Elisabeth Haub School of Law News

Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Professors Emily Gold Waldman and Bridget J. Crawford have published “Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores Menopause and What We Can Do About It. Their goal is to replace the legal and cultural silence surrounding menopause with a deeper understanding.

PWJC’s many programs offer free legal assistance, free legal clinics open to the public, and training for professionals. It also has a robust program to recruit, train, and supervise volunteers. A dedicated team of volunteers include those who have some legal training — such as lawyers, paralegals, and law students — and those who bring other skills to Center programs, such as community members, and high school and college students.

Bennett Gershman, a former prosecutor and a law professor at Pace University, suggested that significant portions of the filing may be redacted “given the closeness to the upcoming election” but that many of the actions Trump took in his attempt to overturn the election results “clearly were not official acts.”

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professor Bennett Gershman provides insights to Reuters regarding the recent charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the challenges of removing him from office – and the story gets picked up by hundreds of publications around the world. In the article, U.S. prosecutors have charged Adams with accepting illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel accommodations from Turkish nationals attempting to sway his influence, capping an investigation that has sent the largest U.S. city's government into turmoil.

Professor Gershman pens an op-ed in The New York Law Journal responding to a Wall Street Journal editorial, arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court needs reformers, not defenders.

Haub Law Professor Josh Galperin speaks to Law360 about the U.S. Supreme Court's "shadow docket," highlighting the surge of appeals from environmental rule opponents seeking to overturn D.C. Circuit rulings that allowed regulations to take effect.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University honored Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, with its 2024 Robert S. Tucker Prize for Prosecutorial Excellence at a ceremony attended by district attorneys, fellow prosecutors and other members of the legal community on Pace University’s New York City campus September 23, 2024.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is proud to announce that the 2024 Ottinger Award for Faculty Achievement has been awarded to Professor Vanessa Merton posthumously.

On September 12, 2024, the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Environmental Law Program held the second annual private environmental governance, sustainability, and ESG legal scholarship workshop. The half-day lightning workshop included an impressive gathering of environmentally focused scholars who spent the day workshopping new scholarship. This year’s workshop was developed by Haub Law Professor Josh Galperin, who also moderated the event.