Natalie Gomez-Velez is a Professor of Law at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law and a legal commentator, analyst, and scholar.
Her professional experience spans public, non-profit, and private sector law, legal academia, and public service.
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Including the U.S. Territories in the Constitutional Law Course – Imperatives and Challenges (forthcoming 2024 Stetson Law Review)
Principal Investigator and Drafter, New York State Education Department, Mayoral Control of New YorkCity Schools. Albany, NY: NYSED, 2024 (Released April 9, 2024)
De Jure Separate and Unequal Treatment of the People of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Territories ,Fordham L. Rev. (April 2023)
Opinion: Don’t judge LaSalle before giving him a state Senate confirmation hearing, City and State (Jan. 4, 2023)
Contributor, Resolution and report of the New York State Bar Association Task Force on the U.S. Territories – First Task Force Report (November 2022)
What U.S. v. Vaello-Madero and the Insular Cases Can Teach About Anti-Critical Race Theory Campaigns, New York State Bar Journal, (Feb. 14, 2022)
Reimagining Public Education Equity after COVID-19: Will Public Voices from New York’s Epicenter Be Heard over the Siren Song of Billionaires?, 48 Fordham Urb. L.J. 313 (2021)
Commentary, SCOTUS Skepticism and the Texas Abortion Law, Jurist (Nov. 2021)
Why Matter of DeVera Matters: Universal Pre–K, Quality, Oversight, and the Need to Restore Public Values in Statutory Interpretation, 23 CUNY Law Review 238 (2020)
Judicial Selection: Diversity, Discretion, Inclusion and the “Idea of Justice,” 48 Capital University Law Review 285 (2020)
Socioeconomic Pedagogy and Administrative Law: Including Issues of Race, Ethnicity, and Class in the Administrative Law Course, Yale Journal on Regulation, Notice & Comment Blog (2020)
Commentary with Professor Janet Calvo, The Supreme Court’s DACA Decision Keeps Dreamers Safe…For Now, Jurist (2020)
Book Chapter: Universal Pre-Kindergarten: Supporting High Quality and Broad Access at a Time of Federal Disengagement and “School Choice” OXFORD HANDBOOK OF EDUCATION LAW, K. Bowman, Ed. (2019)
Common Core State Standards and Philanthrocapitalism: Can Public Law Norms Manage Private Wealth’s Influence on Public Education Policymaking? 2016 Mich. St. L. Rev. 161
Book Chapter: CUNY Law School’s Community Based and Community Empowering Clinics in BEYOND ELITE LAW: ACCESS TO CIVIL JUSTICE IN AMERICA, (Samuel Estreicher & Joy Radice Eds. Cambridge University Press 2015)
Can Universal Pre-K Overcome Extreme Race and Income Segregation to Reach New York’s Neediest Children? The Importance of Legal Infrastructure and the Limits of the Law, 63 Clev. St. L. Rev. 319 (2015)
Contributor, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR VOICES: THE FUTURE OF MAYORAL CONTROL IN NEW YORK CITY, Report of the New York City Public Advocate (2015)
Urban Public Education Reform: Governance, Accountability, Outsourcing, 45 Urb. Lawyer 51 (2013)
Launch Pad for Justice: Public Interest Legal Apprenticeship Serving Urgent Legal Needs, 16 CUNY Law Review 21 (2012)
Public School Governance and Democracy: Does Public Participation Matter? 53 Villanova L. Rev. 297 (2008) (funded by grant from the Research Foundation CUNY)
Proactive Procurement: Using New York City’s Procurement Rules to Foster Positive Human Services
Policies, 9 New York City Law Review 331 (2006)
Internet Access to Court Records: Balancing Public Access and Privacy, 51 Loyola Law Review 365 (2005)
Book Chapter: Culturing the Pearls of Wisdom: Considering the Role of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Educational Experience in NURTURING SUCCESS: SUCCESSFUL WOMEN OF COLOR AND THEIR DAUGHTERS, Praeger Publishers (2000)