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February 2026

Publications:

Rodger D. Citron, Berk v. Choy: A Conversation About the Erie Doctrine, Verdict (Feb. 27, 2026).

Ilene Sherwyn Cooper, The Closing Days of 2025, NYLJ (Jan. 29, 2026).

Mark Goldfeder, opinion, How the Law Will Protect Jewish New Yorkers, Even Under a Mamdani Administration, Jewish Insider (Nov. 24, 2025).

Michael Lewyn, Zoning and Land Use Planning: Is There Really Too Much Housing?, 54 Real Est. L. J. 340 (2026).

Taurus Myhand, Brief of Amici Curiae Law Professors in Support of Petitioner, State of Washington v. Amsden, 2026 WL 478579 (Wash., Feb. 2, 2026).

Patricia E. Salkin, An Even Better Way to Zone, 49 Zoning & Plan. L. Rep. 1 (March 2026) (reviewing Don Elliot, An Even Better Way to Zone (2026)).

 Jolie Bodner Zangari, Recent Reads, 40 Crim. Just. 43 (Winter 2026).

Honors, Awards & Appointments:

Harold I. Abramson, awarded the Outstanding Professional Article Award for his article Time Pressured Negotiations, 30 Harv. Negot. L. Rev. 141 (2025), International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution.

Allison Caffarone, named a winner of the 2026 Burton Award for Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing for her article Are Criminal Antitrust,‘Klein’ Conspiracy, and Insider Trading Prosecutions All Unconstitutional? The Untenable Legal Bases of ‘Judge-Made’ Criminal Law, NYLJ (Oct. 1, 2025).

Presentations:

Mark Goldfeder, testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the topic of Antisemitism and Title VI (Feb. 19, 2026).

Patricia E. Salkin, Using AI to Assist in Land Use Planning, New York Association of Towns 2026 Annual Meeting (Feb. 16, 2026).

Patricia E. Salkin, keynote speaker, 2026 International Planning Law and Property Rights Conference, Georgia Tech, Atlanta (Feb. 19, 2026).

John R. Quinn, “Tradition” and Its Discontents: Examining Dobbs Through an Aggadic Lens of Literary Abortion Narrative, The American Gothic, and Lot’s Wife, Program on Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, NJ (Feb 4, 2026).

Gabriel Weil, Tort Law as a Tool for Mitigating Catastrophic AI Risk, Assist AI Governance Speaker Series, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University (Feb. 27, 2026).

Citations:

Deseriee A. Kennedy, Using the NFL as a Model? Considering Zero Tolerance in the Workplace for Batterers, 45 Univ. Balt. L.Rev. 293 (2016), was cited in, Chi Adanna Mgbako, Christine ElDabh, Katie Falk & Emma Pennie, Novel Sex Work Anti-Discrimination Protections, 32 Va. J. Soc. Pol’y L. 332 (2025).

Samuel J. Levine, Rethinking the Supreme Court’s Hands-Off Approach to Questions of Religious Practice and Belief, 25 Fordham Urb. L.J. 85 (1997), was cited in, Petition for Writ of Certiorari, Gaddy v. The Corp. of the Pres. Of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2026 WL 300776 (Jan. 29, 2026).

Taurus Myhand, Once the Jury Sees It, the Jury Can’t Unsee It: The Challenge Trial Judges Face When Authenticating Video Evidence in the Age of Deepfakes, 29 Widener L. Rev. 171 (2023), was cited in, Brief of Southern Center for Human Rights as Amicus Curae in Support of Petitioner, Johns v. State of Georgia, 2026 WL 387055 (U.S., Feb. 6, 2026).

Patricia E. Salkin, May It Please the Campus: Lawyers Leading Higher Education (2023), was cited in, Nicholas W. Allard, Gathering and Planting Legal Acorns, 57 U. Tol. L. Rev. 185 (2026).

Patricia E. Salkin, Smart Growth and Sustainable Development: Threads of a National Land Use Policy, 36 Val. U. L. Rev. 381 (2002), was cited in, Nina Stockman, Climbing Mount Laurel: Federal Land Use and Zoning Policy as the Bipartisan Solution to the Affordable Housing Crisis, 73 Buff. L. Rev. 1017 (2025).

Patricia E. Salkin, Sustainability and Land Use Planning: Greening State and Local Land Use Plans and Regulations to Address Climate Change Challenges and Preserve Resources for Future Generations, 34 Wm. & Mary Env’t L. & Pol’y Rev. 121 (2009), was cited in, Caroline G. Cox, The Networked City: City Climate Change Networks and U.S. Climate Governance, 75 Am. U.L. Rev. 565 (2026).

