Faculty News

New York University School of Law has long been marked as having one of the nation's outstanding law faculties. Our full-time faculty includes more than 100 men and women who have come to NYU School of Law from a variety of private practice, from the bench, from policy making and advisory positions in government, from business and industry, from the nonprofit sector, and from other law schools.

This section highlights notable events and news concerning our faculty.

•	Rascoff joins NYU Law faculty Samuel Rascoff has joined the Law School faculty after serving as director of the intelligence division of the New York City Police Department. A former special assistant to the Office of Secretary of Defense and the Coalition Provisional Authority in Washington and Baghdad, Rascoff focuses on national security law and policy and the regulatory state in his scholarship. May 5, 2008 Read the announcement
•	Shaviro testifies before U.S. Senate on tax reform Daniel Shaviro, Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance on April 15 on income tax reform. He argued for broadening the base, lowering rates, taxing business income more effectively, and easing compliance burdens on the low- and middle-income households. Read Daniel Shaviro's Senate testimony
•	Kane joins NYU Law faculty Mitchell Kane, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, has joined the permanent NYU School of Law faculty. Kane is widely regarded as one of the most gifted young scholars in tax, and particularly in international tax. April 7, 2008 Read the announcement
•	Rodríguez addresses immigration issues in op-ed and lecture In "States Take the Immigration Initiative," an op-ed piece written for Americas Society/Council of the Americas, Professor Cristina Rodríguez says states can play a productive and necessary role in immigration regulation given the importance of federal leadership on the issue. On March 10, Rodríguez delivered the Thomas Lecture at Yale Law School. Her lecture entitled “Burden Sharing in an Age of Migration" explored how political, legal and cultural burdens should be distributed in order to better manage changes brought on by immigration. Watch Rodríguez deliver the Thomas Lecture Read "States Take the Immigration Initiative" Professor Rodríguez's faculty profile
•	Choi, Kahan and Miller have written three of the top 10 corporate and securities articles of 2007 Murray and Kathleen Bring Professor of Law Stephen Choi's “Securities Litigation and its Lawyers: Changes During the First Decade After PSLRA” (cowritten by Robert Thompson), George T. Lowy Professor of Law Marcel Kahan's “Hedge Funds in Corporate Governance and Corporate Control” (cowritten by Edward Rock), and Stuyvesant P. Comfort Professor of Law Geoffrey Miller’s “Ex Ante Choice of Law and Forum: An Empirical Analysis of Corporate Merger Agreements” (cowritten by Theodore Eisenberg) were voted three of the top 10 corporate and securities law articles of 2007 according to the Corporate Practice Commentator. Corporate and securities law professors from across the country responded to the publication’s request to choose the best out of a pool of hundreds of articles written last year. Choi’s, Kahan’s and Miller’s work, and the complete list of winning articles, will be published in the Corporate Practice Commentator. Professor Choi's faculty profile Professor Kahan's faculty profile Professor Miller’s faculty profile Read "Securities Litigation and its Lawyers" by Professor Choi Read "Hedge Funds in Corporate Governance and Corporate Control" by Professor Kahan Read "Ex Ante Choice of Law and Forum" by Professor Miller
•	Howse joins NYU Law faculty Robert Howse, the Alene and Allan F. Smith Professor of Law at the University of Michigan School of Law, will be a permanent faculty member in Fall 2008. Widely regarded as one of the best scholars in the area of international economic law, Howse successfully integrates arguments from other disciplines into his work and takes a creative and insightful approach to doctrinal analysis. March 10, 2008 Read the announcement
•	Yoshino joins NYU Law faculty Kenji Yoshino, the Guido Calabresi Professor of Law and the former deputy dean of intellectual life at Yale Law School, has joined the faculty with a chair in constitutional law. A leading scholar in the areas of constitutional law, anti-discrimination law, and law and literature, Yoshino has developed a theory of civil rights law that not only seeks to protect individuals from discrimination, but also seeks to advance their human flourishing. February 29, 2008 Read the announcement
