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A message from Dean Heather K. Gerken to Yale Law School students, staff, and faculty.

In the six months following its February 2021 coup d’état, the Myanmar junta committed acts against civilians that amount to crimes against humanity, according to a new report released by the Schell Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School and the human rights organization Fortify Rights.

Students from the Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic submitted written testimony to the Connecticut General Assembly’s Judiciary Committee arguing against rolling back juvenile justice reforms.

On March 16, the International Court of Justice in the Hague issued a landmark ruling ordering the Russian Federation to immediately suspend its military operations in the territory of Ukraine. Professor Harold Hongju Koh argued on behalf of Ukraine.

Professor Gideon Yaffe discusses his latest paper, in which he challenges long-held norms of punishment and proposes a new analysis — the Norm Shift Theory of Punishment.

The Chae Initiative in Private Sector Leadership hosted its first speaker event, “A Conversation on Leadership,” with Dean Heather K. Gerken and Jonathan Gray, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Blackstone Group.

As part of its continuing efforts to promote algorithmic accountability, the Media Freedom and Information Access clinic at Yale Law School is publishing an information packet to help local journalists report on the use of algorithms by police departments.

The Thurman Arnold Project at Yale, the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, and the Yale Sustainable Food Program will host “Reforming America’s Food Retail Markets,” a conference on how antitrust enforcement and competition policy can improve food retail markets in America.