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A doctorate is the pinnacle of an arts and science education. Founded in 1886, the Graduate School of Arts and Science at NYU is among the oldest schools offering doctoral programs in the United States. Today NYU’s doctoral programs span the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, and students pursue cutting-edge research with the close supervision of NYU’s internationally recognized research faculty. New York City resources complement and enhance our vibrant intellectual communities. Use the links below to explore Doctor of Philosophy and dual advanced degrees at New York University.

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Osgoode’s PhD in law is a full-time advanced degree requiring research-intensive study and in principally aimed at students pursuing an academic career. It is designed to be completed in three to four years.

Prerequisites

An LLM is generally a precondition of admission to the PhD. Students without an LLM should apply initially to the Research LLM; after their first year of study they can apply to advance to the PhD.

Degree Requirements

Graduate seminar i: legal research (gs law 6610), graduate seminar ii: advanced legal research methodologies (gs law 6611).

• Study groups
• One elective course
• Extended dissertation proposal

Dissertation

• Final oral examination

The Graduate Seminar is the core course for the Graduate Program in Law. Designed to complement other courses, the seminar provides a venue for developing critical assessments of the law and facilitating students’ progress on their own research, papers and dissertation proposals. The seminar also creates an intellectual community and introduces students to Osgoode research resources.

This seminar offers a review of quantitative and qualitative methods employed in legal research. Specific sessions focus on interviewing, ethnographic methods, surveys and other quantitative methods, data collection and analysis, archival and document collection and analysis. The seminar is designed for PhD students and is completed in the winter term.

Study Groups

Students participating in study groups read and discuss a number of articles with their groups each week. The groups are not structured as courses but as venues for reflection and discourse. For doctoral students, study groups are equivalent to the comprehensive examinations required by other graduate programs.

Participation in a study group is required (for credit) in the first or second year of PhD studies, and then one year thereafter (non-credit) provided PhD students are registered full-time. Students can choose among five options, depending on their research interests and course availability:

• Regulation and Governance
• Law and Economic Relations
• Theoretical Perspectives in Legal Research
• Law and Social Justice
• Law in a Global Context

Elective Courses

PhD students can fulfil their elective course requirement through:

• a variety of graduate courses in law
• integrated courses with the JD program
• independent study
• courses in other programs

Research Outline, Ethical Review and University Guidelines

In the second term of their first year, each student must submit to the Program office a brief outline of their proposed research that has been reviewed and approved by the members of their supervisory committee. The work must be original, containing a new argument supported by research carried out by the student.

A declaration of the ethical issues around the underlying research must be made early in the student’s first year. Projects involving interactions of any kind (for example, through interviews, questionnaires, consultations or observations) require an ethics review.

Dissertations must be prepared in accordance with the Faculty of Graduate Studies thesis and dissertation guidelines .

Extended Dissertation Proposal

PhD students must submit an extended dissertation proposal (50 –70 pages) by the end of their sixth term. Students must defend their proposal in an oral exam before an examining committee (which must be done by the end seventh term).

The dissertation is a piece of original research that reflects a substantial contribution to existing legal literature. Expected to be between 300-350 pages, it should have the usual scholarly apparatus, footnotes and a bibliography prepared in accordance with the McGill Guide to Legal Citations. The dissertation should be of sufficiently high quality to warrant publication by an academic publisher or through a comparable venue.

With the permission of their supervisor and in consultation with the Graduate Program Director, PhD candidates may submit a Portfolio Dissertation in lieu of a conventional thesis. The Portfolio Dissertation must be composed of three to five articles (depending on the length and ambition of the articles) developed during the candidate’s graduate studies, published or accepted for publication, and combined with an introduction and conclusion.

Final Oral Examination

Students must succeed in an oral defence of their dissertation before an examination committee.

Time to Completion

PhD students are expected to complete all requirements within 18 terms (six years).

Residency Requirement

Students must be located such that they are able to progress on all program requirements requiring geographical availability on campus.

