NEW YORK — There is no law school at the University — a fact that students and professors have alternatively boasted of and complained about for years.
The University is, however, home to a law and public affairs program, but that wasn't enough for Michael Doyle, a prestigious international relations theorist who left the University in June for a joint appointment in Columbia's law and global affairs schools.
"It's not quite the same as a law school," he said in a recent interview in his office here.
But the University's Wilson School and New York University's law school are trying to forge a closer partnership, involving joint courses, research opportunities and possibly faculty appointments.
The effort began when Anne-Marie Slaughter '80, an international lawyer, became Wilson School dean in September 2002. It accelerated when Doyle tried to work out a joint appointment with NYU before leaving the University.
Students can already apply to receive both a master's of public administration degree from the Wilson School and a law degree from NYU in four years, rather than the five required were they going to attend each school separately. There are similar programs with other schools as well.
"What I would like to do is have broader relations that focus on substantive areas," said Richard Revesz '79, the dean of NYU law school.
In particular, Revesz said the Wilson School and NYU have "synergies" in the areas of international and environmental law.
"It could be almost anything from joint faculty work shops to jointly offered courses," Revesz said. "It could even be joint faculty appointments."
The plans for closer ties are preliminary. But they appear to build on faculty exchanges that have already happened between the two schools. A few years ago, Revesz taught a course on environmental law in the Wilson School.
Two groups have formed to discuss possibilities. Richard Stuart, an NYU environmental law professor, is leading the effort there, and Christopher Eisgruber '83, a Wilson School professor, is taking up the cause in Princeton.
"There are some faculty members in science, technology and environmental policy and in international law at NYU who see an opportunity to add some curricular content, on at least an optional basis, to the NYU-Princeton JD/MPA degree," Eisgruber said. "Other students in the student body [, such as undergraduates and graduates, at Princeton and NYU] might want to take" part in the additional course offerings.
One barrier is the distance between the two schools. NYU and Princeton are separated by 55 miles. Doyle only has to walk a few hundred yards to teach a class in the law or global affairs school at Columbia.
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