Elisabeth Haub School of Law News

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.

Randolph McLaughlin, a civil rights lawyer and professor at Pace University, said if county officials failed to heed the Guardian’s previous calls for more diverse hiring and promotion practices, it was because the fraternal order lacked the power to change the department. “They don't have a big enough club,” McLaughlin said. “The only club that the department will respect is a judgment and an order from a judge, a federal judge.“

Professor Danielle B. Shalov explains why New York state must expand its long-term eviction prevention programs to avoid an onslaught of evictions and court filings in an informative article in Westchester Business Journal.