Watch Live: Secretary Hillary Clinton ’73 to Receive Award of Merit Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013
The 2013 Alumni Weekend will feature panel discussions led by YLS faculty, tours of the Lillian Goldman Library, and an address by Hillary Rodham Clinton '73 who will be receiving the prestigious Award of Merit.
Veterans Legal Services Clinic, Sen. Richard Blumenthal ’73 call on VA to Grant Equal Rights to Same-Sex Veteran Couples
Students from the Veterans Legal Services Clinic and Senator Richard Blumenthal '73 hold a press conference to call on Veterans Affairs to grant equal rights to same-sex veterans couples.
Lawyer Statesman 101
Students taking the Yale Law School course "Lawyer as Leader: Challenges of a General Counsel" enjoy access to real-world insights from two practitioners at the forefront of their field. But the learning goes both ways, say instructors Michael Solender '89 and Ben Heineman '71.
President Bill Clinton ’73, Patricia Wald ’51 to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Former President Bill Clinton ’73 and appellate judge Patricia Wald ’51 have been named as recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Rare Finds—The Anthony Taussig Collection
In the Summer of 2013, The Lillian Goldman Law Library and Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library acquired the Anthony Taussig Collection of English Legal Manuscripts and Printed Books, an extraordinary collection of materials from the thirteenth through the nineteenth century.
New Report Holds U.N. Responsible for Haitian Cholera Epidemic
Yale Law School and the Yale School of Public Health release report containing the first comprehensive analysis of the cholera epidemic in Haiti. View the report
Rolling Law Out to the Streets
Yale Law School Professors Tracey Meares and Tom Tyler are working at the forefront of two issues faced by police across the country: reducing gun violence and improving the legitimacy of law enforcement. Both Meares and Tyler are leading the way in using research and cutting-edge theory in law and social science to create strategies to promote crime reduction, procedural justice, and legitimacy of law. “We’re really concerned with getting law rolled out to the street,” Tyler says. “This is not about abstract legal doctrine.” Hanging on the wall opposite Professor Tracey Meares’s desk is what...
Liman Program Publishes Research on Policies Governing Isolation in State and Federal Prisons
The Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School has published research on policies that govern isolation in state and federal prisons.