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Panel Brings Manhattan Felony Alternative-to-Incarceration Court to Yale Law School

The audience learned about an innovative alternative sentencing program at a recent panel co-sponsored by the Liman Center.
Panel Brings Manhattan Felony Alternative-to-Incarceration Court to Yale Law School
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Evan Walker-Wells ’22 and Joe Schottenfeld ’19 Discuss Public Interest Lawyering at the NAACP

A current and a former Liman fellow — Evan Walker-Wells ’22 and Joseph Schottenfeld ’19 — discuss their work with the NAACP on voting rights and economic security.
Evan Walker-Wells ’22 and Joe Schottenfeld ’19 Discuss Public Interest Lawyering at the NAACP
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The Hill

Human Rights Attorneys Urge UN To Review the Solitary Confinement of Black Americans (link is external)1

Human rights attorneys calling on the U.N. to investigate the solitary confinement of Black Americans cite a report co-authored by the Liman Center.

Human Rights Attorneys Urge UN To Review the Solitary Confinement of Black Americans (link is external)
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The Washington Post

Virginia Could End Solitary Confinement Thanks to Unlikely Duo of Lawmakers (link is external)2

A story on Virginia legislators working to end solitary confinement in the state cites the report on solitary confinement in the U.S. co-authored by the Liman Center.

Virginia Could End Solitary Confinement Thanks to Unlikely Duo of Lawmakers (link is external)
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The Guardian

Texas Prisoners Continue Hunger Strike in Protest Against Solitary Confinement (link is external)3

A news story on a protest against solitary confinement in a Texas prison cites a report on solitary confinement by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law.

Texas Prisoners Continue Hunger Strike in Protest Against Solitary Confinement (link is external)
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The New York Times

What Went Unsaid in the Chief Justice’s Report on the Judiciary — A Commentary by Judith Resnik and Nancy Gertner ’71 (link is external)4

Judith Resnik is the Arthur Liman Professor of Law at Yale Law School and the Founding Director of the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law. Nancy Gertner, a retired Federal District Court Judge, is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School. 

What Went Unsaid in the Chief Justice’s Report on the Judiciary — A Commentary by Judith Resnik and Nancy Gertner ’71 (link is external)
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Q&A: Liman Fellow Sam Davis ’20 on Tackling the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Sam Davis ’20, a Liman Fellow at the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation, discusses his work.
Q&A: Liman Fellow Sam Davis ’20 on Tackling the School-to-Prison Pipeline
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Liman Center Project to Help Incarcerated People Know Their Rights  

The Liman Center and partners are updating a student-authored legal manual on prisoners rights in Connecticut first published in 1997.
Liman Center Project to Help Incarcerated People Know Their Rights  
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Panel Highlights Community Safety as a Public Health Issue

The Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop brought together three experts for “Decentering Police in Public Safety: Violence Intervention in New Haven and Beyond.”
Panel Highlights Community Safety as a Public Health Issue
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Conference Celebrates Professor Judith Resnik’s “Managerial Judges”

A conference at Yale Law School looked back at “Managerial Judges,” a groundbreaking paper by Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik, 40 years later.
Conference Celebrates Professor Judith Resnik’s “Managerial Judges”

Links

  1. https://news.yahoo.com/human-rights-attorneys-urge-un-181754022.html
  2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/02/04/virginia-solitary-confinement-general-assembly/
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/19/texas-prisoners-hunger-strike-protest-solitary-confinement
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/opinion/supreme-court-chief-justice-report.html