Dean Anthony W. Crowell, Author at NYLS News

NYLS at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools is taking place in Washington, D.C, from January 3 to January 6, 2024.

Message From the Dean: U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Race Conscious Admissions

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court departed from decades of case law that enabled colleges and universities to explicitly use race conscious admissions to help redress centuries of America’s history of racial discrimination and inequality.

Message From the Dean: Celebrating Pride Month

June is Pride Month, in which we celebrate our nation’s extraordinary LGBTQ+ community. It has been held every year since the Stonewall Riots took place 54 years ago.

Heidi K. Brown, Associate Dean for Upper Level Writing and Professor of Legal Writing

Heidi Brown Appointed Associate Dean for Upper Level Writing and Professor of Legal Writing

Dean Heidi K. Brown will focus on helping students meet the new writing demands that the NextGen Bar Exam will place on graduates, as well as the modern writing demands placed on new lawyers by the profession.

Professor Lynn Su Appointed Dean for Advocacy and Co-Curricular Programs

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Lynn Boepple Su as our inaugural Dean for Advocacy and Co-Curricular Programs. Dean Su will oversee, coordinate, and continue to build our highly successful Advocacy Program.

January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Message From the Dean: International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Today we recognize International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Anti-Semitism has been a scourge for many centuries, and the Holocaust and World War II was a singularly devastating event that nearly destroyed the Jewish people, and the entire world.