Education.
- Distinguished Adjunct Professor John E. Estes ’95 was elected by the New York Law School Board of Trustees to serve as Chair.
- Associate Professor Shahrokh Falati ’08 serves as a member of the Association of American Law Schools’ International Clinicians Committee.
- Professor Doni Gewirtzman was awarded a CALI Constitutional Law Fellowship for 2026 by the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction.
- Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Institutional Strategy Matt Gewolb was appointed to serve on New York City Comptroller-Elect Mark Levine’s Transition Committee.
- Distinguished Adjunct Professor Stephen Louis was elected Co-Chair of the NYC Affairs Committee of the New York City Bar Association.
- Associate Professor Jae Hyung Ryu was appointed inaugural Director of the Plumeri Center for Small Business Empowerment.
- Emerita John Marshall Harlan II Professor Nadine Strossen joined the Advisory Board of a new organization, the Free Society Coalition, whose goal is to promote the 250th anniversary of America’s founding as a catalyst for civic education.
- Distinguished Adjunct Professor Jeffrey M. Wice was appointed to a three-year term on the American Bar Association's national Election Law Committee. He was also appointed Chair of New York Bar Association's Election Law Committee.
Books and Chapters
- John Marshall Harlan II Professor Penelope Andrews authored “Dignity, Ubuntu and Gender Apartheid,” a chapter in A Research Agenda for Human Dignity and the Law (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025).
- Wallace Stevens Professor Kris Franklin co-authored Contracts: A Context and Practice Casebook (Carolina Academic Press, 2025).
- Associate Professor Michael Goodyear authored “Obscenity law” and “Right of Publicity” in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence and the Law (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025).
- Emerita Professor Mariana Hogan authored "Beyond Innocence: When Justice Means Believing in Second Chances" in Defense of Justice: Transformational Tales from the Trenches (American Bar Association, 2025)
- Adjunct Professor Diane Kiesel authored When Charlie Met Joan: The Tragedy of the Chaplin Trials and the Failings of American Law (University of Michigan Press, 2025).
- Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor Rebecca Roiphe co-authored “Prosecutors’ independence,” chapter 19 in Research Handbook on the Sociology of Legal Ethics (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025).
- Emeritus Dean and Professor James F. Simon authored Courting History: A Supreme Court Historian Reflects on His Life and Career (University of Texas Press, 2025).
- Emerita John Marshall Harlan II Professor Nadine Strossen co-authored War On Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech—And Why They Fail (Heresy Press, 2025).
- Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law Ruti G. Teitel authored Presidential Visions of Transitional Justice: An American Legacy of Responsibility and Reconciliation (Oxford University Press, 2025).
Law Reviews, Journals, and Articles
- Professor Susan J. Abraham authored “Like Holding Up a Mirror: How I Learned To Teach Restorative Justice” in the Journal of Legal Education.
- John Marshall Harlan II Professor Penelope Andrews authored “I grew up ‘coloured’ in apartheid SA—now I cry for my beloved country, the US” in Daily Maverick.
- Distinguished Adjunct Professor Barry Appleton authored “Code Before Clause: Building Canada’s Digital Defences Before Negotiating Trade” in Balsillie Papers.
- Adjunct Professor Erica Braudy authored, with contributions from Professor Andrew Scherer, Assistant Professor Thomas Honan, and Tuhfa Begum ’23, Building the Housing Justice Pipeline: Law Schools’ Role in the Right to Counsel Movement, a national report published by the NYLS Housing Justice Leadership Institute.
- Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell authored “From the Dean’s Desk: New York Prepares for the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam” in amNew York Law.
- Associate Professor Michael Goodyear authored “How a century-old legal principle could rid the internet of deepfakes” in The Boston Globe.
- Emeritus Robert F. Wagner Professor of Labor and Employment Law Arthur S. Leonard authored LGBT Law Notes: 2025 Volume II.
- Adjunct Professor Addison O'Donnell authored “Writing Musicals Makes Me A Better Lawyer” on Law360.
- Emeritus Professor Michael Perlin co-authored “‘Tolling for the Outcast’: A Therapeutic Jurisprudence Consideration of the Relationship Between the Americans with Disabilities Act, Death Row Conditions, and Capital Punishment,” forthcoming in the San Diego Law Review.
- Emeritus Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor of Law Edward A. Purcell Jr. authored “How many times can the Supreme Court turn its head?” in The Hill.
- Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor Rebecca Roiphe co-authored “Under Political Pressure: How Courts and Congress Can Help Prosecutors Seek Justice” in the Yale Law Journal.
- Emeritus Trustee Professor of Law David Schoenbrod authored “Restoring Representative Government,” the Summer 2025 cover article for Regulation.
- Emeritus Wallace Stevens Professor Richard Sherwin authored “No, Trump Is Not ‘Transactional’” and “Trump Is Taking Aim at the Midterms” in Project Syndicate.
- Associate Professor David Simson authored “Conceptual Gerrymandering and the Weaponization of SFFA,” forthcoming in the Buffalo Law Review.
- Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law Ruti G. Teitel authored “Trump’s Dangerous Disregard for International Justice” and “Trump’s Misrule of Law” in Project Syndicate.