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This field concerns the research that informs health policy. It deals both with the substantive findings of that research, and with the methodological issues that researchers face. The field encompasses a broad set of activities and issues pertaining to the quality, access, financing, management, and organization of health care, at various levels.

Students in this field will focus on at least one of the following health policy frameworks:

• Population health assessment and improvement (epidemiology, health behavior, public health infrastructure and intervention frameworks)
• Determinants of health and health disparities (social/behavioral determinants of health, SES and racial/ethnic inequities in health and health care delivery)
• Public health policy (role of policy and effectiveness of policy in public health)
• Health services research (delivery systems, providers, policies)

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Many of the liberal arts disciplines in the College of Arts and Science provide important perspectives on law and the legal profession. The law and society minor, administered by the Department of Sociology, offers undergraduates a meaningful concentration of these courses. The minor is designed to give students an interdisciplinary perspective on law as a social institution and on how law shapes, and is shaped by, a variety of political, religious, cultural, economic, and social forces.

The minor in law and society consists of five courses, which allows it to be substantial and broad. The requirement of a core course enhances its coherence. In addition, the minor gives capable and ambitious students opportunities to pursue advanced or specialized study. While prelaw students may well wish to take it, this minor is not aimed specifically at them.

Students wishing to declare this minor should speak with the academic administrator for the Department of Sociology, 295 Lafayette Street, Room 4168; 212-998-8340.

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The ph.d. in law degree.

The Ph.D. in Law degree program is designed to prepare J.D. graduates for careers as legal scholars and teachers through a doctoral program aimed at the production of a substantial body of academic research and writing under the close supervision of a three-member faculty dissertation committee. Unlike programs designed for students who wish to learn about law from the disciplinary perspectives of the social sciences or the humanities, the Ph.D. in Law is directed at students who wish to pursue advanced studies in law from the perspective of the law. This program offers emerging scholars an opportunity to contribute to the development of law as an academic field, and it provides an alternate pathway into law teaching alongside existing routes such as fellowships, advanced degrees in cognate fields, legal practice, and clerkships.

Because our entering Ph.D. students will have already completed their J.D. degrees, the anticipated course of study toward the Ph.D. in Law degree is three academic years and two summers in residence. In their first two semesters, Ph.D. students will enroll in courses designed to help them acquire the background and research skills needed to complete a dissertation in their field of interest and to prepare them for qualifying examinations that test the depth and breadth of the literacies and skills they have acquired. During their second year, students will prepare a dissertation prospectus and begin work on a dissertation. The dissertation may take the form of either three law review articles or a book-length manuscript and will make up a portfolio of writing that will be essential for success in the job market. Ph.D. students will also gain experience in the classroom, and receive the full support of Yale Law School’s Law Teaching Program , which has had remarkable success in placing graduates in tenure-track positions at leading law schools.

Ph.D. students receive a full-tuition waiver, a health award for health insurance coverage, and a stipend to cover their year-round living expenses, as well as support for participation in national and international conferences.

Applications for admission to the Ph.D. in Law program are available starting on August 15. The deadline for submission of all materials is December 15. Applicants to the Ph.D. in Law program must complete a J.D. degree at a U.S. law school before they matriculate and begin the Ph.D. program. Any questions about the program may be directed to Gordon Silverstein, Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs, at [email protected] .

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Joshua A. Gordon, MD, PhD, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, assumed his position on August 15 as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S). He also serves as Executive Director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute  (NYSPI) and Psychiatrist-in-Chief at New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC).

Dr. Gordon’s appointment follows a notable eight-year tenure as the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the lead federal agency for research on mental illnesses, where he was at the forefront of mental health research and policy.

This new chapter marks a significant homecoming for Dr. Gordon, who was a member of the Columbia faculty before being named NIMH director. He joined VP&S in 2004 after completing his medical residency at Columbia University /NYSPI. At Columbia, he led a National Institutes of Health-funded research program in basic neuroscience relevant to mental illness, taught students and residents, and maintained a part-time clinical psychiatry practice.

