Elisabeth Haub School of Law News

Associate Dean of Environmental Law Programs and Strategic Initiatives Jason Czarnezki speaks to USNews.com about considerations for pursuing a career in environmental law.

The Regulatory Review reports on a seminar where scholars assessed the current regulatory landscape of food additives and labeling, referencing Law Professor Margot J. Pollans’ recent article published in the Michigan Law Review.

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professor Gershman pens an op-ed in the New York Law Journal questioning whether Donald Trump, knowing the U.S. Supreme Court had his back, and that he would be immune from prosecution, might have engaged in even more severe “official acts” to retain power.

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professor Gershman speaks with CBS News about a federal judge's decision to dismiss Donald Trump's classified documents case.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is pleased to announce that Amelia Wilson has joined its faculty as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Immigration Justice Clinic (“IJC”). In her role as Director of the IJC, Professor Wilson will also assume clinical teaching responsibilities.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University joined leadership from White Plains Hospital to recognize 12 hospital employees as graduates of the Law School’s inaugural Health Law and Policy Certificate for health professionals.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is proud to announce that Dean Horace E. Anderson Jr. was named to the “2024 Trailblazers in Education” list published by City & State New York magazine.

The justices "gave Trump virtually everything he asked for," issuing a ruling that was "about as broad as it could be for presidential immunity" since it holds that "virtually everything a president does as president is 'presumptively' and 'official act'" that requires the prosecution to "rebut that presumption," argued Bennett Gershman, a law professor at Pace University and former New York prosecutor.

"If he engaged in unlawful conduct before he became president, it doesn't seem to me that his efforts when he was president, to either cover up or address that conduct, will be immunized from criminal liability," said Pace University law professor Bennett Gershman, a former New York prosecutor.

If the Supreme Court rules that some of Trump's alleged conduct is protected by immunity or issues an unclear decision, Trump's criminal case could be bogged down in further delays about how the decision impacts the scope of the case or evidentiary issues, Pace University law professor Bennett Gershman said.