Elisabeth Haub School of Law News
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Press ReleaseOctober 16, 2024 -
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Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Professor Bennett Gershman is a guest on CNN discussing the latest developments in Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial.
Professor Katrina Fisher Kuh and Professor James May examine how the Constitution falls short in protecting the environment in an article for Counter Punch.
“Despite the obvious fact that life or liberty cannot exist without functioning ecosystems, courts in the United States do not recognize any federal constitutional environmental rights, even to the extent that an environmental right might be deemed appurtenant to explicitly enshrined constitutional rights,” they write.
A dedicated 3L, Madison has always been passionate about becoming an attorney in the field of criminal law. She embarked on her law school journey two weeks following her undergraduate graduation and started as a January admit student at Haub Law in 2023.
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professor John Nolon pens an op-ed about the untold story of how Whitney Young Manor in Yonkers was developed to provide shelter to lower-income families.
Professor Bennett Gershman speaks with Newsweek about Judge Aileen Cannon indefinitely postponing Donald Trump's classified documents trial in Florida, furthering calls from critics for her to recuse herself from the case.
"Scheinkman, who now teaches legal ethics at Pace University Law School, said the interaction described by Bailey is 'very troubling,'" the article says. "'The fact that this lawyer made these statements — unprompted — during a recorded TV interview should raise serious concerns,' Scheinkman said."
Retired Presiding New York Appellate Justice and Law Professor Alan Scheinkman speaks with NBC about high-profile attorney Adam Leitman Bailey, whose law license was once suspended, saying he approached the judge presiding over Donald Trump’s civil fraud case to offer unsolicited advice about a law at issue in the case.
In their article, Powerless Beings: Solitary Confinement of Humans and Non Humans in America, published in Nebraska Law Review, Haub Law Professors Michael Mushlin and David Cassuto use a comparative format to examine the moral, penological and scientific shortcomings of solitary confinement across species. The article sheds light on the importance of empowering all creatures subjected to solitary confinement. “If we adequately protect all vulnerable beings, the unnecessary suffering inflicted by solitary confinement will finally end,” they write.
The Pace | Haub Law Advocacy Program hosted its third biennial Gavel Gala on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at the Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle, NY. The mission of the Gavel Gala is to honor the advocacy program’s hardworking and dedicated coaches, the successes of former law school alumni, to celebrate the school’s current law students in the advocacy program, provide students the opportunity to network with attorneys and judges, to provide scholarship money to allow our students the opportunity to travel and compete across the nation and in prestigious international opportunities. This year, the Program had a lot to celebrate as it was recently ranked # 13 in the Nation by U.S. News and World Report’s latest rankings.
Professor Jason J. Czarnezki, Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law and Associate Dean of Environmental Law Programs and Strategic Initiatives at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, was named to the “2023 Energy & Environment Power 100” list published by City & State New York magazine.
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