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24 unusual facts about New York University School of Law


Alan Siegel

Upon graduating from Cornell, Siegel attended the New York University School of Law, but took a leave of absence in 1962 to accept an Army commission.

Dost test

The test was criticized by NYU Law professor Amy Adler as forcing members of the public to look at pictures of children as a pedophile would in order to determine whether they are considered inappropriate.

Edward Luck

Before joining the faculty at Columbia as Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs, Dr. Luck founded and was executive director of the Center for the Study of International Organization, a research institute jointly established by the New York University School of Law and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton University.

Eric P. Schwartz

Eric P. Schwartz was educated at Binghamton University, receiving a B.A. in Political Science; at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, receiving an M.P.A. with a specialization in International Relations; and at the New York University School of Law, receiving a J.D.

Florencia Marotta-Wurgler

Florencia Marotta-Wurgler is a Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law.

Hassan Ghul

In June 2007, he was one of 39 people cited in a joint release by HRW, Cageprisoners, Center for Constitutional Rights and the New York University School of Law as prisoners who have not been accounted for, and are likely held in secret CIA Black sites.

Jamila Wideman

After playing professional basketball, she earned a J.D. from New York University School of Law.

Jessica Rosenworcel

A native of Hartford, Connecticut, Rosenworcel received her bachelor of arts degree from Wesleyan University and her J.D. from New York University School of Law.

Kevin S. Huffman

After finishing his assignment as a teacher for Teach for America, Huffman attended New York University School of Law, where he was a member of the law review and graduated in 1998.

Mae Ngai

After graduation, Ngai obtained postdoctoral fellowships from the Social Science Research Council, the New York University School of Law, and, in 2003, the Radcliffe Institute.

Marcia Neave

Neave has held a number of distinguished academic positions, including chairs at four different Australian universities, and membership of the Hauser Global Law Faculty of the New York University School of Law.

Marian P. Opala

He graduated from Oklahoma City University School of Law and later obtained a master's degree from New York University Law School.

Mekka Don

Following his graduation from Ohio State, Mekka Don attended New York University School of Law, graduating in 2006 and passing the New York State Bar Exam that same year.

Michael Klausner

In 1991, he joined the New York University School of Law faculty as a professor until 1997 when he became a professor at Stanford.

Nancy Duff Campbell

Ms. Campbell received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College in 1965 and her law degree from New York University School of Law in 1968.

Neil Auerbach

He began his education in the New York City public school system and then attended the State University of New York at Albany, where he earned a B.S. He went on to attend Boston University School of Law, where he earned a J.D., and New York University School of Law, where he earned an LL.M.

Paul Schiff Berman

He earned his A.B., summa cum laude, from Princeton University in 1988 and his J.D. in 1995 from New York University School of Law where he served as Managing Editor of the NYU Law Review and received the University Graduation Prize for the graduating law student with the highest cumulative grade point average.

R. Owen Williams

He was awarded the Raoul Berger Fellowship at Harvard Law School, the Samuel Golieb Fellowship at the New York University School of Law, the Fletcher Jones Fellowship at the Huntington Library, the Legal History Fellowship at Yale Law School, and the Cassius Marcellus Clay Postdoctoral Fellowship in history at Yale University.

Ralph J. Menconi

Among his more than 900 works, Menconi created medals for the National Book Award, New York University Law School, Kenyon College, Hamilton College, the Capitol Historical Society in Washington, and the New York Historical Society.

Robert Clark Corrente

Corrente graduated from Dartmouth College in 1978 with highest distinction and graduated from New York University School of Law in 1981.

Rutsel Martha

Dr Martha is an Adjunct Professor of Law and the New York University, in which capacity he has been a Visiting Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore since 2007 in the NYU@NUS program.

Stephen Gillers

Stephen Gillers is a professor at the New York University School of Law.

Steven Wilf

He also has held fellowships as John Carter Brown Fellow at Brown University, Fellow in Comparative Legal History at the University of Chicago, Golieb Fellow at the New York University School of Law, and at The Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem.

Wayne M. Perry

After graduating from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree (cum laude), Perry earned his law degree (J.D.) from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College (cum laude) and earned an L.L.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law.


Evan Chesler

He received a law degree cum laude from New York University School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, and was Topics Editor of the Law Review, a junior fellow at the Center for International Studies, was co-author of two published articles on aspects of international law, recipient of the John Norton Pomeroy Prize for academic excellence two times and also of the Benjamin Butler Prize.

Gillian E. Metzger

After completing her clerkship with Ginsburg, Metzger became a staff attorney for the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law for several years.

Lawton Nuss

He is a member of the Board of Editors for the Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, the Advisory Board for the Topeka-Shawnee County Youth Court, the United States Supreme Court Historical Society, the Dwight D. Opperman Institute of Judicial Administration at New York University School of Law, the American Judges Association, and the Kansas Bar Association.

Marrack Goulding

According to Simon Chesterman of the New York University School of Law, the period of Goulding's service as head of UN peacekeeping – which saw the initiation of sixteen new missions – "may come to be regarded as its heyday".

Maurice Connolly

In 1898, at age twenty-one, he graduated from the New York University School of Law, in New York City.

Nicholas Clemente

from New York University School of Law, which he attended on the GI Bill after having served as a legal officer during the Korean War, in the 101st Airborne Division.