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Professor Kate Stith Receives Educator Award
The Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) presented Kate Stith with the 2018 Tapping Reeve Legal Educator Award on April 12, 2018.
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Todd Stern Gives Talk at Yale Law School
Todd Stern, the former chief environmental negotiator under President Obama, gave a lecture on the Paris Agreement on April 10, 2018.
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Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic Files Brief in Voting Rights Case
On April 4, 2018, students from the Yale Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Common Cause and the Voting Rights Institute.
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William S. Beinecke ’36 BA Dies at Age 103
William Sperry Beinecke, a loyal supporter of Yale, died on April 8, 2018.
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2018-2019 Liman Fellows Announced
The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law announced the selection of ten Fellows for 2018-2019.
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Dwayne Betts ’16 Receives 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry
Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16, who is a PhD in Law candidate at Yale Law School, has been named a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow in poetry.
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San Francisco Files Student-Generated Civil Rights Case
A lawsuit filed by the San Francisco City Attorney's Office was sparked by an idea from Yale Law student and SFALP member Alisa Tiwari ’20.
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Tomo Takaki ’20 Chosen for FASPE Fellowship
Tomo Takaki ’20 is one of 12 law students chosen by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) to participate in a two-week program in Germany and Poland this summer.