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Monday, April 17, 2023


Professor Marisol Orihuela on Clinical Work in Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and More

5:09

Professor Marisol Orihuela discusses the advantages of being able to enroll in clinics in the first year of law school, why mental health deserves attention in legal advocacy, and why clinical work has been especially meaningful during the pandemic.

Friday, March 24, 2023


Hugh Kennedy: “The Language of Authority in Early Islam: The Evolving Meanings of the Term Sultan”

49:47

Professor Hugh Kennedy of SOAS University of London delivered a Kamel Lecture on Nov. 10, 2022 titled “The Language of Authority in Early Islam: The Evolving Meanings of the Term Sultan.”

Friday, March 24, 2023


Jon Hoover: Two Kinds of Divine Transcendence

45:20

Professor Jon Hoover of the University of Nottingham delivered a Kamel Lecture on March 9, 2023 titled, "Two Kinds of Divine Transcendence."

Thursday, February 23, 2023


Professor John Morley on His Teaching, Research, and the Chae Initiative

4:32

Professor of Law John Morley ’06 discusses why law firms are unusual among businesses, how trusts and estates reveal Americans’ attitudes about family, and how Yale Law School’s Chae Initiative is helping to develop future business leaders.

Monday, February 20, 2023


Brackeen Post-Oral Argument Panel Discussion

49:53

This Nov. 16, 2022 Zoom webinar features: Maggie Blackhawk, Professor of Law, NYU School of Law; Matthew Fletcher, Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law, Michigan Law; Stephen Pevar, Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School; Leonard R. Powell, Associate Attorney, Jenner & Block.

Thursday, February 2, 2023


Thank you to our donors

2:29

Yale Law School is so grateful for the support that donors — like you — have provided to our students, staff, and faculty members. Please take a moment to view this video in which Dean Heather Gerken reflects on the impact of your generosity at Yale Law School.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022


Randall Kennedy: From Protest to Law: Triumphs and Defeats in Struggles for Racial Justice, 1950–1970

47:54

Professor and author Randall Kennedy ’82 delivered the James A. Thomas Lecture, titled “From Protest to Law: Triumphs and Defeats in Struggles for Racial Justice, 1950–1970,” on Oct. 24, 2022.

Tuesday, November 29, 2022


Faith Lewis ’23

2:27

A student perspective on Yale Law School’s academic and public interest opportunities, the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project, and leadership in OutLaws.

Tuesday, November 29, 2022


Gabrielle Jackson ’23

1:59

A student perspective on visiting the Law School to help decide whether to attend, the benefits of joining affinity groups, and how YLS enables her to explore the world of law.

Tuesday, November 29, 2022


Jenna Cook ’24

1:54

A student perspective on evolving academic interests at Yale Law School and the value of The Tsai Leadership Program.

Tuesday, November 29, 2022


Laura Hallas ’24

2:06

A student reflects on her interest in health law and policy and her involvement in two student journals.

Tuesday, November 29, 2022


Renée Mihail ’24

1:58

Renée Mihail ’24 discusses her military background, the satisfaction of helping individual clients, and practicing work-life balance in law school.

Wednesday, November 9, 2022


Henock Dory ’24

3:24

A student reflects on the diverse YLS community and his experience in BLSA and working on the Yale Law & Policy Review.

Wednesday, November 9, 2022


Teddy Ray ’24

2:32

A second-career student reflects on his YLS experience, including Complex Civil Litigation, and his hopes for afterward.

Monday, November 7, 2022


Alaa Hachem ’24

2:30

A student perspective on pursuing international and human rights law, the MENALSA community at Yale Law School, and the Gender Violence Legal Assistance Clinic.

Monday, November 7, 2022


Lucía Baca ’24

1:17

A student perspective on the Latinx community at YLS, the Reproductive Rights and Justice Project, and pursuing social justice goals.

Thursday, November 3, 2022


Alumni Weekend 2022: A Conversation with Senator Cory Booker ’97 & Senator Chris Coons ’92

1:27:17

Dean Heather K. Gerken spoke with Sen. Cory Booker ’97 and Sen. Chris Coons ’92 about their Yale Law School experiences and how they took leaps of faith into public service after law school. The two senators also spoke about the importance of connecting across political divides, especially in such a divisive political moment across the country.

Thursday, November 3, 2022


Alumni Weekend 2022: Amicus Briefs, October 21, 2022

1:01:25

A series of short, provocative presentations by YLS faculty and alumni changemakers from Alumni Weekend 2022.

Thursday, November 3, 2022


Alumni Weekend 2022: Amicus Briefs, October 22, 2022

1:10:25

A series of short, provocative presentations by YLS faculty and alumni changemakers from Alumni Weekend 2022

Thursday, November 3, 2022


Hillary Rodham Clinton ’73 in Conversation with Dean Heather K. Gerken

1:01:13

As part of Transformational Leadership Week, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ’73 spoke with Dean Heather K. Gerken.

Friday, October 21, 2022


Sara Nelson: Women and Unions: Solidarity is a Force Stronger Than Gravity

1:28:08

Sara Nelson, International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO, delivered the 2022 Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Women’s Rights on Oct. 17, 2022.

