Alumni in the News
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Housing Clinic Scores Connecticut Supreme Court Win for Mortgage Borrowers
The Housing Clinic scored a long-fought victory for homeowners when the Connecticut Supreme Court's ruling in in U.S. Bank v. Blowers broadened what sort of bank misconduct mortgage borrowers can raise when defending against a foreclosure action.
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Adewale Adeyemo ’08 Named President of the Obama Foundation
Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo ’08, one of former President Barack Obama’s senior economic advisers, has been named the first president of the Chicago-based Obama Foundation.
Friday, August 9, 2019
Registration Open for Alumni Weekend 2019
Registration for Alumni Weekend 2019 is now open.
Monday, August 5, 2019
Martín Sabelli ’90 Sworn in as First Vice President of NACDL
Martín A. Sabelli ’90 was sworn in as First Vice President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) at the Association's annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA, on August 3.
Friday, August 2, 2019
Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic Honored by NAACP
The Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic received the Foot Soldier in the Sands Award at the NAACP national convention in Detroit for representing the organization in three lawsuits.
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Abbe R. Gluck ’00 Named Adviser for American Law Institute Publication
The American Law Institute has named Abbe R. Gluck ’00, Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, an adviser for the Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Concluding Provisions.
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Zachary Liscow and Leah Brooks on Cost of Highway Construction
A paper co-written by Associate Professor of Law Zachary Liscow ’15 suggests why Interstate highway construction costs have tripled over time.
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
ACLU Secures Major Victory in Education Rights Case with Yale Law School Clinic
In a case supported by the Yale Law School Education Adequacy Project Clinic, ACLU Foundation of Southern California reached a class action settlement in Riverside County, California, ending a practice in which routine misbehavior in school put children in a diversion program similar to criminal probation.
Friday, July 26, 2019
Bob Bernstein’s “Rangers”
Three alumni reflect on their relationship with Robert Bernstein (1923–2019).
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Curtis-Liman Clinical Fellowship Established to Honor Denny Curtis ’66
The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law and the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School announce the creation of a new clinical fellowship, to begin in 2020, in honor of Professor Denny Curtis ’66, co-founder of the Law School’s clinical program.