NYLS leadership and student leaders condemn acts of violence, harassment, and discrimination against Asian Americans.
NYLS Named a Top School in Several Key Areas
NYLS earned accolades for its programs on legal technology, racial justice, public policy, and more.
Dean Crowell Publishes Open Letter and NYLS to Host Meeting on Supporting Tribeca’s Recovery
On the one-year anniversary of NYLS’s initial closure due to COVID-19 precautions, Dean Anthony W. Crowell has published an open letter in Tribeca Citizen.
Impact Center Pays Tribute to Civil Rights Pioneers During Black History Month
NYLS’s Impact Center for Public Interest Law has published a series of tributes to 18th- and 19th-Century civil rights pioneers in honor of Black History Month.
New York Attorney General Letitia James to Keynote at NYLS’s 129th Commencement
Attorney General James has garnered national recognition for her accomplishments on behalf of New Yorkers.
NYLS Launches the James Tricarico Jr. Institute for the Business of Law and In-House Counsel
Made possible by a substantial gift from distinguished alumnus James Tricarico Jr. ’77, the Institute will prepare law students and practitioners for the future of in-house counsel roles.
Message From the Dean on Black History Month
This year’s celebration comes at a deeply somber time, when Black Americans disproportionately bear the unjust burden of a global pandemic and a national crisis in policing.
Message From the Dean on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Today we honor the memory of our most iconic civil rights leader, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who possessed boundless courage and an enduring passion to better our country on behalf of people of color, and all oppressed peoples.
157 Law Deans Publish Rare Joint Statement on the 2020 Election and Events at the Capitol
Dean Crowell joined with 156 Law School Deans from schools across the country to publish a statement addressing the 2020 election and the events that took place in the United States Capitol last week.
Message From the Dean on the Capitol
As we prepare for classes, I would traditionally take this opportunity to offer you New Year’s wishes. And, as I have said to a number of you, it has been my deep hope that this year would bring us all — as a community of families, friends and colleagues, and as a nation — closer together.