Friday, October 14, 2022


Christopher D’Urso ’24

2:17

A perspective on engaged, caring professors, preparing to be a litigator and federal prosecutor, and Yale Law School’s Federalist Society.

Friday, October 14, 2022


Geneva Smith ’24

2:22

A student perspective on YLS’s support for the BALSA and YLW+ communities, and how Yale Law School’s professors are preparing her to become a legal academic.

Friday, October 14, 2022


Maria Gracia Naranjo Ponce ’22 LLM

2:34

A student perspective on the intellectually rigorous international community of the LL.M. program, and how she was able to develop her research ideas on tax law.

Friday, October 14, 2022


Sam Feineh ’24

3:08

A student reflects on his passion to pursue criminal justice reform and being a part of the Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic.

Thursday, October 13, 2022


Lawrence H. Summers: Inflation Risks for America and the Global Economy

1:00:52

Lawrence H. Summers, the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus of Harvard University, former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, and former Director of the National Economic Council, delivered the 2022–2023 Judge Ralph K. Winter Lecture on Oct. 3, 2022.

Thursday, September 29, 2022


Joshua Rauh: Regulating Investment Management and Retirement Plans in the Age of ESG

51:22

Joshua D. Rauh delivered the John R. Raben/Sullivan & Cromwell Fellowship Lecture on Monday, Sept. 19, titled “Regulating Investment Management and Retirement Plans in the Age of ESG.”

Thursday, September 15, 2022


Akriti Gaur ’22 LLM

2:32

A student perspective on the LL.M. program, and how Yale Law School offered theoretical foundations to previous experience as a tech lawyer.

Thursday, September 15, 2022


Jammie Walker ’24

2:31

A student perspective on why Yale Law School is the place to figure out what sort of lawyer you want to be, and working with the Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic.

Thursday, September 15, 2022


Poppy Harlow ’22 MSL

2:16

A student perspective on the M.S.L. program and what it was like to dive into the study of constitutional law, civil procedure, and criminal law as a journalist.

Thursday, September 15, 2022


Saif Zihiri ’24

2:40

A student perspective on the MENALSA and Muslim Law Students communities at Yale Law School and exploring various interests including tech accountability, national security civil liberties issues, journals, and more.

Friday, June 3, 2022


Soledad Hurst ’92

1:58

Soledad Hurst ’92 discusses her background and path to Yale Law School and her decision to be a founding donor of the Hurst Horizon Scholarship Program.

Friday, May 27, 2022


Carmela Castellano-Garcia ’91

1:53

Carmela Castellano-Garcia ’91 discusses her path to Yale Law School and her career after law school.

Friday, May 27, 2022


Rakim Brooks ’16

2:07

Rakim Brooks ’16 describes his path to Yale Law School and his career.

Wednesday, May 25, 2022


Yale Law School Commencement 2022

1:44:31

The Yale Law School Class of 2022 was celebrated for its tenacity, strength, and community in Commencement ceremonies on May 23, 2022 on an exceptionally clear and sunny spring day in New Haven.

Thursday, May 19, 2022


Alumni Ceremony for the Classes of 2020 and 2021

1:20:06

The Law School Classes of 2020 and 2021 were celebrated in an alumni ceremony on May 14, 2022.

Wednesday, May 18, 2022


Drew Saunders Days III ’66: A Remembrance and Celebration

59:14

The life and legacy of Professor Drew Saunders Days III ’66 was celebrated at the Law School on April 24, 2022.

Tuesday, May 3, 2022


Chai Feldblum: Transforming Employment for People with Significant Disabilities

55:06

Chai Feldblum, a leading civil rights advocate and legal scholar, delivered the 2022 Thomas Lecture on April 11, 2022.

Tuesday, May 3, 2022


Ed Yong: Normal Led to This: On Two Years of Covering The Pandemic

32:47

Pulitzer Prize-winner Ed Yong reflects on what he learned across two years of reporting on the pandemic, and what it means for our future. Yong spoke at the Law School on April 7, 2022.

Tuesday, May 3, 2022


Paul Tucker: Regulating for International Economic Resilience During Fractured Geopolitics

1:05:19

Sir Paul Tucker, a Research Fellow of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School, former Deputy Governor at the Bank of England, and former Chair of the Systemic Risk Council, delivered the 2021–2022 Judge Ralph K. Winter Lecture on Corporate Law and Governance on April 18, 2022.

Monday, April 18, 2022


Edward J. Larson: “What is an American?”: A Revolutionary Era Question

43:56

Edward J. Larson delivered the Michael A. Doyle ’62 and Bunny Winter Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law Inaugural Lecture on March 14.

Monday, April 11, 2022


Human Rights Workshop: Fiónnuala Ní Aolaín

59:28

Fiónnuala Ní Aolaín, Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society at the University of Minnesota, spoke at the Nov. 11, 2021 Human Rights Workshop on “The Long Shadow of the United States’ ‘War on Terror.’”

Monday, April 11, 2022


Human Rights Workshop: Leilani Farha

32:12

Leilani Farha spoke at the Feb. 10, 2022 Human Rights Workshop on the financialization of housing and the international movement to secure the human right to housing.

