Saturday, September 30, 2017
The Lawfare Podcast: Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro on 'The Internationalists'
Lawfare
An interview with Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 and Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy Scott Shapiro ’90 on their new book on “The Internationalists.”
Friday, September 29, 2017
There’s Still No Reason to Think the Kellogg-Briand Pact Accomplished Anything
Foreign Policy
A discussion of “The Internationalists,” the new book by Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 and Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy Scott Shapiro ’90.
Friday, September 29, 2017
Outgoing DEA administrator urges more awareness for opioid crisis as ODs skyrocket
New Haven Register
A report on a conference on the opioid crisis in Connecticut that was co-sponsored by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and Yale Law School. Similar stories appeared in the Hartford Courant, New Haven Independent, and on WTNH.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Lessons From a Travel Ban Clash That Wasn’t—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.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Bergdahl’s Request for White House Meeting Info Declined by Judge
Sputnik
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about his client Bowe Bergdahl.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
The Case for Constitutional Reform in Poland—A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman ’67
Yale Global Online
Bruce Ackerman ’67 is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Do Trump’s NFL Attacks Violate the First Amendment?—A Commentary by Robert Post ’77
Politico
Robert Post ’77 is a Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Will Trump’s Latest Travel Ban Pass Muster With The Supreme Court?
WSHU
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 is quoted in a story about President Trump’s latest travel ban.
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
The Internationalists
C-SPAN/Book TV
A broadcast of a talk on “The Internationalists,” the new book by Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 and Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy Scott Shapiro ’90.
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Friends, Enemies, and Trump's First Amendment Violations—A Commentary by Robert Post ’77
Take Care
Robert Post ’77 is a Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Senate Stumbles in Bid to Check Trump’s Firing Arm
Courthouse News
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Akhil Reed Amar ’84 is quoted in an article about bills introduced by the Senate about Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Monday, September 25, 2017
ProPublica Seeks Source Code for New York City’s Disputed DNA Software
ProPublica
ProPublica is petitioning for access to the source code for New York City’s proprietary DNA software with the assistance of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic.
Monday, September 25, 2017
Fire NFL Players for Protesting? Union Deals Make That Unlikely
Bloomberg.com
Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law James Bhandary-Alexander is quoted in an article about constitutional rights within the workplace.
Friday, September 22, 2017
Judge orders Army to review discharge status of two CT vets
The Day
William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93, clinical lecturer Aaron Wenzloff, and students with the Veterans’ Legal Services Clinic are mentioned in a story about two Army veterans who have petitioned to have their discharge status upgraded by the Army.
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Unilateral Rocket Man—A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman ’67
Slate.com
Bruce Ackerman ’67 is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Would Trump attack North Korea? Here’s what we learned from his ‘Rocket Man’ speech at the U.N.—A Commentary by Mira Rapp-Hooper
The Washington Post
Mira Rapp-Hooper is a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School, as well as a Senior Fellow at Yale’s Paul Tsai China Center.
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Report: Latest Republican Efforts To Reform Health Care Could Cost Connecticut Billions
WNPR
Professor of Law Abbe R. Gluck ’00 is quoted in a story about the latest Republican attempt to repeal and replace the ACA.
Friday, September 15, 2017
Experts: Veterans should ‘get out in the streets’ to protest government’s handling of ‘bad paper’
Stars and Stripes
William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 is quoted in an article about a presentation he took part in in Washington regarding the military’s and VA’s handling of other-than-honorable discharges.
Friday, September 15, 2017
The Parochialism of American Cosmopolitanism—A Commentary by Samuel Moyn
Lawfare
Samuel Moyn is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.
Friday, September 15, 2017
The National Book Awards Longlist: Nonfiction
The New Yorker
Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 has been named a finalist for a National Book Award for “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.”
Friday, September 15, 2017
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Sweetening the Deal
Traders Magazine Online News
Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law Jonathan Macey ’82 is cited in an article about rebates, the pricing mechanism employed by exchanges that pays for broker order flow.
Friday, September 15, 2017
In Detroit, the end of blight is in sight
The Economist
Professor of Law David Schleicher is quoted in an article about the rebuilding of Detroit.
Friday, September 15, 2017
A Prison Sentence Ends. But the Stigma Doesn’t.—A Commentary by James Forman Jr. ’92
The New York Times
James Forman Jr. ’92 is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, September 15, 2017
More Rules for Launching Nukes Won't Make U.S. Safer—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.
