WIRAC Reaches Major Settlement on Behalf of Asylum-Seeking Family
The Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) at Yale Law School announced the settlement of one of the first cases in the nation to seek damages against the Department of Homeland Security for their practice of family detention.
Susan Thornton Delivers Lecture in Shanghai on U.S.-China Relations
Susan Thornton, a Senior Fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center, gave the annual Barnett-Oksenberg Lecture on Sino-American Relations in Shanghai recently.
Professor Fiss Receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Chile
The University of Chile awarded an honorary doctorate to Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law Owen M. Fiss.
A Defense of Democratic Populism
In his most recent book, Revolutionary Constitutions, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ‘67 argues that the indiscriminate condemnation of “populism” is a big mistake. Though it has become a term of derision, he argues that many of the greatest constitutional achievements of the modern era owe their success precisely to mass popular mobilizations that succeed in repudiating illegitimate power structures imposed by the old regime. Ackerman outlines the four stages of this revolutionary dynamic: mobilized insurgency, triumphant constitutionalization of principles...
Douglas Kysar Wins Teaching Award from Yale School of Management
Douglas Kysar, Deputy Dean and Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law, received one of the Yale School of Management’s 2018-19 MBA for Executives Teaching Awards.
Jean Koh Peters Receives Connecticut Bar Foundation Honor
Sol Goldman Clinical Professor of Law Jean Koh Peters received the Legal Services Leadership Award from the Connecticut Bar Foundation for her work representing people with low incomes, especially children and refugees, in the state.
Women’s Campaign School Assembles 25th Class
This year, the Women’s Campaign School at Yale (WCS) will celebrate seating its 25th class for a weeklong, intensive course from June 17–21, 2019 on how to run for office and win.
Professor Ackerman Speaks at National Constitution Center
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 spoke at the National Constitution Center about his new book.