Alumni in the News

Façade of Sterling Law Building above the main entrance against a blue sky

Monday, June 27, 2022

Aslı Ü. Bâli ’99 to Join Yale Law School Faculty 

Aslı Ü. Bâli ’99, who comes to Yale Law School from UCLA School of Law, focuses her scholarship on international law, human rights, and comparative constitutional law.

James Mooney ’19

James Mooney ’19 is a Liman Fellow at the ACLU of Illinois.

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Q&A: Liman Fellow James Mooney ’19 on Implementing Reform

Liman Fellow James Mooney ’19 discusses his work at the ACLU of Illinois, researching ways to challenge fines and fees imposed on young people and representing the coalition enforcing mandated reform of the Chicago Police Department.

stone archway at YLS

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Professor Rodríguez Elected to American Law Institute Council

The American Law Institute (ALI) has elected Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 to its Council.

students with the Yale Law School flag

Law School student marshals began the day’s ceremonies with a procession to Yale’s Old Campus

Monday, May 23, 2022

A Celebration of the Class of 2022 — Strength, Tradition, and Community

Yale Law School graduates were celebrated for its tenacity, strength, and community at Commencement ceremonies on May 23 on a clear and sunny spring day in New Haven.

police presence in Chicago

Police in Chicago in June 2020

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Professor Bell on Inequality, Sociology, and Legal Estrangement

A Q&A with Professor of Law Monica C. Bell ’09, who received tenure on Jan. 1, 2022.

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Defending Free Speech at the ACLU: Vera Eidelman ’15

A look at the career and work of Vera Eidelman ’15, a staff attorney at the Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project at the American Civil Liberties Union.

facade of the U.S. Treasury Department

The facade of the Treasury Department. © 2010 Eric Weaver via Creative Commons.

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Professor Liscow on Taxation, Teaching, and a New Approach to Behavioral Economics

A Q&A with Professor of Law Zachary Liscow ’15, who received tenure on Jan. 1, 2022.

Professor Scott Shapiro in his cybersecurity class, seated in front of a screen with a projected news story on ransomware.

Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law Scott J. Shapiro ’90 talks to his cybersecurity class, which gives students the technological background to address issues like digital policy and national security. “It is extraordinarily difficult for law students and for legal scholars such as myself to talk intelligently about regulating an activity that we can’t even imagine,” he said. 

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

If Students Can Hack This Course, They’re Ready for Information Age Lawyering

To one day tackle cybersecurity issues, students in a Yale Law School class learn how to hack.

graduates in Beinecke plaza

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

Saturday, May 14, 2022

Yale Law School’s Classes of 2020 and 2021 Celebrate Resilience

Enjoying long-awaited festivities on Saturday, May 14, graduates from the Classes of 2020 and 2021 returned to Yale Law School to celebrate their achievements with classmates, friends, and family.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor and panelists at the Liman Colloquium

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

Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’79 in Conversation at Liman/LSO Colloquium

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’79 joined Yale Law School alumni from the Liman Center and the Law School’s clinical program in a conversation to open the 25th Annual Liman Public Interest Colloquium.

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