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Yale Law School Announces Two Gifts Honoring Michael A. Varet ’65
Yale Law School has announced two gifts from the Middle Road Foundation: The Michael A. Varet ’65 YLS Safety Net Support Fund and The Michael A. Varet ’65 Summer Public Interest Fellowship Fund.
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Professor Amar Launches Podcast on Constitutional Issues
A new podcast created by Professor Akhil Reed Amar ’84 offers weekly discussions delving into pressing and relevant constitutional issues of the current moment.
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Working for Justice
The careers of recent Yale Law School graduates working as prosecutors, defense attorneys, and advocates have been shaped by high-profile incidents of violence and bipartisan calls for criminal justice reform.
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Innovative Gun Violence Course Generates Novel Journal Issue
The Solomon Center for Health Law & Policy and the Justice Collaboratory have teamed up to publish a groundbreaking special issue of The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (JLME) devoted to the gun violence epidemic.
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Free Exercise Clinic Launches Interactive Workshop Series
This spring, Yale Law School’s Free Exercise Clinic is launching an interactive workshop, and has invited students and faculty in the religious liberty clinics at Harvard, Stanford and Texas to join each of the seven class sessions.
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Professor Gluck to Join White House COVID Response Team
Professor Abbe R. Gluck ’00 will join the Office of White House Counsel to work on COVID-19 and other health care issues, the Biden-Harris Transition announced.
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Alexandra Denning ’10 Named Partner at Cravath
Alexandra Denning ’10 became a partner of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP on January 1, 2021.
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William Perdue ’11 Promoted to Counsel at Arnold & Porter
William Perdue ’11 has been promoted to counsel at Arnold & Porter.
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Gregory Dubinsky ’11 Named Partner at Holwell Shuster & Goldberg
Gregory Dubinsky ’11 has been promoted to partner at Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP.
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Marty Katz ’91 Joins AltaClaro
Martin “Marty” Katz '91, Dean Emeritus at University of Denver Sturm College of Law and former Chief Innovation Officer at University of Denver, has joined legal learning platform AltaClaro’s Executive Team.