Gift Establishes Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School
The conference, The New Health Care Industry: Integration, Consolidation, Competition in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act, will be held on November 13, with the celebratory launch of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School on November 12.
Delaware Chief Justice Leo Strine to Deliver Winter Lecture
Chief Justice Strine’s lecture is entitled “Corporate Power Ratchet: The Courts’ Role in Eroding ‘We the People’s’ Ability to Constrain Our Corporate Creations.”
Memorial Service for Professor Emeritus Robert A. Burt to be Held Nov. 1
Yale Law School Professor Emeritus Robert A. Burt ’64, died August 3, 2015 in Massachusetts at the age of 75.
A Communion of Subjects
This spring, Linda Sheehan, executive director of the Earth Law Center, visited a unique new class at Yale, “A Communion of Subjects: Law, Environment, and Religion,” a collaborative effort of the Law School, the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES), and the Yale Divinity School (YDS).
Professor Jonathan R. Macey Testified Before the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
On July 23, Macey, the Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law, spoke before the U.S. Senate committee on “Measuring the Systemic Importance of U.S. Bank Holding Companies.”
Joseph Fins Named Solomon Center Distinguished Scholar
Dr. Fins will continue his work with YLS students on legal issues related to patients with severe brain injuries.
Professor Mirjan Damaška Honored by Conference in Croatia
A conference in honor of Mirjan Damaška on the Administration of Justice—Past Experiences and Challenges for the Future was held on May 29–30, 2015, in Cavtat, Croatia.
YLS Clinical Students Represent Immigrants Detained in Texas
Clinical students have continued to represent women and children who are seeking asylum while incarcerated in the nation’s largest immigration detention facility.