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Professor NeJaime Launches Coalition to Protect LGBT Parents and their Children
Anne Urowsky Professor of Law Douglas NeJaime announced the creation of the Connecticut Parentage Act Coalition on May 8, 2019.
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Three Questions: Prof. Cristina Rodríguez on the Immigration Crises
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez talks to Yale Insights about whether or not there is an immigration crisis at the southern border.
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Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 and ACLU of Wisconsin Challenge State’s Parole System
Associate Professor of Law Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 worked with ACLU Wisconsin to file a federal class-action lawsuit to halt the state’s refusals to release parole-eligible people sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes they committed while they were children.
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New Law and Political Economy Project Launched
A collaboration of law faculty across several law schools announced a new initiative, the Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project.
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Portrait of Robert Post ’77 Joins Historic Law School Collection
The unveiling of the official portrait of former Dean Robert Post '77 was a celebration of the Sterling Professor of Law's career.
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Project Based on Research by Dan Kahan Wins National Science Foundation Grant
Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Dan Kahan is among a team of scholars whose research initiative on engaging millennials in science media received a $2.7 million grant award from the National Science Foundation.
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Tracey Meares and Emily Bazelon Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey L. Meares and Senior Research Scholar in Law and Truman Capote Fellow in Law Emily Bazelon ’00 have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Multi-year Rosenkranz Originalism Conference Initiative Announced
Yale Law School announces the launch of a major new intellectual initiative, “The Rosenkranz Originalism Conference at Yale Law School.”
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Bernstein Symposium to Feature Discussions of Refugee and Migrant Rights
This year’s Bernstein Human Rights Symposium — April 4-5, 2019 — will convene lawyers, scholars, activists, journalists, and artists to assess the international refugee regime.
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GHJP Joins PrEP4All in Calling on CDC To Use Its Patents for PrEP
The Yale Global Health Justice Partnership (GHJP) joined the PrEP4All Collaboration (PrEP4All) in calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to use its patents on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to promote universal access to PrEP within the United States.