•	Ferejohn to join faculty in 2009 John Ferejohn, the Carolyn S. G. Munro Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, will teach full-time at the Law School and NYU's Department of Political Science beginning in Fall 2009. Ferejohn, a prominent political scientist, is an expert in political theory and the study of political institutions and behavior. November 26, 2007. Read the announcement
•	Halbertal joins NYU Law faculty Moshe Halbertal, long affiliated with the Law School, has joined the faculty as the Gruss Professor of Law. He will continue to split the year between NYU Law and Hebrew University. Halbertal is an internationally-recognized scholar of Jewish and Talmudic law who has made significant contributions to the study of the intersection of law and philosophy in medieval Jewish law. November 20, 2007. Read the announcement
•	Holmes delivers the Jorde keynote lectures Stephen Holmes, the Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law, was chosen to be the keynote lecturer at the Brennan Center for Justice’s 11th annual Thomas M. Jorde Symposium. The first of the series’ two symposia, which together sponsor top scholarship on issues central to the legacy of Justice Brennan, is entitled “Playing by the Rules in the Age of Terror” and is held at the University of California Berkeley’s Boalt Hall. Read a description of the Fall Jorde Symposium
•	Stevenson releases report on life sentences for juvenile offenders A client of Professor Bryan Stevenson's Equal Justice Initiative--a 22-year-old appealing a life sentence for assisting in a double murder when she was 14--is featured in a New York Times examination of juvenile life sentences. The EJI released a report, "Cruel and Unusual: Sentencing 13- and 14-Year-Old Children to Die in Prison," which in part reveals the U.S. is alone in the world in sentencing juveniles to life. The report also details the developmental and legal distinctions between adolescents and older teens and adults, the unique dangers faced by children in adult prisons, and the abuse and neglect commonly found in the backgrounds of these juveniles, and includes profiles of inmates sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes committed when they were children. "Thirteen- and 14-year-old children should not be condemned to death in prison," said Stevenson to the Times, "because there is always hope for a child.” Read the New York Times article Read the full report from the Equal Justice Initiative
•	Fox wins the AFLA's Annual Award Eleanor Fox '61, the Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, has won the American Foreign Law Association’s 2007 Annual Award. The AFLA selected Fox for her advancement of scholarship and teaching, specifically in the areas of antitrust and comparative competition law. Her recent articles explore trade and competition, and domestic law and global markets. View Fox's faculty profile
•	Narula wins two human rights awards Professor Smita Narula was awarded the 2007 Access to Justice Award by the South Asian Bar Association of New York (SABANY) in recognition of her work toward the professional development and social advancement of the South Asian community as a whole. She was presented the award during a gala ceremony on September 22. The Board of the Thorolf Rafto Foundation for Human Rights has announced that it will award its 2007 Rafto Prize to the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR), which Narula co-founded in 1998. Visit the SABANY Web site Read about the Rafto Prize and the NCDHR
•	Dworkin receives $750,000 Holberg Prize Ronald Dworkin, Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law, was awarded the 2007 Holberg International Memorial Prize for his outstanding scholarly work in law. The award is named for Ludvig Holberg, an 18th century Norwegian-born author, playwright and scholar who is largely regarded as the founder of Danish literature. Established in 2003 by the Norwegian Parliament, the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund awards its $750,000 prize annually to recognize academic excellence in the fields of the arts and humanitites, social sciences, law and theology. Previous honorees include Julia Kristeva, Jurgen Habermas and Shmuel Eisenstadt. In bestowing this year’s award on Dworkin, the academic committee cited his “unique ability to tie abstract philosophical ideas and arguments together with concrete everyday issues in law, moral philosophy and politics.” Read the announcement Read a feature profile of Ronald Dworkin published in the Autumn 2005 Law School magazine View Dworkin's faculty profile
•	Revesz, Bagley win ABA writing award "Centralized Oversight of the Regulatory State" coauthored by Dean Richard Revesz and Nicholas Bagley '05 was selected by the American Bar Association's section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice as the best article in the field published during 2006. Bagley will present the article at the section's fall meeting in Washington D.C.
