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Recent News from Our Faculty
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Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 Appointed Associate Professor of Law
Kohler-Hausmann’s primary interests are in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Empirical Legal Studies, Tort Law, Sociology of Law, and Legal Theory.
Anika Singh Lemar to Join Yale Law School Faculty
Anika Singh Lemar is currently a Visiting Clinical Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Previously, while in private practice in New Haven, she represented clients in land use matters, affordable housing development, and urban revitalization efforts.
Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do Better—a book by Professor Peter H. Schuck
America enjoys one of the world’s highest standards of living, and its representative democracy and political stability are widely admired symbols of western political values. At the same time, however, most Americans—Democrats as well as Republicans—have lost confidence in the federal government and believe its domestic policies tend to be ineffective, or worse.
Professor Harold Koh Honored with Frederick K. Cox Humanitarian Award
Professor Harold Koh received the 2014 Frederick K. Cox International Law Center Humanitarian Award for Advancing Global Justice on March 18 at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
Stan Wheeler Memorial Jazz Concert Scheduled for April 6
Yale Law School and Yale University Bands will pay tribute to the late Yale Law School Professor and jazz musician Stan Wheeler during a concert on April 7.
We the People: The Civil Rights Revolution—A Book by Professor Bruce Ackerman ’67
The newly released We the People: The Civil Rights Revolution continues Bruce Ackerman's examination of the U.S. Constitution with an eye toward the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, the Second Reconstruction, and Brown v. Board of Education.
Professor Quintin Johnstone ’51 JSD Honored by the Connecticut Bar Association
The Connecticut Bar Association recently announced that Professor Quintin Johnstone ’51 JSD, Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale Law School, will be awarded its Tapping Reeve Legal Educator Award.
Robert C. Post ’77 Reappointed Dean of Yale Law School
Yale University President Peter Salovey has announced the reappointment of Robert C. Post ’77 as Dean of Yale Law School and Sol and Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, effective July 1, 2014, for a term of three years.
Yale Law Journal Symposium to Explore the Meaning of the Civil Rights Revolution
The symposium will mark the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and will coincide with the publication of Yale Law School Professor Bruce Ackerman’s We the People: The Civil Rights Revolution.
The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America—A Book by Professors Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld
A new book written by Professors Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld takes a close look at one of humanity’s enduring mysteries – how some individuals from unpromising origins find success and why some cultural groups in the U.S. seem to consistently outperform others.