Press Room

Justice Freedman, New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, Justice Baer, U.S. District Judge for the State of New York, and Justice Alan Scheinkman, Chief Administrative Judge for the Ninth Judicial District, will discuss judicial independence and the rule of law at a program at Pace Law School on Tuesday, November 15. Moderated by Pace Law School Professor Jay Carlisle, this distinguished panel of judges will share personal struggles with challenges to independence. They will also discuss examples from around the world.

Pace Law professor Randolph McLaughlin is a regular contributor to The Journal News on Legal Matters. In this opinion piece he offers perspective on two legal cases that have caused recent media frenzy, the Casey Anthony trial and the Doninique Strauss-Kahn case. In the case of the former, the public may not have liked the verdict but, he says, the legal system was working at its best. In the case of the latter, McLaughlin feels special treatment of the rich and powerful may be at play in a case that he feels should go to trial.

Pace Law Professor Ralph Stein was called upon for his expertise regarding a case in Harrison. (Left: Pace Law professor Ralph Stein).

Toyota’s bungled handling of big recalls involving its Toyota and Lexus vehicles led to a record $48.8 million in fines by the federal government. The media blitz that accompanied the recalls drove down sales in the U.S. and led to numerous lawsuits.

“I think Toyota blew it early on,” says Paul Kurnit, clinical professor of marketing at Pace University. “Acting not unlike a deer caught in headlights, Toyota management went into denial mode,” he says.

To keep students abreast of changes in the entertainment industry, Pace Law School adjunct professor and alumnus, Vernon Brown (left), is convening the second annual entertainment law panel, “Where Do I Sign.” The entertainment industry’s biggest execs and labels, including Cash Money Records, and top sports lawyers and agents, will give students a true insiders’ look at how the industry operates from the legal perspective.

For its work as a “tireless advocate” for clean energy, the Pace Energy and Climate Center received the Outstanding Outreach Partner Award from the Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACE NY) at its annual meeting in Albany this afternoon.

The tragic death of Danroy Henry, a Pace University student who was shot to death Oct. 17 in a fusillade of police bullets in a mall parking lot in Thornwood, will likely be added to the ignominious list of other recent police shooting deaths – Amadou Diallo, Sean Bell and Christopher Ridley. (Left: Pace Law Professor Bennett L. Gershman).

Student interns at the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, under the supervision of law professors Karl S. Coplan, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Daniel Estrin, took the first step today in bringing a lawsuit against three mining companies in Kentucky for violations of the Clean Water Act.

Law professor Bennett Gershman was quoted in a USA Today investigation of misconduct by federal prosecutors, saying it revealed “glaring misconduct” that is only “the tip of the iceberg.”

Pace Law School’s assistant dean Alexandra Dunn was quoted in a thoughtful article in the American Bar Association Journal on the disappointing record of the federal “vaccine court” set up to adjudicate disputes about diseases related to vaccines, including autism.