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Thursday, December 05, 2019
News
Professor Driver on How the Courts Influence Public Schools
Justin Driver accepted a tenured appointment as Professor of Law at Yale Law School on July 1, 2019. Upon Professor Driver’s arrival in New Haven, the Yale Law Report sat down with him to discuss The Schoolhouse Gate’s contributions to legal scholarship.
Monday, November 25, 2019
Event
Award-winning Journalist Charles Siebert: "What On Earth Are They Saying?”
6:10PM
SLB Room 129
Event
"This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West" - Christopher Ketcham
12:10PM
SLB Room 129
Event
Caliphal Tribunals and Anarchical Fallacies: Medieval Arabic Petitions from the Cairo Geniza
4:15PM
Calabresi Faculty Lounge
Event
The Law, Ethics & Animal Program Inaugural Lectures by Dr. Sheila Jasanoff and Dr. Timothy Pachirat
4:30PM
SLB Room 127
Monday, November 25, 2019
45:49
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
59:57
Monday, November 11, 2019
1:24:53
Friday, December 13, 2019
In The Press
Tort Law and Climate Change Litigation
Energy Tradeoffs podcast
Deputy Dean and Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Doug Kysar spoke with the Energy Tradeoffs podcast about the creativity of recent lawsuits aimed at holding companies and governments accountable for climate change.
Friday, December 13, 2019
In The Press
Body of Law: Beyond Roe
NPR / On the Media
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law Reva Siegel was interviewed on National Public Radio’s On the Media about Roe v. Wade.
Thursday, December 12, 2019
In The Press
Weinstein’s Rage-Inducing Settlement is the Norm for Civil Suits — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, December 12, 2019
In The Press
John Solomon claims the First Amendment protects him as a journalist
Washington Post
Floyd Abrams Clinical Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law David Schulz ’78 is quoted in the Washington Post about the media’s First Amendment rights.
Thursday, December 12, 2019
In The Press
Outdated, dangerous childbirth practices persist in Europe
Associated Press
Mindy Roseman, Director of International Programs and Director of the Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women’s Rights, is quoted about a controversial birth procedure currently practiced in Europe.
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
In The Press
Trump ‘favor’ request tops list of notable quotes in 2019
Associated Press
The Associated Press released the annual list of notable quotations compiled by Law School librarian Fred Shapiro.
One of the things that makes this job magic is the students. They’re unbelievably smart, the best lawyers you can imagine. But they care so deeply. And what always amazes me is they’re unfailingly modest about what they do.”
Heather Gerken
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law