President Obama Commutes Sentence of Criminal Justice Clinic Client
On October 27, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted the life sentence of Alberto Lopez, a client of the Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic at Yale Law School.
The Solomon Center Explores the Future of the Affordable Care Act
On October 28, in collaboration with the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI), the Solomon Center is organizing a panel discussion on the future of health insurance exchanges in “Shoring Up the Exchanges: Insurer Withdrawals, the Public Option and the Path Forward.”
David Rieff Discusses Memory and Justice at the Human Rights Workshop
David Rieff, a prominent non-fiction writer and critic, visited the Schell Center on October 13 to argue in favor of forgetting the past when discussing human rights.
MFIA Clinic Demands Records Identifying Missouri’s Lethal Injection Drug Suppliers
The Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic at Yale Law School filed a brief on October 21, 2016 defending a significant victory for government transparency scored by the clinic last year.
Mustafa Qadri Speaks on Human Rights Abuses in Qatar
Mustafa Qadri spoke to the Human Rights Workshop about human rights abuses of migrant workers in Qatar.
Inaugural Yale Sustainability Leadership Forum Held in September
Professor Dan Esty ’86, the director of the Yale Sustainability Leadership Forum, opened the event on September 21 with remarks on “Sustainability as a Megatrend in the 21st Century.”
Yale Law School Dining Hall To Be Named in Honor of Derald H. Ruttenberg ’40
The Yale Law School Dining Hall will be renamed the Derald H. Ruttenberg Dining Hall to honor alumnus Ruttenberg, who received his LL.B. in 1940.
YLS Hosts International Humanitarian Law Workshop
An International Humanitarian Law Workshop was held at Yale Law School on Friday, September 30, 2016 and Saturday, October 1, 2016. The two-day event was sponsored by The Center for Global Legal Challenges at Yale Law School and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).