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Never Mind “The Game” — For Law Students, These Are the Real Sports Rivalries
Law students have their own Yale-Harvard football matchup — basketball, too.
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Podcast: Professor Amy Kapczynski Explains How to Fight for Health and Justice
In this episode of "Inside Yale Law School," Professor Amy Kapczynski ’03 recalls her battles as a law student with drug companies — and Yale University — over their patent policies on AIDS drugs. She also shares her fascination with intellectual property law and political economy, and why we all need to be kinder to each other.
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Through Justice’s Papers, Students See Supreme Court Behind the Scenes
In a new course, Yale Law School students delved into the working papers of a former Supreme Court justice, gaining research skills once used mainly by scholars but now increasingly valuable for legal practitioners.
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MFIA Clinic Sues Jersey City, Accusing Officials of Stonewalling Local News Site
The Media Freedom and Information Access clinic is suing the city of Jersey City, its mayor, and the mayor’s press secretary on behalf of a local news site and editor who say they were dropped from the city’s press list for publishing a story critical of the mayor.
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The Year in Yale Law School Faculty Books
A look at books by Yale Law School faculty from 2023, covering topics as wide-ranging as how to structure retirement programs to the ethics and history of hacking, from finding lessons on preserving democracy close to home to a new model for policing.
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In Ukraine, Professors Koh and Hathaway Mark the 75th Anniversaries of Human Rights and Genocide Treaties
Professors Harold Hongju Koh and Oona Hathaway ’97 traveled to Lviv, Ukraine to join international colleagues in marking the 75th anniversaries of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Genocide Convention.
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YLS Students Named 2023 Samvid Scholars
Four Yale Law School students been named 2023 Samvid Scholars, among 20 students nationwide selected for the scholarship from nearly 1,000 applicants.
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Delbert Tran ’18: Protecting and Defending Civil Rights in California
California Deputy Attorney General Delbert Tran ’18 tells how he became a civil rights lawyer, including his formative time with the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School.