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4-1-2024 
Max Politics Podcast Arrives at New York Law School 
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Since 1891
WE ARE NEW YORK’S LAW SCHOOL
Veteran Journalist Ben Max Hosts In-Depth 
Policy and Politics Discussions with the 
Leaders Shaping New York
New York, NY (April 1, 2024) – Ben Max, the Center for New York 
City Law’s Executive Editor and Program Director and former 
Executive Editor of Gotham Gazette, has brought Max Politics, his 
popular and engaging podcast on New York policy and politics, to 
New York Law School.
Max Politics features substantive, in-depth conversations with 
elected and appointed government officials, candidates for 
office, advocates, academics, journalists, and other guests. 
Conversations range across many public policy topics at the 
city and state levels, as well as elections and voting, analysis of 
big speeches and plans from the Mayor and the Governor, and 
much more. All episodes of the show are available at Max Politics 
wherever you listen to podcasts, like Apple Podcasts, or via the 
show’s SoundCloud page.
Episodes of the podcast often feature one prominent policy-
maker for an extended conversation with Max about the guest’s 
priorities and key issues facing New York. The show regularly takes 
on topics dominating the news but does so with unique depth 
and substance. The probing conversations with a diverse array of 
voices are revealing and news-making; educational for both the 
regular New Yorker looking to learn more about civic issues and 
the political insider eyeing what’s next on an area of focus. The 
show is seen as an important platform for reaching a civic-minded 
audience of those who work in and around New York government 
and politics.
Recent guests on the show have included State Senate Deputy 
Leader Michael Gianaris, New York City Health Commissioner Dr. 
Ashwin Vasan, State Inspector General Lucy Lang, State Senators 
Zellnor Myrie and John Liu, State Assembly Housing Chair Linda 
Rosenthal, and City Council Finance Chair Justin Brannan.
Given the housing crisis gripping the city and state, the show 
has regularly focused on relevant policy debates with guests of 
varying perspectives. During election season, the show often 
features interviews and, at times, debates with candidates for 
office, as well as broader discussion of political trends and party 
performance. During the 2021 New York City election cycle, for 
example, Max Politics hosted every prominent candidate for 
Mayor, Comptroller, and Public Advocate.
As the Center for New York City Law continues to expand its 
programming and coverage of key city and state legal and policy 
matters, some live events will feature the type of one-on-one 
newsmaker interviews often hosted on the podcast, and audio 
of those and other in-person Center events, including panel 
discussions and policy debates, will be posted to the Max Politics 
podcast feed.
Max has been hosting Max Politics since mid-2021, when he was 
executive editor of Gotham Gazette, and co-hosted a previous 
version of the show (Max & Murphy) with then-City Limits 
executive editor Jarrett Murphy. Many episodes of the show were 
picked up or initially hosted on WBAI radio over the course of 
several years.
Since arriving at NYLS in December 2023, Max Politics has 
featured the following guests and topics:
•   New York State Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris on 
congressional redistricting and several other major public policy 
topics;
•   State Senator John Liu on mayoral control of NYC schools and 
more;
•   State Senator Zellnor Myrie on housing policy, criminal justice 
reform, after-school programming, and other issues;
•   State Assembly Member Catalina Cruz on state budget 
negotiations and support for immigrant communities;
Max Politics Podcast Arrives at 
New York Law School
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•   State Assembly Member Brian Cunningham on state budget 
negotiations, housing policy, and health care in Central Brooklyn;
•   State Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal on housing policy 
negotiations; 
•   State Assembly Member Alex Bores on regulating artificial 
intelligence, judicial reform, and more;
•   State Inspector General Lucy Lang on rooting out corruption and 
waste in New York government;
•   New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan on several 
public health issues, including the impact of social media on 
youth mental health;
•   New York City Council Member Justin Brannan on city budget 
negotiations;
•   Journalists Jeff Coltin and Emma Whitford on the Council 
Speaker’s State of the City and state housing policy negotiations;
•   Journalists Dr. Christina Greer and Harry Siegel on Mayor Adams’ 
State of the City;
•   Strategists Shontell Smith and Liz Benjamin on Governor 
Hochul’s State of the State;
•   Andrew Rein and Ana Champeny of Citizens Budget Commission 
on the city’s fiscal health and budget challenges;
•   NYLS Adjunct Professor Jeff Wice, director of the Census and 
Redistricting Institute, on New York redistricting;
•   NYLS Senior Fellow Grace Rauh, executive director of the 
5BORO Institute, on child care policy.
In the coming months, Max will interview more members of the 
NYLS community about their public policy areas of expertise, 
important legal developments, and other relevant topics.
In the recent past, Max Politics has also hosted top elected 
officials like State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-
Cousins, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Comptrollers Tom 
DiNapoli and Brad Lander, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, 
several borough presidents and members of Congress, various 
City Council members and state legislators, as well as many 
other powerful figures including MTA Chair Janno Lieber, CUNY 
Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez, State Housing Commissioner 
RuthAnne Visnauskas, NYCHA CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt and Board Chair 
Jamie Rubin, State Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs and State 
Republican Party Chair Ed Cox.


