Alumni in the News
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Alumni Weekend 2019 to Take Place Oct 18-20
Registration for Alumni Weekend 2019 is now open.
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Yale Law School Mourns the Passing of Francis X. Dineen ’61
Francis X. Dineen ’61 LL.B., former Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, died on September 25, 2019 at the age of 84.
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Former Liman Fellow Lisa Daugaard ’95 Named 2019 MacArthur Fellow
Criminal Justice reformer Lisa Daugaard ’95 has been named a 2019 MacArthur Fellow for her work on criminal justice reform.
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Professor Markovits on the Meritocracy Trap
Guido Calabresi Professor of Law Daniel Markovits ’00 discusses the problems with meritocracy in his new book The Meritocracy Trap.
Friday, August 30, 2019
Connecticut Supreme Court Cites Housing Clinic Brief in Win for Tenants
The Connecticut Supreme Court cited a brief written by Yale Law School’s Housing Clinic when it ruled that landlords may not include “extraneous and irrelevant charges” in eviction paperwork, affirming that tenants of subsidized housing have a right to know how much they must pay to keep their homes.
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.
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.