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Monday, June 03, 2019
News
Immigrant Rights Clinic Secures Deferred Action for Client Who Spent 19 Months in Sanctuary
Sujitno Sajuti, a client of the Immigrant Rights Clinic, departed the Unitarian Universalist Church in Meriden, Connecticut on May 31, 2019, ending 19 months in sanctuary for the 70-year-old immigrant.
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019
In The Press
Squandered Big Tobacco Money a Cautionary Tale in Opioid Cases
Bloomberg Law
Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy Abbe Gluck ’00 is quoted by Bloomberg Law about ongoing opioid litigation.
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
In The Press
The Case for Redefining Infertility
The New Yorker
Reproductive Justice Fellow Faren Tang ’18 is quoted in an article about physiological and social infertility.
Monday, June 17, 2019
In The Press
The Living, Breathing, Gasping Constitution
The National Review
The work of Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 is discussed in a commentary.
Monday, June 17, 2019
In The Press
A New Trump Battleground: Defining Human Rights
The New York Times
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh is quoted in an opinion piece about human rights.
Monday, June 17, 2019
In The Press
In Courtrooms, Climate Change Is No Longer Up for Debate
Undark
Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Douglas Kysar is quoted in an article about about climate change science in lawsuits.
Saturday, June 15, 2019
In The Press
Yale Law Professor Tells Bemer Judge that Jury’s Verdicts Should be Overturned
Hartford Courant
A letter by John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence William Eskridge ’78, which stated that a judge's instructions to a jury in a human trafficking case were flawed, is quoted in this article about the defense's attempt to have the conviction overturned in Danbury Superior Court.
You have an obligation to serve, by virtue of the privilege, opportunity, and talent that you have. You have an obligation to serve, in your way, at some point in time, in your career.”
Gina Raimondo ’98
Governor of Rhode Island, 2015 Commencement Address