•	Narula's report leads to House resolution aiding Dalits On July 23, 2007, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution (H.R. 139) on caste discrimination against Dalits in India that relies on the 2007 report, “Hidden Apartheid,” published by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice and Human Rights Watch. That report was coauthored by Professor Smita Narula, Stephanie Barbour ’07, Tiasha Palikovic ’07 and Jeena Shah ’07. H.R. 139 is the first resolution of its kind and commits the U.S. and India to addressing the treatment of Dalits in order to meet both nations’ social development and human rights goals. Read H.R. 139 Read Narula's testimony before the House Read "Hidden Apartheid: Caste Discrimination against India's 'Untouchables'"
•	Adler discusses free speech on ABC News Professor Amy Adler was interviewed for ABC News' Law and Justice Web site about a recent incident in which a self-proclaimed pedophile posted on the internet the locations and detailed descriptions of where users can go to observe young children at play. Adler, who specializes in the First Amendment and art law, said that the right to free speech protects even questionable content such as this. Watch the ABC News interview
•	Six NYU School of Law professors featured in the media Professors Stephen Gillers, Barry Friedman, Samuel Issacharoff, Richard Pildes and NYU newcomer Catherine Sharkey each weighed in on topics as diverse as prosecutorial ethics, the Supreme Court, counterterrorism and medical liability in the New York Times, Time Magazine, and the Times-Picayune. On The Brian Lehrer Show, Professor Rachel Barkow discussed how federal sentencing could be affected by President Bush’s recent commutation of Lewis Libby’s 30-month prison sentence. Read Stephen Gillers on ethics and the Duke lacrosse case in the New York Times (subscription required) Read Barry Friedman on the future composition of the Supreme Court in light of this term’s conservative rulings on abortion and integration in the New York Times (subscription required) Read Barry Friedman on the courting of Justice Kennedy as the new “swing vote” in the New York Times (subscription required) Read Samuel Issacharoff on the Court’s ruling on integration and public schools in the New York Times (subscription required) Read Richard Pildes on terrorism prevention in Time Magazine Read Catherine Sharkey on a district court ruling that FDA approval does not clear drug makers of claims that their warning labels are inadequate in the Times-Picayune Listen to Rachel Barkow’s interview about potential consequences of Lewis Libby’s commutation on federal sentencing on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show (MP3 download required)
•	Miller, Scheffler and McKenzie join the NYU faculty Dean Richard Revesz announced that Arthur Miller, Samuel Scheffler and Troy McKenzie '00 have joined NYU. Miller, the Bruce Bromley Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, will begin in Fall 2007 as a University Professor, teaching at both the Law School and the School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Scheffler, the Class of 1941 World War II Memorial Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of California, Berkeley, will start as a professor of philosophy and law in Fall 2008 and be affiliated with the Law School. McKenzie, formerly a Furman Academic Fellow and an associate at Debevoise & Plimpton, will be an assistant professor of law at NYU School of Law. Read the announcement
•	Stewart named new director of Hauser Global Law School Program Richard Stewart was named the new director of the Hauser Global Law School Program, to succeed Joseph Weiler in May. Stewart, a global administrative law expert, was the chief negotiator of the Kyoto Protocol. Weiler remains director of the Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law and Justice. Read the announcement by Dean Richard Revesz
•	Estlund, Sitkoff elected to the American Law Institute Professors Cynthia Estlund and Robert Sitkoff have been newly inducted into the prestigious American Law Institute, which works to "improve the law and the administration of justice in a scholarly and scientific manner." Both professors will work on restatement projects; Estlund's will focus on employment law while Sitkoff will collaborate on two concerning trusts and estates. Read about the American Law Institute
•	Narula coauthors caste discrimination report for UN Professor Smita Narula coauthored a report on India's failure to end caste discrimination, "Hidden Apartheid," that the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice and Human Rights Watch released to the UN. Narula will copresent the report's findings in Geneva on February 23. Read "Hidden Apartheid" Read a story on the report from the New York Law Journal (registration required) Listen to an interview with Narula that originally aired on radio station WBAI Listen to an interview with Narula that originally aired on radio station WNYC
•	Persico wins Alberto economics medal The Collegio Carlo Alberto in Torino, Italy, awarded its first medal to honor outstanding Italian economists under the age of 40 to Nicola Persico, professor of economics with NYU's Institute for Law and Society. Persico's research encompasses political and informational economics, and how anti-discrimination laws influence various aspects of the U.S. economy. Read the announcement
•	Neuborne invited to deliver Central Synagogue’s Jethro Lecture Burt Neuborne, Inez Milholland Professor of Civil Liberties and Legal Director of the Brennan Center for Justice, delivered the Jethro Shabbat Lecture at Central Synagogue, the oldest continual Jewish congregation in New York, on February 9. Neuborne followed the reading of the evening's Torah portion with his lecture, "The War on Terror: Can We Be Both Safe and Free?"
•	Revesz, law school deans admonish Pentagon official Dean Richard Revesz and more than 130 law school deans admonished Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense Charles Stimson for saying that corporations would hesitate to hire a firm that represents suspected terrorist detainees. The deans were "appalled" by Stimson's "intimidation of…lawyers who are fulfilling their pro bono obligations." Stimson has since apologized. Read the Los Angeles Times story
•	Lowenfeld wins Hudson medal The American Society of International Law has named Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law Andreas Lowenfeld the 2007 recipient of its Manley O. Hudson Medal for his contributions to scholarship in international law. Lowenfeld will deliver an address at the society's annual meeting in March 2007. Professors Thomas Franck and Theodor Meron have previously won this award.
