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Professor Bennett Gershman's article "When the Government Speaks, Does the First Amendment Matter?" was published in the New York Law Journal. The article discusses whether the First Amendment is applicable to speech by the government...

Professor Bennett Gershman has received the Sanford D. Levy Professional Ethics Award from the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Professional Ethics. The Award was presented at a virtual ceremony on February 17. “We honor...

In a New York Law Journal op-ed published on December 4, Prof. Bennett Gershman condemns the resumption of federal executions so late in the Trump presidency. “These ‘lame-duck executions’ are horrifying,” he writes. “...

Professor Bennett Gershman's Letter to the Editor Rush to Judgment Against Central Park Five Was the Real Crime was published in the New York Law Journal - read it here .

Professor Gershman published two opinion pieces: Why Do Police Defendants Want to be Tried by Judges, and Not By Juries?, on the website Law & Crime . Read more . And, President Trump Can Fire Mueller and Rosenstein, but He Can't Fire the...