Clinical and Experiential Learning Faculty
Leaders in their fields, NYLS’s clinical and experiential learning faculty harness their expertise and real-world experience to help students develop valuable, hands-on practical skills.
Full-Time Faculty and Distinguished Adjunct Faculty
Susan J. Abraham
Professor of Law
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Lenni B. Benson
Distinguished Chair in Immigration and Human Rights Law; Founder and Senior Advisor, Safe Passage Project
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Adele Bernhard
Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law; Co-Director, Post-Conviction Innocence Clinic
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Anna G. Cominsky ’05
Professor of Law; Director, Criminal Defense Clinic; Managing Attorney, New York Law School Legal Services, Inc.
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Anthony W. Crowell
Dean and President; Professor of Law
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Gaynor Cunningham
Assistant Professor of Law; Co-Director, Post-Conviction Innocence Clinic
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Shahrokh Falati ’08
Professor of Law from Practice, Intellectual Property Law; Co-Director, Innovation Center for Law and Technology; Director, Patent Law Clinic
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Kris Franklin
Wallace Stevens Professor of Law; Director, Academic Initiatives; Co-Director, Initiative for Excellence in Law Teaching
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Matt Gewolb
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Institutional Strategy; General Counsel; Faculty Director of Externship Programs
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Lisa F. Grumet
Professor of Law; Director, Diane Abbey Law Institute for Children and Families; Faculty Editor in Chief, Family Law Quarterly
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Kim Hawkins
Professor of Law; Stephen J. Ellmann Dean for Clinical and Experiential Learning; Co-Director, Housing Justice Leadership Institute
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Thomas Honan
Assistant Professor of Law
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Gerald Korngold
Trustee Professor of Law; Director, Center for Real Estate Studies
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Specialty: Real Estate
Gowri J. Krishna
Professor of Law
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Richard D. Marsico
Professor of Law; Director, Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law; Founder, High School for Law and Social Justice
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Howard S. Meyers
Professor of Law; Dean for Adjunct Faculty Engagement; Director, Center for Business and Financial Law; Director, Ronald H. Filler Institute for Financial Services Law
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F. Peter Phillips ’87
Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law; Director, Alternative Dispute Resolution Skills Program; Advisor, Dispute Resolution Team
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Samantha Pownall ’11
Assistant Professor of Law; Director, Education Law and Policy Institute
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Andrew Scherer
Professor of Law; Policy Director, Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law
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Peter J. Strauss
Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law
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Lynn Boepple Su
Professor of Law; Dean for Advocacy and Co-Curricular Programs
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Specialty: Legal Writing
Ruti G. Teitel
Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law; Co-Director, Center for International Law;
Chair, Global Law and Justice Colloquium; Director, Institute for Global Law, Justice, and Policy; Visiting Professor, Hebrew University School of Law, Mt. Scopus
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Claire R. Thomas ’11
Assistant Professor of Law; Director, Asylum Clinic
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Elizabeth Valentin
Assistant Professor of Law
Director, Elder Law Clinic
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Britney Wilson
Associate Professor of Law; Director, Civil Rights and Disability Justice Clinic
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