Thursday, September 14, 2017
An Old Supreme Court Dream—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.
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
What Happens When War is Outlawed
The New Yorker
A feature article on “The Internationalists,” the new book by Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 and Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy Scott Shapiro ’90.
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Married gay couple challenges Utah's surrogacy law after court denies petition
The Salt Lake Tribune
Professor of Law Douglas NeJaime is quoted in an article about the case of two men who were denied their petition to enter into a surrogacy agreement with a woman.
Monday, September 11, 2017
Equifax Bungles the Details Over and Over Again—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.
Friday, September 8, 2017
What Adolf Hitler and the Nazis learned from American racism
Salon.com
Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law James Whitman ’88 is interviewed about his book “Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law.”
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Legal ‘fistfight’ expected when transgender ban gets to court
Stars and Stripes
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about the legal challenge to President Trump’s ban on transgender personnel serving in the military.
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Yes, Ethics Still Matter in an Emergency—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 6, 2017
Don’t Let Trump Hide Behind the Constitution in Ending DACA—A Commentary by Adam Cox and Cristina Rodríguez ’00
Just Security
Adam Cox is the Robert A. Kindler Professor of Law at NYU and Cristina Rodríguez ’00 is the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Democrats Begin Legal Assault on Trump’s Move to End ‘Dreamer’ Program
The New York Times
William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 and Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law Andrew Pincus are quoted in an article about the various legal challenges to President Trump’s rollback of DACA.
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Yale Immigration Lawyer Doubts Congress Will Act On DACA
WNPR
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 was interviewed about whether Congress will act on DACA before the program ends in March of 2018.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Groups in NY seek legal challenge of Trump DACA rollback
Associated Press
Students with the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic are leading a legal challenge to President Trump’s proposed phase-out of DACA. Similar articles appeared in numerous other outlets.
Monday, September 4, 2017
How the American Jim Crow System Inspired Hate and the Alt-Right
Atlanta Black Star
Hitler’s American Model, the latest book by Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law James Whitman ’88, is cited at length in a feature.
Sunday, September 3, 2017
Trump's push to quit South Korea trade pact would mark latest swerve in region on edge
The Guardian (London)
Mira Rapp-Hooper, senior research scholar and a senior fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center, is quoted in an article about the potential for President Trump to withdraw the U.S. from its free-trade agreement with South Korea.
Saturday, September 2, 2017
Outlawing War? It Actually Worked—A Commentary by Oona A. Hathaway ’97 and Scott J. Shapiro ’90
The New York Times
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.
Friday, September 1, 2017
Court Bans Ex-Cadet’s Lawsuit Against West Point Superiors
The New York Times
Shikha Garg ’19 is quoted in an article about the outcome of a case of a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy, represented by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic.
Friday, September 1, 2017
Heather Gerken, Dean, Yale Law School: The case for progressive federalism
Politico
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather Gerken was named one of the top 50 idea makers for scholarship on progressive federalism.
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Eclipsing Dreams of Better Lives—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Challenge That Blocked First Trump Travel Ban Is Settled
The New York Times
The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization is mentioned in an article about the settlement of the travel ban case that WIRAC worked on.
Thursday, August 31, 2017
States’ Rights
Truth Politics and Power with Neal Conan
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather Gerken was a guest and discussed states’ rights.
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Amicus Brief in Whitford—A Commentary by Heather Gerken
Election Law Blog
Heather Gerken is the Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Hungry Harvey Victims Have Committed No Crime—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.
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Deliberate Indifference
Undisclosed
Co-Director of the Global Health Justice Partnership Gregg Gonsalves participated in a podcast about Hepatitis C treatment availability in prisons.
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Scenes from a Disjunctive Presidency—A Commentary by Jack Balkin
Balkinization
Jack M. Balkin is Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Pentagon expands policy to upgrade vets’ bad paper discharges
Stars and Stripes
William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 is quoted in an article about a Department of Defense directive that instructs the Army Review Boards Agency to give increased consideration to veterans looking to upgrade their less-than-honorable discharges.
Monday, August 28, 2017
Two Lawsuits Challenge Trump Transgender Military Service Ban
US News & World Report
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about two new lawsuits on Monday that challenge President Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military.
Thursday, August 24, 2017
America’s Divided Political Imaginary—A Commentary by Paul W. Kahn ’80
global-e (USC Santa Barbara)
Paul W. Kahn '80 is the Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities at Yale Law School.