Heather Gerken Joins Mellon Foundation’s Board of Trustees
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced on June 5, 2018, that Heather Gerken, Dean of Yale Law School, has been elected to its Board of Trustees.
Schell Center Names 2018-2019 Post-Graduate Fellows
The Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights announced its fellows for the 2018–19 academic year.
The Liman Center’s Colloquium 2018: Who Pays? Fines, Fees, Bail, and the Cost of Courts
The 2018 Liman Center Colloquium, Who Pays for Courts?, took up the many issues raised by court and litigant financing.
Appellate Litigation Project Secures Second Circuit Victory
Students from the Advanced Appellate Litigation Project (ALP) secured a victory in May for a former prisoner who alleged that he was denied meals complying with his religious dietary restrictions.
Student Idea Leads to Action from SF City Attorney
After a student in the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP) pitched him the idea, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera penned a letter urging acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Mick Mulvaney to continue robust enforcement against predatory and unlawful business practices. “To retreat from the vigorous enforcement that has been the hallmark of this agency would be to undermine the will of Congress, ignore the abuses that fueled the Bureau’s creation, and would serve to abandon the country’s most vulnerable consumers,” Herrera wrote. San...
Professor Gluck ’00 Elected to ALI Council
Professor Abbe R. Gluck ’00 was elected to the American Law Institute’s (ALI) Council on May 21, 2018
Yale Law School 2018 Commencement—The Power of Law—PHOTOS, VIDEO, SPEECHES
More than 200 graduates of Yale Law School participated in commencement ceremonies on Monday afternoon at the William K. Lanman Center at Payne Whitney Gymnasium, surrounded by friends, family, and the Law School faculty.
YLS Joins Other Law Schools in Seeking Employer Harassment Policies
On May 14, 2018, on behalf of 50 U.S. law schools, Yale Law School sent a survey to all National Association for Law Placement (NALP) member law firms seeking information about their use of arbitration and nondisclosure provisions for summer and incoming associates.