Pace Now

Professor Bennett Gershman speaks with Newsweek about Judge Aileen Cannon indefinitely postponing Donald Trump's classified documents trial in Florida, furthering calls from critics for her to recuse herself from the case.

Ethics codes are being revised in the Town of Deerpark and Village of Warwick, and both municipalities will soon appoint ethics committee members. Gina Scutelnicu Todoran, Professor of Public Administration at Pace University, was asked how the appointment of ethics board members by municipal council members or trustees, as is the protocol, could result in effective oversight. How can the officials who are to be monitored choose their monitors? Todoran explained what are considered best practices.

"Scheinkman, who now teaches legal ethics at Pace University Law School, said the interaction described by Bailey is 'very troubling,'" the article says. "'The fact that this lawyer made these statements — unprompted — during a recorded TV interview should raise serious concerns,' Scheinkman said."

Retired Presiding New York Appellate Justice and Law Professor Alan Scheinkman speaks with NBC about high-profile attorney Adam Leitman Bailey, whose law license was once suspended, saying he approached the judge presiding over Donald Trump’s civil fraud case to offer unsolicited advice about a law at issue in the case.

Dyson Professor Sarah Blackwood speaks with The New Yorker about the hidden-pregnancy experiment and examines the growing trend of parents trading their privacy for a sense of security.