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Celebrating 125 Years of New York Law School: Faculty Chair Investitures
The Practice—and Rule—of Law by Stephen Ellmann, Lester Martin Professor of Law and Director of Clinical and Experiential Learning at New York Law School
Thank you to all of you. This Chair means a lot to me—and your presence even more. Thanks especially to Dean Anthony Crowell, who has supported the development of clinical and experiential learning so steadfastly—and me too. Thanks also to Jethro Lieberman for his gracious introduction. I would be proud to hold any Chair at New York Law School…Read more…
I would be deeply honored to be appointed to any Chair, but I am especially thrilled to hold the Chair named after a Supreme Court Justice whom I have long held in the highest esteem, due to five interrelated aspects of his character and work. I have strived to emulate his character and work throughout my career—of course, never coming close to his achievements…Read more…
Law and the Poetic Imagination by Richard K. Sherwin, Wallace Stevens Professor of Law, Dean of Scholarship, and Director of the Visual Persuasion Project at New York Law School
“[T]he word is the making of the world . . . .”
Wallace Stevens was one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century. As a longtime admirer of his work, I am especially honored to accede to an academic Chair in his name. In tribute to Stevens’ legacy as an admired and accomplished lawyer and poet, I want to address the subject of law and the poetic imagination…Read more…
Select Legal Scholarship from the New York Law School Law Review
On September 22, 2010, college freshman Tyler Clementi committed suicide after his roommate streamed a video of Tyler kissing another man.1 His story brought the issue of cyberbullying2 to the world stage, garnering intense news media coverage. Public figures, including President Barack Obama, Ellen DeGeneres, and Anderson Cooper spoke out against cyberbullying soon thereafter…Read more…
Steven Avery captured America’s attention when Making a Murderer premiered on Netflix on December 18, 2015.1 The country watched in awe as he was finally exonerated by DNA evidence, after serving eighteen years in prison for a crime he did not commit.2 The most troubling part: Avery presented sixteen strong alibi witnesses at his trial…Read more…
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