Lily Batchelder
Associate Professor of Law and Public Policy (NYU School of Law)

Lily Batchelder specializes in taxation, with a particular emphasis on income taxation, wealth transfer taxation, tax incentives, and social insurance. Her research centers on intersections between tax and social policy in addressing poverty, economic inequality, economic insecurity, and barriers to intergenerational mobility. She is the Co-Director of the Furman Academic Program, and Director of the Leadership Program in Tax Law and Fiscal Policy.

Apart from her academic work, Batchelder regularly advises policymakers, public agencies, and nonprofit organizations on policy matters. She is the Chair of Neighbors Together, a member of the advisory board of the Center for Economic Progress, and a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. Recently, she testified before the U.S. Joint Economic Committee on taxation and income volatility, and the Senate Committee on Finance on wealth transfer tax reform.

Batchelder joined the faculty from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where she focused on transactional and tax policy matters. Previously she served as a Wiener Fellow at the Wiener Center on Social Policy at the Kennedy School of Government; Director of Community Affairs and Campaign Manager for a New York state senator; and Client Advocate for Neighbors Together.

Batchelder received her A.B. in Political Science with honors and distinction from Stanford University, where she received a Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research. She received her M.P.P. in Microeconomics and Human Services from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, where she was a Kennedy Fellow and President of the Kennedy School Student Government. She earned her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was twice awarded the Clifford L. Porter Prize for Best Paper on Taxation. While there, she was founder and director of the Pro Bono Network, executive editor of the Yale Human Rights & Development Law Journal, director of the Lowenstein International Human Rights Project, and a member of the Yale Law Journal.











Contact Details

lily.batchelder@nyu.edu
212-992-8156
40 Washington Square South, 402
Office Hours: By appointment only
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Areas of Expertise

  • Inequality
  • Social Policy
  • Tax