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Justice for All? Re-envisioning Criminal Justice
Yale Law School’s faculty, students, and alumni work to make America’s criminal justice system more effective, intelligent, and humane.
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Gregory Fleming ’88 Honored by Yale Law & Business Society
The Yale Law & Business Society honored Gregory J. Fleming ’88 with the 2016 Annual Alumni Award on June 30, 2016 in New York City.
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Mark Alexander ’92 Appointed Dean at Villanova Law
Villanova University President the Rev. Peter M. Donohue, OSA, PhD, today announced the appointment of Mark C. Alexander, JD, as the Arthur J. Kania Dean of the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, effective July 1.
Jim Goetz ’68 Featured in Super Lawyers Magazine
Jim Goetz ’68 discusses his career in civil rights and environmental law in Super Lawyers Magazine.
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E. Steiner ’83: Leading Lawyer
Edward E. Steiner ’83 of Keating Muething & Klekam was acknowledged as a Leading Lawyer in the 2016 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, published by Chambers & Partners Publishing, one of the world’s most respected legal research and publishing firms.
Leatherbury ’79 Named Chair of the Yale Alumni Fund Board
Thomas S. Leatherbury ’76 B.A., ’79 J.D. has been named the new chair of the Yale Alumni Fund (YAF) Board, beginning a two-year term on July 1.
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Professor Rodríguez Elected Member of The American Law Institute
Cristina Rodríguez ’00, the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale Law School, has been elected to The American Law Institute (ALI).
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Yale Law Students Launch Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project
Conchita Cruz ’16, Swapna Reddy ’16, Dorothy Tegeler ’16, and Liz Willis ’17 co-founded ASAP in the Spring of 2015 to respond to the unmet legal needs of Central American refugee families.
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MFIA Clinic and Abrams Institute File Amicus Brief in Ag-Gag Case
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic filed an amicus brief challenging an Idaho law that makes it a crime to record slaughterhouses, feed lots, and other agricultural production facilities unless the owner explicitly consents.
T. Hungar ’87 Named GC of U.S. House of Represenatives
Thomas Hungar ’87 was picked as the new general counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives.