The College of Law has announced the retirement of Professors Margaret Harding, Robin Paul Malloy, and Rob Nassau. Harding and Malloy will teach their last class at the end of this semester, and Nassau at the end of the Spring 2027 semester.
“To say these professors made an impact on generations of Syracuse Law students is an understatement. Together, they have given Syracuse Law more than 100 years of teaching and service, making an impact well beyond our doors,” said Dean Terence Lau L’98.
Professor of Law Margaret Harding
After several years of private practice as a litigator, Harding pivoted to legal education by joining the College of Law faculty in 1994. She has taught foundational and advanced courses in a variety of areas, with a focus on dispute resolution processes. Her scholarship focuses on United States arbitration law, policy, and practice. Harding has provided thoughtful leadership and guidance to the College, University, and the legal profession through her associate deanship roles and service on numerous committees and working groups. She received the Res Ipsa Loquitur Award, as selected by the graduating class, and was named the Bond, Schoeneck, and King Distinguished Professor 2010-2012.
E.I. White Chair and Distinguished Professor of Law Robin Paul Malloy
Malloy began teaching at Syracuse Law in 1990 after positions at Tulane, Indiana, Illinois, and Texas Tech. He is also a Kauffman Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation; a Senior Fellow of the Burton Blatt Institute for Disability Law and Policy; and a Professor of Economics at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, by courtesy appointment.
Malloy founded the Association for Law, Property, and Society in 2009, and it has since become the leading association of property scholars from around the world. He is a recognized property law scholar, having written the leading casebook on real estate transactions (now in its 6th edition) and authored a unique casebook on land use law and zoning that fully integrates disability law. He has published 22 books, 23 book chapters, and 47 articles. In the area of jurisprudence, Malloy is the leading legal scholar on Adam Smith and law.
He has served in multiple positions for the AALS and ABA, and at the Law School in many associate deanship roles as well as chairing many committees. He has been a visiting speaker at numerous universities and has been a visiting scholar at Oxford (UK), Durham (UK), Helsinki (Finland), Palermo (Sicily), and St. Gallen (Switzerland).
He developed a law and economics program (with the economics department); a program on property, citizenship, and social entrepreneurism for advanced property studies; a program for students to work on property issues with the World Bank; and a program for students to gain hands-on experience in local zoning by developing and delivering educational programs to zoning officials in Onondaga County.
Teaching Professor and Director of the Sherman F. Levy ’57, L’59 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
Nassau started teaching taxation classes at Syracuse Law in 1994 and was the co-director of the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic with Sherman F. Levy ’57, L’59 (for whom the clinic would later be named) when it launched in 2002. In those 25 years at the head of the clinic, Nassau passionately served those facing tough financial challenges while educating law students on the practice of representing clients. Over his tenure, he also provided guidance to the Office of Clinical Education, wrote extensively on tax, and was the recipient of the Res Ipsa Loquitur Award.