Professor Ackerman ’67 to Deliver Lecture at American Academy in Berlin on January 29
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 will deliver a Daimler Lecture at the American Academy in Berlin on January 29, 2015, at 7:30 pm CET (1:30 pm EST).
Megan Quattlebaum Named Program Director of Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School
Megan Quattlebaum has been appointed Program Director of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School, a new initiative that will study innovation in criminal justice policy and science.
Professor Gewirtz Named to Foreign Policy Magazine’s Pacific Power Index
Paul Gewirtz, Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law and Director of The China Center at Yale Law School, has been named to Foreign Policy magazine’s Pacific Power Index, a list of “50 people shaping the future of the U.S.-China relationship.”
Yale Ethics Bureau Cited by Supreme Court in Case of Death Row Inmate
A Missouri death row inmate was granted another chance to challenge his conviction last week when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that his court-appointed attorneys were ineffective as a result of their missing a crucial appeals deadline in 2005.
Susan Rose-Ackerman Co-Authors Book on the Law of Lawmaking
In the new book Due Process of Lawmaking: The United States, South Africa, Germany, and the European Union, co-authors Susan Rose-Ackerman, Stefanie Egidy ’11 LLM, and James Fowkes ’10 LLM, ’14 JSD examine the law of lawmaking. This comparative work deals broadly with public policymaking in the legislative and executive branches. Due Process considers three aspects of public legitimacy: democracy, the protection of rights, and competence. These three facets overlap and conflict, in practice, and each system deals with the tension in different ways. Drawing on the insights of positive political...
Professor Langbein to Deliver Law Lecture at British Academy on March 17
John H. Langbein, Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History, will give a British Academy Law Lecture on March 17, 2015, in London.
Judge Expands Immigration Bond Hearing Ruling in WIRAC Lawsuit
The Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) at Yale Law School recently secured another victory when Judge Michael A. Ponsor ‘74 ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must provide bond hearings to detained immigrants while their deportation hearings are being appealed.
New Directions in Environmental Law Conference to Be Held February 28
The fifth annual New Directions in Environmental Law conference will be on the topic "Harnessing Momentum."