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Blair Kauffman Receives AALL’s Highest Honor
Blair Kauffman, Law Librarian and Professor of Law, will receive the 2016 Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)—the organization’s highest honor. Kauffman will retire in June 2016 after 22 years at the helm of the library. “In addition to providing education and professional development, the American Association of Law Libraries has provided numerous service opportunities during my career,” Kauffman said. “I am delighted to have been chosen as a 2016 Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award recipient, and I look...
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Miguel-Stearns to Become Head of YLS Library
Teresa Miguel-Stearns has been appointed as Law Librarian and Professor of Law for the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale Law School. She succeeds Blair Kauffman, who will retire in June 2016 after 22 years at the helm of the library.
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Solomon Center Hires Executive Director
Tamar Ezer will be the Executive Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy beginning July 1, 2016.
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Students Encouraged to Make a Difference
More than 200 graduates of Yale Law School participated in commencement ceremonies on Monday afternoon at the William K. Lanman Center at Payne Whitney Gymnasium, surrounded by friends, family, and the Law School faculty. Watch the video, see photos, and read speeches.
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Yale Law School Mourns the Passing of Professor Jan Deutsch
Yale Law School Professor Emeritus Jan Ginter Deutsch '62 died on May 19, 2016.
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Professor Graetz Publishes New Book On International Income Taxation
Renowned tax expert Michael J. Graetz has published a new book titled “Follow the Money: Essays On International Taxation.”
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Rebecca Crootof ’11 Named Executive Director of Yale ISP
The Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School has announced the appointment of Rebecca Crootof ’11 JD, ’16 PhD as its new executive director.
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A Tribute to Michael Ratner
Michael Ratner, for decades President of the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York and a long-time faculty supervisor of the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School, passed away at age 72 on May 11, 2016.