Thursday, September 29, 2016
Pondering the Supreme Court’s Future—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
The Supreme Court After Scalia
The New Yorker
J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law Heather Gerken is quoted in an article about the future of the Supreme Court.
Monday, September 26, 2016
Honduran Family Files Lawsuit Over Alleged Abuse At Detention Facility
WSHU
A suit filed by the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic is discussed in a story about a Honduran family who are suing the federal government over alleged abuses they experienced in a detention center run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Friday, September 23, 2016
Government lawyers don’t understand the Internet. That’s a problem.
The Washington Post
Cyber Fellow at the Center for Global Legal Challenges Ido Kilovaty was quoted in an article about lawyers' lack of technological expertise.
Friday, September 23, 2016
First U.N. framework was flawed, former top diplomat laments
Greenwire
A presentation of Clinical Professor of Environmental Law & Policy Dan Esty ’86 at the Yale Sustainability Leadership Forum is discussed.
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Forum: Clean Power Plan is neither unprecedented nor a radical departure from past pollution control measures—A Commentary by Dan Esty ’86
New Haven Register
Dan Esty ’86 is the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Clinical Professor of Environmental Law & Policy at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Yale’s Invitation to Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame Obscures His Human Rights Abuses—A Commentary by Elizabeth Leiserson ’17, Hope Metcalf ’00, James Silk, and Alyssa Yamamoto ’18
The Huffington Post
Jim Silk is a Clinical Professor of Law and director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School; Hope Metcalf ’00 is an Associate Research Scholar in Law and executive director of the Schell Center at Yale Law School; and Elizabeth Leiserson ’17 and Alyssa Yamamoto ’18 are Yale Law School students.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Getting People Where the Jobs Are—A Commentary by David Schleicher
Democracy
Professor Schleicher is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, September 19, 2016
The Politics of Medicare and Drug-Price Negotiation—A Commentary by Theodore T. Lee ’18, Abbe R. Gluck ’00, and Gregory Curfman
Health Affairs Blog
Abbe R. Gluck ’00 is a Professor of Law and faculty director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School; Gregory Curfman is the Editor in Chief of Harvard Health Publications and Senior Advisor and Physician Scholar in Residence for the Solomon Center; and Theodore T. Lee ’18 is a Yale Law School student and Solomon Center Student Fellow.
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Birth Control Continues to Bedevil the Supreme Court—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Attorney General's office announces two promotions—A Commentary by Stephen Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Two Connecticut School Systems, for the Rich and Poor—A Commentary by Lincoln Caplan
NewYorker.com
Lincoln Caplan is the Truman Capote Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Should retired U.S. military leaders be sounding off on politics?
The Charlotte Observer
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 is quoted in an article about whether or not retired members of the military should be commenting on politics.
Monday, September 12, 2016
Legal Woes for Head of Brazil's JBS Raise Investor Concern
Wall Street Journal
Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law Jonathan Macey ’82 is quoted in an article on potential repercussions of legal problems facing Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacking company.
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Judge in 9/11 Suits Feels No Regret That None Ever Went to Trial
The New York Times
Sterling Professor Emeritus Owen Fiss is quoted in an article about the federal lawsuits filed by the families of some of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Friday, September 9, 2016
Free-Speech Debate Misses Kaepernick's Point—A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Justice Department Bringing New Information to Case at Supreme Court; Move follows government apologizes for erroneous information provided in this manner
Wall Street Journal Online
Deputy Dean for Experiential Education and William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 is quoted in an article about concerns over the veracity of information introduced at Supreme Court cases involving immigration.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Court Orders Far-Reaching Reforms for Public Schools
The Hartford Courant
Visiting Clinical Lecturers David Rosen ’69 and Joseph Moodhe are quoted in an article about the decision in an 11-year legal battle alleging that Connecticut’s education cost-sharing formula violates the state constitution and places an unfair burden on local property taxes to support school spending. The case was launched by the Education Adequacy Project Clinic.
Sunday, September 4, 2016
We Are Not Beasts
The New York Times
Clinical Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 wrote a book review of Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
The Supreme Court’s First Amendment problem
Yale Alumni Magazine
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Robert Post ’77 was interviewed for a feature article about the Supreme Court and First Amendment cases. Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law Owen Fiss is also quoted.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Dow Chemical Share Trading Benefits Buffett, Yale Professor Says
Bloomberg
Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law Yair Listokin ’05 is quoted in an article about possible price manipulation of Dow Chemical stock.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Reversal of Fortune for Bill Clinton and Kenneth Starr—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Dow Chemical’s 1-in-1000 Stock Action Works in Warren Buffett’s Favor
Wall Street Journal
Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law Yair Listokin ’05 is quoted in an article about possible price manipulation of Dow Chemical stock.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
The ‘Social Cost of Carbon’ Is the Most Historic Climate Change Decision Yet
The Daily Beast
Clinical Professor of Environmental Law & Policy Dan Esty ’86 is quoted in an article about the social cost of carbon.
