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MFIA Clinic Seeks Records in Pentagon Papers Case
Acting on behalf of Harvard historian and author Jill Lepore, the Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School has petitioned the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to unseal the records of two 1971 Boston grand juries convened to investigate the leak and publication of the Pentagon Papers.
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Matthew Desmond to Deliver Thomas Lecture on Tenant Exploitation
Matthew Desmond, Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, will deliver the annual James A. Thomas Lecture at the Law School on January 28, 2019.
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Post Delivers Inaugural Thurgood Marshall Lecture at the Second Circuit
Sterling Professor of Law Robert C. Post ’77 delivered the inaugural Thurgood Marshall Lecture at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on December 12, 2018.
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SFALP Members Publish Essay on The Reach of Local Power in the Yale Law Journal Forum
Two SFALP members have teamed up to defend localities’ power to bring broad-based consumer protection suits
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Schell Center Fellow Spotlight: Sari Bashi ’03
A Q&A with Sari Bashi ’03, Robina Foundation Visiting Human Rights Fellow at Yale Law School.
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Yale Clinic Honored for Launching Legal Food Hub
The Conservation Law Foundation honored the Yale Law School Ludwig Center for Community and Economic Development on December 4, 2018, for its work establishing the Connecticut Legal Food Hub.
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A Critical Eye on the Implications of Misdemeanor Crimes
A Q&A with Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08, Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School. In her most recent book, Professor Kohler-Hausmann turns a critical eye to the often overlooked topic of misdemeanor crimes.
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Professor Bell Examines Attitudes Toward Unplanned Pregnancy in Youth
An interview with Associate Professor of Law Monica C. Bell ’09 about the new sociology study she coauthored in the Social Science Review.