•	Meron wins 2008 Haskins Prize The American Council of Learned Societies awarded its 2008 Charles Homer Haskins Prize to Charles L. Dennison Professor of Law Emeritus and Judicial Fellow Theodor Meron. Meron, an appeals judge and past president of the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal, is the first lawyer to receive the prize, which recognizes distinguished humanists for a life of scholarly achievement. See the ACLS announcement
•	Dorsen wins legal education Lifetime Contributions award The Association of American Law Schools has chosen Frederick I. and Grace A. Stokes Professor of Law Norman Dorsen to receive its first Lifetime Contributions to the Law and to Legal Education award. Among his many outstanding accomplishments, he was the founding director of the Hauser Global Law School Program, president of the ACLU, and is editorial director of the International Journal of Constitutional Law.
•	Hulsebosch wins the 2006 Littleton-Griswold Prize and first-ever John Phillip Reid Book Prize The American Society for Legal History named Daniel Hulsebosch the winner of its first John Phillip Reid Book Award for Constituting Empire, in which he describes how U.S. constitutional law was influenced by the British. The Reid award, named after the legal historian and longterm NYU professor of law, honors the best Anglo-American legal history book published in English. The American Historical Association has also named the book its 2006 Littleton-Griswold Prize winner, citing it for being "an elegant work of scholarship – clear, compelling, thoughtful prose, buttressed by painstaking research, in support of a novel ambitious thesis." See a description of the Reid award See a description of the Littleton-Griswold Prize
•	Oxford names building after Bruner Oxford University will name its newly redesigned Department of Educational Studies building after University Professor Jerome Bruner. An Oxford psychology professor in the 1970s, Bruner did "battle with Margaret Thatcher, then Minister of Education" and pushed to "turn early childhood research findings into public policy." Jerome Bruner Hall will be dedicated on March 13, 2007.
•	Friedman gives keynote speech at Conference of Chief Justices On July 31, Professor Barry Friedman gave the keynote address at the 53rd annual Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators, where the highest court officers discuss the administration of justice in state courts. This year's theme was "Court Leadership 100 years after Roscoe Pound: Building a Constituency for State Courts."
•	Hertz elected vice-chair of ABA legal education council Randy Hertz, professor of clinical law and director of clinical and advocacy programs, was elected vice-chairperson of the American Bar Association's Council on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. The council suggests improvements to legal and pre-legal educational systems and aims to instill in law students professional ethics. Hertz's one-year term begins in September.
•	Holmes pens critical review of John Yoo's book In the May 1, 2006 issue of The Nation, Stephen Holmes, the Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law, reviews John Yoo's book, The Powers of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs After 9/11. Yoo is a Berkeley law professor whose scholarly memos laid the legal groundwork for a range of controversial decisions concerning executive power, "ghost detainees," and warrantless surveillance. Holmes says he laid out the fundamentals of a secret emergency Constitution under which the President's inherent powers in the "war on terror" are essentially unlimited. The scholarship in this book, however, predates those memos. Holmes, in his review, says, "Yoo, in any case, does not merely breathe new life into the most extreme claims of Nixon-era executive hawks. He also claims unique insight into 'the mindset of the Framers,' disowning the 'conventional academic wisdom' according to which the emergence of unilateral executive powers involved a marked departure from original intent. April 21, 2006 Read Holmes' review in The Nation
•	Zubaida writes op-ed on the instability in Iraq Sami Zubaida, professor emeritus of politics and sociology at Birkbeck College, London, challenges the assumption that the democratic political process will stabilize Iraqi society. Instead, he cites the mass immigration of Iraqi Jews following the formation of Israel, expulsions of Shiite merchants under Saddam Hussein and the flight of the contemporary middle class as examples of sectarian strife that has caused government functionaries, professors, businessmen and professionals in medicine, law, journalism and music to flee the country. April 21, 2006 Read Zubaida's op-ed
•	Chesterman argues UN needs intelligence In an April 21 op-ed in the International Herald Tribune, Simon Chesterman declares that the UN once again will fail to fulfill its promise as a world peacekeeper with respect to Iran and its nuclear weapons. He specifically cites the UN's failure to obtain intelligence. "The problem today with Iran, then, is not that the UN is going to be led astray once again by the United States, but rather that no one is going to believe a thing the Americans say," he writes. April 21, 2006 Read Chesterman's op-ed
•	La Sapienza awards Stewart a special honorary degree One of Europe's oldest schools, the University of Rome La Sapienza, awarded an honorary doctorate in jurisprudence to Professor Richard Stewart. Since 1950, there have been only five recipients, including Pope John Paul II and Sir Robert Jennings, former president of the World Court. At a special award ceremony, Stewart gave a speech on global administrative law. Jun. 13, 2005 Read Stewart's remarks
