Robina Foundation Human Rights Fellowship
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." From the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (art. 1), adopted by the UN General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of December 10, 1948
Unfinished Business: Reflections from an Alumna
Adapted From Remarks By Patricia M. Wald ’51, Presented to the Yale Law School Association of Washington, D C Annual dinner, July 10, 2014
Governor Malloy Announces Criminal Justice Reforms at Yale Law School
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy held a press conference today to announce his “Second Chance Society” initiatives.
Valerie Belair-Gagnon Releases Book on the Impact of Social Media on Crisis Reporting
Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, executive director of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, is the author of the book Social Media at BBC News: The Re-Making of Crisis Reporting (Routledge, 2015).
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 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).
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.