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Dvorkin, Ariel

DigitalCommons@NYLS 
NYLS Community News History & Archives 
3-8-2024 
Dean Crowell Shares Lessons From His Career in New York Law 
Journal 
Ariel Dvorkin 
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Since 1891
WE ARE NEW YORK’S LAW SCHOOL
The New York Law Journal recently published an extensive conversation 
with New York Law School (NYLS) Dean and President Anthony W. 
Crowell. Interviewed by NYLS alumnus Steve Cohen ’13, Partner at 
Pollock Cohen, Dean Crowell reflected on the lessons learned along 
his career path, and what he hopes to impart to current and future 
generations of students.
Dean Crowell discussed how he decided to go to law school, eventually attending a part-time Evening Division 
program while working full-time in Washington, D.C. He traced his journey from working as an Assistant 
Corporation Counsel in the New York City Law Department to his appointment as Counselor to Mayor 
Bloomberg and ultimately as Dean and President at NYLS. During this in-depth discussion, he shared many 
of the lessons he learned along the way and the challenges he encountered, from being a first-generation law 
student to navigating his career path once he joined New York City government.
Here are a few observations and advice Dean Crowell shared in the piece:
“When you’re exercising authority as a lawyer, you have to ensure that the representation and advice you’re 
giving somebody is the very best. But you can’t make up someone else’s facts or feelings. You have to listen 
to them and get into their head and heart to really understand who they are, what they really want, but also to 
learn what they need or are willing to accept.”
“Being a lawyer is about a life in service to others. Being low maintenance means it’s
about someone else’s needs first, about giving far more than you take, working towards the promise of a just 
result, not the promise of how good you as a lawyer can look in the process. That’s the soul-satisfying part of 
the job. It’s a wonderful thing to have contributed to making one person’s life — or 8.5 million people’s lives — 
better, different, more prosperous or hopeful.”
“In the end, perhaps the best reminder for law students and lawyers is to never show more ambition than good 
judgment.”
You can read more of his lessons and advice in the full article.
Dean Crowell Shares Lessons 
From His Career in New York 
Law Journal
 Ariel Dvorkin  •  Published  March 8, 2024
Find more NYLS stories at news.nyls.edu.


Dean Crowell Shares Lessons From His Career in New York Law Journal

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NYLS Community News History & Archives 
5-15-2024 
NYLS Launches The Ross Sandler and Alice M. Sandler 
Fellowship Fund 
New York Law School 
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WE ARE NEW YORK’S LAW SCHOOL
Providing Stipends for New York Law School Students Working for the Federal, State or City Governments. The 
Fund Received Initial Gifts from former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Chandler Tagliabue and NYLS 
Board Chair Arthur Abbey ‘59 and Diane Abbey
New York Law School is proud to announce the launch of The Ross Sandler and Alice M. Sandler Fellowship 
Fund, which will encourage and support New York Law School students to consider careers in government.
The Ross Sandler and Alice M. Sandler Fund was established in honor of Professor Ross Sandler and Alice M. 
Sandler with initial grants from their friends, former National Football League Commissioner Paul Tagliabue 
and Chandler Tagliabue, and from New York Law School Board Chair Arthur Abbey and Diane Abbey.
The Ross Sandler and Alice M. Sandler Fund will provide stipends to support New York Law School students 
who work as an intern for a federal, state or city government agency during their summer break or during the 
school year. The governmental agencies that employ the New York Law School students need not be located in 
New York City.
Anthony W. Crowell, NYLS Dean and President, said that “Ross Sandler is an extraordinary leader who 
has dedicated his life to supporting public service in New York and beyond. Establishing the Center for New 
York City Law at New York Law School thirty years ago cemented our law school as a launching pad for public 
service legal careers, and a forum where lawyers and policy and civic leaders come together for substantive 
and meaningful dialogue. I am eternally grateful for Professor Ross Sandler and Alice M. Sandler’s support, 
partnership, and friendship, and this is a fitting tribute to their unwavering belief in the power of a career in 
government.”
Professor Ross Sandler said that “We want to encourage the best of our law students to consider government 
for their legal career. As was often repeated by Mayor Edward I. Koch under whom I served as New York City 
Commissioner of Transportation, ‘Public service is the most noble of professions if it’s done honestly and if it’s 
done well.’ The Fund in our name will provide New York Law School students with the opportunity to experience 
the joy and satisfaction of working for the government.”
A minimum of two stipends will be awarded each academic year.  All currently matriculated students at New 
York Law School are eligible. Applications from first-year law students will be encouraged.
The Center for New York City Law, founded in 1994 by Professor Ross Sandler, has been a foundational part of 
why New York Law School considers itself “New York’s Law School,” with its diverse offerings dedicated to New 
York City and State law, and an unmatched set of courses, academic centers, and faculty. The stipends provided 
by The Ross Sandler and Alice M. Sandler Fellowship Fund will further help NYLS students who want to enter 
government service.
The Ross Sandler and Alice M. Sandler Fellowship Fund will accept further contributions and hopes to grow 
over the coming years to assist a larger number of law students seeking careers in government.
NYLS Launches The Ross  
Sandler and Alice M. Sandler 
Fellowship Fund
New York Law School  •  Published  May 15, 2024
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NYLS Launches The Ross Sandler and Alice M. Sandler Fellowship Fund

