Elisabeth Haub School of Law News

Mushlin is a professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. Conditions at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex have captured the headlines in recent days. Deaths and degradation are the order of the day there. A federal judge has intervened, ordering the city to put in place measures essential to save lives.

Professor Michael Mushlin's Letter to the Editor regarding the chaotic conditions at Rikers Island was published in The New York Times.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is pleased to announce that Professor Shelby Green has been appointed as co-counsel of the Land Use Law Center.

Professor Bennett Gershman explains why respect for law is a basic tenet of democracy and the integrity of our judicial systemin an article for the New York Law Journal.

Elisabeth Haub Law Lauren Bachtel co-authored an empirical analysis, noting there is much work to be done to achieve gender equity in the environmental bar.

Professor Emeritus Jay Carlisle comments on Rudy Giuliani's suspension from the practice of law in an article for Westchester Lawyer.

Bridget J. Crawford: I think we should start first by defining what we mean by feminism. Tony and I, and many others, take a broad approach to what that term means. Obviously, feminism as we understand it in the 21st century has its roots in the 19th-century women's rights movement, carried over into the 1970s. It's a movement with political origins that specifically focused on advancing women's equality.