Crafting a Life: Private, Public & Professional
October 13-15
We hope that you will join us on October 13-15 when the larger Yale Law School Community gathers once again in New Haven for Alumni Weekend. All of you are invited, whether or not you are celebrating a reunion. In the Law School's familiar halls, in the courtyard, and over festive meals, we will renew old friendships and make new ones. The Weekend will be filled with a variety of events, including several panels that will give us the opportunity to focus on how, with our Blackberry, cell phone, and Palm in hand, and perhaps a violin and child in tow, we craft our lives: the private, public, and professional.
Photo Gallery
Photos from the weekend (click here)
Schedule of Events
Friday, October 13
12:30-8:00 PM
Registration Opens
Room 122, Yale Law School
1:00-5:00 PM
Tours of Yale Law School's Classrooms, Lillian Goldman Law Library, and Dining Hall
Meet outside of Room 122, Yale Law School
(last tour leaves Room 122 at 4:30 PM)
1:30-3:30 PM
Law Library Rare Books Open House
See the beautiful Paskus-Danziger Rare Book Reading Room. Notable items from our rare book collection will be on display, including materials from the recently accessioned Association of the Bar of the City of New York Collection of Roman Law and books from the Lasswell Collection generously donated by W. Michael Reisman '64 LL.M., '65 J.S.D., Myres S. McDougal Professor of International Law, Yale Law School
2:30 PM
YLS Alumni Survey: Career Trajectories and Factors that Influence Work Choices
Room 129, Yale Law School
Moderator: Jean Koh Peters, Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney, Yale Law School
Panelists: Deborah Cantrell, Clinical Lecturer in Legal Ethics and Director, Arthur Liman Public Interest Program, Yale Law School, and Robert W. Gordon, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and Legal History, Yale Law School
3:30 PM
A Mock Moot Court, Argued by Current YLS Students Before a Panel of Judges from the '56 Moot Court Team
Room 127, Yale Law School
The Case: Philip Morris USA v. Williams
The Attorneys: Henry B. Liu '07, Julia K. Martinez '07, Elizabeth M.M. O'Connor '07, Michael V. Pinkel '07
The Bench: David Isbell '56, Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling; The Honorable Jon O. Newman '56, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; and the Honorable Arlen Specter '56, Senator and Chair, Judiciary Committee, United States Senate
5:00 PM
Class of 1956 50th Reunion Champagne Party
Faculty Lounge, Yale Law School
6:00 PM
A Celebration of Yale Law School
Gala Reception and Dinner, University Commons
(Corner of College and Grove Streets)
To celebrate the kick-off of the Law School's Capital Campaign, there will be a Casino night with music and dancing. Black-tie optional.
Saturday, October 14
8:00 am-6:00 PM
Registration
Room 122, Yale Law School
8:00-10:00 AM
Student-Alumni Breakfast Connections
Dining Hall, Yale Law School
9:30 am-12:15 PM
Panel Discussions
Yale Law School
9:30-10:45 AM
I. I Love My Job, But Working 24/7?
Room 127
Moderator: Anthony T. Kronman '75, Sterling Professor of Law and former dean, Yale Law School
Panelists: Marc Galanter, John and Rylla Bosshard Professor Emeritus of Law and South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison and Centennial Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science; Deborah L. Rhode '77, Director, Stanford Center on Ethics and Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; Lori A. Schechter '87, Chair, Litigation, Morrison & Foerster; P.D. Villarreal '85, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Schering-Plough Corporation
10:45-11:00 AM Break
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
II. Work and Self
Levinson Auditorium
Moderator: Kenji Yoshino '96, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Panelists: Chai R. Feldblum, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Amy Weinfeld Schulman '89, Partner, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary; Reva Siegel '86, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law, Yale Law School
III. Cycles of Work--Beginning, Switching, Multi-Careering, and Retiring
Room 127
Moderator: Vicki Schultz, Ford Foundation Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Panelists: Barbara Berish Brown '71, Partner, Employment Law Department, and Office Chair, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker; Michael J. Chepiga '79, Partner, Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett LLP, and playwright; John H. Langbein, Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History, Yale Law School; Joan C. Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law and Director, Center for WorkLife Law, University of California, Hastings
12:30 PM
Alumni Luncheon
University Commons (Corner of College and Grove Streets)
Annual Meeting of the Yale Law School Association
James Dabney Miller '75, President, Yale Law School Association; Harold Hongju Koh, Dean and Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, Yale Law School
Presentation of the YLSA Award of Merit to the Honorable Margaret H. Marshall '76, Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; The Honorable Drayton Nabers '65, Chief Justice, Alabama Supreme Court; and the Honorable Randall Shepard '72, Chief Justice, Indiana Supreme Court
2:30 PM Topical Panel Discussion
Is the Constitution's Separation of Powers Breaking Down?
