Alumni Weekend 2016 Highlights
The 2016 Yale Law School Alumni Weekend took place on October 21-23, featuring special class reunion events and an array of panels focusing on pressing current issues from community policing and climate change to health law and national security.
Passion for Food Law Grows at Yale Law School
With a growing interest in food law and policy at YLS, students and the administration are creating more opportunities to engage in this emerging area of law.
Doctoral Scholarship Conference Will Be Held November 11–12
The Doctoral Scholarship Conference provides a platform for doctoral students and recent graduates to present, share, and debate their scholarly work.
Dean Post to Speak at Symposium on 'Truth in the Internet Age'
“Truth in the Internet Age” is the focus of a Yale symposium to be held on campus on Wednesday, Nov. 9, the day after the 2016 presidential election. Dean Robert C. Post will speak at the event.
President Obama Commutes Sentence of Criminal Justice Clinic Client
On October 27, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted the life sentence of Alberto Lopez, a client of the Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic at Yale Law School.
The Solomon Center Explores the Future of the Affordable Care Act
On October 28, in collaboration with the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI), the Solomon Center is organizing a panel discussion on the future of health insurance exchanges in “Shoring Up the Exchanges: Insurer Withdrawals, the Public Option and the Path Forward.”
David Rieff Discusses Memory and Justice at the Human Rights Workshop
David Rieff, a prominent non-fiction writer and critic, visited the Schell Center on October 13 to argue in favor of forgetting the past when discussing human rights.
MFIA Clinic Demands Records Identifying Missouri’s Lethal Injection Drug Suppliers
The Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic at Yale Law School filed a brief on October 21, 2016 defending a significant victory for government transparency scored by the clinic last year.