Thursday, July 16, 2020
Despite Supreme Court ruling, Trump administration rejects new DACA applications
The Los Angeles Times
Sol Goldman Clinical Professor of Law Muneer Ahmad is quoted in the Los Angeles Times about the government’s rejection of new DACA applications, despite a recent Supreme Court ruling.
Thursday, July 16, 2020
The “Find Something New” Edition
Slate / Political Gabfest
J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 was the guest host of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast where the COVID-19 pandemic, cancel culture, and racial justice were discussed.
Thursday, July 16, 2020
The abortion pill will be available via mail — for now. Here’s what you should know.
The Lily
Executive director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy Katherine Kraschel is quoted in The Lily about access to medical abortions during the pandemic.
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Banning TikTok is a terrible idea — A Commentary by Samm Sacks
SupChina
Samm Sacks is a Senior Fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center.
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Black Security and the Conundrum of Policing — A Commentary by Monica C. Bell ’09
Just Security
Monica Bell is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School and an Associate Professor of Sociology at Yale University.
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
As COVID Ravages the US, Bankers Loot Small Business Programs
Sputnik News / Loud and Clear
Clinical Associate Professor of Law Miriam Gohara was a guest on Sputnik News where she discussed the death penalty.
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
The Roberts Court Is Nothing Like America — A Commentary by Akhil Reed Amar ’84
The New York Times
Akhil Reed Amar is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University.
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Trump’s War on International Students
The American Prospect
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 is quoted in The American Prospect about the new proposed guidelines around international students.
Monday, July 13, 2020
Trump keeps focus elsewhere as COVID-19 cases continue steep climb
The Boston Globe
YLS clinical lecturer and executive director of the Information Society Project Nikolas Guggenberger is quoted in the Boston Globe about President Trump’s messaging around the COVID-19 pandemic.
Monday, July 13, 2020
Brazil Needs a New Constitution — A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman ’67 [pdf in English]
Correio Braziliense
Bruce Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School.
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Is Meritocracy a Scam? Is the US Really a Meritocracy?
David Pakman Show
Guido Calabresi Professor of Law Daniel Markovits ’00 was the guest on the David Pakman Show, where he discussed his book, The Meritocracy Trap.
Saturday, July 11, 2020
In Commuting Stone’s Sentence, Trump Goes Where Nixon Would Not
The New York Times
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh is quoted in the New York Times about President Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone's prison sentence.
Friday, July 10, 2020
In a Term Full of Major Cases, the Supreme Court Tacked to the Center
The New York Times
Professor of Law Justin Driver is quoted in The New York Times about the most recent Supreme Court decisions.
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Protest and Survive! — A Commentary by Gregg Gonsalves
The Nation
Gregg Gonsalves is an Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School and Faculty Co-Director of the Global Health Justice Partnership.
Thursday, July 9, 2020
U.S. Profs Offer 'Independent Study' Classes to Prevent Student Deportations
Newsweek
Dean Heather Gerken is quoted, and deputy dean Ian Ayres ’86 mentioned, in a Newsweek article that highlights Yale Law School’s statement of support for international students following a new federal policy that threatens to deport students who are not receiving in-person instruction this fall.
Thursday, July 9, 2020
‘A Terrible Choice’: Yale Law School Dean Condemns ICE International Student Ruling
WNPR
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather Gerken speaks to WNPR about the Trump administration’s policy requiring international students to attend in-person classes in the fall or lose their visa status.
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Supreme Court rules N.Y. prosecutor can obtain Trump’s tax returns, rejects similar bid from Congress
New York Daily News
Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor Emeritus of Law Michael Graetz is quoted in the New York Daily News about the Supreme Court decision that gives Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, Jr. the right to subpoena a variety of President Trump’s financial and banking records.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
US withdrawal from WHO is unlawful and threatens global and US health and security — A Commentary by Harold Hongju Koh et al.
The Lancet
Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Congress must stop Trump from withdrawing from the WHO — A Commentary by Harold Hongju Koh et al.
The Hill
Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
New Hopkins tracker you’ll click constantly
Politico
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 is quoted in a Politico report about whether governors can force the president to obey a mask mandate.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Yale philosopher and legal scholar collaborated on recent SCOTUS case
Yale News
Yale News highlights the work of Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Sociology Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08, who wrote an amicus brief for the Supreme Court case Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Linda Greenhouse on the Supreme Court’s religion ‘project’
CT Mirror / Steady Habits Podcast
Senior Research Scholar in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence Linda Greenhouse spoke to the Steady Habits podcast about recent Supreme Court decisions.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Trial for midshipman charged with sexual assault to start with jury member selection
Baltimore Sun
Senior Research Scholar in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in the Baltimore Sun about a trial involving a midshipman charged with sexual assault.
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Reform Expert Approved For Police Commission
New Haven Independent
The New Haven Independent reports that Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory Tracey Meares has been appointed to the New Haven Board of Police Commissioners.
Monday, July 6, 2020
Into Resuming Federal Executions
NBC News / Into America Podcast
Clinical Associate Professor of Law Miriam Gohara was a guest on the NBC News “Into America” podcast where she discussed the death penalty.
Monday, July 6, 2020
Police Training, Satellite Crowding, The Glass Cliff
BYU Radio / Top of Mind
Caroline Sarnoff, Executive Director of The Justice Collaboratory speaks with BYU Radio podcast Top of Mind with Julie Rose about procedural justice training for police officers.
