Professor Penelope Andrews—an internationally-recognized expert on constitutional law, the judiciary, and human rights—was named the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at NYLS.

Associate Professor Anna G. Cominsky ’05 has been appointed to a three-year term as Co-Chair of the New York City Bar Association's Criminal Courts Committee, which studies the workings of the Criminal Term of the New York State Supreme Court, as well as the New York City Criminal Court. Committee members also actively participate in the City Bar Judiciary Committee's review of judicial candidates.

Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Trustees of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York, a statewide association representing the public policy interests of the chief executives of more than 100 independent colleges and universities in New York State. He is the only law school dean and president on the Board.

Professor Kris Franklin, a national leader and innovator in legal pedagogy and experiential learning as well as Director of NYLS Academic Initiatives, was appointed the Wallace Stevens Professor at NYLS.

Professor Gerald Korngold, an experienced leader in property and real estate law and Director of the NYLS Center for Real Estate Studies, was named the Trustee Professor of Law at NYLS.

Associate Professor Justin Murray was appointed Chair of the Pedagogy Committee of the Law School Anti-Racism Consortium, a coalition of law school faculty, administrators, staff, students, and alumni committed to building an anti-racist culture and mission in U.S. law schools. He will also join the Advisory Board of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, a leading online forum for expert and timely reviews of significant books in criminal law and procedure and criminal justice.

Professor Rebecca Roiphe, an expert in legal and prosecutorial ethics, was appointed Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor at NYLS.

John Marshall Harlan II Professor Penelope Andrews received an honorary degree and served as keynote speaker for Franklin University Switzerland’s graduation ceremony in Lugano, Switzerland.

Associate Dean Camille Broussard received a 2022 American Association of Law Libraries Hall of Fame Award in recognition of her achievements in the legal information profession and her contributions to the Association, particularly, the Social Responsibilities Section activities.

The LGBTQ Rights Committee of the New York City Bar Association presented its 14th annual Arthur S. Leonard Award, named in honor of Robert F. Wagner Professor Arthur S. Leonard for his groundbreaking work in LGBTQ law, which recognizes honorees for their compelling commitment to LGBTQ equality through the law.

Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell co-authored Beyond Imagination? The January 6 Insurrection (West Academic Publishing, 2021).

Trustee Professor Gerald Korngold co-authored Real Estate Transactions: Cases and Materials on Land Transfer, Development and Finance, 7th Edition (Foundation Press, 2021) and Statute, Form and Problem Supplement, 7th Edition (Foundation Press, 2021).

Associate Professor Justin Murray authored Criminal Procedure: Adjudication (ChartaCourse, 2021).

Professor Richard Chused authored the chapter “Commentary on Gruen v. Gruen” in Feminist Judgements: Rewritten Property Opinions (Cambridge University Press, 2021).

John Marshall Harlan II Professor Emeritus Frank W. Munger authored the chapter “State-Centered Comparison of Legal Professions in an Era of Globalization” in Lawyers in 21st-Century Societies, Vol. 2: Comparative Views (Hart Publishing, 2022).

Wallace Stevens Professor Emeritus Richard K. Sherwin authored the chapter “Post-Secular Jurisprudence: A Visual Semiotics of the Sacred Source of Law’s Authority” in Mediation and Immediacy: The Semiotic Turn in the Study of Religion (De Gruyter Press, 2021).

Professor Lynn Boepple Su authored the chapter “Creativity, Content, and Community in Evidence Online” in Law Teaching Strategies for a New Era: Beyond the Physical Classroom (Carolina Academic Press, 2021).

Professor Alan I. Appel ’76 authored “Gain or Loss of Foreign Persons from Sale or Exchange of Partnership Interests” in the Journal of International Taxation.

Distinguished Chair in Immigration and Human Rights Law Professor Lenni B. Benson authored “The Danger of Dissent: A Century of Targeting Immigrants” in the New York Law School Law Review.

Professor Richard Chused authored “Sex, Stamina, and Politics” in Duke Law's Law & Contemporary Problems; “Randomness, AI Art, and Copyright” in the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal; and “Strategic Thinking About Racism in American Zoning” in the New York Law School Law Review.

Professor Shahrokh Falati ’08 authored “Eviscerating Patent Scope" in the UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law.

Wallace Stevens Professor Kris Franklin co-authored “Directed Questions: A Non-Socratic Dialogue About Non-Socratic Teaching,” which appeared as the lead article in University of Detroit Mercy Law Review. She also co-authored, “How to Train Your Supervisor​,” in the Pace Law Review and “How to Raise Your Kids Queer” in the Family Law Quarterly. In addition, she authored “Meditations on Teaching What Isn’t” in the New York Law School Law Review.

Associate Professor Lisa F. Grumet edited and co-authored with NYLS students “Co-Parenting During Lockdown: COVID-19 and Child Custody Cases Before the Vaccine” in the Family Law Quarterly.

Professor Gowri J. Krishna co-authored “Caring for the Souls of Our Students: The Evolution of a Community Economic Development Clinic During Turbulent Times,” in the Clinical Law Review.

