Analysis: To Convict Trump on Hush Money Charges, Prosecutors Must Get Into His Head
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"To me, it's straightforward criminal law," said Bennett Gershman, a Pace University law professor and former prosecutor. "You've got the act, you've got the consequences and you've got the culpable mental state. I don't know how he could say he didn't intend to do it."
Ex-Rep.'s Trial Holds Clues For Depoliticizing Trump Case
"They are going to try to throw as much smoke and mirrors and red herrings into the case as they can. With Trump, every single microscopic issue is going to be litigated," said Bennett Gershman, a law professor at Pace University.
Rewriting the English Curriculum
For students in Sarah Blackwood’s How to Read Moby-Dick class at Pace University, learning about Herman Melville’s work isn’t confined to lectures, essays or classroom discussions. Blackwood’s syllabus includes a tour of Lower Manhattan locations featured in the author’s novels and stories: the Wall Street law offices where Bartleby, the titular scrivener of one of Melville’s best-known stories, worked, as well as the streets that Ishmael walked in the opening chapter of Moby-Dick.
What Does Donald Trump's Indictment Mean for his Business Dealings?
"They're doomed, I think. Who would want to do business with this organization or with Trump?" said Bennett Gershman, a law professor at Pace University and a former prosecutor in the New York State Anti-Corruption Office. Trump Organization companies rely on financing to build resorts, hotels, golf clubs and residences. In Gershman's view, the Trump Organization's criminal conviction last year made the company "toxic" for many potential lenders and business partners. While the indictment of its former CEO may not directly add to those legal woes, it may further tarnish the company's reputation.
NYPD working with Secret Service for Trump's arraignment
Dr. Darrin Porcher, a retired NYPD lieutenant and professor of criminal justice at Pace University, breaks down the logistics behind Trump's court appearance and travel throughout New York City.
Letter from an English Department on the Brink
At the English department I chair, our major has grown by more than 40 percent in the last two years. We are being driven to the edge of extinction anyway. I write to you with news about the state of the English major at one nonelite, midsize, regional comprehensive private university in New York City. At Pace University, where I am currently chair of the English department, the major has grown by more than 40 percent in the last two years, to around 150 students. Every year we teach some 1,600 students—majors and non-majors—in seminars and workshops on literature, creative writing, and linguistics, in addition to the five thousand we teach in composition. That’s, give or take, $30 million of credit hour revenue per year.
Law School Honors Moldova's Cheif Prosecutor
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in White Plains recently honored Veronica Dragalin, chief of the Anticorruption Prosecution Office for the Republic of Moldova, with its 2023 Robert S. Tucker Prize for Prosecutorial Excellence at a ceremony in New York City attended by fellow prosecutors and other members of the legal community. Dragalin, a former assistant U.S. Attorney, was recognized for her outstanding contributions to the field of criminal prosecution and excellence in prosecutorial practice and praised for her commitment and courage in leading the fight against corruption in her native country of Moldova.

Power & Politics: Donald Trump Becomes 1st Current or Former President to Face Criminal Charges
See the interview with Pace University Law Professor Ben Gershman regarding former President Donald Trump criminal charges.
A Look Back at America's Changing Relationship with Milk
"Sometimes women were unable to feed their children with their own bodies and therefore were turning to the cow's milk," said Pace University’s Dyson Professor E. Melanie DuPuis, author of "Nature's Perfect Food."
Law Dean Named to WCA Board
Horace E. Anderson Jr., dean of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in White Plains, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Westchester County Association (WCA). Anderson’s appointment is a reflection of the long-standing partnership between the law school and the WCA on policy and programming, including collaborations with its Land Use Law Center and Energy and Climate Center. Together, they launched the “Clean Energy Program Portal,” which was recognized by Westchester County last year at its third annual ECO Awards.
