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October 31st, 2018

NYU Law Review Presents the “Data Law in a Global Digital Economy” Symposium on November 9th

This symposium, held jointly by the NYU Law Review, the Guarini Institute for Global Legal Studies and the Institute for International Law and Justice at NYU School of Law, will examine how law does, should, or can affect data ownership, concentration, and control in a global digital economy. The symposium will take a conceptual approach to the law of data by confronting emerging issues in the global digital economy through analyses grounded in foundational legal concepts such as contracting, torts, property, trusts/fiduciary law, and more specialized areas of international economic law such as antitrust, tax, and trade law. The symposium will not be centrally focused on detailed analysis of intellectual property law or information privacy law, which already occupy a core place in scholarship on data law, although these areas of law may certainly figure where relevant to concepts and regulatory and structural arguments. Commentators with particular additional expertise will enrich the symposium. We are confident that this symposium will make a significant contribution to the foundations of an important and fast-developing field.

Friday, November 9th, 8:30AM-7:00PM

Greenberg Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall

40 Washington Square South

Register here: https://www.guariniglobal.org/registration 

More information: https://www.guariniglobal.org/data-law

February 5th, 2018

NYU Law Review Opens for Article Submissions on February 6, 2018

The New York University Law Review will begin considering Articles for the spring selection cycle on February 6, 2018. We accept submissions by Scholastica only. For more information on our selection requirements, please see our Submissions page.

November 15th, 2017

Presidential Nominations Process Symposium Videos

Panel One – A Historical and Comparative Look at Nominations Systems

Moderator:
Benjamin Ginsberg, Partner, Jones Day

Paper Presenters:
John Frederick Martin, Partner, Bancroft Private Equity

Richard Pildes, Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU School of Law

Panel Two – The 2016 Experience: Rules, Parties, and the Media

Moderator:
Beth Myers, Co-Founder, Esplanade Strategies

Paper Presenters:
Bob Bauer, Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence, NYU School of Law

William Mayer, Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University

Panel Three – Thinking About Reform

Moderator:
Donna F. Edwards, former U.S. Representative, Maryland’s 4th Congressional District (2008-2017)

Paper Presenters:
Elaine Kamarck, Director of the Center for Effective Public Management, The Brookings Institution

Bruce Cain, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University

Keynote Address

Bill Bradley, former US Senator for NJ (1979-1997) and candidate for the Democratic nomination for President (2000).

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October 4th, 2017

NYU Law Review Presents “The Presidential Nominations Process” Symposium on November 2nd

In the 2016 election, two independent political figures—Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders—rose to prominence on strong populist, anti-establishment, and, to some extent, anti-party profiles. One did so with no prior government experience. Yet, for long stretches of our history, these outcomes would have been inconceivable under our presidential primary system. The NYU Law Review’s symposium will examine whether and how to redesign one of the most important features in American democracy: the legal structure through which presidential nominees are selected.

Thursday, November 2nd, 8:30AM-7:00PM

Greenberg Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall

40 Washington Square South

RSVP here: https://nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b29PNOrz0yehUJT

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May 12th, 2017

Volume 92, Number 1 – Tribute to Chief Judge Judith Kaye

We are proud to publish our April 2017 book, which pays tribute to Chief Judge Judith Kaye of the New York Court of Appeals.

Judge Kaye was a trailblazer as the first female Chief Judge for New York and the longest-serving judge in New York history. Judge Kaye utilized her tenure to reform and modernize the New York courts, and to ensure indigent parties could achieve justice in court.

May 12th, 2017

Executive Editor Getzy Berger (’17) Discusses Nationwide Injunctions

In a recent op-ed for the L.A. Times, Executive Editor Getzy Berger (’17) discusses the merits of nationwide injunctions. Berger discusses how liberals criticized the sweeping nature of nationwide injunctions for halting President Obama’s executive actions, and how liberals have flipped their arguments as nationwide injunctions halt President Trump’s executive actions. Berger argues that it is a “bedrock principle of the federal judiciary that lower federal ccourts, meaning all courts below the Supreme Court, don’t make nationwide law,” and that the “structure and integrity of our federal courts are more important than the outcome of an individual case or two.” His op-ed is based on his Note, forthcoming in the Volume 92, Issue 4 (October 2017).

