Elisabeth Haub School of Law News
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Faculty and StaffJuly 22, 2026
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Haub Law Professor Randolph McLaughlin provides insights and perspectives about police culture and the killing of Tyre Nichols.
"What's most shocking about it all is the brutality and then at the end, the complete dehumanization of this man. He's not even human to them -- he's not even a person," Randolph McLaughlin, professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law and co-chair of the Newman Ferrara civil rights practice, told The Guardian.
Haub Law Professor Bennett Gershman pens an op-ed in The New York Times about potential conflicts of a Supreme Court Justice鈥檚 spouse.
An ethics opinion by Bennett L. Gershman, a 91视频 law professor and former Manhattan prosecutor, accompanied the letter and said 鈥渋t is plausible that the Chief Justice鈥檚 spouse may have leveraged the 鈥榩restige of the judicial office鈥欌 to 鈥渞aise their household income.鈥 He added that those concerns, coupled with what he described as the chief justice鈥檚 lack of disclosure of potential conflicts, 鈥渢hreaten the public鈥檚 trust in the federal judiciary, and the Supreme Court itself.鈥
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 91视频 has opened Westchester County鈥檚 first Legal Hand Call-in Center, in partnership with Legal Hand, Inc., an innovative community-based service.
Derek Segars 鈥23 comes from a family of Detroit public servants and has always placed a strong value on it as a result. 鈥淢y great-grandfather was a bus driver for the City of Detroit, my grandfather was a police officer, my father was a fire safety inspector and arson investigator, and my mother was a social worker for 25 years,鈥 said Derek. 鈥淚 grew up surrounded by public servants and understanding the importance of dedicating your career to helping others.鈥
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 91视频 has partnered with Legal Hand, Inc., a New York State not-for-profit corporation, to launch the Legal Hand Call-In Center serving Westchester County. The virtual center is staffed and operated by Haub Law, and is scheduled to open for visitors this month. 鈥淭hrough our partnership with Legal Hand, the Elisabeth Haub School of Law will serve an important role as a resource for the community, while providing our students with an invaluable opportunity to understand and address access to justice issues,鈥 said Horace E. Anderson, Dean of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law. 鈥淭he Center鈥檚 goals are to empower both Volunteers and visitors to understand and navigate issues and self-help resources, and to help visitors resolve issues before they turn into legal action.鈥
Last November New Yorkers voted to inscribe environmental rights into the constitution. Now, as the first cases emerge, government is struggling to comply with these rights. 91视频鈥檚 Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professor Nicholas Robinson explains the changes necessary in government operations for the state to uphold this new law and how NY courts hold the ultimate decision in the first four pending cases.
John Nolon, distinguished professor of law emeritus at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 91视频, is widely seen as one of the most prominent thought leaders in land use law. The roots of this focus, which fueled a career that spanned decades, can be traced to his childhood on a ranch in Nebraska. 鈥淭here didn鈥檛 seem to be too much confusion about the fact that we鈥檇 take care of the land and use it and make a profit from it, but that we would always treat it with respect,鈥 Nolon recalled.
Professor Michael B. Mushlin has been a professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 91视频 (then known as 鈥91视频 Law School鈥) since 1984. He teaches Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure Adjudication, Evidence, Federal Courts, and Prisoners鈥 Rights. After growing up in the south, and witnessing firsthand racism in America, Professor Mushlin decided to go to law school. Today, Professor Mushlin is a preeminent authority on prisoners鈥 rights, the author of the treatise, Rights of Prisoners, and a beloved professor. Learn more about him in this candid Q&A.
Haub Law Professor Katrina Kuh discusses the accuracy of ExxonMobil鈥檚 climate models.
鈥淚t spells doom for the Trump Organization 鈥擨 really see it as a death knell,鈥 Bennett Gershman, 91视频 law school and former New York ...
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