Memorial Service for Professor Quintin Johnstone ’51 JSD Set for November 9
Yale Law School Professor Quintin Johnstone died in June 2014 in Hamden, Connecticut. Johnstone was the Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale Law School. He was 99 years old.
Former Female Federal Inmates Push For Sentencing Reforms
A Liman Fellow from Yale Law School was among a team of people awarded a Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) award earlier this month at the Association of American Law Schools Clinical Conference in Puerto Rico.
Visiting Professor Albie Sachs to Receive Tang Prize in Rule of Law
Visiting Professor Albie Sachs, former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, will be awarded the 2014 Tang Prize in the Rule of Law.
YCELP Partners With Pace Law School on Shale Oil and Gas Development Project
As more and more municipalities grapple with hydraulic fracturing, researchers from the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy and Pace Law School are developing tools to meet the needs of local governments.
Former Justice Ellen Ash Peters ’54 Honored at Last Sitting
Over the course of a momentous career, Justice Peters has been the first woman tenured professor at Yale Law School, the first woman appointed to the Connecticut Supreme Court, the first woman Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, and the first woman president of the Conference of Chief Justices.
Connecticut Enacts Landmark Veterans Employment Law
Yale Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic drafted and advocated for H.B. 5299 on behalf of the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center.
Fiona Doherty ’99 Awarded Yale Provost Teaching Prize
Clinical Associate Professor of Law Fiona Doherty ’99 was recently honored as one of the winners of the 2013-2014 Yale Provost’s Teaching Prize, which recognizes untenured Yale faculty who exemplify excellence in teaching.
Civil Rights Plaintiffs Settle With East Haven, Secure Groundbreaking Immigration Policy
Civil rights plaintiffs in Chacón v. East Haven Police Department today announced a groundbreaking settlement with the Town of East Haven.