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Recent News from Our Faculty
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Cristina Rodríguez Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 has been elected to the 2020 member class of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
ROLC Files FOIA Requests Seeking Troop Numbers in Afghanistan, Iraq & Syria
The FOIA requests seek accurate counts of U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, which DoD ceased publicly reporting in December 2017.
Clinic Students Provide Resources for Greater New Haven Businesses and Nonprofits
Several dozen Law School students are working together to offer support to organizations in the greater New Haven community as they confront the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Strategies to Fight Economic Insecurity
A look at the new book The Wolf at the Door: The Menace of Economic Insecurity and How to Fight It, by Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor of Law Emeritus Michael J. Graetz and Yale University Sterling Professor of Political Science Ian Shapiro ’87.
Professors Ahmad, Orihuela Hold Webinar on DACA Litigation Amid COVID-19
Professors Muneer Ahmad and Marisol Orihuela participated in a webinar titled “DACA Litigation and Advocacy in the Face of COVID-19.”
Solomon Center Tackles Pressing COVID-19 Legal and Health Issues
See what members of the Solomon Center for Health Law & Policy are doing to work on pressing issues related to COVID-19.
Yair Listokin on COVID-19 and the Economy
Yair Listokin ’05, Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School, answered questions about the interconnected threats of COVID-19 and recession and what law and regulation can do to stimulate the economy without harming public health.
GHJP Faculty Respond to Coronavirus in Virtual Town Hall
WATCH: GHJP faculty participated in a Yale University virtual town hall answering questions from the public on the COVID-19 pandemic, including Professor Amy Kapczynski ’03 and epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves. The experts gathered via videoconferencing to address questions about disease symptoms; worst-case scenarios; protecting yourself and your family; coping with changing routines; legal rights; and Yale’s and New Haven’s responses to COVID-19.
Health Care Experts Issue Recommendations for COVID-19 Stimulus Bill
A team of public health leaders—with input from over 50 other experts in public health, health care, medicine, and law—has issued a set of detailed policy recommendations to lawmakers for a comprehensive COVID-19 stimulus bill.
Professor Tracey Meares Selected as Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
The Phi Beta Kappa Society has selected Tracey Meares, the Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and a Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory, as a 2020–2021 Phi Betta Kappa Visiting Scholar.