Saturday, May 1, 2021
The Lucky Legal Accident That Led to Derek Chauvin’s Conviction — A Commentary by Gideon Yaffe
The Hill
Gideon Yaffe is the Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence.
Friday, April 30, 2021
Why We All Should Want the Suspended Cheerleader to Win Her Supreme Court Case — A Commentary by Justin Driver
The Washington Post
Justin Driver is the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, April 30, 2021
Lawsuit Over Solitary Confinement in Limbo as State Pushes for Mediation
CT Mirror
The Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic is mentioned in a CT Mirror article about a lawsuit that seeks to prohibit the use of in-cell shackling and solitary confinement of individuals with mental illnesses.
Friday, April 30, 2021
How Andrew Cuomo Exploits Public Confusion over the Definition of Sexual Harassment — A Commentary by Vicki Schultz and Brian Soucek ’11
NBC News / Think
Vicki Schultz is the Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Sciences at Yale Law School. Brian Soucek is a Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of California, Davis, School of Law.
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Akhil Amar’s 1789 Project
Law & Liberty
A review of The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840 by Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Akhil Amar ’84 appears in Law & Liberty.
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Pressure Mounts on Austin to Support Major Shift in Handling Military Sexual Assault
Politico
Senior Research Scholar in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in Politico about proposed changes to how the military handles sexual assault allegations.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Why Republicans Are Still Skeptical Trump Lost — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Can A School Punish A Cheerleader For Cursing On Snapchat? Supreme Court Leans Toward ‘No’
Forbes
Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver is quoted in a Forbes article about a case before the Supreme Court that centers around the First Amendment and off-campus speech.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Key Democrats Want to Keep Most of Trump’s Corporate Tax Cut — and Slash More Taxes for the Rich
Salon
Associate Professor of Law Zachary Liscow ’15 is quoted in a Salon article about President Joe Biden’s proposed infrastructure plan.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Court Orders Army to Review Thousands of ‘Bad Paper’ Discharges
Stars and Stripes
Adam Henderson ’23 is quoted, and Andrew DeGuglielmo ’21 and the Veterans Legal Services Clinic are mentioned, in Stars and Stripes about a lawsuit settlement this week requiring the U.S. Army to review and potentially upgrade thousands of other-than-honorable discharges.
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
US Supreme Court Set for Landmark Gun Control and Free Speech Cases
The Times (UK)
Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver is quoted in an article in The Times (UK) about the First Amendment and off-campus speech.
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
After Failures to Curb Sexual Assault, a Move Toward a Major Shift in Military Law
The New York Times
Senior Research Scholar in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in The New York Times about a bill that would remove military commanders from a role in prosecuting service members for sexual assault.
Monday, April 26, 2021
Legislators Hear Debate on Extending Smoking Bans to Casinos
The Day
William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 is quoted in The Day about extending the smoking ban in public places to include CT casinos, which are exempt from statewide smoking prohibitions.
Sunday, April 25, 2021
A Cheerleader’s Snapchat Rant Leads to ‘Momentous’ Supreme Court Case on Student Speech
The Washington Post
Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law Justin Driver is quoted in an article in The Washington Post about the First Amendment and off-campus speech.
Saturday, April 24, 2021
What Chauvin Conviction May Mean To The Future Of Policing
NPR / Weekend Edition Saturday
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law Stephen Carter ’79 was interviewed on NPR about the Derek Chauvin verdict and its impact on the future of policing.
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Will The Conviction Of Derek Chauvin Affect Future Police Prosecutions?
NPR / Weekend Edition Saturday
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory Tracey Meares was interviewed on NPR about the Derek Chauvin trial and how it may affect future police prosecutions.
Friday, April 23, 2021
When Parents Are Incarcerated, Too Often Separation From Kids Becomes Permanent
WNPR
Eleanor Roberts ’22 and Destiny Lopez ’21 were interviewed by Connecticut Public Radio about a report co-authored by the Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic about preserving the parental rights of incarcerated parents.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Uncomfortable Timing for a Supreme Court Gun Fight — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
These are the World’s Largest Banks That are Increasing and Decreasing Their Fossil Fuel Financing
CNBC.com
Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law Jonathan Macey ’82 is quoted in a CNBC report on commercial and investment banks and the fossil fuel industry.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Time To Tinker With Clean-Elections Law?
New Haven Independent
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 and Clinical Lecturer in Law James Bhandary-Alexander are mentioned in a New Haven Independent article about the New Haven Democracy Fund, the city’s pioneering public-financing program.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Who is the Racial Justice Case for Zoning Reform For?
Slow Boring
Professor of Law David Schleicher is mentioned in an article on the Slow Boring blog about residential zoning policy.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
What Happened to the Promise to ‘Defund’ America’s Police Forces – and to Stop Them Killing Black People?
The Independent (UK)
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory Tracey Meares is quoted in an article in The Independent (UK) about police reform.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Low-Wage Earners in Spotlight as Employment Litigation Targets Alleged Wage Theft
Law.com
Sam Hull ’22 is quoted, and William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 and Sol Goldman Clinical Professor of Law Muneer Ahmad are mentioned, in a Law.com article about a lawsuit alleging wage theft and racial discrimination against Latino workers at a Connecticut business.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
J’Accuse! Allegations Make News Even When They’re Unproven — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
A Minneapolis Jury Has Found Derek Chauvin Guilty of Killing George Floyd
Vogue
Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence Gideon Yaffe is quoted in a Vogue article about the Derek Chauvin verdict.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Stuck At 435 Representatives? Why The U.S. House Hasn't Grown With Census Counts
NPR
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Akhil Amar ’84 was interviewed by National Public Radio for a story about the history of the census and the Electoral College.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
21 Experts on What the Verdict Means — and Where to Go From Here
Politico
Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School Monica Bell ’09 and Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16 contributed to a Politico article about the Derek Chauvin verdict.
Monday, April 19, 2021
Why Unions Lose Elections — A Commentary by Jonathan Macey ’82
Columbia Law School / Blue Sky Blog
Jonathan R. Macey is the Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, April 19, 2021
Why Joe Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal Doesn’t Mark the End of America’s “Forever War” — A Commentary by Samuel Moyn
New Statesman
Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.
Monday, April 19, 2021
Biden’s Housing Diversity Push: Promise, But Peril
The Hill
Scholarship by Walter E. Meyer Professor Emeritus of Property and Urban Law Robert Ellickson ’66 is cited in The Hill about housing policy under the Biden administration.
Monday, April 19, 2021
A.C.L.U. Asks Supreme Court to Let It Seek Secret Surveillance Court Rulings
The New York Times
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic is referenced in an article in The New York Times about efforts by the ACLU, aided by the clinic, to gain access to previously secret rulings by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Friday, April 16, 2021
Yale Creates New Principles for Divestment from Fossil Fuels
Yale Daily News
Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law Jonathan R. Macey ’82 is quoted in the Yale Daily News about new principles for investment in the fossil fuel industry approved by the Yale Corporation. Professor Macey is chair of the University’s Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility.
Friday, April 16, 2021
Get police out of the business of traffic stops — A Commentary by TJ Grayson ’21 and James Forman Jr. ’92
The Washington Post
TJ Grayson is a member of the class of 2021 at Yale Law School. James Forman Jr. ’92 is J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, April 16, 2021
How Zoning Screws Up Everything
Model Citizen
Professor of Law David Schleicher was interviewed on the Model Citizen podcast about residential zoning.
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Beijing Has a Navy it Doesn’t Even Admit Exists, Experts Say. And It’s Swarming Parts of the South China Sea
CNN
A piece in Lawfare by Executive Director of the Paul Tsai China Center Robert D. Williams about China’s military was quoted by CNN.
Monday, April 12, 2021
Alstott Delivers Pugh Lecture Today at San Diego On Child Care Reform After The Pandemic
TaxProf Blog
Jacquin D. Bierman Professor in Taxation Anne Alstott delivered the annual Richard Crawford Pugh Lecture on Tax Law & Policy at the University of San Diego School of Law on “Child Care Reform After the Pandemic: Towards a Public Option.”
Monday, April 12, 2021
Designed to Tear Us Apart
Sudhir Breaks the Internet podcast
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor Tracey Meares and SMGI Research Network member Sudhir Venkatesh speak on Venkatesh’s new podcast about the consequences of the January 6 Capitol riot and social media governance.
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Republicans Can't Handle the Truth about Taxes
The Hill
Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor Emeritus of Law and Professorial Lecturer in Law Michael Graetz is quoted in a commentary in The Hill.
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Bristol County Sheriff’s Office Settles Lawsuit Brought by Immigrations Detainees
Dartmouth Week
Fernando Quiroz ’22 is quoted, and the Worker and Immigrant Rights Clinic mentioned, in a Dartmouth Week story about the settlement reached in a class action lawsuit challenging unsafe conditions at the Bristol County House of Correction.
Saturday, April 10, 2021
International Travel Won’t Rely on Fancy Vaccine Passports — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, April 9, 2021
The Libertarian Case Against Voting Restrictions — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 8, 2021
This Is What Judicial Activism Looks Like on the Supreme Court — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 8, 2021
We’re at the Beginning of the End of Covid-19. Now What? — A Commentary by Gregg Gonsalves
The Nation
Gregg Gonsalves is an Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Law and the co-director of the Global Health Justice Partnership at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Yale Law School Helps Bring Settlement in Immigrant Detention Case
New Haven Register
Kayla Crowell ’22 is quoted, and the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic is mentioned, in a New Haven Register article about the settlement reached in a class action lawsuit challenging unsafe conditions at the Bristol County House of Correction.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Suburb Housing Quest Enters New Phase
New Haven Independent
Karen Anderson ’21 is quoted and the Community and Economic Development Clinic is mentioned in a New Haven Independent report on efforts to challenge zoning restrictions in Woodbridge, Connecticut.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Using Household Balance Sheets to Promote Consumer Welfare and Define the Necessary Role of the Welfare State — A Commentary by Jonathan Macey ’82
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
Jonathan R. Macey is the Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
ICE Detainees' COVID-19 Bail Suit Ends With Just 7 Held
Law360
William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93, Clinical Lecturer in Law Sara Zampierin, and students with the Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic are mentioned in a Law360 update on a class action lawsuit challenging unsafe conditions at the Bristol County House of Correction during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
National Group Calls on Legal Profession to Fight Voter Suppression
Law.com
Senior Research Scholar in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in a Law.com article about an open letter released by Lawyers Defending American Democracy that calls on law firms, bar associations, and law schools to devote resources to protecting and expanding voter rights.
Monday, April 5, 2021
Will the Supreme Court Abandon Federalism to Defeat Pro-labor Regulation? — A Commentary by Claire Priest ’00 and David Dana
The Hill
Claire Priest is the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law at Yale Law School. David Dana is the Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.
Sunday, April 4, 2021
Robinhood and Other 'Low Cost' Brokers Are Still Quietly Screwing Over Their Users — A Commentary by Jonathan Macey ’82
Business Insider
Jonathan R. Macey is the Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law at Yale Law School.