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Monday, May 02, 2022
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Yale Law School to Hold Two Commencement Ceremonies in May
Yale Law School will hold two Commencement ceremonies to recognize, respectively, the Classes of 2020 and 2021 and the Class of 2022. An Alumni Cermony for the Classes of 2020 and 2021 took place on Saturday, May 14, 2022, and Commencement for the Class of 2022 will take place on Monday, May 23, 2022.
Monday, May 02, 2022
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Saturday, May 14, 2022

Members of the Classes of 2020 and 2021 lined up in Beinecke Plaza for the procession to Yale’s historic Old Campus.
Thursday, May 12, 2022

A blackpoll warbler killed by a window collision.
Monday, May 2, 2022

Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’79 joined a panel of alumni moderated by Professor Judith Resnik to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Liman Center and more than 50 years of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization and Yale Law School’s clinical program.
Monday, May 2, 2022
Monday, May 2, 2022

Professor J.L. Pottenger Jr. ’75, Susan Sturm ’79, and Deputy Dean for Experiential Education Muneer Ahmad at a panel in April 2022
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
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Friday, May 13, 2022
In The Press
U.S. Women Seeking Abortions are Warned to Watch What They Google
Radio New Zealand
Nikolas Guggenberger, Executive Director of the Information Society Project spoke about what the potential end to Roe v. Wade might mean for digital privacy.
Friday, May 13, 2022
In The Press
Yale Medical, Legal Experts “Appalled” by Recent Actions Denying Gender-Affirming Care, Issue New Scientific Report
Connecticut Public Radio
A report on misleading scientific claims that inform laws regarding gender-affirming care co-authored by Jacquin D. Bierman Professor Anne L. Alstott ’87 is discussed.
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
In The Press
A Christian Flag Roiled Boston City Hall. It Shouldn’t Have. — 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.
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
In The Press
How a 40-Year Old Supreme Court Ruling May Quash the Book Banning Wave
Freedom Forum
Robert R. Slaughter Professor Justin Driver is quoted about recent efforts by schools to ban books from school libraries and students’ First Amendment rights.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
In The Press
Leaked Abortion Draft Has Supreme Court Education Cases in Political Cross-Hairs
Education Week
Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver comments on cases before the Supreme Court that focus on education.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
In The Press
Five times Congress overrode the Supreme Court
The Hill
John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence William N. Eskridge, Jr. ’78 discusses historical instances in which Congress superseded a decision by the Supreme Court.
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