Levinson Auditorium, Yale Law School
Moderator: Harold Hongju Koh, Dean and Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, Yale Law School
Panelists: Bruce Ackerman '67, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale Law School; Steven G. Calabresi '83, Professor of Law, Northwestern; Pamela S. Karlan '84, Sidley Austin-Robert D. McLean '70 Visiting Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar, The American Enterprise Institute
2:30-5:00 PM
Tours of Yale Law School's Classrooms, Lillian Goldman Law Library, and Dining Hall
Meet outside of Room 122
Yale Law School (last tour leaves Room 122 at 4:30 PM)
3:30-5:00 PM
Law Library Rare Books Open House
See the beautiful Paskus-Danziger Rare Book Reading Room. Notable items from our rare book collection will be on display, including materials from the recently accessioned Association of the Bar of the City of New York Collection of Roman Law and books from the Lasswell Collection generously donated by W. Michael Reisman '64 LL.M., '65 J.S.D., Myres S. McDougal Professor of International Law, Yale Law School
3:30-5:00 PM
LSO/Clinic Reunion
The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization
Ruttenberg Hall
All current students, faculty and alumni are welcome to drop in.
4:15 PM
Question Time with Dean Koh
Room 127, Yale Law School
Informal Activities
Spend Saturday afternoon with classmates and friends, exploring the Law School and the rest of Yale University, or taking part in a variety of informal activities. Check online and in your registration packet for more information on other activities.
12:30-8:00 PM
Registration Opens
Room 122, Yale Law School
1:00-5:00 PM
Tours of Yale Law School's Classrooms, Lillian Goldman Law Library, and Dining Hall
Meet outside of Room 122, Yale Law School
(last tour leaves Room 122 at 4:30 PM)
1:30-3:30 PM
Law Library Rare Books Open House
See the beautiful Paskus-Danziger Rare Book Reading Room. Notable items from our rare book collection will be on display, including materials from the recently accessioned Association of the Bar of the City of New York Collection of Roman Law and books from the Lasswell Collection generously donated by W. Michael Reisman '64 LL.M., '65 J.S.D., Myres S. McDougal Professor of International Law, Yale Law School
2:30 PM
YLS Alumni Survey: Career Trajectories and Factors that Influence Work Choices
Room 129, Yale Law School
Moderator: Jean Koh Peters, Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney, Yale Law School
Panelists: Deborah Cantrell, Clinical Lecturer in Legal Ethics and Director, Arthur Liman Public Interest Program, Yale Law School, and Robert W. Gordon, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and Legal History, Yale Law School
3:30 PM
A Mock Moot Court, Argued by Current YLS Students Before a Panel of Judges from the '56 Moot Court Team
Room 127, Yale Law School
The Case: Philip Morris USA v. Williams
The Attorneys: Henry B. Liu '07, Julia K. Martinez '07, Elizabeth M.M. O'Connor '07, Michael V. Pinkel '07
The Bench: David Isbell '56, Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling; The Honorable Jon O. Newman '56, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; and the Honorable Arlen Specter '56, Senator and Chair, Judiciary Committee, United States Senate
5:00 PM
Class of 1956 50th Reunion Champagne Party
Faculty Lounge, Yale Law School
6:00 PM
A Celebration of Yale Law School
Gala Reception and Dinner, University Commons
(Corner of College and Grove Streets)
To celebrate the kick-off of the Law School's Capital Campaign, there will be a Casino night with music and dancing. Black-tie optional.
