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Tuesday, September 19, 2017
News
Rule of Law Clinic Files Amicus Brief in SCOTUS Travel Ban Case
The Rule of Law Clinic filed an amicus brief on behalf of 50 senior former national security officials with the Supreme Court relating to the travel ban case.
Friday, September 15, 2017
In The Press
A Prison Sentence Ends. But the Stigma Doesn’t.—A Commentary by James Forman Jr. ’92
The New York Times
James Forman Jr. ’92 is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
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Friday, September 15, 2017
In The Press
The National Book Awards Longlist: Nonfiction
The New Yorker
Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 has been named a finalist for a National Book Award for “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.”
Friday, September 15, 2017
In The Press
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Sweetening the Deal
Traders Magazine Online News
Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law Jonathan Macey ’82 is cited in an article about rebates, the pricing mechanism employed by exchanges that pays for broker order flow.
Friday, September 15, 2017
In The Press
In Detroit, the end of blight is in sight
The Economist
Professor of Law David Schleicher is quoted in an article about the rebuilding of Detroit.
Friday, September 15, 2017
In The Press
A Prison Sentence Ends. But the Stigma Doesn’t.—A Commentary by James Forman Jr. ’92
The New York Times
James Forman Jr. ’92 is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, September 15, 2017
In The Press
More Rules for Launching Nukes Won't Make U.S. Safer—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.
Friday, September 15, 2017
In The Press
Experts: Veterans should ‘get out in the streets’ to protest government’s handling of ‘bad paper’
Stars and Stripes
William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 is quoted in an article about a presentation he took part in in Washington regarding the military’s and VA’s handling of other-than-honorable discharges.
I am proud to say that Yale manages to open doors that are unexpected for many foreign law students.”
Diane Desierto ’09 LLM, ’11 JSD