Cristina Vélez Valencia Discusses Social Programs for Venezuelan Refugees
Cristina Vélez Valencia, a Yale Greenberg World Fellow and the former Secretary for Social Integration for the Mayoralty of Bogotá, spoke on November 13, 2019 about her recent efforts to implement programs for the “unprecedented” number of Venezuelan refugees crossing the border into Colombia.
Justice Collaboratory Releases Report on NYC Citizen Engagement with Government
The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School has released a report based on a community study completed on behalf of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) looking into New Yorkers engagement with the city government.
WIRAC Heads to Supreme Court in Suit Defending DACA
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case brought by the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) and co-counsel, along with other related cases, challenging the Trump Administration’s recission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Federal Court Rejects Motion to Dismiss in Veterans Clinic Class Action
A federal judge denied the Secretary of the Navy’s request to dismiss a nationwide class action lawsuit on behalf of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan Navy and Marine Corps veterans.
Rosenkranz Originalism Conference Features Justice Thomas ’74
The inaugural Rosenkranz Originalism Conference was held at the Law School on October 25, 2019, featuring a keynote address by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ’74.
Solomon Center Hosts Debate on Marijuana Use
On October 17, 2019, the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy and the Justice Collaboratory cohosted a debate about long-term cannabis use and what, if any, connection it has to mental illness and violence.
Jonathan Lovvorn on Animal Law and the Climate Crisis
Jonathan Lovvorn, Faculty Co-Director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) at the Law School, gave a talk as part of the Animal Law Speaker Series.
Justice Sotomayor ’79 Shares Insights on Life and the Law During Alumni Weekend
Returning to New Haven for her 40th reunion, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’79 spoke to a packed house at Woolsey Hall during Yale Law School’s Alumni Weekend on Saturday, October 19, 2019.