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Professor Balkin Publishes Book on The Cycles of Constitutional Time
In his new book, Professor Jack Balkin looks at the bigger picture of why politics in the United States has broken down and where it is headed.
Listokin Awarded Gaddis Smith International Book Prize
Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law Yair Listokin ’05 has been awarded the Gaddis Smith International Book Prize for Law and Macroeconomics: Legal Remedies to Recessions.
The President and Immigration Law
In her new book, The President and Immigration Law, Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 examines how immigration policy became concentrated in the hands of the president and whether this state of affairs should give us pause.
From Outlaws to In-Laws
John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence William Eskridge ’78 and coauthor Christopher Riano have written a new book providing a comprehensive examination of the equal marriage movement.
Anti-Blackness, Abolition, and Criminal Justice
A conversation about activism around systemic racism, sparked in part by the disparate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color and recent horrific incidents of police brutality against black men and women.
Jack Balkin Elected to the American Law Institute
Professor Jack M. Balkin has been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI).
The Rise of Law and Economics
In his new book, Edward J. Phelps Professor of Law and Economics George L. Priest explains the origins of the field of law and economics and its early sources of growth.
Three Leading Scholars Receive Secondary Appointments at YLS
Leading scholars Gerald Torres, Elizabeth Hinton, and Lauren Benton joined the Yale Law School faculty on July 1, 2020 with secondary appointments as Professors of Law.
A Q&A with Professor Cristina Rodríguez ’00 on DACA
A Q&A with Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 on the Supreme Court's DACA ruling and what comes next to ensure protections for Dreamers.
WIRAC Wins Monumental SCOTUS Case on DACA
The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down the Trump administration’s attempt to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, ruling that the Administration’s efforts to end DACA violated federal law.