Patricia E. Salkin, Am. L. Zoning (5th ed., 2024), was cited in, Benjamin C. Varadi, A Flower by Any Other Name: The Case for Cannabis Right to Farm Protection, 18 Gov’t L. Rev. 81 (2025).

Patricia E. Salkin, May It Please the Campus, Lawyers Leading Higher Education (2022), was cited in, Nicholas W. Allard, Law School Communities are Field Hospitals for Our Wounded Democracy, 54 Sw. L. Rev. 467 (2025).

Patricia E. Salkin & Amy Lavine, Understanding Community Benefits Agreements: Equitable Development, Social Justice, and Other Considerations for Developers, Municipalities, and Community Organizations, 26 UCLA J. Env’t L. & Pol’y 291 (2008), was cited in, Patricia B. Barnett, Land Use and the Homelessness Crisis: Reimagining Zoning, Property, and Public Space in Pursuit of Housing Justice, 49 Zoning & Plan. L. Rep. 1 (Feb. 2026).

Gabriel Weil, The Pros and Cons of California’s Proposed SB-1047 AI Safety Law, Lawfare (May 8, 2024), was cited in, David S. Rubenstein, Federalism & Algorithms, 67 Ariz. L. Rev. 979 (2025).

Gabriel Weil, Efficiency, Fairness, and the Externalization of Reasonable Risks; The Problem with the Learned Hand Formula, 75 S.C. L. Rev. 155 (2023), was cited in, Christopher Brett Jaeger, The Hand Formula’s Unequal Inputs, 135 Yale L.J. 461 (2025).

Media:

Patricia Baia, interviewed, Empowering Educators for Student Success, Higher Ed. Digest (Feb. 19, 2026).

Rodger D. Citron, moderator, All Hail Hanna: Berk v. Choy and Choosing Between Federal and State Law, Touro L. Rev. Podcast (Feb. 1, 2026).

Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus, quoted, Mike Vilensky, NY Bar Exam Cheating Concerns Swirls as Blizzard Bumps Some Tests, Bloomberg L. (Feb. 26, 2026).

Laura Gaston Dooley, speaker, All Hail Hanna: Berk v. Choy and Choosing Between Federal and State Law, Touro L. Rev. Podcast (Feb. 1, 2026).

Mark Goldfeder, profiled, Menachem Wecker, Mark Goldfeder Draws on Rabbinic Study, 14th Century Response to Defend Jews, JNS (Feb. 9, 2026).

Mark Goldfeder, quoted, Jessica Russak-Hoffman, Jewish Groups Back 25-Foot Buffer Zones Around Houses of Worship, JNS (Feb. 9, 2026).

Mark Goldfeder, quoted, Benjamin Oreskes & Sally Goldenberg, For Protesters at Houses of Worship, How Far Away Is Too Far?, N.Y. Times (Jan. 29, 2026).

Tiffany C. Graham, quoted, Darwin Yanes, Connetquot School District Faces ‘Impossible’ Choice in New York Mascot Fight, Experts Say, Newsday (Feb. 16, 2026).

Deseriee A. Kennedy, speaker, All Hail Hanna: Berk v. Choy and Choosing Between Federal and State Law, Touro L. Rev. Podcast (Feb. 1, 2026).

Samuel J. Levine, interviewed, Interview with Samuel Levine, Professor of Law & Director, Jewish Law Institute, Touro Law Center, Podcasts by Dr. Kirk Adams (Feb. 3, 2026).

Samuel J. Levine, quoted, Touro Law to Welcome Global Leaders in Disability Rights, Five Towns Jewish Times, p. 102 (Feb. 6, 2026).

Samuel J. Levine, quoted, Touro Law to Welcome Global Leaders in Disability Rights, The Jewish Home, p. 52 (Feb. 6, 2026).

Patricia E. Salkin, quoted, Sean Salai, Confidence Gap: Students Insist on College Value as Public Doubts Grow, Washington Times (Feb. 26, 2026).

John R. Quinn, speaker, All Hail Hanna: Berk v. Choy and Choosing Between Federal and State Law, Touro L. Rev. Podcast (Feb. 1, 2026).

Thanks:

Patricia E. Salkin, was thanked by the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) for serving as a judge for the 2025 Law School Writing Award.

Patricia E. Salkin, was thanked in, Patricia B. Barnett, Land Use and the Homelessness Crisis: Reimagining Zoning, Property, and Public Space in Pursuit of Housing Justice, 49 Zoning & Plan. L. Rep. 1 (Feb. 2026).

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