•	Professor Alston to lecture at Florida State University College of Law Professor Philip Alston, faculty director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, will deliver the Richard Lillich Memorial Lecture in International Law at Florida State University College of Law. His lecture is titled, "Reforming the UN Human Rights Commission: Moving Towards Member State Accountability." Mar. 17, 2005
•	Satterthwaite speaks at rally to stop "outsourcing torture" Margaret Satterthwaite, research director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, spoke at the "Rally to Stop the Rendition -- the Outsourcing of Torture," in Washington, D.C. She endorsed Rep. Ed Markey's (D-MA) "Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act." Mar. 10, 2005 Read Satterthwaite's statement
•	Pildes wins Supreme Court case The Supreme Court ruled the U.S. Tax Court could no longer keep secret the original findings of fact of its trial judges. Estate of Kanter v. Commissioner was a victory for Professor Richard Pildes, whose client was seeking to ensure that trials in the Tax Court were fully transparent to both taxpayers and the federal courts of appeals. Mar. 7, 2005 "Justices, 7-2, Reject Secrecy at Tax Court", The New York Times, March 8, 2005
•	Gillers to deliver the Van Arsdell lecture at the University of Illinois Stephen Gillers, the Emily Kempin Professor of Law, is delivering the Van Arsdell Lecture on Litigation and the Legal Profession at the University of Illinois College of Law. Gillers' talk is titled, "Do Lawyers Share Moral Responsibility for Torture at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib?" Mar. 7, 2005
•	The NYU School of Law mourns the death of Prof. David Bradford On Feb. 22, Professor David Bradford of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University passed away. A leading authority on public sector economics and taxation, he had been an adjunct professor at the NYU School of Law since 1993. He had co-taught the Colloquium on Tax Policy and Public Finance with Daniel Shaviro for 10 years. Read a tribute to David Bradford by Daniel Shaviro, published in the Wall Street Journal "David Bradford, 66, Economist Who Advocated Tax Reform, Dies," The New York Times, February 24, 2005.
•	Feldman reviews give books on Islam for the Times The Sunday New York Times Book Review featured a review by Professor Noah Feldman of five newly published books concerning Islam and the West. Feldman, himself the author of "What We Owe Iraq: War and the Ethics of Nation Building," says of the books in his review: "Mostly, these books reveal a powerful undercurrent of concern -- ripening into panic -- about the unintended consequences of civilizational encounters played out in an environment of violence. They offer diagnoses, but few prescriptions." Feb. 6, 2005 Read the story
•	Pildes to represent Puerto Rico Electoral Commission Professor Richard Pildes will represent the Puerto Rico Electoral Commission before the First Circuit on December 10th in expedited appeals concerning the hotly contested recent elections for governor of Puerto Rico. Both Puerto Rican and federal courts have intervened to resolve the conflict over 28,000 disputed ballots in a race in which the initial vote count put one candidate 3,800 votes ahead out of nearly 2 million votes cast. Professor Pildes is one of the nation's leading authorities on election law issues. Dec. 10, 2004
•	Garland delivers Princeton's James A. Moffett '29 Lecture David Garland, the Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law at New York University, gave the James A. Moffett '29 Lecture: "A Peculiar Institution? Capital Punishment and American Culture," at Princeton University. The James A. Moffett '29 Lectures in Ethics are offered by the University Center for Human Values. The endowed lecture series is presented under the auspices of the Program in Ethics and Public Affairs, which brings the perspectives of moral, political, and legal philosophy to bear on significant issues in public affairs, both domestic and international. The lecture was co-sponsored by the Program in Law and Public Affairs and the Department of Sociology. Dec. 9, 2004
•	Neuborne blasts the judicial nomination process of NYS judges During a panel discussion sponsored by the New York County Lawyers' Association Task Force on Judicial Selection, Burt Neuborne called the nomination process "indefensible" from a political science standpoint. Nov. 29, 2004 Read the story
•	NYU School of Law Mourns the Loss of Kim Barry Late afternoon on Saturday, November 20, Kim Barry, a Furman Fellow and cherished member of the Law School community, died as a result of severe head injuries sustained three days earlier in a tragic accident. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 23, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Greenberg Lounge of Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South. Nov. 21, 2004 Read the story about the memorial Read the memorandum from Dean Revesz to the Law School community Snow Dining Room to serve as a gathering place for grieving and support
•	Hulsebosch wins Surrency Prize for 2004 The American Society for Legal History awarded the Surrency Prize for 2004 to Visiting Professor of Law Daniel Hulsebosch for the best article appearing in volume 21 of the Law and History Review. Dan received the award jointly with Professor Sarah Hanley for his article, "The Ancient Constitution and the Expanding Empire: Sir Edward Coke's British Jurisprudence." Nov. 10, 2004 The American Society for Legal History Read Daniel Hulsebosch's faculty profile at the St. Louis University School of Law.
