The Justice Collaboratory Releases Report on Procedurally Just Policing
The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School, in conjunction with the National Initiative for Building Community Trust & Justice (NI), unveiled a new set of practical guidelines aimed at incorporating procedural justice into policing practices.
2018 Commencement Scheduled on May 21
Yale Law School’s 2018 Commencement ceremony will take place on Monday, May 21. The University commencement ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Old Campus. Students and faculty assemble at 9:40 a.m. on cross campus and proceed to the ceremony. During the ceremony, the deans of the various schools present their candidates to the president. The president, in turn, confers the degrees. Student marshals from each school accept symbolic diplomas from the president on behalf of their colleagues. Honorary degrees are also conferred at the University commencement. The ceremony lasts approximately 1...
Yale Law Hosts Panel on the #MeToo Movement
On April 10, 2018, Yale Law School hosted a panel titled, “Sexual Harassment Law in the Age of Trump and #MeToo.”
Professor Kate Stith Receives Educator Award
The Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) presented Kate Stith with the 2018 Tapping Reeve Legal Educator Award on April 12, 2018.
Todd Stern Gives Talk at Yale Law School
Todd Stern, the former chief environmental negotiator under President Obama, gave a lecture on the Paris Agreement on April 10, 2018.
Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic Files Brief in Voting Rights Case
On April 4, 2018, students from the Yale Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Common Cause and the Voting Rights Institute.
William S. Beinecke ’36 BA Dies at Age 103
William Sperry Beinecke, a loyal supporter of Yale, died on April 8, 2018.
2018-2019 Liman Fellows Announced
The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law announced the selection of ten Fellows for 2018-2019.