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YLS Alumni Celebrate Centennial of Richard C. Lee United States Courthouse
On Saturday, October 19, 2019, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut and the U.S. General Services Administration celebrated the centennial of the Richard C. Lee United States Courthouse located in New Haven. Among the dignitaries present were Justice Sonia Sotomayor '79, Senator Richard Blumenthal '73, and Judge Stefan R. Underhill '84.
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Justice Sotomayor ’79 Shares Insights on Life and the Law During Alumni Weekend
Returning to New Haven for her 40th reunion, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’79 spoke to a packed house at Woolsey Hall during Yale Law School’s Alumni Weekend on Saturday, October 19, 2019.
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Alumni Weekend 2019 Highlights
Yale Law School alumni and their families gathered in New Haven on October 18–20 for engaging academic discussions and social events during the 2019 reunion weekend.
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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.
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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.
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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.
The Regulatory Review
Reforming VA’s Response to Military Sexual Trauma
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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.