Monday, April 16, 2018
Podcast: Oona Hathaway on the Bad Legal Arguments for Bombing Syria
Just Security
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 was interviewed about the strikes against Syria.
Monday, April 16, 2018
What Justifies Military Intervention
BBC News/ The Real Story
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 was a guest where she discussed the recent strike on Syria.
Monday, April 16, 2018
Bombing Syria: Is it 'mission accomplished?'
ABC (Australia)
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 was part of a panel on a podcast about the attacks on Syria.
Monday, April 16, 2018
The Real “Red Line” Behind Trump’s April 2018 Syria Strikes—A Commentary by Harold Hongju Koh
Just Security
Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, April 13, 2018
Illinois court panel breaks new ground in condemning police deceptions
Injustice Watch
Clinical Associate Professor Miriam Gohara is quoted in an article about a ruling in appellate court challenging police use of deception.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
The constitutional question: Can Congress stop Trump from firing Mueller?
CNN
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Akhil Amar ’84 is quoted in a story about whether Congress can stop President Trump from firing Robert Mueller.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
We May Own Our Data, But Facebook Has a Duty to Protect It
The New Yorker
The article cites scholarship by Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin about Facebook’s use of private information.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Dissenting Against the Supreme Court’s Rightward Shift—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, April 12, 2018
This plan would regulate Facebook without going through Congress
The Verge
An article discusses Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin’s concept of an information fiduciary and how it was a topic in the testimony of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg in the Senate.
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
South China Sea code 'should be binding', says Chinese scholar
The Straits Times
Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law and Director of The Paul Tsai China Center Paul Gewirtz is quoted in an article on The Code of Conduct (COC) being negotiated between China and Asean countries.
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
9 essential lessons from psychology to understand the Trump era
Vox
Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Dan Kahan is quoted in an article about the way people don’t make decisions based on facts.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Amid Complexity of International Law, Russia Brands U.S. Sanctions Illegal
Polygraph.info
Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of International Law Lea Brilmayer, Myres S. McDougal Professor of International Law Michael Reisman ’64 LLM, ’65 JSD, and Ruth Wedgwood ’76 are quoted in an article about the U.S. sanctions against Russia.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
The Downsides of Bombing Syria—A Commentary by Jack Goldsmith ’89 and Oona Hathaway ’97
Lawfare
Oona Hathaway ’97 is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School and Jack Goldsmith ’89 is the Henry L. Shattuck Professor at Harvard Law School.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Delaware Republican may have violated federal policy by announcing bid for U.S. Congress
Delaware Online
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about a candidate for the House of Representatives who many have violated campaign finance laws.
Monday, April 9, 2018
Economic Rights Are Human Rights—A Commentary by Samuel Moyn
Foreign Policy
Samuel Moyn is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.
Monday, April 9, 2018
Medicaid work requirements violate program's intent, scholars say
Modern Healthcare
A report on an amicus brief signed by more than 40 health law scholars including Professor of Law Abbe R. Gluck ’00, in support of a legal challenge to work requirements for Medicaid proposed in Kentucky.
Monday, April 9, 2018
Our idea of privacy must catch up with reality in the Facebook age
Financial Times
Scholarship by Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law James Whitman ’88 is cited in an article about the idea of privacy.
Friday, April 6, 2018
Former Attorney General Eric Holder talks gerrymandering, Trump lawsuit at Holder Initiative event
The Columbia Spectator
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather Gerken is quoted in a report on a panel that discussed gerrymandering and the upcoming census.
Friday, April 6, 2018
Spies Tracking Our Phones? Don't Be So Shocked—A Commentary by Stephen Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
You’ve probably signed away your sexual harassment civil rights at work
Quartz at Work
Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Sciences Vicki Schultz was interviewed about how mandatory arbitration agreements hamstring employees’ ability to take harassment complaints to court.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Trump sends troops to border with Mexico? Not so fast
USA Today
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about President Trump’s plan to send National Guard to help patrol the Mexican border.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Perception and Misperception on the Korean Peninsula—A Commentary by Robert Jervis and Mira Rapp-Hooper
Foreign Affairs
Robert Jervis is Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Affairs at Columbia University and Mira Rapp-Hooper is a Senior Fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center and a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Debate: Can Law Prevent War?
Cornell University
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 debated the role of law in preventing war with Cornell University professors Isabel Hull (History) and Jens Ohlin (Law).
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Bills move state backward on crime—A Commentary by James Forman Jr. ’92
The Baltimore Sun
James Forman Jr. is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Yale's civil litigation clinic aims to train law students and make a difference
ABA Journal
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather Gerken, Jeremy Pilaar ’18, and Emma Sokoloff-Rubin ’18 are quoted in an article on the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project.
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Fossil Fuels on Trial: Where the Major Climate Change Lawsuits Stand Today
Inside Climate News
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh is quoted in an article about legal challenges facing the fossil fuel industry around climate change.
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
After Stephon Clark Shooting, Questions Remain About Police Use Of Force
National Pubic Radio/ All Things Considered
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey Meares was interviewed about police shootings.
