News
![A corkboard background with two documentary posters, "How to Sue the Klan," and "Fracking the System;" staggered with photos of the documentarians.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/ynews-docproject_02.jpg?h=39b867e2&itok=dk539z3o)
Screening Room: Yale Law Clinic Offers Legal Guidance for Documentaries
DocProject, a program of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, provides pro bono advice on media law and journalism for documentary filmmakers.
“Vital Places”: Yale Law School’s Centers Enhance Intellectual Life
With wide-ranging scholarly work, the Law School's centers make a difference in communities across the country and around the world.
Yale Law School Shapes the Future of Artificial Intelligence
Long before ChatGPT became a household name, Yale Law faculty were immersed in learning about legal pathways to regulating AI — as well as the technology’s potential.
![Professor Jack Balkin](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/balkin_jack_news.jpg?itok=cNvQjndA)
Professor Balkin Awarded Book Prize by Georgetown Center for the Constitution
Professor Jack M. Balkin’s recent book on how lawyers and judges use history selectively to support their arguments has been awarded the Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize by the Georgetown Center for the Constitution.
![constitution-shutterstock_593504900-cropped.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/generic/mfp-constitution-shutterstock_593504900-cropped.jpg?itok=3vuuQKP1)
The Constitution and Collective Memory
In his new book, Professor Jack M. Balkin argues that debates about constitutional interpretation are often debates about collective memory — the stories that members of a community tell each other about the meaning of their shared past.