- Assistant Professor Amy Wallace authored "Changing Litigation Culture by Institutionalizing ADR in Pakistan Using Street Law Methods," forthcoming in The George Washington International Law Review.
- Distinguished Adjunct Professor Jeffrey M. Wice authored “Congressional bills threaten equal representation, census accuracy” in Newsday.
- Professor Britney Wilson authored “Predisposed: Race, Disability, and Death Investigations” in the UCLA Law Review.
News and Media
Professor Susan J. Abraham was featured in “PUNCH Will Offer Post-Show Conversations Following Select Performances” in Broadway World.
Distinguished Adjunct Professor Barry Appleton was quoted in “Trump threatens 20 countries with new tariffs by Aug. 1” and “Higher U.S. tariffs will extend uncertainty for businesses, experts say. Here's why” on CBS MoneyWatch.
Distinguished Chair in Immigration and Human Rights Law Lenni B. Benson was quoted in “NY Responds To DOJ Lawsuit Aiming to Strike Protections Against Civil Immigration Arrests at State Courthouses” in the New York Law Journal.
Distinguished Adjunct Professor Adele Bernhard was featured in “3 men who served 17 years for wrongful conviction in Theresa Fusco case ‘put through hell’” in Newsday.
Emeritus Professor Robert Blecker was featured in “Off-Broadway play 'Father Anonymous' recognizes forgotten founding father” in Spectrum NY1 News.
Adjunct Professor Erica Braudy, Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell, and Professor Andrew Scherer were featured in “NYLS Releases Report Showing Law Schools' Roles in Advancing Housing Justice” in the New York Law Journal.
Dean for Evening Division Engagement Kirk D. Burkhalter ’04 was featured on Laura Coates Live on CNN and Fox 5 New York to discuss live coverage of the Midtown Manhattan shooter in July 2025.
Professor Anna G. Cominsky ’05 was featured in “'Diddy' guilty on prostitution counts, cleared of more serious charges” and quoted in “Trump's call to prosecute Comey could bolster former FBI director's defense” in Reuters.
Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell was quoted in “Big Beautiful Bill May Not Be Pretty for Prospective Law Students”; “Ahead of the Curve: How Judge Judy's New Show Can Be a Teaching Tool”; “How Law Schools Are Preparing Students to Use Gen AI”; and “Government Shutdown 'Incredibly Disruptive' to Law School Externships” on Law.com.
Distinguished Adjunct Professor Heather E. Cucolo ’03 was quoted in “What’s next for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs? Sentencing, possible pardon and more” in The Washington Post.
Adjunct Professor Lucas Ferrara was recognized for his work in a landmark rent-stabilization case challenging unjustified rent hikes across hundreds of New York City apartments in “Litigator of the (Past) Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs” on Law.com.
Associate Professor Michael Goodyear was featured in “Scaling Laws: Michael Goodyear on AI, IP, Copyright, and the Law,” a podcast episode by Lawfare.
Adjunct Professor Diane Kiesel was featured in “Inside the courtroom during Diddy's trial” on ITV.
Distinguished Adjunct Professor Stephen Louis was quoted in “NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani mum on how to pay for free buses in NYC as skepticism mounts” in amNew York.
Adjunct Professor Dan Lust was quoted in “Inside Bill Belichick's 'first of its kind' escape hatch in North Carolina contract” in USA Today.
Associate Professor Molly Guptill Manning was featured in “How little books, millions of them, helped in World War II” in the Chicago Tribune.
Executive Editor for the Center for New York City and State Law Ben Max interviewed a number of elected and appointed government officials, candidates for office, advocates, academics, journalists, and other guests on Max Politics, his New York policy and politics podcast.
Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor Rebecca Roiphe was quoted in “Managing Antsy Clients Who Think They Can Cut the Line in Trump’s DOJ” and “Lawyers Concerned With Rapid-Fire Indictments of Trump Adversaries in Virginia Federal Court” on Law.com.
Samuel Seabury Professor Ross Sandler was quoted in “Zohran Mamdani-proofing: Eric Adams moves to cement agenda — and halt successor's” in Newsday.
Professor Andrew Scherer was quoted in “Cuomo called 'Freeze the Rent' pandering. Now, he wants the city to ‘increase’ regulations”; “A Brooklyn woman spent three years in a shelter after her landlord locked her out”; and “Elizabeth Street Garden will be evicted if Mamdani makes good on campaign promise” in the Gothamist.
Professor Faith Stevelman was quoted in “How Conservative Christians Cracked a 70-Year-Old Law” in The New York Times.
Emerita John Marshall Harlan II Professor Nadine Strossen was quoted in “Trump Planning to Sign Executive Order Cracking Down on Flag Burning— SCOTUS Already Ruled That’s Protected Speech” and “Trump Brags ‘We Took the Freedom of Speech Away’ With Plan to Imprison Flag Burners—Supreme Court Rejected in 1989” on Mediaite.
Distinguished Adjunct Professor Jeffrey M. Wice was featured in “Challenge to New York City's Only Republican House Seat” on a Bloomberg Law podcast episode.
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