Honors
Sexton is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and President of the New York Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
In 2002, an endowed professorship – the John Edward Sexton Professorship of Law – was created in his honor at the NYU School of Law.
In 2003, the 60th anniversary edition of NYU’s Annual Survey of American Law was dedicated to Sexton.
In July 2008, he was named a Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur.
He has received honorary degrees from Hamilton College, the University of Warwick in the UK, Fordham University, St. John's University (New York), the University of Rochester, St. Francis College, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Saint Joseph's College (New York), and the University of Surrey.
Sexton was named the Brooklyn Prep “Alumnus of the Year” in 1995. And he was selected as the featured speaker Harvard Law School Forum Speaker in 2005.
He is a fellow of the Foreign Policy Association based in New York City.
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