Elisabeth Haub School of Law News

The Food and Beverage Law Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is pleased to announce a new collaboration with GrowNYC, operators of the New York City Greenmarkets, the largest network of urban farmers markets in the country. The clinic will provide expanded legal support to Greenmarket farms and food businesses by welcoming Jack Hornickel as its first Staff Attorney. Jack brings seven years of experience representing small farm and food businesses on transactional and regulatory matters from his service in the GrowNYC Farmer Assistance Program. This collaboration is made possible by the gift of an anonymous donor.

“I think the likelihood is he’s not going to survive until the next election, that's my guess.” Pace University law professor Bennett Gershman sharing his observations on the governor's political future. “My sense is it's more likely he’ll be in proceedings along the lines of an impeachment by the assembly.”

Professor Smita Narula was invited by the American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) to become a Fellow in the ACOEL.

Even if James were to get a referral to prosecute a case herself, it would be difficult for her to do so now, given that she’s already reached a conclusion about Cuomo’s actions and condemned his behavior, said Bennett Gershman, a professor at Pace University Law School in New York. James made “extremely prejudicial statements about his conduct that would make it difficult or inappropriate to prosecute him herself,” Gershman said.

The Food and Beverage Law Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is pleased to announce a new collaboration with GrowNYC, operators of the New York City Greenmarkets, the largest network of urban farmers markets in the country.

The National College for DUI Defense announced the appointment of 1992 Haub Law alumnus Steven Epstein as co-chair of the newly created National Task Force Trial Advocacy Committee.

Professor Leslie Garfield Tenzer writes about the Supreme Court decision Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., which raises the issue of whether the First Amendment prohibits public school officials from regulating off-campus student speech.

Pace University law professor Bennett Gershman says that courts “firmly” say that it is not an infringement on civil rights. “The state has the power to protect the public health, the public welfare, the public safety by requiring people to get vaccinated,” Gershman says.

The answer, one lawyer tells The Washington Post, is because the former president never did what he said he would do – which is to give up control over his companies. As Pace University law professor Bridget J Crawford put it, "The fact that it's (the company is) in a revocable trust means nothing. That's the equivalent of passing something from the right hand to the left hand."