•	Bar-Gill to join the Law School faculty Dean Richard Revesz announced that Oren Bar-Gill has joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Law, effective Spring 2005. Bar-Gill received his LL.B. and Ph.D. from Tel-Aviv University, and a LL.M. and S.J.D. from Harvard Law School. He has been a member of The Harvard Society of Fellows since 2002. Bar-Gill is already a productive scholar, having published articles on a broad range of subjects including intellectual property, criminal law, torts, corporate law, and contracts. Currently, his work focuses on the area of contract law. Nov. 9, 2004
•	Pildes contributes Supreme Court Foreword Professor Richard Pildes wrote the prestigious Supreme Court Foreword, "The Constitutionalization of Democratic Politics" for the November issue of the Harvard Law Review, devoted to an analysis of the Supreme Court's 2003 term. He will also be a guest speaker at the annual Supreme Court Forum at Harvard on Nov. 17. "The Constitutionalization of Democratic Politics," The Harvard Law Review, November, 2004.
•	Feldman describes "the only way out" for Iraq In a talk sponsored by the Center on Law and Security, Professor Noah Feldman discussed his newly published book, "What We Owe Iraq: War and the Ethics of Nation-Building," and described his clear vision for saving Iraq from civil war. Nov. 1, 2004 Read the story Read more about the book. Read Noah Feldman's faculty profile.
•	Faculty weigh in on the 2004 Election "Is democracy highly overrated?" asked Brookes Billman as he introduced a panel of Law School professors including Rachel Barkow, John Ferejohn and Stephen Holmes. Oct. 28, 2004. Read the story
•	Choi to join the Law School faculty Stephen Choi, the Roger J. Traynor Professor at UC Berkeley Law School and a prominent expert on securities and corporate law, will join the NYU School of Law faculty effective next fall. Choi's recent scholarship focuses on empirical investigations of securities class actions and sovereign bonds. Oct. 19, 2004
•	Stone comments on free speech in the New Yorker In the New Yorker's Talk of the Town, visiting professor Geoffrey Stone shares his knowledge of U.S. censorship during wartime. Stone is the author of the soon-to-be-published book, "Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism." The New Yorker, "The Bench Blacked Out," Sept. 27, 2004.
•	Feldman says delaying Iraqi elections can improve their legitimacy In his New York Times Op-Ed, "Iraq Can Wait for Democracy," Professor Noah Feldman addresses fears that ethnic and religious leaders are trying to delay the January elections. He believes they need time to assure election legitimacy. Feldman wrote the forthcoming "What We Owe Iraq: War and the Ethics of Nation Building." "Iraq Can Wait for Democracy," The New York Times, Sept. 24, 2004.
•	Shaviro argues proposed Bush tax cuts will lead to big government In Professor Daniel Shaviro's New York Times Op-Ed, "How Tax Cuts Feed the Beast," he argues that President Bush's proposed tax cuts would inevitably end up increasing the size of government partly because current tax revenues cannot cover promised benefits. Shaviro is the author of "Who Should Pay for Medicare?" "How Tax Cuts Feed the Beast," The New York Times, Sept. 21, 2004.
	Rodgriguez Argues for Language Rights Professor Cristina Rodriguez gave a Language and Participation Lecture with a compelling argument for language rights as a means of access for minority-language speakers. The lecture was part of a series sponsored by the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU. Sept. 22, 2004.
	Stevenson Delivers First Public Interest Law Monday Night Lecture Professor Bryan Stevenson opened the 2004 Root-Tilden-Kern lecture seriesfor the 2004-2005 academic year with a rousing lecture, "Confronting Injustice." Sept. 13, 2004.