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Faculty and StaffSeptember 2, 2025
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Professor Jill Gross is quoted by Financial Advisor IQ regarding pressure on the SEC to loosen the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s control of securities-industry arbitration from Thrivent, a Finra member firm.
Pace University Haub Law Professor Bennett Gershman was featured on the Voice of America podcast discussing bribery and conspiracy charges against U.S. Senator Robert Menendez.
This decision "signals the end of Trump's financial empire," Bennett Gershman, a former New York prosecutor and law professor at Pace University, told Salon. "The judge declared that Trump and his family are guilty of a massive, staggering fraud in overvaluing his properties," Gershman said. "The only issue left to be decided is the penalty to be imposed on him."
"Trump's ability to do business in New York State has pretty much ended by this ruling," Pace University law professor Bennett Gershman told AFP.
"The overseer can now manage the properties, basically Trump and his organization will not be allowed to manage these properties anymore," he said.
Lisa Bertrand, Director of Admissions at Pace Law School, was featured in the Best Colleges article "Law School Application Resources for Women" discussing challenges faced by women in the legal profession and strategies to empower them.
Construction is complete on 15 Beekman Street, a 27-story campus expansion for Pace University in the Financial District. Designed by Manish Chadha of Ismael Leyva Architects and developed by SL Green Realty, the 338-foot-tall tower yields 213,084 square feet for classrooms, administrative and faculty offices, common spaces, suite-style dorm rooms, a dining facility, a library and learning center, and the three-floor Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. New Line Structures & Development was the general contractor for the project, which is alternately addressed as 126-132 Nassau Street and located at the corner of Beekman and Nassau Streets.
Melvin Williams, associate professor of communication and media studies at Pace University, says we never really exited it.
"When fame, wealth, and, in the case of Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner, parental custody is involved, the metaphorical boxing gloves are on, and audiences gleefully sit front row to watch a publicized 'love gone awry showdown,'" Williams says.
Teaming with Pace Athletics
Last but not least, the Pace University Department of Athletics and Recreation announced Northwell Health as its Official Healthcare Partner, starting with the 2023-24 season and continuing for the next five seasons.
The exclusive partnership includes a medical services agreement, which connects Northwell Health and Pace Athletics through the Setters’ athletic training and sports medicine department, as well as a marketing and branding component that includes naming rights to Pace University’s multisport stadium – Northwell Stadium.
Pace University’s documentary "For the Love of Food: Pour l’amour de la Cuisine" recently won best student documentary at the Williamsburg International Film and Music Competition, marking the second consecutive year that the program won the top honors in this category.
Professor Emily Gold Waldman has been named the recipient of the 2023 Ottinger Award for Faculty Achievement. The Richard Ottinger Faculty Achievement Award is awarded annually by the Faculty Development Committee, in consultation with the Dean, in recognition of a full-time professor’s outstanding service to the law school, the legal profession, or both. The award generally is based on the faculty member’s outstanding service during the previous academic year.