In September 2016, Dr. Gordon was appointed NIMH director, overseeing an institution with more than 1,000 employees and a $2 billion annual budget. Under his leadership, NIMH made sizable research contributions to mental health practice and services, including new medications and interventions, screening and risk reduction strategies, and the rapid evolution of telemedicine.

Dr. Gordon championed the integration of neuroscience and clinical practice, advocating for precision medicine approaches to tailor treatments to patients based on their unique genetic, biological, and psychological profiles.  Among many priorities, he focused on enhancing suicide prevention research and emphasized the importance of addressing disparities in mental health care, advocating for research that considers diverse populations and the social determinants of mental health.

Working with the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Gordon was instrumental in establishing the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Schizophrenia, a public-private partnership that generates tools to significantly improve the success of early-stage interventions for patients at risk of developing schizophrenia.

Dr. Gordon earned his undergraduate degree in biology from Princeton University and MD/PhD from the University of California, San Francisco. Before joining the Columbia faculty, he completed his residency in psychiatry and a research fellowship with Dr. Rene Hen at Columbia /NYSPI.

His early research focused on understanding how genetic mutations influence neural activity in mouse models of schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, and depression, using advanced imaging techniques to unravel the complex interactions within the brain that contribute to these conditions. In addition to his research, he also served as associate director of the CUIMC/NYSPI adult psychiatry residency program, where he oversaw the neuroscience curriculum and administered research programs for residents, including the Leon Levy Foundation Psychiatric Neuroscience Fellowship Program.

Dr. Gordon's work has been recognized by several prestigious awards, including the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation’s Distinguished Investigator Grant, the A.E. Bennett Research Award from the Society of Biological Psychiatry, and the Joel Elkes Research Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2018.

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Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation backs UB’s Cultivator startup program

Western New York based startup founders make connections with other startups in UB’s Cultivator program. Credit: Nancy J. Parisi.

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Published August 20, 2024

UB has received a $750,000 grant from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation to help sustain three more years of operations for Cultivator, its early-stage startup support program.

The two organizations share a dedicated mission of strengthening the Western New York region, in part through fostering innovation and entrepreneurship.

The namesake legacy foundation of the Buffalo Bills’ founder and former owner, the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation has a focus on connecting entrepreneurs in Southeast Michigan and Western New York to critical resources to start and grow businesses.

Managed by UB’s Office of Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships (BEP), Cultivator nurtures Western New York-based startup founders by providing mentorship, investments and other resources to transform their innovative ideas into viable, scalable businesses.

Since its inception three years ago, 66 companies have participated in Cultivator, with more than 70% founded by women or founders of color. UB has invested in 28 companies through Cultivator, with a total of $2.7 million in pre-seed investments made.

The nine-month program, organizers say, democratizes access to startup funding opportunities at the earliest stages of business, welcoming aspiring entrepreneurs from the five counties of Western New York — no prior UB affiliation required.

“We are incredibly grateful to the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation for its generous support and partnership to grow the Cultivator program,” says Venu Govindaraju, vice president for research and economic development. “This award builds upon the program’s successes and infuses Buffalo’s startup ecosystem with early-stage funding, supporting entrepreneurs in turning their visions into reality and contributing to our region’s economic growth.”

Paul Riser, senior program officer, entrepreneurship and economic development at the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation says UB’s Cultivator program is making a significant impact on innovation and entrepreneurship in Western New York. “By supporting the momentum of this program, we are investing in early-stage startups, empowering local entrepreneurs and driving long-term economic growth and sustainability in our region,” Riser says. “Access to resources and mentorship is integral to transforming innovative ideas into thriving businesses that truly benefit our communities.”

Three more startups recently completed — or “graduated” — from Cultivator, increasing the total number of graduate companies to 26. Several graduate companies have secured additional funding from UB and outside investors following the completion of the program.

“Startups leave Cultivator on a greater path to sustainability and success. In turn, the program produces a risk-reduced supply of companies for other regional support organizations and investors that work with later-stage startups,” says Richard Kim, director of startup ventures at UB.

“Thanks to this support from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation, Cultivator is poised to continue helping to strengthen the startup ecosystem and economic vitality here in Western New York.”

