Pace Law Advocacy Board announces inaugural publication of The Advocate’s Advantage blog

In coverage by CBS News, Perry Carbone, a professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, weighed in on the legal implications of charges against former FBI Director James Comey. Carbone warned that prosecuting ambiguous expression as a threat could have serious consequences for free speech, emphasizing that expanding criminal liability in such cases may put First Amendment protections at risk. His comments come as legal experts broadly question whether the case meets the high bar required to qualify as a “true threat” under constitutional law.

Haub Law Professor Bennett Gershman is featured in Injustice Watch. Professor Gershman raises concerns about efforts to tighten standards for certificates of innocence in wrongful-conviction cases, warning that requiring “irrefutable” proof would set an unrealistically high bar for exonerated individuals seeking relief.

In an article by NJ Today, Bennett L. Gershman, a legal ethics professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, weighed in on allegations involving financial relationships connected to Chief Justice John Roberts’s household. Gershman’s analysis concluded that, even under a narrow interpretation of judicial recusal standards, the circumstances could lead a reasonable person to question the Chief Justice’s impartiality in cases involving related parties.