Professor Edgar S. Cahn ’63 to Present Dean’s Lecture on Issues Impacting Law and Justice
Edgar S. Cahn ’63, Professor of Law at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, will deliver a Dean’s Lecture on September 29, 2014. The lecture is titled "The Change That's Coming."
Gabriel J. Michael Named Thomson Reuters Fellow
Gabriel J. Michael is the 2014-2015 Thomson Reuters Fellow at Yale Law School. His research will bring a political science perspective to the study of global information regulation.
Symposium to Explore the Impact of Money on Society
A symposium focusing on the power of money in society and social influences on its formation and use will take place at the Yale School of Management and Yale Law School on Friday, September 12.
Yale Information Society Project Welcomes New Fellows
The Yale Information Society Project at Yale Law School announces the 2014-2015 Resident Fellows.
2014 Alumni Weekend to Honor Supreme Court Justices
The 2014 Alumni Weekend will center on the theme of "Judging." The centerpiece of the weekend will feature the Award of Merit presentation to the three justices who have graduated from Yale Law School: Justices Clarence Thomas ’74, Samuel A. Alito, Jr. ’75, and Sonia Sotomayor ’79.
Dean Robert C. Post ’77 Welcomes the Class of 2017
Dean Robert C. Post ’77 welcomed the Class of 2017 on Wednesday, August 27, 2014. The incoming class includes a diverse group of students coming from 8 different countries, 36 different states, and 77 different undergraduate institutions.
Citizens Divided: Campaign Finance Reform and the Constitution—A Book by Dean Robert C. Post ’77
The Nature of Public Opinion In 2010, a sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court overturned a federal prohibition on independent corporate campaign expenditures—and ushered in a controversial new electoral era in which money has flooded political elections. The landmark Supreme Court case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission divided the country just as sharply as it did the court, which ruled 5-4 in favor of striking down a federal prohibition on independent corporate campaign spending. Reactions from both sides of the issue were equally vehement. Advocates of electoral reform railed...
Veterans Legal Services Clinic Files Lawsuit Seeking to End Discrimination Against Military Sex Assault Survivors
Yale Law School's Veterans Legal Services Clinic files suit against the Department of Veterans Affairs in order to obtain judicial review of the VA's refusal to revise rules that discriminate against survivors of military sexual trauma.