Trump Administration Ramping Up Immigration Crackdown
Haub Law Professor Bennett Gershman continues to offer insightful commentary on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. He warns that the president is "using every weapon at his disposal" and stresses the consequences of undermining judicial independence.
JoJo Siwa, The 'Big Brother' Scandal And What Happens When Child Stars Grow Up Before Our Eyes
Dyson Professor Melvin Williams offers commentary in USA Today on JoJo Siwa’s evolving public image, calling it an “important conversation starter for young fans figuring things out for themselves in real time”.
Trump and Imperial Power
In a new New York Law Journal op-ed, Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professor Bennett Gershman draws a provocative comparison between President Trump’s executive ambitions and those of Roman Emperor Caligula.
Trump’s First 100 Days Show Him Dictating The Terms Of Press Coverage − Following Hungarian Strongman Viktor Orbán’s Playbook For Media Control
Professor Adam Klein pens an op-ed in The Conversation analyzing President Trump’s second-term media strategy. He draws parallels to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s approach to press control, arguing the administration is reshaping media coverage by dictating access and messaging.
How Did New Jersey's Jones Road Wildfire Start?
Environmental Studies Professor Matthew Aiello-Lammens provides an expert analysis to WHYY (part of NPR and PBS) discussing the fire risks associated with dry conditions and wind patterns following the Jones Road wildfire in New Jersey.
Withdrawing From Mine Ban Treaty Would Be A Self-Inflicted Strategic Defeat For European Security
Political Science Professor and International Disarmament Institute Co-director Matthew Bolton warns in Inkstick Media that withdrawing from the Mine Ban Treaty would be a strategic setback for European security and global arms control.
How To Power A City Documentary
Professor Melanie La Rosa’s documentary How To Power A City will begin airing nationwide on PBS on May 24. The film, which explores renewable energy projects and the people powering them, has been nominated for multiple awards and will also be available on Kanopy.
IRS Brain Drain Could Undermine Enforcement, Tax Experts Warn
Haub Law Professor Bridget Crawford pens an op-ed in National Law Journal that gutting the IRS workforce threatens tax fairness and legal accountability. She warns that weakening the agency shifts the burden onto law-abiding taxpayers and enables evasion by the wealthy.
Nonprofit News Remains “Heavily Dependent On Philanthropic Funding,” Study Finds
Professor Katherine Fink is featured in Nieman Lab for her new study published in Digital Journalism, which examines the financial sustainability of nonprofit news organizations.
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Expands Faculty with Interdisciplinary Scholar Professor Gregory Antill
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is pleased to announce that Gregory Antill, a criminal law and philosophy scholar, will join the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Law beginning in Fall 2025. Professor Antill will teach courses in criminal law and tort law while also supervising student scholarship and research projects in the advanced legal writing seminar.
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is pleased to announce that Gregory Antill, a criminal law and philosophy scholar, will join the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Law beginning in Fall 2025. Professor Antill will teach courses in criminal law and tort law while also supervising student scholarship and research projects in the advanced legal writing seminar.
Professor Antill is currently an Academic Fellow and Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School. He has also held previous academic appointments at Yale University, Pomona College, and Claremont McKenna College. His primary teaching and research interests include criminal law, tort law, and evidence, where he applies recent advances in philosophy and cognitive science to traditional legal questions about mens rea, culpability, causation, and expert testimony.
“Professor Antill brings an extremely unique perspective to the Haub Law community in his focus on and background in both law and philosophy,” said Dean Horace E. Anderson, Jr. “His prior studies and degrees allow him an innate ability to encourage his students to examine the law from both a practical and theoretical standpoint. We look forward to Professor Antill joining the Haub Law community.”
“Haub Law has a long history of embracing both intellectual and educational excellence in the study of law,” said Professor Antill. “I look forward to furthering my research interests and contributing to the innovative academic community that makes up Haub Law.”
Professor Antill’s scholarship has been published or is forthcoming in The Yale Law Journal, The California Law Review, and The University of Chicago Law Review, among other publications. He holds a JD from Yale Law School and a PhD in Philosophy from UCLA, where he was an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Humanistic Studies. During his time at Yale Law School, he was an editor on the Yale Law Journal and editor-in-chief of the Yale Journal of Law & The Humanities.
Haub Law recently announced the expansion of its faculty with the additions of Professor Lauren Roth, a health law and business law scholar, and Professor Kate Skolnick, a seasoned public defender and criminal law scholar. The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is proud to have more than 130 legal experts as members of its full-time and adjunct faculty. Faculty members are lawyers with outstanding academic credentials and extensive legal experience. They are student-centered educators who bring their diverse practice experience to the classroom. Through either prior or ongoing active careers as attorneys—whether as litigators, counselors, regulators, legal reformers, policymakers, judges, clerks, or counselors—our faculty have unique perspectives informed by their work in multiple fields of law in the private and public sectors.