Investiture of Professor Ross Sandler as the Samuel Seabury Professor of Law

New York Law School Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell cordially invites you to celebrate the appointment of Ross Sandler as the Samuel Seabury Professor of Law.

DATE: Tuesday, November 19, 2024

TIME: 5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
The program will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a reception to follow.

LOCATION:
New York Law School
Auditorium
185 West Broadway,
New York, NY 10013

New York Law School is proud to establish this new Professorship in honor of Samuel Seabury, an 1893 graduate. Samuel Seabury is one of our earliest and most historically influential graduates known for his relentless fight in the first half of the 20th Century against deep-rooted corruption in New York City government and the judiciary. Among Seabury’s many distinguished and high-level roles, he served as President of the New York State Bar Association, judge on the New York State Court of Appeals, and Democratic Nominee for Governor in 1916. He was known as a progressive reformer in New York City, fighting against the corruption of Tammany Hall. In 1932 Seabury served as the legal counsel for the Hofstadter Committee, a joint state legislative initiative charged with investigating corruption in New York City. The committee exposed mass corruption throughout the city government, eventually leading to the resignation of Mayor Jimmy Walker in 1932 (himself a member of the NYLS Class of 1904). Seabury has rightfully been held up as one of the earliest and most successful reformers who had a transforming effect on local government integrity.

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