Gruber Program Names 2016–2017 Fellows
The Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women’s Rights at Yale Law School is proud to announce the 2016–2017 Peter and Patricia Gruber Fellows in Global Justice and Women’s Rights: Mohsin Bhat ’16, Conchita Cruz ’16, Ruth Metzel ’16 FES/SOM, Hassaan Sipra ’16 FES, and Sarah Tolbert ’16 Jackson/FES.
Jerome Cohen ’55 to Speak on China’s Law and Power
Jerome A. Cohen ’55 will give a lecture titled “Law and Power: China’s Ongoing Struggle” on February 3, 2016, at 12:10 p.m. in Room 122. Cohen, Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, is the leading public intellectual on Chinese law and human rights outside of China and the founder and director of NYU’s U.S.-Asia Law Institute. “He is truly a ‘one of a kind’ Yale Law School graduate,” said Professor Paul Gewirtz ’70, director of The China Center, about Cohen. “He is a pioneer and legend in the American study of China, Chinese law, and human rights, a visionary and a tenaciously...
Students Arrive to Participate in Latin American Linkage Program
Ten students selected to represent seven leading law schools in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile began their three-week residence at Yale Law School on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 by touring the campus and the libraries.
Professor Elliott’s Writing Cited As Top Study
A book examining the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership that Professor E. Donald Elliott co-authored was ranked as the Best Policy Study Report Produced by a Think Tank in 2015 by the University of Pennsylvania’s annual Global Go To Think Tank Index.
Lecture Series on Latin American Law Debuts
A new lecture series titled "The State of the Rule of Law in Latin America: Contemporary Challenges and Crises," will debut at Yale Law School on February 1 at 12:10 p.m.
Study: Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic Could Have Been Prevented
New research by scientists at Yale School of Public Health, in partnership with colleagues at the Yale Law School, has found that simple and inexpensive interventions—which the United Nations has yet to implement—would be effective in preventing future outbreaks of the cholera.
T. Alexander Aleinikoff to Deliver Gruber Lecture Feb. 8
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Deputy High Commissioner in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, will deliver the Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice on February 8, 2016.
Artist Alfredo Jaar Gives JUNCTURE Initiative Talk on Feb. 3
Alfredo Jaar, a Chilean-born artist, architect, and filmmaker based in New York, will give a lecture titled “It Is Difficult” on February 3, 2016.