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Maintaining Our Community
During moments like this, it is imperative that members of our community take care of one another.
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Yale Law School Launches Crossing Divides Program
Yale Law School Dean Heather K. Gerken announced today the launch of the Ronnie F. Heyman ’72 Crossing Divides Program, designed to foster discourse across the political and ideological spectrum and reinforce the core values of lawyering. The program will feature a prominent speaker series, co-teaching opportunities for courses, and support student initiatives that reinforce this work.
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To Build a Better Online Community, Initiative Looks Beyond Moderation
The Justice Collaboratory’s Social Media Governance Initiative is looking at ways to create a healthier online community that start before harmful content is posted.
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Connecticut Education Funding Increase Aligns with Research by Professor Liscow
Connecticut legislators included an additional $150 million in the most recent state budget to benefit lower-income school districts. The decision is in line with recommendations outlined by Professor Zachary Liscow ’15 in a 2017 paper on equitable state funding.
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Professor Koh Asks International Court of Justice to Decide Ukraine’s Suit Against Russia
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh, for the third time in the last two years, returned to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague in September to argue on behalf of Ukraine against Russia.
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MFIA Wins Access to Records Showing if Maine Jail Recorded Attorney-Client Calls
After a two-year legal fight by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) a court determined that a county jail’s call log is a public record.
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Tracing 100 Years of the American Law Institute
A new book co-authored by Chancellor Kent Professor Emeritus of Law and Legal History Robert W. Gordon looks at the first 100 years of the American Law Institute.