Pace University News

Pace Haub Law Professor Imre Szalai provides expert commentary to Bloomberg Law regarding the Second Circuit’s recent decision in Flores v. New York Football Giants, Inc., which struck down the NFL’s arbitration provision giving Commissioner Roger Goodell final authority over discrimination disputes. Highlighting why commissioner-controlled arbitration fails in civil rights contexts, Professor Szalai explained: “Goodell would be a perfect decision maker about sports rules, like the notorious Tom Brady ‘Deflategate’ case, but not for a legal claim.”

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professor Bennett Gershman speaks to Reuters about the reported use of social media teams during FBI arrests in D.C. “It’s an outrageous tactic for promotional purposes,” he said, calling it constitutionally and ethically problematic— the story garners national and international pickup.

Pace University’s Sands College of Performing Arts today announced the appointment of three distinguished artists to its faculty for Fall 2025: Tony Award nominee L Morgan Lee as clinical assistant professor of musical theater, Broadway performer Shonica Gooden as clinical assistant professor of commercial dance, and Broadway stage manager Matthew Stern as clinical assistant professor and program head of stage management.

From hands-on client work to behind-the-scenes content shoots, Skye Tchegnon ’28 is turning her first internship into a launchpad for a career in social media marketing and analytics.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is pleased to announce that Sam Bookman will be a Visiting Assistant Professor with the Law School for the Fall 2025 semester and he was also selected to serve as a Haub Visiting Scholar. While at Pace Haub Law, he will teach Climate Change Law and Constitutional Law.

Want to host an event during Pace’s sixth annual Social Justice Week? Apply by Friday, September 26. Read the article to learn more about the origins of Social Justice Week and how to get involved.

In Bloomberg Law, Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professor Emily Gold Waldman cautioned that new federal guidance promoting religious expression in the workplace could foster coercive dynamics—particularly between supervisors and employees—and lacks adequate safeguards to prevent pressure or retaliation.