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Wednesday, August 08, 2018
News
Alumni Weekend Scheduled for October 19-21
Yale Law School alumni and families will gather in New Haven on October 19–21 for Alumni Weekend 2018.
Monday, October 15, 2018
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Thursday, October 04, 2018
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Event
Dawnland: A Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion In Recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Day
6:00PM
Yale Law School - Room 127
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
44:13
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
In The Press
Could an Ex-Convict Become an Attorney? I Intended to Find Out.—A Commentary by Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16
The New York Times Magazine
YLS Ph.D. candidate Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16 has a commentary in The New York Times Magazine titled “Could an Ex-Convict Become an Attorney? I Intended to Find Out.”
Monday, October 15, 2018
In The Press
Fixing a broken process for nominating US Supreme Court justices—A Commentary by E. Donald Elliott ’74
The Conversation
E. Donald Elliott ’74 is Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School.
Saturday, October 13, 2018
In The Press
Solitary confinement is an affront to human decency
The Washington Post
Findings contained in a recent survey by the Arthur Liman Center and the Association of State Correctional Administrators are cited in The Washington Post.
Thursday, October 11, 2018
In The Press
A Lesson for Kavanaugh From Another Tarnished Supreme Court Justice—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, October 11, 2018
In The Press
Yale May Consider Exiting Private Funds in Social Investment Shift
Bloomberg.com
Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law Jonathan Macey ’82 is quoted about a Yale Investment Office statement regarding its willingness to consider exiting private equity and hedge fund investments that it deems socially irresponsible.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
In The Press
More than 4,000 mentally ill inmates held in solitary in US — report
The Guardian
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik is quoted in a Guardian article about a new report by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law and the Association of State Correctional Administrators on the number of mentally ill prisoners being held in solitary confinement. Sonia Sotomayor ’79 is also quoted. A similar article appeared in Fortune.com.
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