Rebellious Lawyering Conference to Be Held February 17–18
The 23nd annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference (RebLaw) will be held from Friday, February 17 to Saturday, February 18, 2017, at Yale Law School. This year’s conference will feature 30 panel sessions addressing a wide range of topics, including Narrative as a Tool Against Mass Incarceration; Native Peacemaking and Restorative Justice; Building the Solidarity Economy for a Post-Capitalist Future; #HereToStay: Organizing Immigrant Communities; Queer Futures After Obergefell; Beyond Prisons: Building Non-Carceral Responses to Gender-Based Violence; Challenging Concentrated Corporate Power...
LGBT Advocate Shannon Price Minter to Give Thomas Lecture March 6
Shannon Price Minter, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, will give the James A. Thomas lecture on Monday, March 6, 2017, at 4:30 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge.
Professor Martin Gilens to Give Storrs Lecture on Ailing Democracy
Martin Gilens, Professor of Politics at Princeton University, will deliver the Storrs Lecture on March 20, 2017, at 4:30 pm, in the Faculty Lounge.
Court Extends Stay Against Deportation of Muslim Refugees
A federal judge in the Eastern District of New York extended an order protecting immigrants from deportation pursuant to the Trump Administration’s executive order banning refugees and certain immigrants from the U.S.
FedSoc Conference Honors Justice Thomas ’74
The Yale Federalist Society is hosting a conference titled “Celebrating Justice Thomas: 25 Years on the Supreme Court” on February 10–11, 2017.
Antidote for partisanship? In science, curiosity seems to work
A new study led by Professor Dan Kahan found that people who are curious about science are less polarized in their views on contentious issues than less-curious peers.
Challenging the Refugee and Travel Ban
A story about how Yale Law students, faculty, and alumni mobilized to fight the presidential executive order on immigration manning certain refugees and immigrants from the U.S.
SFALP Clinic Contributes to Lawsuit on Sanctuary Cities
Students in Yale Law School’s San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP) were instrumental in filing the first lawsuit against the Trump administration’s executive order on “sanctuary jurisdictions.