Friday, October 15, 2021
ISP Panels Tackle the Facebook Files and Democracy
On Oct. 7, 2021, the Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School organized two panels with leading activists and academics, titled “The Facebook Files: What Next? Answers from Activism and Academia,” to discuss new revelations about Facebook.
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Administrative Law Roundtable Gathers Early-Career Scholars
In September, 14 early-career legal scholars and 13 senior commenters gathered for the annual Administrative Law New Scholarship Roundtable, this year hosted by the Law School.
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
The First Amendment in the Information Age
Sterling Professor of Law Robert Post and Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin join Yale University President Peter Salovey for a conversation about the viral spread of misinformation in the information age.
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Q&A: Professor Hathaway on Presidential War Powers and the War on Terror
Oona A. Hathaway ’97, the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, answers questions about the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force, the legal basis for the war on terror.
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Professor Moyn on the Humanity of War
Professor Samuel Moyn’s book “Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War” takes the reader on a journey through the evolution of war.
Friday, August 27, 2021
Liman Center Testifies on Proposed Solitary Confinement Legislation
Liman Center Founding Director Judith Resnik presented expert testimony on solitary confinement at a hearing of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee.
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Race and the Law Course Highlights Emerging Scholarship
A new class offered the chance for students to engage with emerging scholarship while addressing a broad range of issues related to race, racism, and inequality.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Supporting Children and Families Through Law
Professor Anne L. Alstott ’87 has collaborated with the Yale Child Study Center on how the law might improve the mental health of children and parents through enhanced social welfare support and preventing family disruption.
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Housing Clinic Advocates for Eviction Moratorium in SCOTUS Case
The Yale Law School Housing Clinic co-authored an amicus brief filed in a Supreme Court case about the national moratorium on evictions during the pandemic. The court rejected a challenge to the moratorium, which will now stay in place for another month.
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Femi Cadmus Named Yale Law Librarian
Femi Cadmus began as the new director of the Lillian Goldman Law Library and Professor of Law at Yale Law School on July 1, 2021.