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Faculty and staff monday update: cornell-uaw negotiations.

Dear Faculty and Staff,

The University has continued to negotiate in good faith with the UAW over a new labor contract for our service and maintenance workers -- negotiations that continued throughout this weekend and into last night. After the University’s Thursday offer, representing a historic increase in wages for this bargaining unit, we further enhanced our offer yesterday to trigger, for the first time in a Cornell union negotiation, a cost of living (COLA) adjustment, in addition to the general wage increase, that protects all members of the bargaining unit from high future inflation.

Despite the University’s best efforts to negotiate a fair agreement and avoid a strike, UAW officials last evening rejected our offer. The union also continues to reject our proposal that we use the federal mediator assigned to the negotiations or a mediator of the UAW’s choice that could assist the parties in reaching a complete agreement.

The University offered our UAW employees a 17.5% increase in wages, compounded over the four years of the contract, and a change in time to promotion that would provide our lowest paid employees an immediate 10.3% wage increase . This is in addition to the enhancements noted in the message last Friday related to health and personal leave (“HAP”), vacation, and health and safety.

The University remains committed to bargaining in good faith.

In pressing for a wage increase even higher than the University’s historic offer, UAW national leadership has repeatedly pointed to Cornell’s $10 billion endowment. On this point, it is important to provide the following clarity:

• The vast majority of Cornell’s endowment is restricted by agreements with donors and can only be used for purposes specified in the agreement.
• The University does draw from the endowment each year, at amounts restricted by New York State law, for expenses such as financial aid and other student support, facilities maintenance and upgrades, academic programs, and research activities.
• In fiscal year 2023, the endowment provided $386 million toward these kinds of expenses — money that would otherwise have had to come from sources like tuition and housing and dining charges.
• Cornell is need-blind in its admissions and is committed to meeting the full need of those who choose to attend Cornell. As we continue our efforts to make a Cornell education affordable to more students and families in New York state and across the country, we cannot simply raise tuition to unmanageable levels to cover the cost.

The responsible management of the University’s resources still makes Cornell one of the best employers in the region and state with salaries outpacing local competitors.

Guidelines/Staffing Needs

With a strike declared, it is important to clarify guidelines for supervisors and managers and to share information about expected staffing needs.

First, we expect that some service and maintenance workers will strike and not report for work, as is their legal right. We also expect that other members of the UAW will continue to work during the strike, as is also their right. The choice belongs to each individual and a supervisor must respect an employee’s decision and avoid inquiring about that decision.

Work Expectations during a Strike

Employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement that contains a valid “no-strike” clause limiting sympathy strike activity are expected to report for work. Similarly, all employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement will be affected as follows:

• Non-exempt employees who choose not to cross a picket line will not be eligible to receive their regular hourly compensation.
• Exempt employees who choose not to cross a picket line will have their pay reduced accordingly.

FAQs and pay guidelines are available.

If you have any questions about an employee’s failure to report for work due to strike activity on the part of UAW-represented workers, please contact your local college or unit HR representative .

Civility and Safety

It is important to emphasize our commitment to respect and safety during this time, for both our employees in the UAW bargaining unit and the entire Cornell community. The University has implemented plans to ensure that those who wish to engage in their usual campus activities can do so. Likewise, we respect the right of our service and maintenance workers to lawfully and peacefully strike.

Alternative Staffing Assignments

Student and Campus Life, Facilities and Campus Services, and the SC Johnson College of Business, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and College of Arts and Sciences are working with contingency plans that modify service levels and reallocate staffing as may be necessary within each respective area. Details will be communicated by and to the impacted units.

However, as we find ourselves in unprecedented territory, the university must utilize the flexibility of reassigning staff from across the campus to meet critical safety and service needs in Dining, Building Care, and the Statler. If you are willing and able to take on a temporary shift or alternative assignment then please register here .

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Meet New York State Bar's New Director of Government Affairs

A former member of two governors' cabinets, Matthew Pennello says he'll be the "eyes, ears and voice" of the New York bar.