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Herbalife May Have Misled Investors, SEC on Impact of FTC Deal
Fortune
Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law Jonathan Macey ’82 is quoted in an article about whether Herbalife made “purposefully deceptive statements” in its August quarterly earnings conference call and regulatory filings.
Friday, August 26, 2016
Yale Professor: Raise Retirement Age To 76
Financial Advisor
An article detailing some of the ideas put forth in A New Deal for Old Age: Toward a Progressive Retirement, a new book by Jacquin D. Bierman Professor in Taxation Anne Alstott ’87.
Friday, August 26, 2016
Duke Tries to Enforce a Dead Man's Promise—A Commentary by Stephen Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, August 26, 2016
N.C. Commission proposes 16-year-olds be tried as juveniles
Daily Tar Heel
Martin R. Flug Visiting Clinical Professor of Law Tamar Birckhead is quoted in an article about a report by the North Carolina Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice that recommends raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18.
Friday, August 26, 2016
With the sweep of a presidential pen, a mother is reunited with her child
Washington Post
The Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic is mentioned in an article about a client it represented who was pardoned by President Obama.
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Dreamer Sues To Unblock The President’s Biggest Immigration Proposal Yet
Huffington Post
The Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic is mentioned in an article about an undocumented student who is mounting a legal challenge to reinstate President Obama’s plan to defer deportation for those in a similar situation. A similar article appeared in Talking Points Memo.
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Akhil Reed Amar: How Hillary Clinton Is Like Alexander Hamilton
Time Magazine
Sterling Professor of Law Akhil Amar ’84 is interviewed prior to the release of his latest book, The Constitution Today.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
The Most Important Law School You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Law.com
Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law and Legal History John Langbein is quoted in an article about the Litchfield Law School.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Bergdahl judge mulls dismissing case over McCain comments
CNN
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell was interviewed and discussed the latest developments in the court-martial of his client, Bowe Bergdahl.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
What Are We So Afraid Of?
The Atlantic
Cyber Fellow at the Center for Global Legal Challenges Ido Kilovaty has a note in reaction to the cover story, "Is America Any Safer?," about preventing terrorist attacks.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
How Obama Is Enabling the Next President to Launch Illegal Wars—A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman ’67
The Atlantic
Bruce Ackerman ’67 is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale.
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
General to testify about burning letters in Bergdahl case
USA Today
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about actions by an Army general that could impact the trial of his client Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
It’s Time for the United Nations to Compensate Haiti for Its Cholera Disaster—A Commentary by Muneer I. Ahmad and Alice M. Miller
The Nation
Muneer I. Ahmad is a Clinical Professor of Law and Alice M. Miller is an Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Law and the Co-Director of the Global Health Justice Partnership at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Episode 47: A Path for Police Reform
Scholars Strategy Network’s No Jargon
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey L. Meares was interviewed on the Scholars Strategy Network’s podcast No Jargon about police reform.
Monday, August 22, 2016
Arbitration Cuts the Public Out and Limits Redress—A Commentary by Judith Resnik
National Law Journal
Judith Resnik is the Arthur Liman Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, August 22, 2016
Transgender Students Face Unsettled Rules on Bathrooms as They Return to School
Time.com
John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence William Eskridge ’78 is quoted in an article on recommended guidelines for school districts regarding bathroom use by transgender students.
Sunday, August 21, 2016
As resentment lingers over Plaskon sentence, Connecticut supporters defend Second Look law
New Haven Register
Executive Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights Hope Metcalf is quoted in an article about a Connecticut law that makes young offenders eligible for parole consideration after serving 60 per cent of their sentence.
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Ex-soldier's case rests on 'flirting' Attorney seeks Supreme Court override
Spokesman Review
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about Supreme Court challenges to military court decisions.
Friday, August 19, 2016
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces New Advisory Board And Council Members
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that William K. Townsend Professor of Law Ian Ayres ’86 has been appointed to its academic research council.
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Book Review: The Future of Juvenile Justice
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
The website has a review of The Future of Juvenile Justice, edited and co-authored by Martin R. Flug Visiting Clinical Professor of Law Tamar Birckhead.
Thursday, August 18, 2016
The Courts Begin to Call Out Lawmakers—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, August 15, 2016
Fact-Checking Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Speech
ABC News
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Akhil Amar ’84 and Simeon E. Baldwin Professor Emeritus of Law Peter Schuck are quoted in a story that fact-checks Donald Trump’s recent speech on foreign policy.
Monday, August 15, 2016
Documents Confirm CIA Censorship of Guantánamo Trials
The Intercept
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic is mentioned in an article about CIA guidance documents obtained with the clinic’s assistance that pertain to military commission proceedings at Guantanamo.
Friday, August 12, 2016
Why I Support Dissent: My Great-Uncle Who Wouldn't Name Names—A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Saturday, August 6, 2016
Obama's ISIS War Enters Year 3 as Court Fight Over Its Legality Heats Up
U.S. News & World Report
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 is quoted in an article about Army Caption Nathan Smith’s court challenge regarding the legality of the war on ISIS.
Thursday, August 4, 2016
When Sandra Day O’Connor Broke Into the Men’s Club—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.