Berger’s post can be found here. A copy of Berger’s Note can be found on his SSRN page here.

April 5th, 2017

Law Review Fall 2017 Symposium: The Presidential Nominations Process

In the wake of the 2016 election, a great deal of attention has been directed towards the processes by which we choose presidential nominees. Two independent political figures—Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders—rose to prominence in the 2016 election, each choosing a party to serve as their vehicle for a presidential campaign. Each established a strong populist, anti-establishment, and to some extent, anti-party, profile, albeit offering very different policy perspectives: they emphasized that they would run, and govern, “outside the system.” One, Donald Trump, had no prior elective or government experience, and he emerged from a complex process in which 17 candidates participated, some of whom but not others participated in a series of prime-time debates controlled by media organizations and not the parties. Yet, many Americans might be surprised that, for long stretches of our history, these outcomes would have been largely inconceivable under our presidential primary system.

Although the 2016 election has renewed interest in the presidential nominations process, and the legal structure through which presidential nominees are selected is one of the most important features in the design of American democracy, there has been very little writing in the law reviews on the subject. The New York University Law Review has chosen to host a symposium on the nominations process in order to start an important and timely discussion about the case for redesign of the system and, if so, how. The symposium will examine the historical trends in primary system design, and the role of parties in the nominations process and in the democratic process overall. It will invite debate over different primary structures (closed v. open primaries) and normative questions about the functions of the presidential primary election system, the desirable effects of various designs on voter engagement and participation, and the relative influence and responsibilities of political parties, candidates for the presidency, new forms of political organization such as Super PACs, and the media in our systems of democracy.

November 29th, 2016

Law Review and the Center on Civil Justice Present “Rule 23 @ 50: The 50th Anniversary of Rule 23” Conference

The N.Y.U. Law Review and the Center on Civil Justice at NYU School of Law invite you to attend “Rule 23 @ 50: The 50th Anniversary of Rule 23” Conference. The conference will take place on Friday and Saturday, December 2–3, 2016, in Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge, located at 40 Washington Square South.

This is a wonderful time to reflect on Rule 23 – the history of the federal rule; its use in civil rights and mass tort cases; what the rule was meant to accomplish, and whether it has met its promise; as well as what is in store for the rule going forward. The conference will include an oral history interview with Professor Arthur Miller, who was there at the creation of Rule 23, and will conclude with a judges’ roundtable moderated by Professor Miller. For more information, please see the schedule below.

RSVP to attend the conference by clinking here.

*CLE credit will be available for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys.

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October 28th, 2016

Law Review to Host the 2016 Law Alumni Association Fall Conference, “Judith S. Kaye ’62: A Judicial Legacy”

Kaye

Law Review invites you to attend the 2016 Law Alumni Association Fall Conference, “Judith S. Kaye ’62: A Judicial Legacy.” The conference, co-sponsored by the New York University School of Law and the Law Alumni Association, will take place on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge, located at 40 Washington Square South.

This year’s conference will pay tribute to the legacy of the Hon. Judith S. >Kaye ’62, former Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, by examining and recognizing her accomplishments and her profound impact on a wide variety of social and legal issues. Please join us for a diverse and dynamic panel discussion moderated by Dean Trevor Morrison, Eric M. and Laurie B. Roth Professor of Law, NYU School of Law.

Panelists include:

  • Helaine Barnett ’64, chair of the New York State Permanent Commission on Access to Justice; past president of the Legal Services Corporation;
  • Helen Hershkoff, Herbert M. and Svetlana Wachtell Professor of Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties; co-director, Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program, NYU School of Law;
  • Stephen Kong, chief counsel for the Economic Development Administration, US Department of Commerce;
  • Hon. Albert Rosenblatt, retired judge, New York Court of Appeals; of counsel, McCabe & Mack; judicial fellow, NYU School of Law;
  • Lisa Schweitzer ’96, partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; and
  • Hon. Richard Wesley, senior judge, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

A reception will immediately follow the lecture.