MFIA Fights Texas Law that Limits Free Expression Online
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic is asking the Supreme Court to strike down a Texas law that punishes the repeated sending of electronic communications with the intent to harass or alarm— a law the clinic argues is overbroad.
Military Justice Reform Advocates Sue for Service Member Prosecution Records
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School represents Protect Our Defenders and the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center in a new lawsuit in federal court in Connecticut.
The Shape of Cities
Professor Robert C. Ellickson’s new book “America’s Frozen Neighborhoods: The Abuse of Zoning” uncovers a stark picture of legalized segregation in three urban areas across the country.
New Paradigms in Legal Thought
Rethinking Law, a new volume edited by Professor Amy Kapczynski ’03, collects prominent thinkers exploring new paradigms in legal thought that ask how to better confront and undo the law’s complicity with injustice.
“The Years That We’ve Lost”
At 16, Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16 was sentenced to nine years in prison. That’s where he discovered he was a poet.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ’73 Headlines Transformational Leadership Week
The Tsai Leadership Program hosted Transformational Leadership Week, a series of major events at the Law School that brought experts from both the public and private sectors to talk to students about their work as leaders.
Douglas NeJaime and Stephen Bright Elected to the American Law Institute
Douglas NeJaime, the Anne Urowsky Professor of Law and Stephen B. Bright, the Harvey L. Karp Visiting Lecturer in Law, have been elected to the American Law Institute.
Conference Hosts Conversations on Threats to Transparency and the Media
The Access and Accountability Conference (AAC) returned for its sixth edition this year and gathered legal scholars, practitioners and journalists to discuss protecting newsgatherers, promoting transparency, and enabling government accountability