Yale Law School Events

Week of March 18, 2023

March 14 Tuesday

3L Perspectives on the Clerkship-Application Process

  • 6:10PM to 7:00PM
  • Online

Members of the 2023 class who applied for clerkships will discuss their experiences. Please RSVP on YaleConnect to receive webinar access information. Please note, this program will NOT be recorded.

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March 15 Wednesday

Positive Lawyering Workshop Series: Session I

  • 10:00AM to 12:00PM
  • Baker Room 122

The Tsai Leadership Program invites you to join Positive Lawyering Workshops with Jordana Confino ’15, Assistant Dean of Professionalism & Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School and Founder of JC Coaching & Consulting. Registration is required.

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March 15 Wednesday

Foundations of American Legal Thought Public Lectures Series

  • 12:00PM to 1:00PM
  • SLB Room 120

Monica Bell, Critical Race Theory

This workshop takes up some of the central problems, methods, and ideas that have shaped the theory and study of the law over the course of the last century, by scholars, jurists, and reformers. Ideas to be explored include the proper roles of fairness and efficiency in law, the nature of legal authority and interpretation, the relationship between law and politics, and the intersections between law and other disciplines or modes of inquiry, including sociology, psychology, economics, history, and philosophy.

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March 15 Wednesday

Crossing Divides Speaker Series

  • 12:10PM to 1:30PM
  • SLB Room 127

Join The Tsai Leadership Program in a conversation with eight federal judges as they discuss their lasting friendships across political divides. The panelists will discuss their approach to judging in partisan times, their experiences on the federal bench, and their shared commitment to the rule of law. Registration is required.

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March 15 Wednesday

Cryptocurrency in the Courts

  • 12:10PM to 1:00PM
  • SLB Room 129

Professor Abraham Sutherland, UVA School of Law, discusses the rise of cryptocurrency and how it is generating new questions that will soon be decided by the federal courts. With commentary and questions from Professor Ian Ayres.

This event is co-sponsored by Yale Federalist Society, Yale Law & Business Society, and the Information Society Project.

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March 15 Wednesday

EVENT POSTPONED: Mentor in Residence with Kristen Loveland, former U.S. Supreme Court Clerk

  • 1:00PM to 4:00PM
  • SLB Room K290A
  • Postponed

Kristen E. Loveland is an appellate advocate specializing in complex litigation with Akin Gump’s Washington, DC. office. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Loveland clerked three times: on the U.S. Supreme Court for Justice Sonia Sotomayor, on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for Judge Raymond Lohier, and on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for Judge Jes...

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March 15 Wednesday

Positive Lawyering Workshop Series: Session I

  • 1:30PM to 3:30PM
  • Baker Room 128

The Tsai Leadership Program invites you to join Positive Lawyering Workshops with Jordana Confino ’15, Assistant Dean of Professionalism & Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School and Founder of JC Coaching & Consulting. Registration is required.

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March 16 Thursday

Lattes with Librarians!

  • 2:00PM to 4:00PM
  • Ruttenberg Dining Hall

Every 1st and 3rd Thursday between 2 PM and 4 PM, research librarians from the Lillian Goldman Law Library will be set up in the Derald H. Ruttenberg Dining Hall to chat about your research issues, paper ideas, and questions about library resources. When you stop by for research help, you can pick up a voucher for a free small coffee or tea, redeemable at Café Law.

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March 16 Thursday

Legal Theory Workshop

  • 4:15PM to 6:00PM
  • Calabresi Faculty Lounge

Professor Adom Getachew, Chicago (Political Science)

Participants of the Legal Theory Workshop should read the paper in advance, as there is no presentation. If you need a copy of the paper, please email monika.piotrowicz@yale.edu.

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March 17 Friday
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