Wednesday, February 11
Feb
11
25Live Office Hour Drop-In Session
10:00AM - 10:30AM
SLB Room 112
Stop by room SLB Room 112 to ask all of your 25Live questions!
Feb
11
Finding our Way: A Discernment Workshop
12:00PM - 1:30PM
SLB Room 112
Join fellow YLS classmates, the Chaplain’s Office, and Restorative Practices as we explore new ways to think about how to navigate decisions in our lives.
Feb
11
Book Talk: “Impermissible Punishments: How Prison Became a Problem for Democracy”
12:10PM - 1:00PM
SLB Room 128
Please join the Lillian Goldman Law Library for a talk with Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik about her new book, with commentary by Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence Gideon...
Feb
11
Crossing Divides Program: Former Members of Congress: Tom Davis (R-VA) and Elizabeth Esty ’85 (D-CT)
12:10PM - 1:00PM
SLB Room 121
Please join Hon. Tom Davis (R-VA, 1995-2008) and Hon. Elizabeth Esty ’85 (D-CT, 2013-2019) to discuss their experiences as Congressional Representatives on opposite sides of the aisle.
Feb
11
Foundations of American Legal Thought Public Lectures: Hélène Landemore
12:10PM - 1:00PM
SLB Room 127
Hélène Landemore, "Politics without Politicians" Lunch will be served
Feb
11
Trump in Latin America
12:10PM - 1:00PM
SLB Room 124
Michael Shifter, senior fellow and former president, The Inter-American Dialogue
Feb
11
Barristers’ Union Trial Advocacy Tournament Information Session
6:00PM - 7:00PM
SLB Room 129
The Yale Law School Thomas Swan Barristers’ Union invites you to compete in our annual Trial Advocacy Tournament. You will have the opportunity to argue a thrilling case, appear before federal judges...
Thursday, February 12
Feb
12
A Valentine's Scriptorium at the Rare Book Room
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Rare Book Room, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Lower Level 2
Write your legal valentine (or contract) with quills and ink at the Law Scriptorium, at this month's Rare Book Room Open House. Quills, ink, and 16th-century forms for marriage contracts, wills, suits...
Feb
12
Blackstone’s Type: Politics, Press Reform, and Publishing the Commentaries
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Rare Book Room, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Lower Level 2
Why was William Blackstone's "Commentaries" such a beautiful book? Stop by the Rare Book Room for a deep dive into the typography of the first editions of the "Commentaries" and what this reveals...
Feb
12
Balancing on the Edge: Taiwan’s Path Forward in an Era of Trump, Xi, and Tech Rivalry
12:10PM - 1:00PM
Baker Room 116
Join us for a lunchtime discussion of recent developments in U.S.-Taiwan relations and an update on prospects for conflict in the Taiwan Strait and how Taiwan is grappling with its current security...