Tuesday, January 17, 2023
The Republicans Don’t Want To Fix the IRS. Here’s How To Do It Anyway. — A Commentary by Natasha Sarin and Lawrence H. Summers
The Washington Post
Natasha Sarin is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Debating the Validity of the Electoral College
MSNBC
Sterling Professor of Law Akhil Amar ’84 discusses the Electoral College.
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Russia’s Crime and Punishment: How to Prosecute the Illegal War in Ukraine — A Commentary by Oona A. Hathaway ’97
Foreign Affairs
Oona A. Hathaway is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, January 16, 2023
Biden’s Mishandling of Documents Is Resurfacing the Problem of ‘Overclassification’
NPR
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona A. Hathaway ’97 discusses why so many U.S. government documents and classified and why that could present a problem.
Saturday, January 14, 2023
The System Has Never Had an Answer for Violent Kids — 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, January 9, 2023
What’s Beyond “Beyond Neoliberalism”? — A Commentary by Amy Kapczynski ’03
LPE Project
Amy Kapczynski ’03 is Professor of Law at Yale Law School and Faculty Co-Director of the Global Health Justice Partnership.
Saturday, January 7, 2023
What Went Unsaid in the Chief Justice’s Report on the Judiciary — A Commentary by Judith Resnik and Nancy Gertner ’71
The New York Times
Judith Resnik is the Arthur Liman Professor of Law at Yale Law School and the Founding Director of the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law. Nancy Gertner, a retired Federal District Court Judge, is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School.
Friday, January 6, 2023
I Looked Behind the Curtain of American History, and This Is What I Found
The New York Times
Sterling Professor of Law Akhil Amar ’84 has contributed a chapter on the Constitution, cited in this column, in a book about myths of American history.
Thursday, January 5, 2023
The Conservative Who Wants to Bring Down the Supreme Court
The New Yorker
Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History Samuel Moyn discusses opposition of judicial supremacy by progressives and conservatives.
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Evolving Education: Three Recently Launched Law School Legal Tech Programs
law.com
Law Librarian and Professor of Law Femi Cadmus discusses the course she teaches on law and technology.
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
How to Take the Twitter Files to Court — A Commentary by Jed Rubenfeld
The Wall Street Journal
Jed Rubenfeld is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Criminal Prosecution Is the Wrong Idea. Use the 14th Amendment on Trump. — A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman ’67 and Gerard Magliocca ’98
The Washington Post
Bruce Ackerman ’67 is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale. Gerard Magliocca ’98 is the Samuel R. Rosen Professor at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law at Indiana University.
Saturday, December 31, 2022
Why Yale Law School Left the U.S. News & World Report Rankings
The Atlantic
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather Gerken discusses the decision to withdraw from U.S. News & World Report’s law school rankings.
Saturday, December 31, 2022
Why Yale Law School Left the U.S. News & World Report Rankings
The Atlantic
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather Gerken discusses the decision to withdraw from U.S. News & World Report’s law school rankings.
Saturday, December 31, 2022
‘Woke’ Is a Political Term With a Long and Complicated History. — 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, December 29, 2022
The Worst Supreme Court Decision in History — A Commentary by E. Donald Elliott ’74
The American Spectator
E. Donald Elliott ’74 is the Florence Rogatz Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Sunday, December 25, 2022
How To Help the Fed and Avoid a Recession — A Commentary by Yair Listokin ’05 and Rory Van Loo
The Hill
Yair Listokin ’05 is Deputy Dean and the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, December 23, 2022
Whose Boom Is It? City Cut Top Investors $166M Break In 2022
New Haven Independent
Clinical Professor Anika Singh Lemar and Professor of Law David Schleicher comment on how tax appraisals work in an analysis of the year’s largest commerical property transactions in New Haven.
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
With This Supreme Court, the Way Liberals Dissent Matters — A Commentary by Ryan D. Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
The New York Times
Samuel Moyn is Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University.
Thursday, December 15, 2022
It’s Time for Climate Change To Reach the International Court of Justice — A Commentary by Douglas Kysar
The Hill
Douglas Kysar is Joseph M. Field '55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School and faculty co-director of the Law, Ethics and Animals Program.
Thursday, December 15, 2022
We Disagree About Abortion but With One Voice Support This Urgently-needed Law — A Commentary by Reva Siegel et al
CNN
Reva Siegel is the Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, December 15, 2022
The Future of Fertility Treatment
1a
Clinical Lecturer in Law and Solomon Center Executive Director Katherine L. Kraschel discusses where fertility treatments and contraception legally stand in light of new abortion laws.
Monday, December 12, 2022
Are Owner-Occupancy Requirements Driving up Housing Costs?
Smartcities
Clinical Professor of Law Anika Singh Lemar comments on the effect of owner-occupancy requirements on affordable housing.
