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Public Health and Law Experts Issue Guidelines for U.S. Response to Coronavirus Transmission
Over 800 public health and legal experts and organizations have signed an open letter to government officials on achieving a fair and effective COVID-19 response.
Groundbreaking Book Examines 10 Years of the Affordable Care Act
A new book coedited by Abbe R. Gluck ’00, Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, examines the first decade of the Affordable Care Act.
Liman Center Cited in Federal Report on Women in Prison
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Issues Landmark Report on Women in Prison, Cites Testimony from Liman Center and Professor Judith Resnik
Nathaniel Donahue and John Fabian Witt on Tort as Private Administration
At the Seminar in Private Law on February 11, 2020, Nathaniel Donahue, a J.D./Ph.D. candidate at Yale University and John Fabian Witt ’99, Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law at Yale Law School, presented their paper, titled “Tort as Private Administration.”
Esty Launches Book of Ideas for a Better Environmental Future
Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy Daniel C. Esty ’86 has edited a new book assembling ideas for a sustainable future.
Yale Cyber Leadership Forum Slated for March 26-28, 2020
Now in its fourth year, the annual Yale Cyber Leadership Forum will take place on March 26-28, 2020.
Professor Driver on How the Courts Influence Public Schools
Justin Driver accepted a tenured appointment as Professor of Law at Yale Law School on July 1, 2019. Upon Professor Driver’s arrival in New Haven, the Yale Law Report sat down with him to discuss The Schoolhouse Gate’s contributions to legal scholarship.
Report by Dan Kahan Surveys Science Video Audiences
Research by Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Dan Kahan has helped Northern California public radio station KQED learn more about its audiences.
Professor Yaffe on Philosophy and Psychology of Criminal Justice
A Q&A with Gideon Yaffe, Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence, Professor of Philosophy, and Professor of Psychology at Yale.
Cristina Vélez Valencia Discusses Social Programs for Venezuelan Refugees
Cristina Vélez Valencia, a Yale Greenberg World Fellow and the former Secretary for Social Integration for the Mayoralty of Bogotá, spoke on November 13, 2019 about her recent efforts to implement programs for the “unprecedented” number of Venezuelan refugees crossing the border into Colombia.