Talk of the Law School
Briefing the Vice President
On June 14, Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law; Peggy Cooper Davis, John S.R. Shad Professor of Lawyering and Ethics; and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Women and Democracy Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice他和副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯(Kamala Harris)一起讨论了推翻宪法的影响 Roe v. Wade该法案在近50年的时间里保障了美国人的堕胎权. 副总统召集了生育权利和隐私法的专家圆桌会议，为美国最高法院当时悬而未决的判决做准备 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. 讨论的潜在后果包括对妇女健康的风险, restrictions on in vitro fertilization, and limited access to contraception.
Cannes Leader
虹膜诺布洛赫MCJ ' 92已当选为戛纳电影节主席, the first woman to lead the festival in its 75-year history. 诺布洛赫在华纳传媒工作了25年，包括担任华纳传媒法国公司总裁, Benelux, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. 2021年，她离开华纳传媒，创办了特殊目的收购公司I2PO. 她从7月1日开始担任3年的电影节主席.
Honored by the NAACP
In July, Professor of Clinical Law Deborah Archer 获得了全国有色人种协进会金沙奖(NAACP Foot Soldier in Sands Award)，该奖项表彰了外部律师的无偿工作. Over the past two years, 阿彻的民权诊所代表各个州和全国有色人种协进会的地方分会在佛罗里达州和伊利诺伊州挑战住房歧视(见 “Standing Up for Tampa Tenants”), discriminatory redistricting in Louisiana, and discriminatory infrastructure projects in South Carolina.
A More Inclusive Broadway
In August 2021, a coalition of Broadway's theater owners, producers, creatives, and unions released “A New Deal for Broadway,“制定了新的标准和改革，以结束纽约市戏剧界排斥或贬低黑人的现状. 这份文件是由黑人戏剧联盟(BTU)发起的全行业对话产生的，BTU是一个由黑人戏剧社区成员组成的组织，倡导艺术领域的黑人专业人士 Kenji Yoshino, faculty director of NYU Law's Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (CDIB).
Yoshino worked closely with BTU and David Glasgow LLM ’14, CDIB's executive director, to frame and publish the new standards. Drafted by Glasgow, 这份18页的文件概述了短期和长期的措施，以解决损害黑人专业人士生活和职业生涯的公开和秘密歧视.
格拉斯哥说:“我希望这整个过程将成为其他行业和工作场所的典范。. “Get stakeholders into a room together, have a focused agenda, 并坚持公开的书面承诺，以建立问责制.” Read more about “A New Deal for Broadway.”
In Proposed Rules, SEC Follows Ohlrogge's Lead
美国证券交易委员会(Securities and Exchange Commission)提出的要求特殊目的收购公司(SPACs)提高透明度的规定，遵循了《澳门新银河网址》(A Sober Look at SPACs)的许多建议,” a recent article co-authored by Professor Michael Ohlrogge. 为收购或合并现有公司而创建的公开交易公司, SPACs曾是一种鲜为人知的企业上市工具, but became a Wall Street phenomenon, attracting billions from investors. Ohlrogge的文章深入挖掘了炒作背后隐藏的成本和夸大的收益. 美国证券交易委员会提出了有关向保荐人支付报酬的专门披露要求, conflicts of interest, dilution, and the fairness of these business combination transactions. 截至发稿时，欧盟委员会尚未就这些提议进行表决.
Love at the Law School
In class sections and study groups, in student organizations and happy hours, even in the line to get their ID photos taken, 这些校友和一位同学聊了起来，然后就产生了共鸣. Read more about these alumni couples.
Angela Groves ’17 and Mitchell Brown ’17
Citlalli Villanueva Grace LLM ’15 and Stephen Grace LLM ’15
David Hashmall ’77 and Wendy Harrison Hashmall ’77, LLM ’80
Doreena Wong ’87 and Jenny Pizer ’87
Knives Outline!
For the annual Law Revue, a musical performance that spoofs life at the Law School, 澳门新银河网址的学生演员在这部2019年的推理电影中演绎了大量侵权行为 Knives Out.
A Voice for Parents
Professor Martin Guggenheim ’71, 菲奥雷洛·拉瓜迪亚临床法教授，家庭辩护诊所联合主任, 获得美国律师协会(ABA)颁发的2022年马克·哈丁儿童福利法律奖学金和制度变革奖. In recognizing Guggenheim, 美国律师协会称他为家长代理运动的灵感来源:在全国范围内为父母提供儿童福利案件的多学科法律代理, 哪一种可以显著减少孩子在寄养家庭的时间. Also cited was a comment by one of Guggenheim’s nominators, 一位以前的学生说:“他是我生命中最好的老师之一. At a pivotal time in my work, 他的学识和课堂技巧提醒我，儿童维权者必须是家庭维权者, 可持续的儿童福利改革要求澳门新银河非常好的网站深刻而持久地致力于巩固和尊重家庭.”
Giving Back
黑人联合法律学生协会(BALSA)的秋季食品活动收集了现金和食品捐赠，通过鲍威里教会为饥饿的纽约人提供了641顿感恩节餐, 自19世纪70年代以来，该组织一直在为经历饥饿和无家可归的纽约人服务. “澳门新银河非常好的网站选择将澳门新银河非常好的网站的捐款直接捐给鲍厄里教会，因为作为大学生，他们不可避免地占据了澳门新银河非常好的网站学校所在社区的大量空间, 重要的是，澳门新银河非常好的网站要以一种有益于社区的方式与社区联系,BALSA社区服务联合主席悉尼马森伯格' 23. Read more about the BALSA food drive.
A Hit Revival
在大流行期间进入虚拟世界后，《澳门新银河网址》年度怪诞日短剧 Arthur Miller’s civil procedure class returned as live theater once again. Students reenacted the landmark 1938 US Supreme Court case Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins—this time parodying the latest James Bond movie, No Time to Die, in a production titled No Time to Die-mur. Read more about Erie Day.
Inspiring the Class of 2042
Preet Bharara他是杰出的常驻学者和兼职法学教授，经常撰写有关司法的文章. Now he’s doing it for young readers. In a new picture book, Justice Is...: A Guide for Young Truth Seekers, Bharara tells the stories of Ida B. 威尔斯，约翰·刘易斯，马拉拉·尤萨夫扎伊，以及其他与不公正抗争的人.
Double Jeopardy
Two recent alumni made Jeopardy! 出现在2021-2022年:Luxiang (Lucian) Wang ' 21，文森律师事务所的法律助理 & 埃尔金斯和亚当·乔治21年，世达律师事务所的法律助理 & Flom.
Photos: iStock/Techa Tungateja (Broadway); WarnerMedia (Knobloch); Lavar Elliot (Groves and Brown); iStock/3dbobber (column)
Posted September 8, 2022.