David Yassky was appointed the Dean of Law at Pace University in 2014. A constitutional scholar, he also served on the faculty of Brooklyn law School and taught at NYU Law School. He earned his AB at Princeton University and his JD at Yale Law School. Prior to becoming Dean, he was elected to the New York City Council for eight years-achieving many improvements in the law for City dwellers, among them - zoning incentives for affordable housing, penalties for firearm trafficking, and tax incentives for film and TV production. Before holding elected office he served as Chief Counsel to the House Subcommittee on Crime under then Representative Chuck Schumer and practiced law at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.

Professor Mushlin is the author of Rights of Prisoners (West 4th Ed.), a four volume treatise on prison law as well as chapter, article and op-eds on prison reform and a variety of other legal issues. He was a member of the American Bar Association's Task Force on the Legal Status of Prisoners that led to the promulgation of national standards for prisons and jails adopted by the full ABA. He now serves on the Board and is a past Chair of the Correctional Association of New York. Mushlin also chaired the Corrections Committee of the New York City Bar Association where he led an investigation into conditions on death row in New York State. Before teaching, Mushlin practice public interest law for fifteen years - first with the Harlem Assertions of Rights then with the Prisoners' Rights Project of the NYC Legal Aid Society and lastly, with the Children's Rights project of the American Civil Liberties Union. He has received a number of academic honors and now serves on the Advisory Committee on Criminal Law and Procedure of the Office of Court Administration.

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