Monday, December 12, 2022
Glacier Gets Tort Law Wrong Too — A Commentary by John Fabian Witt ’99
OnLabor
John Fabian Witt ’99 is the Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, December 12, 2022
It’s a Scary Future in the U.S. in Terms of Inequality in Education, Says Daniel Markovits of Yale Law School
Financial Express
Guido Calabresi Professor of Law Daniel Markovits ’00 discusses how the U.S. education system fared during the pandemic and what it means for inequality.
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Calls for a Special Tribunal To Prosecute Russia Gains Steam
MSNBC
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona A. Hathaway ’97 discusses calls to establish a special tribunal to prosecute Russia’s top leadership.
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Why Everyone in CT Should Care About Affordable Housing and 8-30g
CT Insider
Clinical Professor of Law Anika Singh Lemar explains the Connecticut affordable housing law known as 8-30g.
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Brittney Griner Is Home. Next Up Should Be Paul Whelan — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Navigating Financial Aid as an FGLI Student at Yale’s Graduate and Professional Schools
Yale Daily News
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather K. Gerken and Chisato Kimura ’25 are quoted about Yale Law School’s Hurst Horizon Scholarhip.
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Zelenskyy Quip, Trump Conspiracy Top 2022 Notable Quote List
The Associated Press
Associate (Library) Director for Collections and Special Projects and Lecturer in Legal Research Fred R. Shapiro releases his annual list of most revealing quotations of the year. Including on the list is quote from Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather K. Gerken.
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Q&A: Justice on the Brink
The American Prospect
Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL answers questions about the state of the Supreme Court.
Monday, December 5, 2022
Russia Tribunal Faces Major Hurdles, Experts Say
Le Monde
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona A. Hathaway ’97 discusses the potential of a tribunal to hold Russia responsible for war crimes in Ukraine.
Monday, December 5, 2022
The Chinese Dream, Denied
The New York Times
Professor of Law Taisu Zhang ’08 comments on the expanding presence of state officials to enforce China’s “zero COVID” policy.
Monday, December 5, 2022
Balenciaga Has Filed a Lawsuit It Won’t Win — 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, December 1, 2022
EU Proposes Special Court for Russian Crimes
BBC World Service Newshour
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona A. Hathaway ’97 is interviewed in a report about the head of the European Commission’s proposal to set up a special tribunal to try crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine.
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Supreme Court Should Separate Sleazy Lobbying from the Criminal Kind — 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, November 28, 2022
Racial Discrimination by Veterans Affairs Spans Decades, Lawsuit Says
The Washington Post
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic represents Conley Monk Jr. in a case seeking redress for harm caused by long-standing racial disparities in veterans’ benefits programs.
Monday, November 28, 2022
A Black Vietnam Veteran is Suing the VA for Discrimination
NPR
Adam Henderson ’23 is interviewed about a new case brought by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic in federal court.
Friday, November 25, 2022
3 Reasons Yale Law Was Right to Quit the U.S. News Rankings — A Commentary James Forman Jr. ’92
The Washington Post
James Forman Jr. is J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
We’re Taking an Ostrich Approach to Enforcing Gun Laws — With Deadly Results — A Commentary by Ian Ayres ’86 and Frederick Vars ’99
The Hill
Ian Ayres ’86 is the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor at Yale Law School and a Professor at the Yale School of Management.
Monday, November 21, 2022
Legal Education Needs to be ‘Accessible to Everyone,’ Says Yale Law School Dean
Yahoo Finance
Dean Heather K. Gerken and the Hurst Horizon Scholarship Program are mentioned in a piece about equity in legal education.
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Yale Starts an Exodus From a Rank Tradition — 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.
Friday, November 18, 2022
Why Slavery as a Punishment for Crime Was Just on the Ballot in Some States
PBS News Hour
Clinical Professor of Law Claudia Flores comments on the use of prison labor in the U.S. in light of state ballot measures that would outlaw slavery as a legal punishment for crime.
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Why Another Top-Ranked Law School Joins Yale, Harvard in Withdrawing from Rankings
ABC News
Dean Heather K. Gerken speaks about the decison to withdraw from the annual law school rankings of U.S. News and World Report.
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Influencers with Andy Serwer: Heather Gerken
Yahoo Finance
Dean Heather K. Gerken is interviewed about educating the next generation of lawyers and leaders.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Yale and Harvard Law Schools Withdraw From the U.S. News Rankings
The New York Times
The New York Times reported on Yale Law School’s decision to withdraw from the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of law schools.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Yale and Harvard’s Law Schools Are Ditching the ‘U.S. News’ Rankings. Will Others Follow?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Dean Heather K. Gerken spoke to The Chronicle of Higher Education about the decision to withdraw from the U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Yale and Harvard Law Schools to Shun Influential U.S. News Rankings
Reuters
Dean Heather K. Gerken speaks about the decison to withdraw from the annual law school rankings of U.S. News & World Report.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Yale Law School Abandons U.S. News Rankings, Citing Flawed Methodology
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal reports on Yale Law School’s decision to withdraw from the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Diversity on Trial: Affirmative Action’s Michigan Test
Bloomberg / UnCommon Law podcast
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 discusses issues around affirmative action at colleges and universities.