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Professors Tom Tyler and Tracey Meares will present research during a free webinar on “The Importance of Enhancing Procedural Justice in Interactions with Juveniles," on July 27 at 2pm.

The United States government has responded to a lawsuit brought by a U.S Army Captain against President Barack Obama with a motion to dismiss. The brief was filed in U.S District for the District of Columbia on July 11, 2016. The lawsuit, Smith v. Obama, was filed in May by Attorney David Remes on behalf of Captain Nathan Michael Smith. Smith is currently deployed to the Kuwait headquarters of the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, which commands all forces in support of the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Professor Bruce Ackerman is collaborating with Remes on the...

Yale Law School’s faculty, students, and alumni work to make America’s criminal justice system more effective, intelligent, and humane.

In response to growing concerns about the prolonged isolation of death sentenced prisoners in the United States, the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School has released a new report examining the housing of death sentenced prisoners around the country.

Jahangir, who is a Pakistani human rights lawyer and activist, will speak on “Empowering the Disadvantaged: Bonded Labour, Women, and the Role of Human Rights.”

The Yale Law & Business Society honored Gregory J. Fleming ’88 with the 2016 Annual Alumni Award on June 30, 2016 in New York City.

Carroll Lucht, a Clinical Professor Emeritus of Law and Professorial Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, died on July 3, 2016.

The National Symposium on Eyewitness Identification Reform brought together police officers, judges, prosecutors, defense lawyers, and policy makers to focus on the critical problem of eyewitness misidentification.