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The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 91ÊÓƵ is pleased to announce that Professor Philipp Schlüter will join its full-time faculty as Assistant Professor of Law.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 91ÊÓƵ is pleased to announce that it has selected Professor Aisha Saad to receive the 2026–2027 Haub Environmental Law Distinguished Junior Scholar Award.

Haub Law Professor Emily Gold Waldman provides legal analysis to Chalkbeat on a Michigan school district policy requiring teachers to choose from a list of 32 pre-approved classroom messages or undergo legal review before displaying other signs. Professor Waldman says she has not seen another district adopt restrictions this specific, adding that the policy reflects broader efforts by school systems to avoid classroom discussions surrounding controversial topics.

Haub Law Professor Sara Gonzalez-Rothi is featured in POLITICO discussing federal Clean Water Act permitting requirements for data centers. Professor Gonzalez-Rothi explains that public permitting processes give communities an important opportunity to understand and weigh in on projects with significant environmental impacts before construction begins.

Haub Law Professor Bennett Gershman writes a piece in amNewYork examining a federal judge's ruling in Trump v. IRS. Gershman explores the court's findings that former President Donald Trump and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche orchestrated a fraudulent lawsuit for personal benefit, writing that the case raises fundamental questions about executive power, the independence of the Justice Department, and accountability under the law.

Professor Yiran Zhang, Proskauer Assistant Professor of Employment and Labor Law at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) and an Associate Member of the Cornell Law School faculty, has been selected as the recipient of the 2026–2027 Haub Law Emerging Scholar Award in Women, Gender & Law for her article Family Caregiving as Work?, forthcoming in the Minnesota Law Review.

Dyson Political Science Professor Laura Tamman joined Inside City Hall on Spectrum News NY1 to discuss the future of the Democratic Party, Mayor Zohran Mamdani's proposed property tax on second homes, and other New York City political issues. Tamman shared her analysis of the Democratic Party's ideological divisions and weighed in on the rollout of the mayor's proposed tax policy and appointments to the city's Judicial Advisory Committee.

Haub Law Professor Bridget Crawford is featured in OK! Magazine discussing the legal standards surrounding sealed court records in the dispute between Paris Jackson and the Michael Jackson estate. Professor Crawford explains that court proceedings are generally open to the public, with records sealed only under limited circumstances.