Robert F. Wagner Professor Arthur S. Leonard chronicled the latest legal developments in LGBTQ rights through his monthly scholarly newsletter, LGBT Law Notes, and his frequent legal analysis for Gay City News. His article “Supreme Court Unanimously Rules for Catholic Social Services in Foster Care Policy Dispute” about the Fulton v. City of Philadelphia case received a special mention when Gay City News won first prize in the New York Press Association Better Newspaper Contest for coverage of crime, policing, and courts.

Assistant Professor Molly Manning authored “Access Denied: How 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1915(g) Violates the First Amendment Rights of Indigent Prisoners” in the Seattle Journal for Social Justice.

Professor Richard D. Marsico authored “The Interaction of Race, Wealth, and Special Education: The Role of Structural Inequities in the IDEA” in the New York Law School Review of Law.

John Marshall Harlan II Professor Emeritus Frank W. Munger co-authored an article entitled “Women Lawyers for Social Causes: Professional Careers and Legal Development in Thailand,” in Thai Legal Studies.

Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor Emeritus Edward A. Purcell Jr. published an article entitled "Exploring the Interpretation and Application of Procedural Rules: The Problem of Implicit and Institutional Racial Bias," in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.

Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor Rebecca Roiphe co-authored “Who Should Police Politicization of the DOJ?” in the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy and “Rule 8.4(g), Discriminatory Speech, and the First Amendment” in the Hofstra Law Review. She also authored “Impeaching Legal Ethics” in the Florida State Law Review.

Professor Ross Sandler authored “New York’s BQE emergency” in the New York Daily News.

Professor Lynn Boepple Su authored “Unpacking the Teaching Potential of a Hypothetical Criminal Case Involving a Cross-Racial Eyewitness Identification” in the New York Law School Law Review.

Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law Ruti G. Teitel co-authored “From Grievances to Guarantees: Getting to Yes in the Iran Nuclear Talks” in the International Economic Law and Policy Blog and authored "Russia’s war on trial" on CNN.

John Marshall Harlan II Professor Penelope Andrews appeared on international media outlets such as Newzroom Afrika and SABC News to provide insight on American and international legal topics, including South Africa’s State Capture report, the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion rights.

Professor Kirk D. Burkhalter ’04 appeared on local and national media outlets, including Metrofocus, CBS, and CTV News, to discuss breaking news on policing and legal issues. He provided his expertise on topics such as changes to policing after Daunte Wright’s death, the impact of the Rodney King trial 30 years later, and a number of mass shooting gun violence incidents including the Brooklyn subway shooting, the Buffalo shooting, and the Uvalde shooting.

As a CBS News legal analyst, Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor Rebecca Roiphe regularly appeared on national TV to analyze breaking legal and political news, including the January 6 hearings, Supreme Court rulings on gun rights and abortion rights, the sentencing of the men convicted of Ahmaud Arbery's murder, and other headline stories. She also appeared on other national outlets, including NPR and MSNBC.

Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell offered testimony on form of government issues before the Portland, Maine Charter Revision Commission. His testimony reviewed the history of the American strong-mayor and council-manager forms of government, and offered a variety of nuanced ground level perspectives on modern municipal management for their consideration.

The American Bar Association's Rule of Law Initiative selected Professor Anne Goldstein and Professor Lynn Boepple Su to teach the legal writing component of "Mooting for Success: Best Practices Intensive," an online course for law students at Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University, in Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

Associate Professor Lisa F. Grumet presented at a New York State Bar Association event entitled “Representing Children in COVID-19 Vaccine Disputes,” which was organized by the Committee on Children and the Law.

Professor Gowri J. Krishna led a training in Miami lawyers on Lawyering for Worker Cooperatives. She also participated in a panel for the spring semester of the pilot Just Transition Lawyering Institute, which brings U.S.-based lawyers together to learn from leading legal scholars, lawyers, and community organizers about the various ways to use law practice to address the needs of frontline communities and advance a just transition. In addition, Professor Krishna facilitated and participated in three events during the Association of American Law Schools Clinical Conference week.

Dean of Faculty William P. LaPiana gave a CLE presentation at the Philanthropic Planning Group of Greater New York ‘s “Planned Giving Day 2022,” entitled “Electronic Wills: Radical Change, Inevitable Evolution, or Obsolete Before it Started?” He also participated in panels at the Critical Trusts & Estates Conference at Oklahoma City University School of Law and the American Bar Association’s Real Property Trust and Estate Law Section’s annual CLE symposium where he presented on the future of trust law and modern parentage law.

Professor Lynn Boepple Su presented on pedagogical content knowledge as a tool to deepen understanding and heighten engagement in the legal writing classroom at the 20th Annual Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference held at Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law in Phoenix, Arizona.

Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law Ruti G. Teitel presented her co-authored piece, “The Justice Archive: Transitional Justice and Digital Memory,” to Master Class students at the London School of Economics Masters in Human Rights. She also presented her piece, “After Charlottesville: The US and Transitional Justice Deferred,” at the Touro Law Symposium. In addition, Professor Teitel spoke on the relationship of transitional justice to international criminal justice at CUNY Second Annual Conference on Critical Perspectives on Human Rights.

Associate Professor Britney Wilson gave the keynote address for the New York City Department of Social Services ADA Celebration virtual event “Justice for All: Building an Accessible and Equitable Post-Pandemic Agency.” She was also a panelist for several symposiums throughout the semester, including at Howard University School of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, and the National Federation for the Blind, where she spoke about accessibility, clinical legal education, disability law, and human and civil rights.