On October 12, 2021, in a virtual ceremony, the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University conferred the 2020-2021 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy on Ugandan climate justice advocate Vanessa Nakate and Professor Wang Xi, an environmental law scholar and advocate with Kunming University of Science and Technology in China. The award ceremony was preceded by a panel discussion led by Smita Narula, Haub Distinguished Professor of International Law, with the distinguished laureates. Read more >

Professor Emily Waldman was on Zerlina Maxwell’s show on NBC Peacock, about the most recent court ruling on the Texas abortion law.

Adjunct Professor Cristina Buccola's article

Legal Matters: What employers in all industries need to know about cannabis law was published by the Westchester & Fairfield County Business Journals.

Professor Katrina Fischer Kuh is speaking at the New York City Bar's upcoming event, Environmental Rights on the Ballot: What to Know About New York’s Proposed Constitutional Amendment. The event will be held on October 26. She also spoke at the Westchester for Change event held on October 14 regarding Proposal #2, the Environmental Rights Amendment, leading a discussion and answering questions for the local community.

Professor Michael Mushlin's Letter to the Editor regarding the conditions at Rikers Island was published in the New York Times. Professor Mushlin was also quoted in the article Texas executions face delays over religious rights claims.

On October 7, Professor Smita Narula delivered virtually a lecture on Confronting Power in a Globalized Food System as part of a conference commemorating the inaugural lecture of Professor Josephine van Zeben as she assumed the position of Chair of Law at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Professor Narula was one of six presenters who were invited to offer their reflections on the effect of law on our living environment. The conference also featured a Q&A with Professor Cass Sunstein. On October 13, Professor Narula presented virtually at a program entitled “Looking Toward COP 26: Sustainable Agriculture, Labor Rights and Just Transitions in Accelerating SDG Implementation.” The program was organized by Yale University and the UN Institute for Training and Research.

Congratulations to Haub Law Professors Randolph McLaughlin, Debra Cohen, and Jeffrey Norton on being included in the New York Metro 2021 Super Lawyers Magazine.

Christie joined Haub Law's External Affairs team today to support the development and planning of Law School events and programs. Christie joins us from Pace University's Pleasantville Campus where she was a Senior Academic Advisor in the College of Health Professions, and was previously a member of the University Relations events team.