Yale Law Clinic Seeks Relief for Homeowners Burdened with Underwater Second Mortgages
The Mortgage Foreclosure Litigation Clinic at Yale Law School, along with the Connecticut Fair Housing Center (CFHC), has filed an Amicus Brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in a case that presents the question of whether wholly underwater second mortgages can be voided in bankruptcy as unsecured liens.
Performance at Yale Law School To Tell Story of Movement to Seek Justice for Native Women
“Sliver of a Full Moon,” a play that tells the story of the abuse and rape of Native women by non-Indians and the movement to bring them justice, will be staged on Tuesday, March 31 at Yale Law School, and will feature in its cast three of the Native women who stepped forward in 2013 to share their stories of survival with members of Congress. Read more about the performance.
March 21, 2015, Declared Ellen Ash Peters ’54 Day in Connecticut by Governor Malloy
Governor Dannel Malloy has proclaimed that March 21, 2015, is Ellen Ash Peters ’54 Day in the state of Connecticut.
Yale Law School Holds Roundtable Discussion on U.S. – Cuba Relations
Yale Law School Held the First Ever U.S. — Cuba Roundtable discussion on March 13, 2015.
Lowenstein Clinic and European Human Rights Advocacy Clinic Collaborating on Research
The Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic and the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre at Middlesex University in London are collaborating in research on human rights abuses in the Ukraine.
The Justice Department Announces the First Six Pilot Sites For the National Effort to Build Trust and Reconciliation
The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School is one of the academic institutions that have joined together to form the National Initiative.
Economist Jeremy Stein to Deliver Winter Lecture on April 13
Jeremy C. Stein, Moise Y. Safra Professor of Economics at Harvard University, will deliver the 2014–15 Judge Ralph K. Winter Lecture on Corporate Law and Governance on April 13, 2015, at 4:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge.
Professor Koh Joins Foreign Law Experts to File Amicus Brief in Support of Same-Sex Marriage
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh and a group of foreign and comparative law experts have filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage.