Friday, September 15, 2023


Should District Residents Have Greater Independence?

CQ Research

Professor of Law David Schleicher is quoted in a report outlining the arguments for and against Washington, D.C. statehood.

Tuesday, September 12, 2023


Finally Ending America’s Forever War, Part II: Prescription — A Commentary by Harold Hongju Koh

Just Security

Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. 

Tuesday, September 12, 2023


Fact Check-No Law Requires DNA Testing To Establish Paternity in United States

Reuters

Anne Urowsky Professor of Law Douglas NeJaime, in a fact check debunking claims that new laws require DNA testing to establish paternity, explains how voluntary acknowledgement of paternity works.

Monday, September 11, 2023


Finally Ending America’s Forever War, Part I: Diagnosis — A Commentary by Harold Hongju Koh

Just Security

Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. 

Friday, September 8, 2023


The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman Review — AI, Synthetic Biology and a New Dawn for Humanity

The Guardian

Southmayd Professor of Law Scott J. Shapiro ’90 reviews the new book by artificial intelligene entrepreneur Mustafa Suleyman.

Friday, September 8, 2023


Connecticut’s New Commutation Policy Raises the Bar for Second Chances

Bolts

Clinical Professor of Law Miriam Gohara is discusses policy changes adopted by the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Friday, September 1, 2023


Why Thomas Jefferson Crops Up in Trump’s Arguments Over Fake Electors and Jan. 6

The Wall Street Journal

Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 and David Fontana ’05, referencing a paper they wrote about Thomas Jefferson’s certification of 1800 election, explain why comparisons to the 2020 election fall short.

Thursday, August 31, 2023


What to Do With Murals Accused of Racism — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79

The Washington Post

Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Thursday, August 31, 2023


Why Aren’t Cops Held to Account?

The New York Review

Clinical Lecturer in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL reviews the books The Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts by Visiting Lecturer Stephen Bright and James Kwak ’11, and Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable by Joanna Schwartz ’00.

Monday, August 28, 2023


Behind the Curtain of 401K Plans with Law Professors Ian Ayres and Quinn Curtis

Validea Blog

Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor Ian Ayres ’86 and Quinn Curtis ’09 discuss how 401(k) plans can produce better outcomes.

Saturday, August 26, 2023


Can Liberalism Save Itself? — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

The New York Times

Samuel Moyn is Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University.

Friday, August 25, 2023


The NIMBY Tax on Britain and America

Financial Times

An explanation of why infrastructure in the U.S. and U.K. costs more to build quotes a paper coauthored by Professor of Law Zachary Liscow ’15.

Wednesday, August 23, 2023


William Eskridge on 303 Creative v. Elenis Decision and Impact

C-SPAN/Washington Journal

Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Public Law William Eskridge ’78 discussed the Supreme Court’s 303 Creative v. Elenis decision.

Saturday, August 19, 2023


A Ballyhooed Book, or Just a Bunch of Blurbs? — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79

The Washington Post

Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Thursday, August 17, 2023


How State Capacity Can Help America Build

The American Prospect

A new paper co-authored by Professor of Law Zachary Liscow ’15 shows the cost of underinvesting in government.

Thursday, August 17, 2023


‘This Is an Existential Threat’: Will AI Really Eliminate Actors and Ruin Hollywood? Insiders Sound Off

Variety

Sterling Professor of Law Robert Post ’77 discusses filmmaking and artificial intelligence.

Thursday, August 17, 2023


5 Ways the IRS Funding Boost Is Paying Off — A Commentary by Natasha Sarin

The Washington Post

Natasha Sarin is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Thursday, August 17, 2023


Drugmakers Prep Medicare Pricing Suits for March to High Court

Bloomberg Law

Abbe R. Gluck ’00, Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law and the founding Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy is quoted about upcoming challenges by major U.S. drug manufacturers to the Biden administration’s drug price negotiation program.

Thursday, August 17, 2023


Pittsburgh Journalist Sues Allegheny County Over Jail 'Gag Order' Policies

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic has helped bring a lawsuit against Allegheny County by a journalist that claims a county jail “gag order” violates jail staff’s First Amendment right.

Wednesday, August 16, 2023


The Deeply Sad Lawsuit of ‘The Blind Side’ Player Michael Oher — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79

The Washington Post

Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023


Simon Ateba Is Right to Fight His White House Ban — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79

The Washington Post

Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Monday, August 14, 2023


Coinbase vs. SEC: Exchange Gets Support From GOP Senator, Legal Scholars Through Amicus Briefs

International Business Times

Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law Jonathan Macey ’82 and other legal scholars wrote an amicus brief un support of Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange.

Saturday, August 12, 2023


Are Educated Elites the Bad Guys?

CNN/The Smerconish Show

Guido Calabresi Professor of Law Daniel Markovits ’00 discussed the idea of merit in America and his book The Meritocracy Trap.

Friday, August 11, 2023


Memo to Liberals: The Cold War Is Over

The Washington Post

The new book by Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History Samuel Moyn, Liberalism against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times, is reviewed.

Friday, August 11, 2023


Harvard Business School May Struggle to Beat Professor’s Lawsuit — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79

The Washington Post

Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Monday, August 7, 2023


Debunking 5 Republican Arguments Against the Global Minimum Tax — A Commentary by Natasha Sarin and Kimberly Clausing

The Washington Post

Natasha Sarin is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School. 

