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Bill Flows from Criminal Justice Clinic’s Work on Parole Revocation Reform
On March 22, 2019, the Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic (CJC) submitted testimony to the Connecticut General Assembly in support of Senate Bill 880, “An Act Increasing Fairness and Transparency in the Criminal Justice System.” CJC’s testimony supports the bill’s parole revocation provisions, which establish data collection and reporting requirements as well as a pilot program to provide counsel to all who cannot afford representation. For several years, CJC has worked to reform the parole revocation process in Connecticut. Its “ Parole Revocation Project” began in 2015, when former...
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Linkaging between Latin America and YLS
Students from Yale Law School and from partner schools in Argentina, Chile, and Brazil recently visited each others' countries through Latin American Linkages, a long-running annual exchange program.
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Professor Justin Driver to Join Yale Law School Faculty
Dean Heather K. Gerken has announced the appointment of Justin Driver to the Yale Law School faculty as Professor of Law effective July 1, 2019.
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Students Delve Into International Law at Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program
Five students and a faculty member attended the Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program on international law in Washington, D.C.
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David Kennedy to Give Sherrill Lecture April 2
David Kennedy will give the 2018–2019 Sherrill Lecture, titled “Law in Global Political Economy: Now You See It, Now You Don’t.”
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Can Law Cure a Recession?
Law and Macroeconomics: Legal Remedies to Recessions is the new book by Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law Yair Listokin ’05.
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Professor Kapczynski Testifies in D.C. on Drug Prices
Professor Amy Kapczynski ’03 testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Health Subcommittee on March 7, 2019 in Washington, D.C. The hearing was titled “Promoting Competition to Lower Medicare Drug Prices.”
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Q&A: Professor Zhang on Comparative Legal History
A Q&A with Taisu Zhang ’08 about his prize-winning first book and research interests.
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National Security Officials Issue Declaration Disputing National Emergency
Working with the Rule of Law Clinic, a bipartisan group of national security officials filed a declaration challenging the President's proclamation of a national emergency at the southern border.
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Professor Resnik Speaks to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Women in Prison
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik was among the experts who spoke at a public briefing at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on February 22, 2019.