Yale Law School Today
Monday, November 28, 2022
News
Black Veteran Sues Over Racial Disparities in VA Benefits Administration
On Nov. 28, Conley Monk Jr., a Black veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, filed a lawsuit in federal court against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) seeking redress for harm caused by longstanding racial disparities in veterans’ benefits programs.
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Left to right: Visiting Clinical Professor Jason Parkin, Rebecca Harris ’24, Michelle Fraling ’23, Conley Monk Jr., Adam Henderson ’23, Mike Sullivan ’24, Beatrice Pollard ’23, William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93
Monday, November 21, 2022
Fatima Goss Graves ’01 and Lecturer in Law Emily Bazelon ’00 held a discussion about the impact of the Dobbs decision.
Friday, November 18, 2022
At a Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information event, at which the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic received an award for its work: from left, Connecticut Foundation for Open Government President Bill Fish, Stephanie Rice ’23, Jonathan Gibson ’24, MFIA Clinical Fellow Stephen Stich ’17, Council President Dan Klau, and Marlene Arias ’24. (Photo: Gary Lewis)
Friday, November 18, 2022
Event
Legal Information & Book History Workshop - "Practicing the Law: Manuscript Account Books & Practice in Historical Communities"
12:10PM
Beinecke Library entrance
Cancelled
Event
26th Annual Liman Colloquium - Budgeting for Justice: Fiscal Policy & Monetary Sanctions
(All day)
Sterling Law Building
Monday, December 5, 2022
In The Press
Balenciaga Has Filed a Lawsuit It Won’t Win — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
The Washington Post
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, December 5, 2022
In The Press
The Chinese Dream, Denied
The New York Times
Professor of Law Taisu Zhang ’08 comments on the expanding presence of state officials to enforce China’s “zero Covid” policy.
Thursday, December 1, 2022
In The Press
EU Proposes Special Court for Russian Crimes
BBC World Service Newshour
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona A. Hathaway ’97 is interviewed in a report about the head of the European Commission’s proposal to set up a special tribunal to try crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine.
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
In The Press
Supreme Court Should Separate Sleazy Lobbying from the Criminal Kind — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
The Washington Post
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, November 28, 2022
In The Press
Racial Discrimination by Veterans Affairs Spans Decades, Lawsuit Says
The Washington Post
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic represents Conley Monk Jr. in a case seeking redress for harm caused by long-standing racial disparities in veterans’ benefits programs.
Monday, November 28, 2022
In The Press
A Black Vietnam Veteran is Suing the VA for Discrimination
NPR
Adam Henderson ’23 is interviewed about a new case brought by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic in federal court.
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