Veterans Clinic Threatens to Sue VA in Matter Representing Transgender American Veterans Association
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, Veterans Legal Services Clinic client Transgender American Veterans Association demanded that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs act on the organization’s 2016 rulemaking petition for the agency to offer gender-confirmation surgery for transgender veterans.
Scholars Convene to Honor Professor James Whitman
A conference in honor of Professor James Q. Whitman ’88 convened scholars from around the globe for a series of panel discussions on themes ranging from criminal justice to law and war, law and theology, and comparative law. A forthcoming issue of the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities will publish the papers in a symposium edition.
Experts Discuss AI’s Impact on Health Care and Law
As the use of artificial intelligence becomes more pervasive in law and medicine, the debate continues on these technologies AI should supplement, or be a substitute for, human capabilities. Yale alumni and a distinguished panel of guests, hosted by the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law and the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, took up this issue at the Century Association in New York on Nov. 16 during a discussion on AI’s impact of health care and legal practice.
Housing Clinic Files SCOTUS Brief on Behalf of Consumers in USDA v. Kirtz
The Housing Clinic has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in a case regarding the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Kwame Frimpong ’74 LLM, ’77 JSD: When Faith Turns Trial into Triumph
Kwame Frimpong ’74 LLM, ’77 JSD celebrated the 50th anniversary of his enrollment in Yale Law School with a visit to his alma mater where he met with Dean Heather K. Gerken and shared his thoughts on legal education.
Professor Driver Files Amicus Brief in Fourth Circuit Case
Professor Justin Driver has filed an amicus brief in a major case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The case addresses some of the most prominent cultural and legal issues of the day — public education, school curricula, and the quest for LGBTQ+ equality.
Liman Fellow Ady Barkan ’10, Well-Known Healthcare Activist, Dies at 39
Ady Barkan ’10 — lawyer, activist, and 2010 Liman Fellow — was a leader in the effort to preserve the Affordable Care Act.
COVID-19’s Legal Legacy
A new book co-edited by Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law Abbe R. Gluck ’00 examines the COVID-19 pandemic’s implications on health care law and beyond.