Monday, July 6, 2020
Voting by mail: Courts need to get real — A Commentary by Eugene Fidell
The Hill
Eugene R. Fidell is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Saturday, July 4, 2020
Welcome to the Post-Leader World — A Commentary by Oona Hathaway ’97 and Scott Shapiro ’90
Foreign Policy
Oona A. Hathaway is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law and Scott Shapiro is the Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School.
Thursday, July 2, 2020
‘We Are Not Even Beginning to Be Over This Pandemic’ — A Commentary by Gregg Gonsalves
The Nation
Gregg Gonsalves is an Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School and Faculty Co-Director of the Global Health Justice Partnership.
Thursday, July 2, 2020
COVID-19 No Excuse for Ignoring Rights of the Incarcerated: Paper
The Crime Report
The Crime Report discusses a paper authored by Athur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik about how judges have – and should continue – to impact prisoners’ rights.
Thursday, July 2, 2020
How Chief Justice Roberts Solved His Abortion Dilemma — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Think racial segregation is over? Here’s how the police still enforce it.
The Washington Post
Associate Professor of Law Monica C. Bell speaks with The Washington Post about her new paper “Anti-Segregation Policing” and discusses some of the ways in which policing helps perpetuate residential segregation.
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Taking China to Court Over the Coronavirus
The Lawfare Podcast
Executive Director of the Paul Tsai China Center Robert Williams took part in the Lawfare Podcast about whether Americans can sue the Chinese government over the coronavirus pandemic.
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
How Overpoliced Communities Become Politically Engaged
Niskanen Center Podcast
Justice Collaboratory member Professor Vesla Weaver (Johns Hopkins University) speaks with The Niskanen Center's podcast about The Portals Project, which finds that people in overpoliced neighborhoods have complicated attitudes toward police.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
With Books and New Focus, Mellon Foundation to Foster Social Equity
The New York Times
The New York Times reports on the Million Book Project, funded by a gift from the Mellon Foundation, that will be administered by The Justice Collaboratory with the assistance of Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16, now a YLS Ph.D. candidate, and Elizabeth Hinton, professor of history, African American studies and law.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Should Billy Joe Wardlow Be Executed for a Crime Committed When He Was Eighteen? — A Commentary by Lincoln Caplan
The New Yorker
Lincoln Caplan is the Truman Capote Visiting Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, June 29, 2020
Connecticut has an opportunity to tackle housing segregation. It appears to be taking a pass.
CT Mirror
Scholarship by Walter E. Meyer Professor Emeritus of Property and Urban Law Robert Ellickson ’66 is cited in a ProPublica/CT Mirror report about housing segregation in Connecticut.
Monday, June 29, 2020
The Latest Push Toward Statehood For Washington, D.C.
WAMU / 1A
Professor of Law David Schleicher was interviewed for a National Public Radio segment about the recent push for D.C. statehood.
Monday, June 29, 2020
Obamacare Backers See Hope in Roberts Opinion in Non-Health Case
Bloomberg Law
Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy Abbe R. Gluck ’00 is quoted in a Bloomberg Law article about a recent opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts.
Monday, June 29, 2020
Policing and Law Enforcement: Further Considerations from Psychological Science
Association for Psychological Science / The Observer
Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Tom Tyler’s work on addressing racial bias in the police force is cited in the Association for Psychological Science newsletter, The Observer.
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Chile’s Constituent Assembly
Yale Global Online
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 was interviewed in La Tercera about Chile’s new Constituent Assembly, charged with proposing a new constitution. The interview was translated and posted on Yale Global Online.
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Bolton Book Fight Shows Flaws in U.S. System to Protect Secrets
Bloomberg
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 is quoted in Bloomberg about the process for screening the writings of former government officials to prevent the release of classified information.
Friday, June 26, 2020
‘Let Freedom Ring’ from Georgia
The New York Times
J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 is quoted in a New York Times opinion piece about Atlanta.
Friday, June 26, 2020
Bostock, LGBTQ+ Rights, and Marriage Equality
CAP·impact Podcast
John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence William Eskridge ’78 was interviewed on the McGeorge School of Law’s Capital Center for Law & Policy podcast about the anniversary of the Obergefell decision that made same-sex marriage legal.
Thursday, June 25, 2020
The Argument for Prison Abolition
The Crime Report
Associate Professor of Law Monica Bell ’09 is quoted in The Crime Report article about prison abolition.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
The Other Police Immunity Problem — A Commentary by Peter Schuck
The Wall Street Journal
Peter H. Schuck is the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law Emeritus.
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Do Police Need Guns?
NPR / Here and Now
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey Meares was interviewed on NPR’s Here and Now about the role guns play in law enforcement in the U.S. and other countries.
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Police reform requires culture change, not just diversity, advocates say
The World
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey Meares spoke to PRI’s The World about the limits of focusing solely on diversity when discussing police reform.
Monday, June 22, 2020
Animal Rights Law: For or Against
Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law
The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law interviews LEAP Faculty Co-Director Jonathan Lovvorn.
Monday, June 22, 2020
The Supreme Court’s Ominous DACA Decision: Perils for Dreamers in What Comes Next — A Commentary by Cristina Rodríguez ’00 and Adam Cox
Just Security
Cristina Rodríguez is the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Adam B. Cox is Robert A. Kindler Professor of Law at NYU.