The State Department has released a reorganization plan that would usher in significant changes to the way the United States conducts its diplomacy and foreign assistance, at a time of considerable geopolitical change. Proposals by the Trump administration include eliminating or restructuring a number of the Department’s longstanding functions, dissolving and/or folding USAID into State, […]
Upcoming Events
April 9, 2025
The DOGE Era: Impoundment, Data Privacy, and the Administrative State
The advent of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the new administration has dramatically shifted how the administrative state operates along a number of dimensions. Agencies are being directed to close, curtail operations, or lay off large portions of their workforce irrespective of their level of Congressional appropriations. Taxpayer and other personally identifiable data […]
March 19, 2025
NYU Law Forum—Regulating Social Media: Is it Lawful, Feasible, and Desirable?
This will be a pivotal year for technology regulation in the United States and around the world. The European Union is already regulating social media platforms based on perceived harms they cause. In the US, regulatory proposals at the federal level will likely include renewed efforts to repeal or reform Section 230 of the Communications […]
March 5, 2025
NYU Law Forum—The Department of Justice Then and Now
Presidents have long pursued policy prerogatives through the Department of Justice, but traditionally there’s been a clear dividing line between those and DOJ enforcement decisions. At this Forum, experts who have served in senior positions in the White House and DOJ will assess the degree to which that has now changed. Among the topics they’ll […]
February 19, 2025
Respectfully Dissent: A Series on Agreeable Disagreement – The TikTok Ban
The TikTok ban: a legal congressional policy or an abridgment of our First Amendment rights (with a side of xenophobia)? The Supreme Court recently upheld Congress’s authority to ban TikTok from operating in the United States unless it cuts ties with its Chinese parent company. Does this assertion of Congressional power threaten fundamental freedoms—or constitute […]
February 5, 2025
Latham & Watkins Forum: State AGs on Justice, Law, and Policy in the Trump Era
Acting individually and collectively, state attorneys general have long played a critical role in shaping law and policy and pursuing justice. How do states’ top law enforcers think about their roles as a new federal administration gets underway? What are their chief concerns? How do state AGs think about their relationship with the federal government? […]
January 30, 2025
Innovation Policy Colloquium: Ignacio Cofone
The Innovation Policy Colloquium focuses each year on different aspects of the law’s role in promoting creativity, invention, and new technology. This year, we will discuss the theoretical and practical challenges at the intersection of the regulation of data privacy (or data protection) and artificial intelligence, with attention to the current global sociotechnical situation.
January 23, 2025
Innovation Policy Colloquium: Talia Gillis
The Innovation Policy Colloquium focuses each year on different aspects of the law’s role in promoting creativity, invention, and new technology. This year, we will discuss the theoretical and practical challenges at the intersection of the regulation of data privacy (or data protection) and artificial intelligence, with attention to the current global socio-technical situation.
December 2, 2024
Fireside Chat with Jen Easterly
Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), was in conversation with Judi Germano, Adjunct Professor of Law and Distinguished/Senior Fellow, CCS/RCLS to discuss current issues in cybersecurity, key takeaways from Easterly’s role at CISA, and the intersection between national security and AI. This event was co-hosted by the NYU Center for Cybersecurity, Reiss […]
November 22, 2024
AI Agents in the Physical World: Balancing Safety & Performance
Balancing safety and performance is crucial to deploying autonomous agents in physical environments. In particular, autonomous racing is a domain that penalizes safe but conservative policies, highlighting the need for robust, adaptive strategies. Current approaches either make simplifying assumptions about other agents or lack robust mechanisms for online adaptation. In this talk we explore the […]
November 20, 2024
Fintech Speaker Series: A Fireside Chat featuring Dr. Andrew Ang
On Wednesday, November 20, NYU Stern’s Fubon Center for Technology, Business and Innovation will host a Fireside Chat featuring Dr. Andrew Ang, Managing Director and Head of Factors, Sustainable and Solutions (FS-Squared), BlackRock. The discussion is moderated by NYU Stern Professor Kathleen DeRose, Director of the Fubon Fintech initiative.
October 30, 2024
The U.S. Elections on a Global Stage
Please join the Reiss Center on Law and Security for a virtual discussion moderated by Reiss Center Non-Resident Senior Fellow Michael Wahid Hanna. An expert panel will discuss what the upcoming elections mean for the international community and global institutions, consider how global issues may inform the elections, and examine potential shifts in future U.S. […]
October 21, 2024
Has the AI Election Threat Materialized?
Co-sponsored by the Brennan Center for Justice, this virtual event will explore what NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics learned about AI in the 2024 race — and what else we should look for in the weeks before (and after) Election Day.
October 8, 2024
Social Media and the 2024 U.S. Election
Despite the many sources of uncertainty heading into the 2024 U.S. elections, one thing we do know is that digital media – including online media, social media, and now generative AI – will play a crucial role in how Americans share and receive information about the election. Join faculty and researchers from NYU Center for […]
October 1, 2024
Ai(m) For the Future: Exploring the Ethical Dimensions of a Digital Society
The KU Leuven, the oldest university in Belgium, celebrates its 600th birthday in 2025: six centuries of groundbreaking research, inspiring teaching and active engagement in the world – and we would love for you to commemorate this with us! AI(M) for the Future: Exploring the Ethical Dimensions of a Digital Society serves as a testament […]
September 26, 2024
Public-Private Partnerships: 14th Cybersecurity Lecture Sponsored by AIG
Public-Private Partnerships are critical to keeping our world safe and secure, even beyond cybersecurity and protecting our critical infrastructure. But what are they, how do they work, and how can we ensure they have the support and investment to be successful? We’ll discuss public-private partnerships from a government, industry, and academic perspective and address the […]
July 9, 2024
Fireside Chat: Challenges and Opportunities in Today’s Cyber Landscape
Please join us on Tuesday, July 9 for a virtual fireside chat with former White House Deputy National Cyber Director Camille Stewart Gloster. With experience as an attorney, private sector executive, and national security official, Stewart Gloster will share her invaluable perspective on the complex tech and national security issues shaping today’s cyber landscape. She will […]
July 8-10, 2024
ICON·S conference on The Future of Public Law: Resilience, Sustainability, and Artificial Intelligence
The tenth conference of the International Society of Public Law (ICON·S) will be held in Madrid, Spain at IE University Law School, on July 8-10, 2024. The conference will explore the theme of The Future of Public Law: Resilience, Sustainability, and Artificial Intelligence in a number of plenary sessions and parallel panels. Conference program and more information are […]
March 25, 2024
NYU in Dialogue: Talking Across the Aisle
David Greene — host of the Left, Right & Center podcast and show on NPR stations nationwide — and StoryCorps’ Christopher Norris welcome special guests to the NYU Skirball stage for a stimulating conversation across the aisle. Joined by Amina Amdeen — whose 2016 election story has moved millions of people worldwide — the group offers a glimpse into productive political dialogue […]
March 25, 2024
NYU Law Women: Perspectives on the No AI Fraud Act
“Perspectives on the No AI Fraud Act” will feature a panel of experts and academics who have written about intellectual property and proposals to regulate artificial intelligence with a particular focus on the No AI Fraud Act (H.R.6943). Of particular interest will be the anti-revenge porn clauses and the history of policy concerns associated with […]
March 1, 2024
Greenberg Traurig on Artificial Intelligence
Join us as we welcome attorneys from Greenberg Traurig for an in-person panel on the burgeoning field of Artificial Intelligence. During this panel, associates will share how Greenberg Traurig has adapted to developing technologies, explore opportunities with AI internally and externally, and consider hurdles to overcome as the industry grows.