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Common Cause & Voting Rights Institute File SCOTUS Brief in Challenge to Texas Racial Gerrymander
Common Dreams
Common Cause announced that it and Voting Rights Institute have filed an amici brief in support of a challenge to racial gerrymandering in Texas now before the Supreme Court. The groups are supported by the YLS Supreme Court Clinic.
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Connecticut Army Veteran Gets Discharge Upgrade
The Hartford Courant
Helen White ’18 is quoted in an article about an Army veteran represented by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic who has won an eight-year legal battle to have his discharge status upgraded to “honorable.”
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Westville “New Urbanist” Vision Advances
New Haven Independent
Kendyl Clausen ’19 is quoted and the Community & Economic Development clinic mentioned in an article on a zoning change to the Westville district of New Haven
Monday, April 2, 2018
ICE Deported 1,100 New Haveners
New Haven Independent
Professor Michael Wishnie ’93 is quoted in an article about undocumented immigrants deported from New Haven County.
Monday, April 2, 2018
How Judges Know What They Know—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
New York Times
Linda Greenhouse '78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Monday, April 2, 2018
2018’s States with the Best & Worst Taxpayer ROI
WalletHub
Professor of Law David Schleicher was interviewed about which states get the best value for their tax money.
Saturday, March 31, 2018
Don’t’ Call it An Abortion Case
Slate/ Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick
Clinical Lecturer in Law, Associate Research Scholar in Law, and Senior Fellow at the Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice Priscilla Smith ’91 was a guest on the podcast, where she discussed NIFLA v. Becerra, now before the Supreme Court.
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Pr. George's NAACP to sue over census
The Washington Post
Yale Law School Rule of Law Clinic is mentioned in an article about a legal challenge to the federal government regarding reporting methods of the upcoming census.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Litigation Plays an Important Role in Addressing the Opioid Crisis, Gluck Says In Coif Speech
Georgia State University
Georgia State University reports on a talk given by Professor of Law Abbe R. Gluck ’00 on the opioid crisis.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
How the EPA Abandoned This Polluted Town
Mother Jones
Florence Rogatz Visiting Professor of Law Marianne Engelman Lado and Claudia Wack ’18 of the Environmental Justice Clinic are quoted in an article about the EPA’s dismissal of a complaint by an Alabama community regarding a nearby landfill.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Veterans With ‘Bad Paper’ Discharges Now Eligible For Mental Health Services
The Hartford Courant
Meghan Brooks ’19 and Jonathan Cohen ’19 of the Veterans Legal Services Clinic are quoted in an article on a ruling that will allow veterans with less than honorable discharges to receive mental health services.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Why Houston and other cities want nothing to do with the massive national opioid lawsuit
STAT
Professor of Law Abbe R. Gluck ’00 is quoted in an article about multidistrict opioid litigation in Ohio.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Should Opioid Addicts Be Forced to Undergo Medical Treatment?
The Crime Report
Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law Kate Stith, Nina Cohen ’18, and ISP resident fellow Claudia Haupt are mentioned in an article on the release of a study they co-authored about forcing opioid addicts to receive medical treatment.
Monday, March 26, 2018
Federal courts ask: What is the meaning of 'sex'?
Christian Science Monitor
John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence William Eskridge ’78 is quoted in an article about shifting definitions of sex and gender.
Saturday, March 24, 2018
New York Forgets Its Juvenile Lifers
The New York Times
Scholarship by Associate Professor of Law Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 is cited in an editorial about juvenile offenders in the New York prison system.
Friday, March 23, 2018
GE's $24 billion buyback boondoggle
CNN Money
Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law Jonathan Macey ’82 is quoted in a story about General Electric’s recent stock buybacks.
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Reviving Democratic Citizenship—Fellow’s seminar by Bruce Ackerman
Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study
A report on a seminar given by Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67.
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Controlling the Web Is the Dream (and the Nightmare)—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, March 21, 2018
Exclusive: Democrats plan crackdown on booming stock buybacks
CNNMoney.com
Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law Jonathan Macey ’82 is quoted in a story about a bill introduced by Democrats that would prohibit companies from repurchasing shares on the open market.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
New Jersey could fund gun violence research at Rutgers—once it clears the academic freedom hurdles
Philly.com
Sterling Professor of Law Robert C. Post ’77 is quoted in an article about proposed legislation that would give Rutgers University $400,000 for a firearms violence study.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Trump’s pick to lead CDC both celebrated and censured
Science
Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Law Gregg Gonsalves is quoted in an article about the next director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Cleveland federal judge's ambitious goal to settle hundreds of lawsuits against opioid companies this year might prove difficult
Cleveland.com
Professor of Law Abbe Gluck ’00 is quoted in an article about an Ohio judge’s efforts to settle lawsuits against opioid producers.
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
To Move Paris Accord Forward, Bring Cities and Companies On Board—A Commentary by Daniel C. Esty ’86 and Peter Boyd
Yale Environment 360
Daniel C. Esty ’86 is the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Clinical Professor of Environmental Law & Policy at Yale Law School; Peter Boyd is an executive fellow at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment.