Tuesday, March 1, 2022


The ‘Rules-Based International Order’ Doesn’t Constrain Russia — or the United States — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn

The Washington Post

Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.

Monday, February 28, 2022


Ukraine Asks World Court To Intervene In Russia Conflict

Law360

Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh is mentioned as part of group of lawyers representing Ukraine before the International Court of Justice.

Sunday, February 27, 2022


The Invasion Will Be TikTokked — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79

Bloomberg

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

Saturday, February 26, 2022


What We Have Already Lost in Ukraine — A Commentary by Paul Kahn ’80

The Hill

Paul W. Kahn is Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities, and Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School.

Friday, February 25, 2022


Judge Strikes Down Elite Virginia High School’s Admissions Rules

The New York Times

Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver is quoted about a Virginia court decision that overturned a high school’s admissions process as being discriminatory to Asian Americans.

Thursday, February 24, 2022


Putin Can’t Destroy the International Order by Himself — A Commentary by Oona Hathaway ’97 and Scott Shapiro ’90

Just Security

Oona Hathaway ’97 is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law and Scott Shapiro ’90 is the Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Thursday, February 24, 2022


Transgender Kids Care Law Tests Arkansas Doctors’ Speech Rights

Bloomberg Law

Sterling Professor of Law Robert Post ’77 is quoted about the First Amendment as it relates to an Arkansas law that would prohibit healthcare professionals from providing or referring transgender youth for gender-affirming health care.

Thursday, February 24, 2022


What Happens When Americans Stay in the Same House Forever?

Vox

Professor of Law David Schleicher is quoted about a decline in residential mobility in America.

Thursday, February 24, 2022


What Are We Speaking About When We Speak of China?

University of Oxford China Centre

Research Scholar in Law and Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Yangyang Cheng joins a conversation about what the term “China” describes and what it can tell us about those who utter it.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022


Chained Woman in China Was Sold as a Bride Twice

The Wall Street Journal

Senior Research Scholar in Law and Senior Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Jeremy Daum comments on a case of human trafficking that has riveted China for nearly a month.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022


How Has China Used the Winter Olympics To Shape Its Image?

DW

Fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Yangyang Cheng comments on the perception and implications of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, and what Eileen Gu means for the Chinese government and the public.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022


Toward a “Tender Offer” Market for Labor Representation — A Commentary by Jonathan Macey ’82

The CLS Blue Sky Blog

Jonathan Macey ’82 is the Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law at Yale University and Professor in the Yale School of Management.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022


Has Policing Changed Since George Floyd’s Murder?

WNYC Studios

Walton Hale Hamilton Professor and a Founding Director of the Justice Collaboratory Tracey Meares was a guest on The Takeaway and discussed how policing has changed since the death of George Floyd.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022


Yale Law Says it Will Cover Tuition for Low-Income Students

Reuters

Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather K. Gerken is quoted about the Hurst Horizon Scholarship Program.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022


Yale Law School Goes Tuition-Free for Students with Greatest Need

Yale Daily News

Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather K. Gerken is quoted in a story about the Hurst Horizon Scholarship Program.

Tuesday, February 22, 2022


Yale Law Announces Full-Tuition, Need-Based Scholarships for Low-Income Students

Law.com

Dean Heather K. Gerken is quoted on the launch of Hurst Horizon Scholarship Program at Yale Law School.

Monday, February 21, 2022


Climate of Danger: Exile

BBC

Tom & Andi Bernstein Visiting Human Rights Fellow Alfred Brownell, an environmental lawyer and activist, is featured on The Comb podcast.

Monday, February 21, 2022


Yale Law School to Cover Full Tuition and Fees for Lowest-Income Students

The Wall Street Journal

Dean Heather K. Gerken is quoted in The Wall Street Journal about the launch of the Hurst Horizon Scholarship Program, which will erase tuition for J.D. students with the greatest financial need. 

Sunday, February 20, 2022


State Legislators Support Scrapping Prison-stay Fees for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

Yale Daily News

Liman Center research supports state officials and community advocates calling for the repeal of Connecticut’s incarceration lien.

Thursday, February 17, 2022


Bridgeport, New Haven Legislators Want End To Billing of Former Inmates

CT Post

Liman Center Student Director Camila Reed-Guevara ’23 presents research at a news conference to propose repealing Connecticut’s “pay-to-stay” law, which requires people who have served time in prison to turn over money from lawsuit settlements or inheritances to the state. 

Thursday, February 17, 2022


Maybe Lawyers Aren’t Uniquely Unhappy After All, Study Says

Reuters

A study by Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law Yair Listokin ’05 and Ray Noonan ’21 on mental health and the legal profession is the subject of a recent report.

Thursday, February 17, 2022


Spotify Must Be More Transparent About its Rules of the Road — A Commentary by Tracey Meares et al.

Tech Crunch

Tracey Meares is the Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School.

Thursday, February 17, 2022


No Reversal on China’s Tech Crackdown in Sight as Xi Calls for More Work on Laws

CNBC

Senior Fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Jeremy Daum comments on China’s new laws for the tech sector.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022


Conservatives Open New Front in Elite School Admission Wars

The New York Times

Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver is quoted about court challenges to the admissions process in public high schools.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022


The Cancel Culture of the Right

The Hill

Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver’s book, The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind, is mentioned in a commentary.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022


“Deny Until They Die”: Some Veterans Say VA Wrongly Rejects Claims for Illnesses They Blame on Camp Lejeune’s Contaminated Water

CBS News

William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 is quoted in a report about a 2016 lawsuit filed by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic on behalf of veterans seeking information on the doctors who reviewed disability claims related to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022


‘Bad Paper’ Discharges of Some Marines and Sailors to Get Second Look

Military.com

Plaintiffs in a case represented in part by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic reached a settlement in the nationwide class action brought against the Navy and Marine Corps by Afghanistan veteran Tyson Manker and the National Veterans Council for Legal Redress.

Tuesday, February 15, 2022


A Record Number of Out LGBTQ+ Olympians Are Competing. China Doesn’t Want to Talk About It.

The 19th

Research Scholar in Law and Senior Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Darius Longarino comments on the closing of spaces for LGBTQ+ advocates in China.

Tuesday, February 15, 2022


27 Years in Solitary Confinement, Then Another Plea for Help in Texas

The New York Times

A 2020 study co-authored by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law is cited in an article about solitary confinement.

Tuesday, February 15, 2022


One Goldman Banker Stands Trial for 1MDB Scandal

Bloomberg

Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law Jonathan R. Macey '82 discussed the trial of former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng over his alleged role in a scheme to loot billions from the Malaysian fund known as 1MDB on Bloomberg Law Podcast.

Monday, February 14, 2022


Meet The 9th Circ.’s Newest Judge

Law360

Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik is quoted about newly confirmed Ninth Circuit Judge Holly Thomas ’04.

Monday, February 14, 2022


Football Season Is Over. The NFL’s Problems Are Not. — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79

Bloomberg

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

Sunday, February 13, 2022


Sarah Palin May Find That Libel Doesn’t Mean What It Used To — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79

Bloomberg

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

Saturday, February 12, 2022


God and Man at Yale Law

The Wall Street Journal

Sterling Professor of Law Anthony Kronman ’77 is profiled in The Wall Street Journal.

Saturday, February 12, 2022


In Clampdown on U.S. Methane Emissions, Belching Cattle Get a Pass

The Wall Street Journal

Associate Research Scholar in Law and the Executive Director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program Viveca Morris is quoted about the agriculture industry and the Biden administration’s efforts to curb methane emissions.

Saturday, February 12, 2022


Are Activist Short Sellers Misunderstood?

The New York Times

Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law Jonathan R. Macey ’82 is quoted about proposed SEC rules around activist short sellers.

Friday, February 11, 2022


The Lawfare Podcast: Congress Moves on China

Lawfare

Visiting Lecturer in Law and Senior Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School Susan Thornton discusses the recently passed COMPETES Act.

Friday, February 11, 2022


A Rival of America’s Making? — A Commentary by Susan Thornton et al.

Foreign Affairs

Susan Thornton is a Visiting Lecturer in Law and Senior Fellow of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School.

Thursday, February 10, 2022


The Evolution of the First Amendment

We The People Podcast

Sterling Professor of Law Robert Post ’77 discussed the evolution of the First Amendment.

Wednesday, February 9, 2022


Reducing Cancer Deaths Requires a ‘More than Science’ Approach

NPR

Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy Abbe Gluck ’00 discussed her new book, A New Deal for Cancer – Lessons From A 50 Year War.

Wednesday, February 9, 2022


The Supreme Court Has Crossed the Rubicon — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL

The New York Times

Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.

Saturday, February 5, 2022


Why the ‘Most Qualified’ Person for a Job Hardly Ever Is — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79

Bloomberg

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

Thursday, February 3, 2022


NFL Head Coach Alleges Widespread Racial Discrimination

The Dispatch

Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Sciences Vicki Schultz is quoted in a report about the class-action lawsuit filed by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores against the NFL for discriminatory hiring practices.

Thursday, February 3, 2022


Alexander Vindman’s Lawsuit Is Right on the Law

Just Security

Floyd Abrams Clinical Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law David A. Schulz ’78 contributed to an essay about a lawsuit filed against former President Donald Trump.

Thursday, February 3, 2022


Senators Mull Ways to Cut Costs in Medicare

MedPage Today

Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director of the Law and Political Economy Project Amy Kapczynski ’03 is quoted about drug costs and the Medicare program.

Thursday, February 3, 2022


There's a Better Path Than Regulation to Fix Stock Buybacks — A Commentary by Jonathan Macey ’82

The Hill

Jonathan Macey ’82 is the Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law and Professor in the Yale School of Management.

Wednesday, February 2, 2022


Could the 14th Amendment Keep Trump out of the Oval Office?

The Tampa Bay Times

Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 is quoted in an article on former President Trump and the 14th Amendment.

Wednesday, February 2, 2022


Podcast: Rob Dunn on What the Laws of Biology Predict About our Future

When We Talk About Animals

In this podcast episode, ecologist Rob Dunn speaks with LEAP Executive Director Viveca Morris and Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law Jennifer Skene about how natural history will dictate human destiny.

Tuesday, February 1, 2022


Biden vs. Trump: The Makings of a Shattering Constitutional Crisis — A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman ’67

Politico

Bruce Ackerman ’67 is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale.

Tuesday, February 1, 2022


New Haven and Yale Community Discuss Rising Meat Prices

Yale Daily News

LEAP Student Fellow Manny Rutinel LAW ’22 and LEAP Executive Director Viveca Morris speak with The Yale Daily News about the Biden administration’s plans to address meat industry concentration.

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