upcoming symposia and events

  • spacer Supreme Court Narratives: Law, History, and Journalism

     

    A symposium in honor of Dean Emeritus James F. Simon

    Thursday, April 12, 2012 at New York Law School

    Registration is now open here.

    This symposium will examine the U.S. Supreme Court with a particular focus on the relationship…

  • spacer Trial by Jury or Trial by Motion? Summary Judgment, Iqbal, and Employment Discrimination

    April 23, 2012 at New York Law School.

    Required registration is now open here.  There is a $25 registration fee (no charge for NYLS students, faculty, staff and alumni).

    The New York Law School Law Review and The Employee Rights…

recent symposia and events

  • spacer Visualizing Law in the Digital Age

    October 19 & 21, 2011

    Law has entered the visual digital age. How truth and justice are represented and assessed in court (and out) increasingly depend on what electronic screens display.

    Decision makers these days watch documentaries of tort victims…

  • spacer Civil Liberties 10 Years After 9/11

    September 9, 2011

    The conference marked the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that had— and continue to have— profound consequences for life, liberty, law, and security. Distinguished panelists offered a broad range of perspectives on the ongoing impact of…

  • spacer Lawyers and the Law in New York City: Ten Years After 9/11

    Reception and Panel Discussion

    Thursday, September 8, 2011, 6:30-8 p.m., reception from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

    Click here to view a recording of this event.

    This reception and panel discussion commemorated the tenth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the…

  • spacer Sharia in America: Principles and Prospects

    Principles and Prospects
    August 25, 2011: C.V. Starr Lecture

    August 26, 2011: Symposium

    This symposium discussed the place of Islamic law in the United States today and in the future, in a variety of legal fields including family, financial, criminal, and…

  • spacer Juvenile Justice Reform in New York

    What Does it Take to Reform a Dysfunctional Juvenile Justice System?
    April 2011

    What does it take to reform a dysfunctional juvenile justice system? Distinguished panelists discussed all phases of New York’s system, from police-youth interactions through post-adjudication detention and…

  • spacer Exonerating the Innocent: Pre-Trial Innocence Procedures

    Examining a Novel Approach to Reducing the Incidence of Wrongful Convictions
    November 2010

    Our adversarial system currently accepts that innocent persons will be convicted of crimes. This symposium examined an entirely novel approach to substantially reducing the system failures that…

  • spacer Clinical Theory Workshop

    25th Anniversary Conference
    October 2010

    The Clinical Theory Workshop 25th Anniversary Conference featured scholarship presentations by numerous participants as part of the 25th anniversary of the Clinical Theory Workshop series, which has met regularly at New York Law School since…

  • spacer The Media and Criminal Law: Fact, Fiction, and Reality TV

    Fact, Fiction, and Reality TV
    April 2010

    The United States has a rich tradition of incorporating the criminal law into fictional stories that reflect and challenge our values. But with the rise of reality television, the lines between fact, fiction,…

  • spacer Permanency for Children

    2010 Adoption Policy Conference
    April 2011

    The seventh annual Adoption Policy Conference, held in March 2010 and memorialized in an issue of the New York Law School Law Review (published Spring 2011), explored topics at the forefront of adoption policy…

  • spacer Good Faith After Disney

    The Delaware Fiduciary Duty of Good Faith after Disney: Meaningful or Mickey Mouse?
    November 2009

    In the closely followed Walt Disney litigation that occurred between 2003 and 2006, the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme Court addressed the…