Cutler Fellows Explore Future of International Law
The fifth annual Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program brought together 56 students to Washington, D.C. last month, including students from Yale Law School and peers from 10 other leading U.S. law schools.
Scholars Return to YLS to Discuss Human Rights Advocacy in China
On February 28, 2017, two former visiting scholars returned to Yale Law School: Lu Miaoqing and Teng Biao, each eminent Chinese lawyers with a wealth of experience navigating the challenging and often dangerous practice of human rights advocacy in China.
Clinic Students Advocate for Education Adequacy Cost Study
Students from Yale Law School’s Education Adequacy Project (EAP) testified at a Connecticut Education Committee public hearing on March 1, 2017 to advocate for an education adequacy cost study.
Computer Scientists and Law Scholars Untangle Complexities of Cyberconflict
Aiming to bridge the divide between the law and technology of cyberconflict, three Yale professors are working together to explore many of the questions that make the subject so confounding.
New Clinics Debut at Yale Law School
This semester six new clinics launched as part of a growing experiential learning program at Yale Law School. This semester six new clinics launched as part of a growing experiential learning program at Yale Law School. The clinics provide students with hands-on experience in a number of fields, including immigration, reproductive rights, environmental law, consumer protection, domestic violence, and human rights.
Jewish Law Conference to Be Held March 5
Yale Law School will be hosting a conference on Jewish Law on Sunday, March 5.
Roundtable to Examine Future of Finance and Capital Markets
Jerome Powell, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, will deliver the keynote address on March 3, 2017 at the Weil, Gotshal & Manges Roundtable at Yale Law School on “Blockchain: The Future of Finance and Capital Markets?,” organized by the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law. Blockchain is a technology that enables the creation of a distributed ledger in which transactions are encrypted and recorded chronologically. The event will take place in room 127 at Yale Law School from 9 am to 4 pm and is open to the Yale community and invited guests. The...
Rule of Law Clinic Files National Security Amicus Brief and Declaration
When the Rule of Law Clinic (“ROLC”) first formed in January 2017 with the goal of countering policies that threaten the rule of law, no one knew exactly what litigation might ensue.