Sunday, August 6, 2023


How Retirement Plans Should Protect Employees From Themselves — A Commentary by Ian Ayres ’86 and Quinn Curtis ’09

The Wall Street Journal

Ian Ayres ’86 is the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor at Yale Law School. Quinn Curtis ’09 is the Honorable Albert V. Bryan Jr. ’50 Research Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Monday, July 31, 2023


Building Better Defaults, with David Schleicher

Public Money Pod

Professor of Law David Schleicher discusses his new book, In a Bad State: Responding to State and Local Fiscal Crises.

Sunday, July 30, 2023


Indicted Populists Have a History of Staying in Office — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79

Bloomberg

Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Friday, July 28, 2023


Why YIMBY Righteousness Backfires

The Atlantic

Scholarship by Professor of Law Zachary Liscow ’15 is cited in a piece about zoning reform and suburbs.

Thursday, July 27, 2023


Deus Ex Machina: The Dangers of AI Godbots — A Commentary by Webb Keane and Scott J. Shapiro ’90

The Spectator

Scott Shapiro is the Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School. Webb Keane is the George Herbert Mead Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan.

Tuesday, July 25, 2023


U.S. Judge Chides Trump, Tosses Bowe Bergdahl Desertion Conviction

The Washington Post

Research Scholar Eugene Fidell is quoted about the latest in the case of his client Bowe Berghdal, whose dishonorable discharge from the U.S. Army has been vacated.

Monday, July 24, 2023


Blumenthal Demands End to LGBTQ Discrimination at VA

WSHU

The Veterans Legal Services Clinic filed a rule-making petition on behalf of several advocacy groups to request enforcement of anti-discrimination regulations. Sen. Richard Blumenthal ’73 spoke about the issue at a press conference.

Monday, July 24, 2023


Affirmative Action Is Banned — Except at Military Academies? Why That Won’t Help Students — A Commentary by Zoe Kreitenberg ’24

Los Angeles Times

Zoe Kreitenberg ’24, a 2016 West Point graduate and former Army captain, is a student at Yale Law School.

Wednesday, July 19, 2023


Biden Must Pardon Trump to Avert Civil War — A Commentary by E. Donald Elliott ’74

The American Spectator

E. Donald Elliott ’74 is the Florence Rogatz Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School.

Friday, July 14, 2023


Declaring Independence from Thomas Jefferson — A Commentary by Akhil Reed Amar ’84

National Review

Akhil Reed Amar ’84 is Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, July 11, 2023


The Future of Law: How AI Could Revolutionize the Legal Landscape

Fox 5 New York

Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Public Law William N. Eskridge Jr. ’78 discusses how artificial intelligence is changing the legal profession.

Tuesday, July 11, 2023


The Basketball Court — A Commentary by David Schleicher and David Fontana ’05

The Slow Boring

David N. Schleicher is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. David Fontana ’05  is the Samuel Tyler Research Professor at George Washington University Law School.

Tuesday, July 11, 2023


Is It Ethical to Supply Cluster Bomb Munitions to Ukraine?

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn discusses the ethics of using cluster bomb munitions, which have been banned by 123 countries and which the U.S. has agreed to supply to Ukraine.

Monday, July 10, 2023


How Equalization Makes Canada Distinct From the U.S.: David Schleicher on the Persistence of Local Budget Crises

The Hub

Professor of Law David Schleicher discusses his book, In a Bad State: Responding to State and Local Budget Crises.

Saturday, July 8, 2023


Pray for the Court; The Supreme Court’s ‘Neutral’ Stance on Religion Creates More Chaos Than Clarity — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79

The Washington Post

Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Saturday, July 8, 2023


David Schleicher on the Campbell Conversations

WVRO

Professor of Law David Schleicher discusses his book In a Bad State: Responding to State and Local Budget Crises.

Saturday, July 8, 2023


Social Media Rebuff Shows Biden Overstepped on Covid Misinformation — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79

The Washington Post

Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Thursday, July 6, 2023


For Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Law Is in the Details — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79

Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Thursday, July 6, 2023


Decoding the Information Age with Scott Shapiro

Why is This Happening?: The Chris Hayes Podcast

Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy Scott Shapiro ’90 discusses the history of hacking and the future of cybercrime.

Wednesday, July 5, 2023


Aim Lower — A Commentary by Lara Bazelon and James Forman Jr. ’92

New York Magazine — Intelligencer

Lara Bazelon is a professor of law and the director of the Criminal Juvenile Justice and Racial Justice Clinical Programs at the University of San Francisco School of Law. James Forman Jr. ’92 is J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School. 

Monday, July 3, 2023


The VA Rolls Out Its New Equity Team To Investigate Racism in Benefits Decisions

WSHU

Adam Henderson ’23 comments on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ announcement that it has set up a dedicated team to investigate racial disparities in its benefits decisions — due in part to a case brought by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic. 

Saturday, July 1, 2023


Biden Rules Tighten Limits on Drone Strikes

The New York Times

Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona A. Hathaway ’97 comments on a newly declassified rules for the U.S. military and C.I.A. to conduct counterterrorism drone strikes and commando raids.

Friday, June 30, 2023


Supreme Court Injustice: ‘Legal Innocence’ Is Not Enough. — A Commentary by Eugene Fidell

The Hill

Eugene Fidell is a Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.

Friday, June 30, 2023


Supreme Court Says 1st Amendment Entitles Web Designer To Refuse Same-Sex Wedding Work

NPR

Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Public Law William N. Eskridge Jr. predicts whether predicts whether a Supreme Court ruling that a web designer can refuse same-sex wedding will prompt a flood of similar cases.
 

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