Thursday, August 3, 2017
Finding Common Ground, Despite Ideological Divides—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, August 2, 2017
Policing: A Public Good Gone Bad—A Commentary by Tracey L. Meares
Boston Review
Tracey L. Meares is the Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Mr. President, roughing up suspects is never OK
USA Today
Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Tom Tyler is quoted in an article about President Trump’s remarks to police on Long Island.
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Trump signs Russia sanctions bill, Moscow calls it 'trade war'
Reuters
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh is quoted in a story about the sanctions against Russia signed into law this week by President Trump.
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
A week later, little clarity on Trump’s transgender tweet
San Francisco Chronicle
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about President Trump’s tweets about a proposed ban on transgender military.
Monday, July 31, 2017
Your Tweet is My Command—A Commentary by Eugene R. Fidell
Just Security
Eugene R. Fidell is the Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, July 31, 2017
No Decision on the Continuation of Obamacare Subsidies
Bloomberg Radio/ Bloomberg Law
Professor of Law Abbe R. Gluck ’00 is interviewed about the future of ACA subsidies under the current administration.
Monday, July 31, 2017
The ‘Criminal Justice Tax’ on America’s Troubled Neighborhoods
The Crime Report
Associate Professor of Law Monica Bell ’09 is quoted in an article about the effect of aggressive policing on minority neighborhoods.
Friday, July 28, 2017
Does doom and gloom convince anyone about climate change?
ScienceNews
Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Dan Kahan is quoted in an article on communicating about climate change.
Friday, July 28, 2017
Is Amazon getting too big?
The Washington Post
Professor of Law David Singh Grewal ’02 is quoted in an article about antitrust laws. The article also features scholarly research by Lina Khan ’17.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Slow Down, Everyone, You're Moving Too Fast—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, July 27, 2017
Lethal injection details sought; Media, state at odds over what public should know
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
Floyd Abrams Clinical Lecturer in Law David Schulz ’78 and Clinical Lecturer in Law John Langford ’14 are mentioned in an article about efforts by media outlets to obtain information about lethal injection drugs used in Arizona.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Legal Questions Over Trump's Ban Of Transgender People In The Military
National Public Radio/ Morning Edition
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell was interviewed about President Trump’s proposed ban on transgender people in the armed forces.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Fossil Fuel Industry’s 'Tobacco Moment' Has Arrived—A Commentary by Douglas Kysar
Law360
Professor Douglas Kysar is Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Three New Books Discuss How to Confront and Reform Racist Policing
The New York Times
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey Meares and Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Tom Tyler are mentioned in a book review of “Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment” in which they have an essay.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Economic Inequality and the Future of Democracy: Tracking the Conversation
Nonprofit Quarterly
Sterling Professor of Law Robert Post ’77 is quoted in an article reporting on a panel discussion at the recent Aspen Institute Economic Security Summit.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
The Hypocrisy of the "Skinny" Repeal: The Republicans Themselves Said It Would be Disastrous—A Commentary by Abbe R. Gluck ’00
Balkinization
Abbe R. Gluck ’00 is a Professor of Law and the Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Undocumented immigrant who took sanctuary in New Haven church granted stay of deportation
The New Haven Register
William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 and Clinical Associate Professor of Law Marisol Oriheula ’08 are quoted in an article about Nury Chavarria who was granted a stay of deportation after seeking sanctuary in a New Haven church. Ms. Chavarria was represented by students with the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Military transgender ban would be tough to overturn, experts say
San Francisco Chronicle
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell and Ryan Thoreson ’14 are quoted in an article on President Trump’s proposed ban on transgender people in the armed forces.
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
As Nation Listens, Nury Embraces Role
New Haven Independent
William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 is quoted in a story about a woman who has been given sanctuary in a New Haven church after being ordered to leave the country by ICE.
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
A legal fight over New York City dog-sitters highlights a bigger problem in America
Yahoo Finance
Professor of Law David Schleicher is quoted in an article about regulation and the sharing economy.
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Climate Change Is About to Remake the Insurance Industry
Fortune
Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Dan Kahan is quoted in an article about the effect of climate change on the insurance industry.
Monday, July 24, 2017
Deported Army Veteran Gains U.S. Citizenship, Reunited With Family
New Haven Register
A report on a noncitizen veteran who had been deported to his native Italy has been allowed back in the U.S. Arnold Giammarco was represented by students and faculty with the Veterans Legal Services Clinic.
