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Conference Honors Professor W. Michael Reisman and Journal He Helped Inspire
A recent conference celebrated 50 years of the Yale Journal of International Law and the work of Professor W. Michael Reisman.
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Q&A: Michael Helfand ’07 on the Work of the Free Exercise Clinic
As interest in the First Amendment’s religion clauses soars, Michael Helfand ’07 discusses the work of the Free Exercise Clinic.
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Professor Balkin Awarded Book Prize by Georgetown Center for the Constitution
Professor Jack M. Balkin’s recent book on how lawyers and judges use history selectively to support their arguments has been awarded the Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize by the Georgetown Center for the Constitution.
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Scholars Examine Supreme Court Decisions Through “Disability Lens”
In an event co-hosted by the Solomon Center, the authors of the article “The Disability Docket” discussed how thinking about disability sheds new light on court decisions.
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Nicholas Bloom to Deliver the 2023–2024 Raben Lecture on April 8
Professor Nicholas Bloom of Stanford University will deliver the John R. Raben/Sullivan & Cromwell Fellowship Lecture titled “The Glorious Future of Working From Home” on April 8.
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Tracey Meares Named American Academy of Political Science 2024 Fellow
Professor Tracey Meares, Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School, has been named a 2024 Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
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Book Talk Revisits Health Law Judgments from a Feminist Perspective
A Solomon Center panel looked at major court decisions in health law, including the one that laid the groundwork for informed consent laws, from a feminist standpoint.
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Connecticut Supreme Court Sides with MFIA Clinic in Police Records Case
The ruling makes it harder for police to withhold records in cold cases in Connecticut.