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Together with her co-authors Leah Litman of the University of Michigan School of Law and Katherine Shaw of Penn Carey School of Law, @profmmurray.bsky.social won the 2026 Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition on Regulatory and Administrative Law for the academic paper, “Unsettling the Presidency.”

Faculty Honors

Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law, won the American Constitution Society's 2026 Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition on Regulatory and Administrative Law.

Congratulations to Vanita Gupta, director of the NYU Center for Law and Public Trust, for receiving the 2026 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty from the @aclu.org. She was honored for being “a transformative force in civil rights.”

Faculty Honors

Vanita Gupta ’01, distinguished scholar in residence, received the Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty from the ACLU, which cited her founding of NYU Law's Center for Law and Public Trust to reimagine democratic institutions.

Nathaniel Donahue, previously a Samuel I. Golieb Fellow in Legal History at NYU Law, joins the Law School faculty as assistant professor of law.

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“We propose that state supreme courts amend their rules of professional conduct to impose a uniform ‘hold open’ date for offers until Oct. 1 of students’ 2L year for 2L summer positions.” @marklemley.bsky.social & I have an op-ed in Bloomberg on early recruiting news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

State Supreme Courts Can Resolve Early Legal Recruiting Mess

Opinion: Imposing a uniform "hold open" date for job offers to law students would likely put much-needed brakes on accelerated recruiting.

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Congratulations to Florencia Marotta-Wurgler, Boxer Family Professor of Law, for receiving the ALACDE Medal from the Latin American and Caribbean Law & Economics Association, the leading law and economics association in Latin America.

Faculty Honors

Florencia Marotta-Wurgler, Boxer Family Professor of Law, received the Latin American and Caribbean Law & Economics Association medal for  her work's impact on the interaction between law and economics in the global south.

Congratulations to Richard Revesz, AnBryce Professor of Law and dean emeritus, for receiving the 2026 Hon. Robert A. Katzmann Award for Academic Excellence.

Faculty Honors
Richard Revesz, AnBryce Professor of Law and dean emeritus, for received the 2026 Hon. Robert A. Katzmann Award for Academic Excellence for "his exemplary service during his eleven years as Dean and his career in law."

Congratulations to @jeannefromer.bsky.social, who will receive Barnard College's Award for Distinction for alumnae. Fromer was honored both for her excellence in personifying the ideals of a liberal arts education, and for her widely influential work in intellectual property law.

Faculty Honors
Jeanne Fromer, Vice Dean, University Partnerships and Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Intellectual Property Law, will receive Barnard College's Award for Distinction for alumnae personifying ideals of a liberal arts education and professional achievement.

Look up tonight, NYU Law Class of 2026 💜 The Empire State Building is shining in your honor. You've worked incredibly hard to get here — tonight, the city sees you. #NYU2026 ⚖️🎓

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Kahaari Shakoor Kenyatta ’26 and Aila Ansheles LLM ’26 will deliver student Convocation addresses at Convocation, May 19. Kenyatta will address the JD graduates and Ansheles will speak for the graduate classes 🎓 Learn more about this year's student speakers: ow.ly/H6sZ50YV5nx

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Today @nyulaw.bsky.social Democracy Project launches the "What's Next?" series—taking the next step after “100 Days” w/ reform ideas, critiques, & original proposals from across the ideological spectrum🚀 Read more by Bauer, Issacharoff @rickpildes.bsky.social - democracyproject.org/posts/what-s...

"What's Next?" at the NYU Law Democracy Project

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

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Four recent and upcoming NYU Law grads have been named as Skadden Fellows. Congrats to Vedan Anthony-North ’21, Joelle Besch ’26, Danielle Miles-Langaigne ’26, and Eve Zelickson ’26 for receiving one of the nation’s most prestigious public interest law fellowships! ow.ly/zsEH50XKsAG

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Congratulations to Professor Joseph H.H. Weiler for receiving the 2025 Barry Prize from the American Academy of Sciences and Letters. The Prize honors scholars of extraordinary achievement and dedication to excellence in the arts, sciences and learned professions.

Faculty Honors

Joseph H.H. Weiler, Joseph Straus Professor of Law

was awarded the 2025 Barry Prize for Dinstinguished Intellectual Achievement from the American Academy of Sciences and Letters