Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Alabama Voters Have Enough Evidence to Judge Roy Moore—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.
Monday, November 13, 2017
CFIUS Reform and U.S. Government Concerns over Chinese Investment: A Primer—A Commentary by Robert D. Williams
LawFare
Robert D. Williams is a Senior Research Scholar in Law and the Executive Director of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School.
Monday, November 13, 2017
Spy Court Says ACLU Can Seek Data Collection Rulings
Law360
Clinical Lecturer in Law John Langford ’14 is quoted in an article about the MFIA Clinic and ACLU winning a key victory for public access to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Monday, November 13, 2017
The Rise and Fall of Euro-American Inter-State War: Introduction
Humanity Journal
A review of “The Internationalists,” the 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, November 10, 2017
Podcast: Is the fight against ISIS legal?
Constitutional Daily
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 is a guest on a podcast of the National Constitution Center about whether the war against ISIS is legal.
Friday, November 10, 2017
Should the Air Force Be Sued Over Texas Church Shooting? Some Legal Authorities Say Yes
Independent Journal Review
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in a story about whether the Air Force can be sued over the recent shooting at a Texas church.
Friday, November 10, 2017
The Big Picture: Trump, Trade, and War—A Commentary by Oona Hathaway ’97 and Scott J. Shapiro ’90
Public Books
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, November 9, 2017
The Worrisome Future of Abortion Rights—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, November 9, 2017
‘Proactive Policing’ Credited With Crime Reductions
The Crime Report
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey Meares, Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Tom Tyler, and Rachel Harmon ’96 are mentioned in a story about a report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on proactive policing strategies.
Thursday, November 9, 2017
“Riffraff” Phobia Emerges At Parkside Hearing
Branford Eagle
Nathan Baker Clinical Professor of Law Jay Pottenger ’75 is quoted in a report on a public hearing about a proposed low-income housing project in Branford.
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Amgen Challenge of FDA Decision on Pediatric Exclusivity Could Have Wider Implications
RAPS
Research Scholar in Law and Research Fellow Jeannie Kim is quoted, and the Collaboration for Research Integrity and Transparency mentioned, in a story about an FDA decision regarding the exclusivity of a drug marketed by Amgen.
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
What Texas Can Teach Democrats About Defending Sanctuary Cities
Slate
Professor of Law David Schleicher is cited in an article about sanctuary cities.
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Victims of Texas church massacre may have a case against the Air Force
SFGate
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about whether the Air Force may be held liable for the Texas church massacre.
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Collusion question remains after first Mueller indictments
The Washington Post
Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law Kate Stith is quoted in an article about the ongoing investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.
Saturday, November 4, 2017
Pulitzer-winner’s book examines journalism’s role in democracy
The New Haven Register
Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL was interviewed about her new book, “Just a Journalist.”
Saturday, November 4, 2017
Bowe Bergdahl gets dishonorable discharge, avoids prison time
CNN
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in a report on the sentencing of his client Bowe Bergdahl. Coverage of the sentencing appeared in numerous outlets.
Saturday, November 4, 2017
Trump Leaves New South Korean Leader in Bind
The New York Times
Mira Rapp-Hooper, a senior fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center and YLS senior research scholar, is quoted in an article about the effect of President Trump on South Korea.
Saturday, November 4, 2017
What China Wants From Trump—A Commentary by Mira Rapp-Hooper
Foreign Affairs
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.
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Why the ‘Diversity Lottery’ Needs to End—A Commentary by Peter H. Schuck
The New York Times
Peter H. Schuck is the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law Emeritus at Yale Law School.
Thursday, November 2, 2017
How Trump fumbled his response to the New York terrorist attack
The Washington Post
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about President Trump’s Twitter response to the recent terror attack in New York City.
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Smith v. Trump In the D.C. Circuit: A Guided Tour of the Oral Argument—A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman ’67
LawFare
Bruce Ackerman ’67 is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Betsy DeVos’ Unexcused Absences
US News and World Report
Clinical Lecturer in Law and the Abrams Clinical Fellow for the Information Society Project's Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic John Langford ’14 is quoted in an article about the lack of information being made public about Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ schedule.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
China mulls three years' jail for anthem disrespect
Agence France Presse
Jeremy Daum, a senior fellow with the Paul Tsai China Center, is quoted in an article about rules around the national anthem in China.
Monday, October 30, 2017
The Use of Force under International Law
American Society of International Law
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 participated in a video podcast about policy options and the use of force.
Friday, October 27, 2017
Former CT National Guard soldier wins fight to upgrade discharge
The Day
Jordan Goldberg ’19 is quoted, and YLS professor Michael Wishnie ’93, clinical lecturer Aaron Wenzloff, Catherine McCarthy ’19, Jonathan Petkun ’19, Giovanni Sanchez ’19 and Helen White ’18 are mentioned in an article about a former National Guard soldier who won her case to upgrade her discharge status. The soldier was represented by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic.
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Will Politics Tarnish the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy?—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, October 26, 2017
Owen Fiss and the Liberal Legal Tradition
The Nation
Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law Owen Fiss’s book Pillars of Justice is reviewed.
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Appeals courts block access to DACA cancellation files
Politico.com
William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 is quoted in an article that reports on updates to the legal challenges to President Trump’s plans to end the DACA program.
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
How Airbnb and Uber are redistributing wealth in America
Yahoo! Finance
Professor of Law David Schleicher was part of a panel about the sharing economy.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
‘We call it the Muslim Ban 3.0’: The young Yale lawyers fighting Trump's order
The Guardian
William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 is quoted in an article that profiles former students with the Worker and Immigrant Rights clinic: Rebecca Heller ’10, Justin Cox ’08, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg ’08, Sirine Shebaya ’12, and Swapna Reddy ’16.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
What’s the difference between genocide and ethnic cleansing?
PBS News Hour
Binger Clinical Professor of Human Rights James Silk ’89 and Tasnim Motala ’16 are quoted in a story about the differences between genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
There is no 1st Amendment right to speak on a college campus—A Commentary by Robert C. Post ’77
Vox
Robert Post ’77 is a Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
'Stark' Yale Law Study Findings Help Drive Parole Reform
Connecticut Law Tribune
Clinical Associate Professor of Law and director of the Criminal Justice Clinic Fiona Doherty ’99 and Theo Torres ’18 are quoted in an article about a report by the clinic on the parole revocation process in Connecticut.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
International Law Expert and Professor Oona A. Hathaway
Tavis Smiley/PBS
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona A. Hathaway ’97 appeared to discuss her book The Internationalists.
Monday, October 23, 2017
Why Did Bill O’Reilly Pay $32 Million? One Accusation May Be Key
The Wrap
Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Sciences Vicki Schultz is quoted in an article about sexual harassment in the workplace.
Friday, October 20, 2017
Federal Judge Unseals New York Crime Lab’s Software for Analyzing DNA Evidence
ProPublica
Clinical Lecturer in Law, Associate Research Scholar in Law, and Stanton First Amendment Fellow Hannah Bloch-Wehba is quoted in a report that the news organization has succeeded in its bid to unseal the source code of a tool used by the New York State Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in processing DNA evidence. Yale Law School’s Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic filed the motion on behalf of the organization.
Friday, October 20, 2017
The Government's Error Can Destroy Your Business—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, October 20, 2017
Column: By attacking Obamacare, Trump has driven up the number of uninsured Americans by 3.5 million
Los Angeles Times
Professor of Law Abbe R. Gluck ’00 is cited in a commentary.
Friday, October 20, 2017
Second Circuit Grants Trump's Stay in Pair of DACA Suits
New York Law Journal
Deputy Dean for Experiential Education, a Clinical Professor of Law, and the Director of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization Muneer Ahmad is mentioned in a report on Batalla Vidal v Baran, that challenges the Trump administration’s termination of the DACA program. The plaintiff is represented by Ahmad and students with the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic.
Thursday, October 19, 2017
When the World Outlawed War
The Atlantic
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 were interviewed about their new book “The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World.”
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
National Police Union Mum on Brutality Concerns
The American Prospect
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey Meares is quoted in an article about the Fraternal Order of Police.
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Bergdahl lawyers: Judge should throw out case over new Trump comment
Stars and Stripes
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about comments made by President Trump regarding his client, Bowe Bergdahl, who plead guilty to charges of desertion on Monday.
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Yale Team's Bias Argument Boosts Inmate's New Trial Hopes
Law360
George W. and Sadella D. Crawford Visiting Lecturer in Law Lawrence Fox and Heather Richard ’18, Erin Biel ’18 and Jamie Durling’18 are mentioned in an article about an amicus brief filed by the Ethics Bureau at YLS in support of a Louisiana death-row inmate.
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee Talks DLT, Blockchain
National Law Journal
A report on a panel discussion about blockchain technology that included Nancy Liao ’05, Associate Research Scholar in Law and the John R. Raben/Sullivan & Cromwell Executive Director, Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law.
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
President Trump admits he’s trying to kill Obamacare. That’s illegal — A Commentary by Abbe R. Gluck '00
Vox
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.
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
What post-Weinstein Hollywood can learn from '90s sexual harassment training
The Conversation
Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Sciences Vicki Schultz is quoted in an article about how employers might approach sexual harassment in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
After the Weinstein scandal, a new app aims to help victims come forward sooner
Sacramento Bee
William K. Townsend Professor Ian Ayres ’86 is quoted in an article about a software he helped develop that allows individuals to file encrypted, confidential complaints of sexual harassment and assault.
Monday, October 16, 2017
The End of War?
BBC/ Start of The Week
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 was interviewed about her new book “The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World.”
Monday, October 16, 2017
Trump’s EPA to Curb Legal Settlements With Environmentalists
Bloomberg Law/ Big Law Business
Director of the Environmental Protection Clinic and Clinical Lecturer in Law Josh Galperin is quoted in a blog post about a push by the Trump administration to curb legal settlements between the EPA and conservationists.
Monday, October 16, 2017
New device detects texting while driving, but is it legal?
National Public Radio/ Marketplace
Clinical Lecturer in Law, Associate Research Scholar in Law, and Stanton First Amendment Fellow Hannah Bloch-Wehba is quoted in a story about privacy issues related to accessing phone records for those involved in motor vehicle accidents.