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Dyson Professor Melvin Williams speaks about O’Shae Sibley, a 28-year-old professional dancer and choreographer that was killed while voguing to Beyoncé’s music.

The , which emerged from the Harlem ballroom scene of the late 20th century, remains a way for LGBTQ people to “vocalize creativity, pride and survival in a queerphobic society,” says Melvin Williams, a professor of communication studies at �鶹ֱ�� in New York.

Professor Bennett Gershman provides insights about how Donald Trump will defend himself as Georgia state prosecutors allege he and 18 co-defendants conspired to illegally change the results of the 2020 election.

"These are all 'word crimes,' and word crimes can be just as serious as crimes involving physical actions," said �鶹ֱ�� law professor and former prosecutor Bennett Gershman.

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professor Katrina Kuh speaks with The City about what the landmark climate ruling in Montana means for New York.

“The court made it very clear that climate — and a stable climate — resides within the guaranteed clean and healthy environment,” said Katrina Kuh, an environmental law professor at �鶹ֱ�� Haub School of Law.

Professor Bennett Gershman pens an op-ed in Law & Crime about Trump's 'smorgasbord' defense and hope for jury nullification in the Jan. 6 conspiracy case.

Professor Randolph McLaughlin speaks with Reuters about the latest charges leveled against former President Donald Trump brought under Reconstruction-era laws.

The City of White Plains has agreed to a $5 million settlement in the case of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., a 68-year-old marine veteran who was shot and killed by a White Plains Police officer. The lawyers who led the case include Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professors Debra S. Cohen and Randolph McLaughlin, along with two law school alumni, Mayo Bartlett and Wali Muhammad, from the Civil Right Practice of Newman Ferrara LLP.

�鶹ֱ�� Professor Claudia G. Green was featured in WalletHub's piece about Travel Credit Cards.

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The internet and social media altered the way people communicate. Newspaper editors and heads of television stations previously called the shots on what was appropriate to talk about. Now? Individuals speak freely, online, whenever they want.

“The lines of ‘appropriate’ and ‘inappropriate’ grief expressions, public conversations about their lives on social media – both positive and negative – and time limits, are immediately blurred and often unacknowledged,” Melvin L. Williams, associate professor of communication studies at �鶹ֱ��, also previously told USA TODAY.

While the J.D. is meant to prepare students for a career as an attorney, not all J.D. recipients end up practicing law after graduation. Without passing the bar, individuals with a J.D. can’t represent clients but can use their legal knowledge in other fields, like entrepreneurship or nonprofit work, notes Cathy Alexander, assistant dean for admissions at �鶹ֱ��’s School of Law in New York.

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professor Bennett Gershman pens an op-ed in the New York Law Journal about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas misuse of history.