Critical Race Theory Conference Scheduled for April 5
With the nation marking the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, students and scholars will come together to examine current issues involving critical race theory at the 2014 conference.
We the People: The Civil Rights Revolution—A Book by Professor Bruce Ackerman ’67
The newly released We the People: The Civil Rights Revolution continues Bruce Ackerman's examination of the U.S. Constitution with an eye toward the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, the Second Reconstruction, and Brown v. Board of Education.
Professor Quintin Johnstone ’51 JSD Honored by the Connecticut Bar Association
The Connecticut Bar Association recently announced that Professor Quintin Johnstone ’51 JSD, Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale Law School, will be awarded its Tapping Reeve Legal Educator Award.
Yale ISP to Host Conference on Innovation Law March 30, 2014
Yale ISP will host a conference titled "Innovation Law Beyond IP," on March 30, 2014. The conference is sponsored by the Thomson Reuters Initiative on Law and Technology.
Bernstein Symposium to Focus on Street Activism and Human Rights
This year’s Bernstein Symposium, to be held at Yale Law School on March 27 and 28, 2014, will center on discussion of “Human Rights in the Streets.”
Robert C. Post ’77 Reappointed Dean of Yale Law School
Yale University President Peter Salovey has announced the reappointment of Robert C. Post ’77 as Dean of Yale Law School and Sol and Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, effective July 1, 2014, for a term of three years.
Liman Program Submits Statement for Senate Hearing on Reassessing Solitary Confinement II
Hope Metcalf, Director of the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program, and Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman Professor of Law at Yale Law School, submitted a statement for the hearing record titled “The Policies Governing Isolation in U.S. Prisons.”
YLS Clinic Files Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Vietnam Veterans with PTSD
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School has filed a nationwide class action lawsuit on behalf of Vietnam Veterans who developed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during their military service and received an other than honorable discharge.