Alumni in the News
News
Dr. Prah Ruger '11 M.S.L.: Global Health Equity in a Global Crisis
Dr. Jennifer Prah Ruger '11 M.S.L., founder and director of the Health Equity and Policy Lab at the University of Pennsylvania, is contributing to the COVID-19 conversation. In recent news articles, she discusses global health equity in a time of global crisis, why it matters for everyone, where U.S. policy is succeeding and failing, and what we need to do going forward. Read about her work in The New Yorker and Penn Today News.
![dsc_9689.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/generic/dsc_9689.jpg?itok=yGM4twPk)
Saúl Ramírez ’19 Receives 2020 Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Saúl Ramírez ’19 has received a 2020 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a graduate school fellowship for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants in the United States.
![yls-tower-generic-1.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/generic/yls-tower-generic-1.jpg?itok=NYQszuHQ)
Announcing the 2020–2021 Liman Law Fellows
The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law announced the selection of incoming Fellows for 2020–2021 and extensions for three current Fellows.
![SFALP](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/sfalp-cropped-1.jpg?itok=BP9LaOJ6)
SFALP Clinic Takes the Fight Beyond the Courtroom
In the past year, the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project has expanded its practice to include helping the City Attorney’s Office draft public comments, with the goal of challenging problematic proposed federal regulations before they become law.
![Marbre Stahly-Butts](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/schell-event-marbre-stahly-butts.jpg?itok=eyJITECS)
Marbre Stahly-Butts ’13 on Movement Lawyering for Black Lives
Executive Director of Law for Black Lives Marbre Stahly-Butts ’13 discussed her work at the Human Rights Workshop
![kevin-love-hubbard-12.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/kevin-love-hubbard-12.jpg?itok=aZ61f8eL)
Kevin Love Hubbard ’12 Promoted to Partner at Medina Orthwein LLP
Yale alumni-owned law firm Medina Orthwein LLP has expanded its partner base to include Kevin Love Hubbard '12, formerly a Senior Associate with the firm. Founding Partner Felicia Medina '06 met Kevin at Yale Law School.
![Charles Reich conference](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/charles-reich-conference.jpg?itok=7xG5qlRy)
Conference Held on the Life and Legacy of Charles Reich ’52
The Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center held a day-long conference on January 30, 2020 commemorating the life and legacy of former Law School professor Charles A. Reich ’52, who died on June 15, 2019.
![dsc_7422.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/generic/dsc_7422.jpg?h=b3660f0d&itok=5M00ljg-)
Vilcek Foundation Honors Judge Katzmann ’80
The Vilcek Foundation has awarded the 2020 Vilcek Prize for Excellence to the Honorable Robert A. Katzmann ’80.
![150430-building-018.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/generic/150430-building-018.jpg?itok=omaE_p7Q)
Dwayne Betts ’16 to Deliver Dean’s Lecture on February 17
Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16, famed poet and Yale Law School Ph.D. candidate, will deliver a Dean’s Lecture on his latest book of poetry on February 17, 2020.
![warren staff](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/warren-commisionstaff-web.jpg?itok=EUmtmHyh)
Decades Later, YLS Graduates Remember Investigation into JFK’s Assassination
A look at the Law School alumni who served on the staff of the Warren Commission, investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.