Monday, July 24, 2017
Firing Mueller? Pardoning cronies? Trump could get away with that and more if Congress doesn't act.—A Commentary by Paul W. Kahn ’80
The Los Angeles Times
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, July 21, 2017
Connecticut Delegation Visits Immigrant Mother Taking Sanctuary In New Haven Church
WNPR
Thomas Scott-Railton ’18, a student with the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic, is quoted in a story about a person who has been given sanctuary in a New Haven church after being ordered to leave the country by ICE.
Friday, July 21, 2017
Don't Revive Asset Seizure Program. End It.—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, July 21, 2017
How a Presidential Pardon Could Backfire
Time
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 is quoted in an article about presidential pardons.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Condemned to Death — And Solitary Confinement
The Marshall Project
“Rethinking Death Row,” a study by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law, is cited in an article on the use of solitary confinement on death row.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Tax Reform, Reagan Style, May Be a Tougher Fit for Trump
The New York Times
Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor of Law Emeritus Michael Graetz is quoted in an article about tax reform.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
The Supreme Court and the Law of Motion—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, July 19, 2017
Issues Dividing America
BYU Radio/ The Matt Townsend Show
Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law Emeritus Peter Schuck was a guest where he discussed his book “One Nation Undecided: Clear Thinking about Five Hard Issues That Divide Us.”
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Federalism and the Future
GenConnectU
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather Gerken discusses modern federalism.
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Trump Calls His Defeat on Health Care "Pretty Impressive"
Background Briefing with Ian Masters
Professor of Law Abbe R. Gluck ’00 is interviewed on the radio program about health care legislation.
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
In Juries, Lawyers Now Favor the Uninformed
The New York Times
Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law and Legal History John Langbein is quoted in an article on jury selection.
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Wall Street Profits by Putting Investors in the Slow Lane—A Commentary by Jonathan Macey ’82 and David Swensen
The New York Times
Jonathan R. Macey ’82 is the Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law at Yale Law School and David Swensen is the chief investment officer of Yale University.
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
There Is No Better Time to be a Lawyer Than Now
GenConnectU
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather Gerken shares why there is no better time to be a lawyer than now.
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Life on Parole
PBS/ Frontline
Clinical Associate Professor of Law Fiona Doherty ’99 is interviewed as part of a documentary titled “Life on Parole.”
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Law schools are filled with Asian Americans. So why aren’t there more Asian judges?
The Washington Post/ Wonkblog
The Washington Post has an article on a study by California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu ’98, Xiaonan April Hu ’17, Christine Kwon ’17, and Eric Chung ’17 titled “A Portrait of Asian Americans in the Law.”
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Health Care Collapse: Republicans Repeal-Replace Effort is Dead
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy Abbe R. Gluck ’00 was included in a segment on the defeat of the health care bill.
Monday, July 17, 2017
How Black Leaders Unwittingly Contributed to The Era Of Mass Incarceration
National Public Radio/ Fresh Air
Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 was interviewed about his book, “Locking Up Our Own: Crime And Punishment In Black America.”
Sunday, July 16, 2017
Sailing the populist moment across the Atlantic
Daily Princetonian
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 is quoted in an article about Podemos, a populist party in Spain.
Saturday, July 15, 2017
Heather Gerken on the future of progressive federalism
The Washington Post
An article about a recent interview with Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather Gerken about progressive federalism.
Saturday, July 15, 2017
How Long Can Connecticut's Prison Reform Last?
Atlantic Online
Clinical Lecturer in Law; Research Scholar in Law; and Executive Director, Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights Hope Metcalf is quoted in an article about the future of prison reform in Connecticut.
Friday, July 14, 2017
Owen Fiss, Lawyers and the Liberal Tradition
National Constitution Center
Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law Owen Fiss discussed his new book, Pillars of Justice: Lawyers and the Liberal Tradition.
Thursday, July 13, 2017
VC Firms Promise to Stamp Out Sexual Harassment. Sounds Familiar
Wired
Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Sciences Vicki Schultz is quoted in an article about efforts by venture capital firms to combat sexual harassment.
Thursday, July 13, 2017
One Campus Arena Where Free Speech Is Not Up for Debate: Law Schools—A Commentary by Dean Heather Gerken
Time Magazine
Heather Gerken is Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Could Donald Trump Jr. Be Charged With Treason? Short Answer: No
National Public Radio/ KAZU
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell was interviewed about whether President Trump’s behavior fits the definition of treason. Richard Painter ’87 is also quoted.
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Legal Procedure Needs a Dose of Common Sense—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, July 11, 2017
Progressive politics from the ground up
CommonWealth
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather Gerken was interviewed about states’ rights and progressive federalism.
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
How Do We Contend With Trump’s Defiance of ‘Norms’?
New York Times Magazine
Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy Scott Shapiro ’90 is quoted in an article by Emily Bazelon ’00.