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Criminal Justice Institute

DigitalCommons@NYLS 
Criminal Justice Institute Event Posters 
3-6-2024 
Criminal Justice Roundtable | Solitary Confinement: Cruel and 
Unusual Punishment 
Criminal Justice Institute 
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This event is co-sponsored by the NYLS student organizations: Criminal Law Society, National 
Lawyers Guild, and Restorative Justice Law Student Association
The Criminal Justice Institute is housed within the Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law.
WE ARE NEW YORK’S LAW SCHOOL
Since 1891
CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE 
ROUNDTABLE 
 DATE Wednesday, March 6, 2024
 TIME  12:50 p.m.–1:50 p.m. 
  Pizza will be served.
 RSVP  www.nyls.edu/CJIrsvp
 LOCATION  W520
Solitary Confinement: 
Cruel and Unusual 
Punishment
There are more than 80,000 people in solitary 
confinement in the United States on any given 
day. Every state still uses solitary confinement 
in some form. Recent studies show that solitary 
confinement shortens lives and permanently 
alters the brain. 
Please join us for a screening of the short 
documentary, The Box: Minds Lost in Solitary 
Confinement, followed by a panel discussion. 
The discussion will focus on the harmful effects 
solitary confinement has on the mind and body, 
interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships, 
and our communities as a whole. 
MODERATOR
Anna G. Cominsky ’05, Professor of Law; Director, 
Criminal Defense Clinic; Managing Attorney, New 
York Law School Legal Services, Inc.
SPEAKERS
Antony Gemmell, Director of Detention 
Litigation at the New York Civil Liberties Union
Jerome Wright, Co-Executive Director from 
HALT Solitary


Criminal Justice Roundtable | Solitary Confinement: Cruel and Unusual Punishment

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New York Law School

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Student Organizations Event Posters 
2-20-2024 
BEYOND BARS: Imagining Legal Transformation Through Fiction 
New York Law School 
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WE ARE NEW YORK’S LAW SCHOOL
Since 1891
Please join us for a panel discussion with award-winning author 
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah about his critically acclaimed book 
Chain-Gang All-Stars and Liliana Segura—award-winning 
investigative journalist at The Intercept.  The panel, moderated by 
NYLS Professor Britney Wilson, will examine how fiction shows us 
the creative possibilities for transformative justice. 
This event is co-sponsored by Civil Rights and Disability Justice Clinic; 
Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Wilf Impact Center for Public 
Interest Law; and Student Organizations: National Lawyers Guild and 
Womxn of Color Collective
BEYOND BARS:  
Imagining Legal Transformation 
Through Fiction
 
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2024
6:00 P.M.–8:00 P.M.
New York Law School
Auditorium 
185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013
CLE
1.5 credits in Professional Practice  
(NY transitional and non-transitional)
RSVP AND DETAILS
www.nyls.edu/EventRSVP
Nana Kwame  
Adjei-Brenyah Liliana Segura Britney Wilson


BEYOND BARS: Imagining Legal Transformation Through Fiction

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DigitalCommons@NYLS 
Miscellaneous Campus Flyers Event Posters 
9-24-2024 
Love is Respect 
New York Law School 
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WE ARE NEW YORK’S LAW SCHOOL
Since 1891
The NYLS Title IX Coordinators Present
New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell 
Victim Intervention Program
212-746-9414
nypvip@nyp.org
Contact Us
Join NYP’s Victim
Intervention Program
for a tabling event
centered on dating in
NYC.
LOVE IS
RESPECT 24th
Tuesday, September
2024
New York Law
School
Cafeteria
185 W. Broadway
at
12:50pm
Staying safe on
apps
Dating red & green
flags
Setting & respecting
boundaries
Resources & options
for folks who
experience harm
Questions about this event?  
Contact the Title IX Coordinators, Nina Jody ’83 at nina.jody@nyls.edu or 
Florence Hutner at florence.hutner@nyls.edu.


