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Professor Schultz Launches Workplace Theory and Policy Workshop
This spring, Yale Law School will host the Workplace Theory and Policy Workshop, Reimagining Work After 2020, chaired by Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Science Vicki Schultz.
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Free Exercise Clinic Launches Interactive Workshop Series
This spring, Yale Law School’s Free Exercise Clinic is launching an interactive workshop, and has invited students and faculty in the religious liberty clinics at Harvard, Stanford and Texas to join each of the seven class sessions.
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Professor Brilmayer on the Essentials of Contracts Law
Professor Lea Brilmayer has authored a new book, “Contracts: The Five Essential Concepts.”
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Professor Gluck to Join White House COVID Response Team
Professor Abbe R. Gluck ’00 will join the Office of White House Counsel to work on COVID-19 and other health care issues, the Biden-Harris Transition announced.
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Sentencing and Rehabilitation: A Q&A with Professor Gohara
A Q&A with Miriam Gohara, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, on her research and work leading the Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic at Yale Law School.
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Dean Gerken Joins Law Deans in Public Statement on 2020 Election and Events at the Capitol
Dean Heather K. Gerken joined more than 170 law school deans in a statement on the 2020 election and events at the Capitol.
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Professor Resnik and Dwayne Betts ’16 to Present on Prisons at Conference of Law Schools
The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law’s Judith Resnik and Dwayne Betts ’16 will present at the 2021 annual meeting of the American Association of Law Schools in a panel that combines imagery, music, documents, and data to convey the experience of prisoners.
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Professor Esty Coedits Book on Values at Work
Professor Dan Esty ’86 and coeditor Todd Cort have released a new book compiling the latest trends, tools, and thinking in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics for investors.
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Professor Balkin Edits Book on Obergefell v. Hodges
In a new book edited by Professor Jack Balkin, legal scholars rewrite the Supreme Court’s landmark gay rights decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.
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Robert Post Named to the Oversight Board Trust
Sterling Professor of Law Robert C. Post ’77 has been named a trustee of the Oversight Board Trust, the group announced on December 1, 2020.