Elisabeth Haub School of Law News

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University 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.

Professor Thomas McDonnell offers advice to incoming law students.

For four decades, Dean Angie D’Agostino has been a constant presence at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law: guiding students, shaping campus life, and helping define the Law School community. As she enters a well-deserved new chapter, her legacy is deeply intertwined with the Law School’s history and can be found in the generations of students, alumni, faculty, and staff whose lives she has touched.

Haub Law Professor Bridget Crawford pens an op-ed in The Columbus Dispatch examining how Ohio's remaining child marriage laws contributed to conditions that enabled the abuse of 16 children in Vinton County. Drawing on her own upbringing in the community, Crawford argues that closing the state's child marriage loophole and strengthening support for child welfare services are essential to preventing future tragedies.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is pleased to announce that Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Robert S. Tucker Prize for Prosecutorial Excellence.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is pleased to welcome Professor Allison Pincus as Assistant Professor of Law to its full-time faculty. Bringing experience across government, public policy, and legal practice, Professor Pincus will teach Civil Procedure, Housing Development and Discrimination, and Federal Courts.