Seven Yale Graduates Selected as the 2014-15 Peter and Patricia Gruber Fellows
Seven Yale graduates and current students have been selected as the 2014-2015 Peter and Patricia Gruber Fellows in Global Justice and Women’s Rights.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’79 Delivers the James A. Thomas Lecture at Yale Law School
Justice Sotomayor ’79 returned to Yale Law School February 3, 2014 for a conversation on her jurisprudence with Linda Greenhouse M.S.L., Knight Distinguished Journalist-in Residence and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
2014 Middle East Legal Studies Seminar Focused on “Transformations”
Yale Law School’s Middle East Legal Studies Seminar celebrated the 17th year since its founding with a meeting this January in New Haven. As in past years, the seminar brought together scholars, students, jurists, and practicing lawyers for high-level discussions of legal issues relevant to the Middle East.
Switzerland tops the 2014 Environmental Performance Index
The 2014 Environmental Performance Index was released by Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy (YCELP) and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum and support from the Samuel Family Foundation and the McCall MacBain Foundation.
Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe to Deliver Sherrill Lecture on Feb. 17, Panel Discussion on Feb. 18
The 2013-2014 Sherrill Lecture will feature Oliver Dutheillet de Lamothe, a former Justice of the French Constitutional Council, on Feb. 17, 2014.
YLS Clinical Students Featured in Daily Show Segment on Veterans and PTSD
YLS Clinical students are featured on a segment of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart discussing a lawsuit involving Vietnam veterans with PTSD seeking benefits from the VA.
YLS Professor Akhil Amar ’84 to Teach Open Online Course
Four of Yale’s most distinguished scholars are inaugurating the University’s new free online course program. Among them is Akhil Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, whose online course on “Constitutional Law” begins on January 27.
Rebellious Lawyering Conference Marks 20th Anniversary on Feb. 21-22
The 20th annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference will take place on February 21-22 at Yale Law School.