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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.
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.
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.
How Retirement Plan Guardrails Can Protect Employees
In their new book, Professor Ian Ayres ’86 and Quinn Curtis ’09 argue that employers have the fiduciary duty to structure their retirement plans so that employees invest wisely.
Dean Gerken Named to ABA Task Force for American Democracy
Yale Law School Dean Heather K. Gerken has been appointed to the American Bar Association’s newly created Task Force for American Democracy.
‘Turning Point in Law’: AI, Intellectual Property, and the Hollywood Strike
In a video, constitutional law scholar Robert Post discusses how AI may force society to rethink the parameters of one’s own image as intellectual property.
Journal Devotes Special Issue to Professor Paul Kahn
A new journal issue is devoted to the scholarship of Professor Paul W. Kahn ’80.
Eskridge Appointed Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Public Law
Professor William N. Eskridge Jr. ’78, a national expert on statutory interpretation and sexuality, gender, and the law whose work has transformed both fields, has been appointed the Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Public Law.
Professor Koh Argues at the International Court of Justice on Behalf of Ukraine
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh was among the lawyers representing Ukraine at the International Court of Justice asking the court to declare Russia in violation of two international treaties.
Professor Bell Named Chair-Elect of ASA Sociology of Law Section
Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Sociology Monica C. Bell ’09 was elected Chair-Elect (and 2024–25 Chair) of the American Sociological Association (ASA)’s Sociology of Law section.