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Alumni Honor Forces Behind Clinical and Leadership Programs
Dean Heather K. Gerken presented six individuals with the Award of Merit during Alumni Weekend 2023.
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Alumni Reconnect at a Celebratory Reunion
More than 900 Yale Law School alumni and guests gathered in New Haven on Oct. 20–22 to reconnect with old friends, attend stimulating panel discussions, and enjoy celebratory reunion events during Alumni Weekend 2023.
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Professor Sanga on Opening Up Access to Federal Court Records
Professor of Law Sarath Sanga ’14 discusses his work with SCALES, an organization that works to make federal court records free and accessible to the public.
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Professor Claudia Flores Appointed to UN Working Group on Women and Girls
Clinical Professor of Law Claudia Flores has been appointed to the Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls by the United Nations Human Rights Council.
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Keith Whittington to Join Yale Law School Faculty
Dean Heather K. Gerken has announced that Keith Whittington will be joining the Yale Law School faculty as a chaired Professor of Law next year.
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Connecticut Education Funding Increase Aligns with Research by Professor Liscow
Connecticut legislators included an additional $150 million in the most recent state budget to benefit lower-income school districts. The decision is in line with recommendations outlined by Professor Zachary Liscow ’15 in a 2017 paper on equitable state funding.
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Professor Koh Asks International Court of Justice to Decide Ukraine’s Suit Against Russia
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh, for the third time in the last two years, returned to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague in September to argue on behalf of Ukraine against Russia.
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Tracing 100 Years of the American Law Institute
A new book co-authored by Chancellor Kent Professor Emeritus of Law and Legal History Robert W. Gordon looks at the first 100 years of the American Law Institute.
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Professor Koh Named 2023 Lemkin Rule of Law Guardian by Duke Law School
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh will be awarded the Raphael Lemkin Rule of Law Guardian Medal.
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Professor Samuel Moyn Finds the Roots of Liberalism’s Woes
Professor Samuel Moyn looks back at an influential group of liberal intellectuals of the last century and finds in their work where, in his view, today’s liberals go wrong.