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Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice with Veena Dubal
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Veena Dubal gave the Gruber Lecture titled “Contemporary Challenges in Higher Education” on March 2, 2026. Dubal is a scholar of employment and labor law and the general counsel of the Association of American University Professors (AAUP).
Conversations on Leadership: Jay Koh ’98
5:48
Jay Koh ’98 is the co-founder and managing director of The Lightsmith Group, the first private equity fund focused on climate adaptation. He discusses how perseverance helped him start the fund, how to manage in a crisis, and how he stays motivated to work on climate issues.
Samy Ayoub: Creative Destruction: Islamic Law, Courts, and Modernity in Egypt, 1800-1955
46:46
Samy Ayoub of the University of Texas gave a Kamel Center lecture on Feb. 19, 2026 titled “Creative Destruction: Islamic Law, Courts, and Modernity in Egypt, 1800-1955.”
Mathieu Tillier: Dispensing Justice in Early Islam: New Perspectives from Papyrological Evidence
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Mathieu Tillier of Sorbonne University gave a Kamel Center lecture titled “Dispensing Justice in Early Islam: New Perspectives from Papyrological Evidence” on Feb. 5, 2026.
John R. Raben/Sullivan & Cromwell Fellowship Lecture: Josh Lerner
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Josh Lerner of Harvard Business School delivered the John R. Raben/Sullivan & Cromwell Fellowship lecture titled “The Government as Investor in an Era of Great Power Competition” on Feb. 9, 2026.
Conversations on Leadership: Jane Park ’96
6:12
Entrepreneur Jane Park ’96 discusses the importance of setting “failure goals,” how to find the right mentors, and how women in leadership can support each other.
Professor Natasha Sarin on Federal Income Taxation and The Budget Lab at Yale
05:48
Professor of Law and Co-Founder of The Budget Lab at Yale Natasha Sarin discusses her fall 2025 course on Federal Income Taxation, her work with The Budget Lab, and the intersection of her teaching and research.
Doyle-Winter Lecture: Edward Larson
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Historian and legal scholar Edward J. Larson delivered “The Meaning of 1776,” a lecture drawn from ideas in his latest book, “Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters.”