Dr. Rebecca Gomperts to Give Gruber Lecture Feb. 6
Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, founder of Women on Waves and Women on Web, will deliver the Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice on Monday, February 6.
Yale Law Clinic Secures Victory in Challenge to Refugee and Muslim Ban Executive Order
Late in the evening on January 28, 2017, a federal judge in Brooklyn issued a nationwide temporary stay blocking the U.S. government from deporting people pursuant to the Trump Administration’s January 27, 2017 Executive Order.
YLS Clinic Challenges Trump’s Order Banning Refugees From Entering the U.S.
In the early morning of January 28, 2017, the Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) at Yale Law School joined the nation’s leading civil rights groups in filing the first legal challenge to the Trump Administration’s executive order banning refugees and other immigrants from certain countries from entering the United States.
J.D. Vance to Speak About Memoir Hillbilly Elegy Feb. 2
J.D. Vance ’13, author of the New York Times bestseller Hillbilly Elegy, will participate in a conversation at Yale Law School on February 2, 2017 moderated by Professor Amy Chua.
Professor Akhil Amar To Receive Outstanding Scholar Award
Akhil Reed Amar, the Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, will receive the Outstanding Scholar Award from the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.
Dan Esty Q&A on Environmental Predictions Under New Administration
A Q&A with Professor Dan Esty and a friendly reminder to "just breathe."
Coalition of Students Unite Against ACA Repeal
A group of medical students recently organized a campaign advocating against a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, creating a petition signed by more than 4600 medical students from 150 medical schools across the country.
MFIA Clinic Convenes Panel To Discuss Conflicts of Interest In New Administration
On January 10, 2017, approximately 40 journalists and media lawyers attended a free-form discussion with legal experts on the federal conflict of interest laws and the incoming Trump Administration