Elisabeth Haub School of Law News

“​The state court ruling sets a historic precedent which other states may follow,” Bennett Gershman, a former New York prosecutor and law professor at Pace University, told Salon. “It is a landmark ruling. I can’t think of an application of this provision in modern times.”

Professor Bennett Gershman speaks to Salon about a committee that regulates attorneys in Arizona finding probable cause to take formal action against three lawyers who acted on behalf of former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake in election-related matters.

There have been lawsuits filed in 28 states to have Trump’s name removed from the ballots, Bennett Gershman, a former New York prosecutor and law professor at Pace University, told Salon. While legal decisions in one state do not have to be recognized as “authoritative” by other states, a finding by Colorado’s appellate court that Trump engaged in an insurrection would mark the first appellate court to make that determination.

Smith is taking a “calculated risk” by bypassing the ordinary appellate process and seeking immediate Supreme Court review, Bennett Gershman, a former New York prosecutor and law professor at Pace University, told Salon.

“I believe he feels very confident that given previous Supreme Court decisions on presidential immunity, his chances of winning are very high,” Gershman said.

Professor Randolph McLaughlin speaks with Lohud about the family of Sean Harris, who died after Clarkstown police engaged him in a standoff at his Central Nyack home, intending to sue the County of Rockland and Clarkstown Police Department— and the story gets picked up by Yahoo News.

Professor Bennett Gershman provides expert insight to NPR about how Ohio prosecutors broke rules to win convictions and got away with it.

Former prosecutor Bennett Gershman, who now teaches at Pace University's School of Law in New York, called the pattern of prosecutors who repeatedly act improperly in cases in Ohio a "microcosm" of the criminal justice system in states across the country.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law team for the National Trial League Competition broke a record this year as they were the only school to remain undefeated in the National Trial League’s regular season, with a solid finish of seven wins and zero losses.

“A directed verdict motion says this: There’s not enough evidence here for the case to go to a jury," Pace University law professor Randolph M. McLaughlin, laughing. "The only wrinkle here is, there's no jury! They’re asking the judge to direct a verdict against himself." “I’ve never heard of a lawyer asking on multiple occasions for a directed verdict – I’ve never heard of it,” McLaughlin added. “I understand you have to make motions, but some of what they’re doing borders on frivolousness. I don’t think they have any shame at all.”