Professor Samantha Pownall ’11, Author at NYLS News

NYLS's Education Justice Symposium Speakers and Planning Committee

Critical Themes From NYLS’s Education Justice Symposium

On March 28, 2025, the Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law at New York Law School convened a symposium, Progress Report: Education Justice 50 Years After Goss v. Lopez.

Inside NYLS’s Second Annual Constitution and Citizenship Day Summit

The Second Annual Constitution and Citizenship Day Summit brought together judges, attorneys, educators, law students, and civic leaders for a day of discussions about constitutional democracy, the rule of law, and the essential role of civics education.

From the Archives: New York Law School in the Literary Space

The pursuit of law has a tendency to spark innovation and inspire an appreciation for the written word, so it comes as no surprise that, over the course of New York Law School’s 135-year history, many alumni have engaged in creative industries and projects. Here we honor a few who have made their mark in the literary world as well as law.

NYLS Appoints Catharine Du Bois as Director of the Legal Practice Program

New York Law School is pleased to announce the appointment of Catharine Du Bois as Director of the Legal Practice Program.

Looking Back at 135 Years of New York Law School

For 135 years, NYLS has been an integral part of the life of its city, training the lawyers whose commitment to the rule of law is essential to a place that, in many ways, contains the entire world within itself. The Law School has done that successfully by never standing still and never deciding that what is cannot be improved. And that will not change.

Alumni Spotlight: E. Drew Britcher ’84

NYLS connected with E. Drew Britcher ’84, President of the Alumni Association, member of the Board of Trustees, and one of New Jersey’s leading medical malpractice attorneys.

Author: Professor Samantha Pownall ’11