All 2020–2021 Events

Events and conferences at the cutting edge of health law and policy are held every month of the academic year, including a series of events focused on domestic health policy and health care issues, driven in part by the passions of interested students. 

COVID-19: Law, Economics, and Governance - Fall 2020 Workshop Series

• August 26, 2020, "COVID & the Incarcerated," with Judge Nancy Gertner (Ret.) ’71, Dr. Jaimie Meyer, Marisol Orihuela ’08, and Judith Resnik
• September 2, 2020, "COVID & The Election," with Richard L. Hasen, Michael T. Morley '03, Nathaniel Persily, and Charles Stewart III
• September 9, 2020, "COVID & Constitutional Law," with Joseph Blocher '06, Douglas Laycock, Melissa Murray '02, and Stephen Vladeck '04
• September 16, 2020, "COVID and Ethics, Medical Rationing & Disability," with Samuel Bagenstos, Dr. Joseph J. Fins, Henry T. (Hank) Greely '77 and Peter Littlejohns
• September 23, 2020, "COVID, FDA & Science," with Dr. Tom Cahill, Nathan Grubaugh, Dr. Margaret (Peggy) Hamburg and Dr. Aaron S. Kesselheim
• September 30, 2020, "COVID & Health Care Systems," with Dr. Mandy K. Cohen, Lawrence Gostin, Dr. Karen S. Rheuban, and Andy Slavitt
• October 14, 2020, "COVID, Federalism & Localism," with Richard Florida, Secretary Stefan Pryor ’06, David N. Schleicher, Miriam Seifter, and David Skeel
• October 21, 2020, "COVID, Executive Powers, Emergency Powers & Civil Liberties," with John A. Ferejohn, Jack Goldsmith '89, Roderick M. (Rick) Hills Jr. '91, Bernadette Meyler, John Fabian Witt, '99
• October 28, 2020, "COVID & the Courts," with Judge Robert A. Katzmann '80, Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack, and Chief Judge Lee H. Rosenthal
• October 28, 2020, "COVID, Contact Tracing & Privacy, " with, Orin Kerr, Glen Weyl, and Jonathan L. Zittrain
• November 4, 2020, "COVID & the Economy," with Daron Acemoglu, and Yair Listokin '05, co-sponsored by the Economics Department and the Law, Economics, and Organizations (LEO) Workshop
• November 4, 2020, "COVID & the Social Safety Net," with Andrew Hammond '14 and Karen Tani
• November 11, 2020, "COVID & Education; COVID, " with Daniel Markovits ’00 and Kimberly J. Robinson
• November 11, 2020, "COVID, Ageism & Care for Aging Populations," with Alison E. Hirschel '84 and Nina Kohn
• November 16, 2020, "Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live," a book talk with Nicholas A. Christakis
• November 18, 2020,"COVID & Disparities," with Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, Sarah S. Richardson, and Kendall Thomas '83
• April 14, 2021, "COVID & Employment Law," Mark Barnes '84, Daniel Hemel '12, Anup Malani, and Daniel Rodriguez

Other Events

• September 21, 2020, "ADA@30: Policy Leaders Who Were There at the Start," with Chai Feldblum and Lex Frieden,  co-sponsored by DivineAbilities at the Yale Divinity School, the Graduate Student Disability Alliance (GSDA), and ThinkDifferent: Yale Law Student Disability Coalition
• October 7, 2020, "Abortion Care & COVID: Autonomy is Not Elective," with Dr. Louise P. King, Dr. Bhavik Kumar, Rachel Reeves '18 and Dr. Nancy L. Stanwood, co-sponsored by the Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice, and the Yale Health Law and Policy Society
• October 12, 2020, "ADA@30: The Future of the ADA" with Jasmine E. Harris '05 and Elizabeth Pendo, co-sponsored by DivineAbilities at the Yale Divinity School, the Graduate Student Disability Alliance (GSDA), ThinkDifferent, Disability Empowerment for Yale (DEFY), and the Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS)
• October 21, 2020, "ADA@30: A Perspective from DOJ," with Frederick Parmenter, Chair of the Attorney General’s Committee on the Employment of Persons with Disabilities and an attorney in the Department of Justice, co-sponsored with ThinkDifferent
• December 1, 2020, "Firearms Litigation: Liability, Regulation, and the Constitution," co-sponsored with the NYU Center on Civil Justice and the Duke Center for Firearms Law
• February 2, 2021, "COVID-19 and the Law: Disruption, Impact, and Legacy - COVID-19’s Legacy & Evolving Legal Doctrines," co-sponsored with the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethic sat Harvard Law School
• Febraury 8, 2021, "Racial Equity in Healthcare: Clinical and Historical Perspectives," with Dr. Kafui Dzirasa, Udodiri R. Okwandu, and Dr. Darshali A. Vyas, co-sponsored by the Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS) and the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at Yale Law School
• February 16, 2021, "COVID-19 and the Law: Disruption, Impact, and Legacy - What COVID-19 Teaches Us About Health Justice and the Path Forward," co-sponsored with the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethic sat Harvard Law School
• February 17, 2021, "ADA@Yale: The Intersection of Accessibility and Aesthetics on Campus"," with Amie Hamraie, Arya Singh (YC '22), and Adam Jed (YC '03), co-sponsored by ThinkDifferent, DivineAbilities at the Yale Divinity School, the Graduate Student Disability Alliance (GSDA) and Disability Empowerment for Yale (DeFY)
• February 22, 2021, "Racial Equity and Fertility," with Michelle Goodwin, Dr. Tarun Jain, and Dr. Michael A. Thomas, co-sponsored by the Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS), the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), The Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice (PSRJ) and Yale Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
• February 23, 2021, "COVID-19 and the Law: Disruption, Impact, and Legacy - The Use of Biotech in the COVID-19 Pandemic," co-sponsored with the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethic sat Harvard Law School
• March 3, 2021, "COVID-19 and the Law: Disruption, Impact, and Legacy - The Disparate Burdens of COVID-19," co-sponsored with the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethic sat Harvard Law School
• March 9, 2021, "100th Anniversary of Insulin’s Discovery: Diabetes Should Not Be A Death Sentence," with David Beran, Dr. Aaron Kesselheim, Daniel Kevles, and Dr. Kasia Lipska, co-sponsored by the Department of History of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine
• March 11, 2021, "Long-Term Care Post COVID-19: Extinction, Transformation, or Business as Usual?" with Nina A. Kohn, Shawn Bloom, Nathan Grabowski, Mark Parkinson, and Lori Smetanka
• March 16, 2021, "COVID-19 and the Law: Disruption, Impact, and Legacy - The Health Care System in the Age of COVID-19," co-sponsored with the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethic sat Harvard Law School
• March 22, 2021, "COVID-19 Vaccines: Regulation, Distribution & Equity," with Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Holly Fernandez-Lynch, and Dr. Saad B. Omer, co-sponsored by the Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS)
• March 25, 2021, "2021 YLS Alumni Health Law Career Panel," with Rachel Clapp '12, Sarah Esty '16, Julian Polaris '15, and Karen Porter '89, co-sponsored by the Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS)
• April 7, 2021, "Weapon of Choice: A Book Talk with Ian Ayres," co-sponsored by the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School
• April 19, 2021, "100 Days of Biden Health Policy," with M. Gregg Bloche, Jacon S. Hacker, and Sarah Kliff, co-sponsored by the Colloquium in Healthcare Leadership at the Yale School of Management