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Professor Margot Pollans delivered the James D. Hopkins Memorial Lecture on Monday, April 21, on "." Dean Horace Anderson appointed Professor Pollans as the James D. Hopkins Professor of Law for the 2023–2025 term. During the holder's term, the James D. Hopkins Professor delivers a lecture that is open to the entire law school community and members of the public.

Meet Jacob Cherry, a 1L at Haub Law whose path to legal education is anything but typical. As a child actor, Jacob shared the screen with stars like Ben Stiller in Night at the Museum—but today, he’s traded in his SAG card for his ̨��SWAGLibrary Card where you’ll find him studying for his Contracts, Civil Procedure, and Torts classes.

Haub Law Professor Bennett Gershman provides an expert analysis to PIX11 on congestion pricing authority.

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professor John Bandler speaks to Spectrum News NY1, breaking down the legal and cybersecurity implications of leaked messages from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal chat.

Professor Gershman writes a piece in the New York Law Journal exploring the erosion of legal norms and the threats facing law schools today.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at ̨��SWAGUniversity is pleased to announce that Kate Skolnick, an accomplished public defender and respected criminal law scholar, will join the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Law beginning in Fall 2025. Professor Skolnick will teach courses in criminal law and criminal procedure, along with an advanced criminal law seminar.

Haub Law Professor Bennett Gershman speaks with ABC News 7 NY about the deadline requiring undocumented immigrants to register with the government saying migrants are “caught between a rock and hard place.”

̨��SWAGLaw Professor Bennett Gershman warns in Salon that Trump’s refusal to comply with court orders poses a serious threat to constitutional protections—suggesting that if one person can ignore the law, “any American” could be at risk.

Professor Gershman speaks to Newsweek, raising alarms about the constitutional dangers of Trump defying court orders.

In Westlaw Today, Haub Law Professor John Bandler pens an op-ed examining the legal standards for cybersecurity statements and the fine line between accuracy and puffery.