Driving While Black and Latinx: Stops, Fines, Fees, and Unjust Debts

Statement by the NYLS Racial Justice Project on the State Legislature’s Passage of the Driver’s License Suspension Reform Act

In February 2020, the Racial Justice Project published an influential report on the stark racial disparities in traffic enforcement across New York.
Celebrating 135 Years

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.
Professor Emerita Aleta Estreicher

Colleagues Remember Professor Emerita Aleta Estreicher

Colleagues Remember Professor Emerita Aleta Estreicher New York Law School mourns the loss of Professor Emerita Aleta Estreicher (1948–2020). Members of the faculty and administration recently shared their reflections on Professor Estreicher, a beloved longtime colleague and a recognized authority…