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Monday, May 21, 2018
News
Yale Law School 2018 Commencement—The Power of Law—PHOTOS, VIDEO, SPEECHES
More than 200 graduates of Yale Law School participated in commencement ceremonies on Monday afternoon at the William K. Lanman Center at Payne Whitney Gymnasium, surrounded by friends, family, and the Law School faculty.
Monday, May 21, 2018
Event
Commercial Speech and the First Amendment: Does the Right of Publicity Transcend Commercial Speech?
8:30AM
New York City
Monday, May 14, 2018
Videos
David Nirenberg: The Historian as Theologian: Past and Present in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
51:44
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
1:18:59
Monday, May 21, 2018
In The Press
Supreme Court Decision Delivers Blow To Workers' Rights
National Public Radio/ All Things Considered
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik is quoted in a story about the decision by the Supreme Court regarding employee rights arbitration and how it could affect various class actions.
Monday, May 21, 2018
In The Press
The US Supreme Court just dealt a devastating blow to the #MeToo movement
Quartz
Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Sciences Vicki Schultz is quoted in an article about the decision by the Supreme Court regarding employee rights arbitration and how it may affect those facing sexual harassment at the workplace.
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
In The Press
Rein in NYPD arrest-record abuse: Keep sealed files sealed—A Commentary by Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08
New York Daily News
Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School and Associate Professor of Sociology at Yale.
Monday, May 14, 2018
In The Press
Juvenile Offenders in New York Find Parole a Distant Hope
The Village Voice
Associate Professor of Law Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 is quoted in an article about juvenile offenders in the New York State correctional system.
Monday, May 14, 2018
In The Press
Lawyer Couldn’t Concede Guilt in Death Penalty Case
Bloomberg
George W. and Sadella D. Crawford Visiting Lecturer in Law Lawrence Fox is quoted, and the Ethics Bureau mentioned, in an article about a Supreme Court ruling that reaffirms a client’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
Sunday, May 13, 2018
In The Press
Greitens' fateful affair began during crossroads of his military life
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about Missouri Governor Eric Greitens’ military career.
The Yale Law School you are entering has never been a law school that simply defends what is. Your law school —Yale Law School—has always been a law school that fights for what ought to be.”
Harold Hongju Koh
Sterling Professor of International Law and Former Dean