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Open Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee from Yale Law Faculty
As the Senate Judiciary Committee debates Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination, we write as faculty members of Yale Law School to urge that the Senate conduct a fair and deliberate confirmation process
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Yale Law School Celebrates the Opening of Baker Hall
A jubilant crowd gathered at the newly opened Robert C. and Christina Baker Hall on September 20, 2018, for a celebratory ribbon-cutting ceremony and dedication.
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Courtney Radsch Explains Growing Risks for Journalists at Human Rights Workshop
At the first Fall 2018 Human Rights Workshop, Dr. Courtney Radsch discussed the rising threats facing journalists around the world — from diminishing credibility to arrest to murder.
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GHJP Releases Reports on Prostitution "Diversion" Programs
The reports reveal that PDPs in the United States are radically varying, but share a common thread: across the board, PDPs operate contrary to their own claims of stopping the revolving door of criminalization and victimization of ostensibly “trafficked” or “exploited” people.
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Professor Koh Publishes New Book On The Trump Administration and International Law
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh has released a new book titled, "The Trump Administration and International Law."
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Esther Duflo to Deliver Gruber Lecture October 22 on Policy-making in Developing Countries
Esther Duflo, the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the 2018 Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice on October 22, 2018 at 4:30 pm.
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Joel Mokyr to Give 2018 Raben Lecture on Technological Change on November 12
Joel Mokyr will deliver the John R. Raben/Sullivan & Cromwell Fellowship Lecture on November 12, 2018 at 4:30 pm.