Yale Law School Today
Monday, May 23, 2022
News
A Celebration of the Class of 2022 — Strength, Tradition, and Community
Yale Law School graduates were celebrated for its tenacity, strength, and community at Commencement ceremonies on May 23 on a clear and sunny spring day in New Haven.
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State Rep. Patrick Callahan, Liman Center Director Jenny Carroll, Ryanne Bamieh ’23, and Reed-Guevara ’23 are shown at the Connecticut State House for a meeting to discuss the repeal of Connecticut’s incarceration lien, under which the state can claim money from people who have served time in jail and prison. The Liman Center and partners helped pass a law that places limits on the lien.
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
The Department of State in Washington, D.C. The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic is challenging the department's slow responses to Freedom of Information Act requests.
Monday, May 23, 2022
Monday, May 23, 2022
Law School student marshals began the day’s ceremonies with a procession to Yale’s Old Campus
Thursday, May 19, 2022
The facade of the Treasury Department. © 2010 Eric Weaver via Creative Commons.
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Police in Chicago in June 2020
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law Scott J. Shapiro ’90 talks to his cybersecurity class, which gives students the technological background to address issues like digital policy and national security. “It is extraordinarily difficult for law students and for legal scholars such as myself to talk intelligently about regulating an activity that we can’t even imagine,” he said.
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Monday, May 16, 2022
Among the work of the Tech Accountability & Competition is to address content moderation and hate speech on social media, social media addiction among children and teenagers, and facial recognition and police surveillance.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
In The Press
New York’s Red-Flag Law Failed in Buffalo. Here’s How to Fix It. — A Commentary by Ian Ayres ’86 and Fredrick Vars ’99
The Washington Post
Ian Ayres ’86 is Deputy Dean and Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Frederick Vars ’99 is Ira Drayton Pruitt, Sr. Professor of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law.
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
In The Press
A Conservative Lawyer’s New Target After Abortion: Affirmative Action
The New York Times
Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver is quoted about a challenge to affirmative action law in Texas.
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
In The Press
Abortion Questions for Justice Alito and His Supreme Court Allies — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, May 23, 2022
In The Press
SEC Prepares to Crack Down on Misleading ESG Investment Claims
Financial Times
Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law Jonathan Macey ’82 discusses rules being prepared by the SEC to define the criteria of an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment fund.
Monday, May 23, 2022
In The Press
Two Law Professors Hope to Keep Prisons from Reclaiming Pandemic Parolees
WSHU
Clinical Associate Professor Marisol Orihuela ’08 spoke about inmates whose pandemic-related home confinement was revoked due to minor offenses.
Friday, May 20, 2022
In The Press
America Almost Took a Different Path Toward Abortion Rights
The New York Times
Work by Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law Reva Siegel is mentioned in a story on the history of abortion rights in America.
Friday, May 20, 2022
In The Press
American Conservatives’ Pilgrimage to Hungary is a Joke — A Commentary by James Q. Whitman ’88
The Los Angeles Times
James Q. Whitman ’88 is Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 19, 2022
In The Press
Feds: National Guard Members on State Duty Can Join Unions
Associated Press
Rekha Kennedy ’23 is quoted, and the Veterans Legal Services Clinic mentioned, in report about a decision that gives active National Guard members the right to unionize.
Thursday, May 19, 2022
In The Press
A Crime in Search of a Court: How to Hold Russia Accountable — A Commentary by Oona A. Hathaway ’97
Foreign Affairs
Oona A. Hathaway ’97 is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
In The Press
Does the First Amendment Bar Public Schools from Removing Library Books Based on Their Viewpoints?
Reason
Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver is quoted about efforts by schools to ban books from school libraries and students’ First Amendment rights.