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Bennett L. Gershman, a prosecutorial ethics expert at Pace University law school, said making such statements after acquittals is wrong. “That’s highly improper for a prosecutor after a jury has acquitted you to suggest you lied,” Gershman said. “Prosecutors can’t do that, because that erodes our confidence, our trust in the system. It’s really a very dangerous thing to do.”

May 19, 2023
The Washington Post
In the Media

Humanity is ramping up the risk of global health disasters by intruding deep into the world’s bat habitats, breeding grounds for deadly viruses. Pace University’s Haub Law Professor Nicholas A. Robinson was quoted by Reuters in an extensive five-part series exploring how “The Next Pandemic May Come From Bats” and where the outbreak is likely. “People like a bright line,” said Nicholas Robinson, an American professor of environmental law who has advised governments and worked on conservation issues since the 1960s. “They don’t understand that it’s a continuum of engagement between nature and humans.”

May 19, 2023
Reuters
Press Release

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delivered Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University’s 45th commencement ceremony address to graduates at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York. Together with Harvard Professor Bruce H. Mann, a legal scholar and historian, she received the Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, the highest honor conferred by the Law School, recognizing their lifelong contributions to public service and the legal profession.

May 17, 2023
Press Release

Jeffrey Prieto delivered the annual Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Lecture on Environmental Law on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, entitled “Addressing the Triple Environmental Challenges of Climate Change, Environmental Injustice, and Pollution: An EPA Perspective.”

May 16, 2023
Press Release

Standing before thousands of graduates and their supporters at Pace University’s Commencement, alumnus Telfar Clemens ’08 yesterday spoke of his path from a student finding his way in lower Manhattan to a celebrated fashion designer and founder of the global label Telfar.

May 16, 2023
Press Release
Students

Accessing your tickets, when to arrive, where to park, what to eat, and so much more. You've got questions and we've got answers. Get ready to walk, grads.

May 14, 2023
Press Release

On Friday, April 14, the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University presented its triennial Pace International Law Review Symposium and its annual Dyson Lecture. The theme of the symposium was 21st Century Conflict: International Law and the War in Ukraine. The Dyson Lecture, entitled The United States and Ukraine: One Year On, was delivered by Professor Monica Hakimi, the William S. Beinecke Professor of Law at Columbia Law School.

May 11, 2023
Press Release

Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law Ranks #1 in the Nation in Environmental Law for the Third Consecutive Year; Trial Advocacy Program Ranks #24.

May 11, 2023
Faculty and Staff

Whether you walk into Professor Dorfman’s office or classroom, you will leave having learned more about the world and society then you even knew was possible. Professor David Dorfman has been a faculty member at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University for 28 years. When Professor Dorfman first started teaching at what was then known as Pace Law in 1995, he was teaching Criminal Law Research and Writing. Today, Professor Dorfman teaches Criminal Procedure and Investigation, First Year Criminal Law, and New York Criminal Procedure - a course he designed himself. In the past he has also taught Lawyering and Professional Responsibility. In addition to his doctrinal teaching, Professor Dorfman has been running the Law School’s Criminal Defense Clinic since 2010.

May 5, 2023
In the Media

Professor Bennett Gershman speaks with Forbes about Chief Justice John Roberts’ wife making over $10 million as Legal Consultant.

May 5, 2023
Forbes

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