Love is Respect

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DigitalCommons@NYLS 
Student Organizations Event Posters 
2-8-2024 
The Intellectual Property Law Society and the Media 
Entertainment and Fashion Law Association’s SECOND ANNUAL 
SYMPOSIUM 
New York Law School 
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WE ARE NEW YORK’S LAW SCHOOL
Since 1891
The Intellectual Property Law Society 
and the  
Media Entertainment and Fashion Law Association’s  
SECOND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
Thursday, February 8, 2024
9:45 a.m.–5:15 p.m.
New York Law School  
Second Floor Events Center 
185 West Broadway  
New York, NY 10013
CLE: Up to 5 credits  
(NY transitional and nontransitional)
Join us for a full day 
of professional panels 
and presentations 
focused on intellectual 
property in the 
entertainment, media, 
and fashion industries.
To RSVP and for more information:  
www.nyls.edu/studentrsvp2
GOLD SPONSORS
BRONZE SPONSORSSILVER SPONSOR


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4-12-2024 
Black Law Students Association (BLSA) | 28th Annual Alumni 
Awards Dinner 
New York Law School 
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WE ARE NEW YORK’S LAW SCHOOL
Since 1891
Alumni and/or Guest Tickets:  
www.nyls.edu/BLSAalumni
Student Tickets:  
www.nyls.edu/BLSAstudent
To Make a Gift (only):  
www.nyls.edu/BLSAgive
New York Law School 
Events Center, Second Floor 
185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013
Business attire
FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2024
5:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m. 
BLACK LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (BLSA)
28th Annual 
ALUMNI AWARDS DINNER
Sponsored by
HONORING
Lissa Jean Ferrell ’93 
Chief Diversity Officer 
Javerbaum, Wurgaft, Hicks, Kahn, Wikstrom & Sinins
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Leah Goodridge 
Attorney, Thought Leader, and Writer


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James Tricarico Jr. Institute for the Business of Law and In-House Counsel

DigitalCommons@NYLS 
Center for Business and Financial Law Event Posters 
3-20-2024 
Navigating Legislative and Administrative Law Issues for 
Innovative Companies 
James Tricarico Jr. Institute for the Business of Law and In-House Counsel 
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WE ARE NEW YORK’S LAW SCHOOL
Since 1891
Navigating Legislative and 
Administrative Law Issues 
for Innovative Companies
Todd Maron
Please join Todd Maron for a 
remote discussion regarding 
counseling innovative 
companies on addressing 
legislative and administrative 
law issues. In a conversation 
moderated by Professor 
Andrew Brunsden, Maron will 
explore his past work to 
implement Tesla’s direct-to-
consumer electric vehicle sales 
model while confronting state 
auto dealership franchise laws, 
among other topics. 
SPEAKER 
Todd Maron, Chief Legal 
Officer, FIGS; Former 
General Counsel, Tesla
MODERATOR 
Andrew Brunsden, 
Adjunct Professor, NYLS
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
12:45 p.m.–1:45 p.m. ET 
Virtual
RSVP: www.nyls.edu/JTIrsvp1
This session is open to NYLS  
students only.


Navigating Legislative and Administrative Law Issues for Innovative Companies

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DigitalCommons@NYLS 
Academic and Bar Success Initiatives Event Posters 
2-13-2024 
Bar Review Vendor Pop Up 
New York Law School 
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WE ARE NEW YORK’S LAW SCHOOL
Since 1891
B A R  R E V I E W 
V E N D O R
P O P - U P
It’s never too early for bar prep! 
All upper-level students are welcome and encouraged to visit the 
bar vendor tables to acquire free MPRE prep materials and 
investigate discounted rates for post-graduation bar preparation.
All 3L and 4LE NYLS students should purchase a full-service commercial bar review 
course and devote 10 weeks to full-time bar preparation.
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
W Building, Café Lexpress Lounge  
Office of Academic and Bar Success Initiatives  •  success@nyls.edu
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WE ARE NEW YORK’S LAW SCHOOL
Since 1891
B A R  R E V I E W 
V E N D O R
P O P - U P
It’s never too early for bar prep! 
All upper-level students are welcome and encouraged to visit the 
bar vendor tables to acquire free MPRE prep materials and 
investigate discounted rates for post-graduation bar preparation.
All 3L and 4LE NYLS students should purchase a full-service commercial bar review 
course and devote 10 weeks to full-time bar preparation.
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
W Building, Café Lexpress Lounge  
Office of Academic and Bar Success Initiatives  •  success@nyls.edu
N\"llPIA.ooL 


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Love is Respect

The Intellectual Property Law Society and the Media Entertainment and Fashion Law Association’s SECOND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM

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