Saturday, October 14
8:00 am-6:00 PM
Registration
Room 122, Yale Law School
8:00-10:00 AM
Student-Alumni Breakfast Connections
Dining Hall, Yale Law School
9:30 am-12:15 PM
Panel Discussions
Yale Law School
9:30-10:45 AM
I. I Love My Job, But Working 24/7?
Room 127
Moderator: Anthony T. Kronman '75, Sterling Professor of Law and former dean, Yale Law School
Panelists: Marc Galanter, John and Rylla Bosshard Professor Emeritus of Law and South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison and Centennial Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science; Deborah L. Rhode '77, Director, Stanford Center on Ethics and Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; Lori A. Schechter '87, Chair, Litigation, Morrison & Foerster; P.D. Villarreal '85, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Schering-Plough Corporation
10:45-11:00 AM Break
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
II. Work and Self
Levinson Auditorium
Moderator: Kenji Yoshino '96, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Panelists: Chai R. Feldblum, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Amy Weinfeld Schulman '89, Partner, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary; Reva Siegel '86, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law, Yale Law School
III. Cycles of Work--Beginning, Switching, Multi-Careering, and Retiring
Room 127
Moderator: Vicki Schultz, Ford Foundation Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Panelists: Barbara Berish Brown '71, Partner, Employment Law Department, and Office Chair, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker; Michael J. Chepiga '79, Partner, Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett LLP, and playwright; John H. Langbein, Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History, Yale Law School; Joan C. Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law and Director, Center for WorkLife Law, University of California, Hastings
12:30 PM
Alumni Luncheon
University Commons (Corner of College and Grove Streets)
Annual Meeting of the Yale Law School Association
James Dabney Miller '75, President, Yale Law School Association; Harold Hongju Koh, Dean and Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, Yale Law School
Presentation of the YLSA Award of Merit to the Honorable Margaret H. Marshall '76, Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; The Honorable Drayton Nabers '65, Chief Justice, Alabama Supreme Court; and the Honorable Randall Shepard '72, Chief Justice, Indiana Supreme Court
2:30 PM Topical Panel Discussion
Is the Constitution's Separation of Powers Breaking Down?
Levinson Auditorium, Yale Law School
Moderator: Harold Hongju Koh, Dean and Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, Yale Law School
Panelists: Bruce Ackerman '67, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale Law School; Steven G. Calabresi '83, Professor of Law, Northwestern; Pamela S. Karlan '84, Sidley Austin-Robert D. McLean '70 Visiting Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar, The American Enterprise Institute
2:30-5:00 PM
Tours of Yale Law School's Classrooms, Lillian Goldman Law Library, and Dining Hall
Meet outside of Room 122
Yale Law School (last tour leaves Room 122 at 4:30 PM)
3:30-5:00 PM
Law Library Rare Books Open House
See the beautiful Paskus-Danziger Rare Book Reading Room. Notable items from our rare book collection will be on display, including materials from the recently accessioned Association of the Bar of the City of New York Collection of Roman Law and books from the Lasswell Collection generously donated by W. Michael Reisman '64 LL.M., '65 J.S.D., Myres S. McDougal Professor of International Law, Yale Law School
3:30-5:00 PM
LSO/Clinic Reunion
The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization
Ruttenberg Hall
All current students, faculty and alumni are welcome to drop in.
4:15 PM
Question Time with Dean Koh
Room 127, Yale Law School
Informal Activities
Spend Saturday afternoon with classmates and friends, exploring the Law School and the rest of Yale University, or taking part in a variety of informal activities. Check online and in your registration packet for more information on other activities.