WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., September 20, 2004 – Mark R. Shulman has recently joined Pace Law School as the Director of Graduate Programs.  He will be administering the graduate degree programs in Comparative Law and Environmental law, as well as exploring opportunities for further innovation and expansion.

“I’m really delighted to be joining Pace, particularly at such an exciting time in its history,” said Dr. Shulman.  “We’ve got some terrific programs, and I’m very enthusiastic about building on them.”

In addition to practicing law at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City, Dr. Shulman has served on the faculties of Yale University, Columbia University and the Air War College.  He also serves as secretary and treasurer of the Asian University for Women Support Foundation, an initiative dedicated to building a world-class women’s college in Bangladesh.

Dr. Shulman received his B.A. from Yale University, a master’s degree in history from Oxford University, a Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from Columbia University, where he was a Stone Scholar and editor-in-chief of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law.  Dr. Shulman is the author or editor of numerous books and articles on the public international law, the laws of war, military history and international security affairs. 

Founded in 1976, Pace Law School is a New York Law School with a suburban campus in White Plains, N.Y., 20 miles north of New York City. Part of Pace University, the school offers the J.D. program for full-time and part-time day and evening students. Its postgraduate program includes the LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees in Environmental Law and an LL.M. in Comparative Legal Studies. Pace has one of the nation's top-rated Environmental Law programs and its Clinical Education program also is nationally ranked, offering clinics in domestic violence prosecution, environmental law, securities arbitration, criminal justice and disability rights. www.law.pace.edu 

Pace is a comprehensive, independent university with campuses in New York City, Pleasantville and White Plains, N.Y., and a Hudson Valley Center at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, N.Y. More than 14,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lubin School of Business, School of Computer Science and Information Systems, School of Education, Lienhard School of Nursing and Pace Law School. www.pace.edu