August 12, 2024 at 12:04 PM

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• Before hiring Matthew Pennello to direct government affairs, the New York bar's general counsel filled in to lead lobbying the past two years.
• Pennello served in Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration and now flips to the other side, to lobby her and other Albany lawmakers on behalf of the bar.
• The New York bar has lobbied successfully for higher hourly compensation for 18-B attorneys, but has failed to convince the governor to lift a requirement that lawyers maintain a physical office in New York.

New York’s largest bar association has hired Matthew Pennello, a former gubernatorial cabinet member, as its director of government affairs, where he will serve as its primary lobbyist in Albany.

In his new role, Pennello grabs the baton from the association’s general counsel, David Miranda, who for the past two years served as acting director of government relations, a span when the bar said it enjoyed some of its most successful years of legislative advocacy.

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Former lawyer turned artist geoffrey stein joins the elisabeth haub school of law as artist-in-residence.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University will welcome renowned portrait and collage artist Geoffrey Stein as Artist-in-residence this Spring. The residency is the law school’s first official year-long program of its kind, providing enrichment and educational opportunities for both law and art students at Pace University.

Stein will begin his residency at Haub Law on February 10, 2022, utilizing space in a common area on the 3 rd floor of the Gerber Glass Library each Thursday to showcase his process. He will also have access to the collections of the Library for research and inspiration. The Artist-in-residence will conclude in Spring 2023 with a public lecture, painting demonstration and exhibition of the work completed during the residency period, which will draw inspiration from the people of Haub Law and its rich history.

“We are thrilled to welcome Geoffrey to Haub Law and to be part of this unique experience at a law school. Drawing on his legal background, Geoffrey’s art captures the meaning behind historical moments, political and influential figures by using the work product of his subjects,” said Horace E. Anderson Jr, Dean and Professor of Law at Haub Law. “Not only will we liven our campus with art, but this will be an opportunity to reflect on and memorialize Haub Law’s history.”

Geoffrey Stein is a self-proclaimed “recovering lawyer” who has been painting full-time since 2000. He received his law degree from Albany Law School in 1986, then clerked for an appellate court and practiced reinsurance litigation work for Lloyd's of London and London Market Reinsurers at Sheft & Sheft, Ober|Kaler, and later with Mendes & Mount.He says his background as a lawyer has had a huge influence on his work, both on the process and subject matter. “The organizational and critical skills required in the legal world are incredibly helpful to have when working in the more nebulous and open-ended realm of the art world. The skills necessary to organize a brief or conduct discovery translate easily to complex art projects, which often involve numerous people and more writing then I ever imagined,” says Stein. “Also, there was a strange, but nice, thing I noticed when returning to art school as an allegedly “mature” student: I was not seeking the teachers' approval, but rather simply trying to engage them in a dialogue about the work.”

Stein’s work stems from his interest in the political, financial and media worlds. He calls himself a “conceptual portrait painter” using snippets of text and photographs as the basis of his art to create the subject’s likeness and evoke meaning. His subjects include: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Queen Elizabeth, Anthony Fauci, Kamala Harris, presidents, financial icons, comics and more.

“It was a natural direction for me to try and make work about actors in these worlds, both those I admire and those I don’t,” Stein says. “Increasingly, though, I am most interested in figures whom I admire and provide some hope in this difficult time. For instance, my portrait of A.O.C. was done with copies of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's powerful speech on the House floor addressing Rep. Ted Yoho's awful comments about her. I hope I captured some of her passion and strength in my portrait.”

Stein looks forward to engaging students, faculty and staff in dialog while he works. “ The point of any artist residency is to take one out of their everyday world, their comfort zone, and shake things up,” adds Stein. “I have not been in a law school on a regular basis since graduating 35 years ago. I hope that being at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law for a year will help me look at my work in new ways and inspire me to go in unimagined directions.”

Geoffrey Stein received a Certificate in painting from the New York Studio School in 2004 and an MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art, London in 2007. He lives and paints in New York City and Westport and is represented by The Minster Gallery in the UK. Read his story in Attorney at Law Magazine or view his work at his website .