Monday, April 11, 2022


Human Rights Workshop: Luke Moffett

30:29

The Schell Center for International Human Rights welcomed Luke Moffett to lead the Feb. 24, 2022 Human Rights Workshop, “Reparations by Non-state Armed Groups.”

Monday, April 4, 2022


Khaled El-Rouayheb: Logic in Islamic Civilization

46:49

Khaled El-Rouayheb of Harvard University delivered a lecture as part of the Abdallah S. Kamel Lecture series on November 11, 2021.

Monday, April 4, 2022


Sophia Vasalou: The Place of the Beautiful in Islamic Ethics

48:18

Sophia Vasalou of Birmingham University delivered a lecture as part as the Abdallah S. Kamel Lectures series on March 3, 2022.

Wednesday, March 16, 2022


Jocelyn Samuels: Fighting Workplace Discrimination: Lessons Learned, Challenges Ahead

1:13:30

Jocelyn Samuels, Vice Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, delivered the 2022 Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Women’s Rights on March 7, 2022, titled “Fighting Workplace Discrimination: Lessons Learned, Challenges Ahead.”

Tuesday, March 8, 2022


Steven Levitsky: Brennan Center Jorde Symposium Lecture

1:51:57

Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government at Harvard University, gave the 2022 Brennan Center Jorde Symposium Lecture, titled “The Third Founding: The Rise of Multiracial Democracy and the Authoritarian Reaction Against It,” on Feb. 21, 2022.

Monday, February 14, 2022


Carmen Reinhart: Central Banks and the Inflationary Aftermath of COVID-19

1:01:25

Carmen Reinhart, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of The World Bank Group, delivered the John R. Raben/Sullivan & Cromwell Fellowship Lecture on Feb. 7, 2022, titled “Central Banks and the Inflationary Aftermath of COVID-19.”

Tuesday, January 4, 2022


Expand Excellence

:55

The Tsai Leadership Program at Yale Law School aims to equip the next generation of leaders with a broad-gauged thinking degree and empowers Law School graduates to embrace new ideas and fresh perspectives in order to tackle the world's biggest challenges.

Tuesday, January 4, 2022


Illuminate Unconventional Paths

:56

The Tsai Leadership Program at Yale Law School illuminates unconventional paths for Yale Law students from private sector to public interest, from Silicon Valley to the Capitol, so that future leaders can effect positive change in the world.

Tuesday, January 4, 2022


Lead in Many Dimensions

:40

The Tsai Leadership Program at Yale Law School encourages students to embrace unique experiences, lead in many dimensions, and engage with different perspectives.

Friday, December 10, 2021


Everything You Want to Know about Yale Law School: Personal Statements

2:59

YLS Admissions Director of Recruiting & Diversity Initiatives Jon Perdue explains the role of the personal statement in the Law School application process.

Friday, December 10, 2021


Everything You Want to Know about Yale Law School: The 250 Word Essay

2:27

Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Miriam Ingber ’04 explains how to make the most of the 250 word essay.

Thursday, December 2, 2021


Campus Division? Dispute Resolution Strategies for Campus Leaders

1:01:49

The Nov. 10, 2021 Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop featured experts on campus division.

Wednesday, December 1, 2021


Designing Solutions to the Eviction Crisis: Best Practices

1:25:23

The Sept. 22, 2021 Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop features Deanna Pantin Parrish (Harvard Law School) with commentator Anika Singh Lemar, Clinical Professor at Yale Law School.

Wednesday, December 1, 2021


Fourth Conference on Law and Macroeconomics, Part 1

1:04:42

An online virtual conference on October 27 & 28, 2021 explored the connections between law and macroeconomics.

Wednesday, December 1, 2021


Fourth Conference on Law and Macroeconomics, Part 2

47:11

An online virtual conference on October 27 & 28, 2021 explored the connections between law and macroeconomics.

Wednesday, December 1, 2021


Is Whiteness Embedded in Mediation?

1:24:07

The Oct. 13, 2021 Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop features Professor Isabelle Gunning (Southwestern Law School - Los Angeles) and Professor Sharon Press (Mitchell Hamline School of Law).

Monday, November 22, 2021


Deaths in Custody

1:35:21

Panelists explore what has happened and can happen to halt the debilitation and death of people detained in jails, prisons, and detention centers

Wednesday, November 17, 2021


Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice: Vivek Maru ’01

1:13:21

Vivek Maru ’01, a human rights advocate and founder and CEO of the grassroots legal empowerment group Namati, delivered the 2021 Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice.

Wednesday, November 17, 2021


Gruber Lecture in Global Justice: Panel Discussion

1:09:38

A panel discussion following the 2021 Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice on October 25, 2021.

Wednesday, November 17, 2021


Lift Every Voice: The Life and Legacy of Professor Lani Guinier ’74

5:31:51

The one-day virtual symposium highlights the life and work of Yale Law School alumna and Harvard Law (Emerita) Professor Lani Guinier ’74.

Monday, November 15, 2021


Everything You Want to Know About Yale Law School: Activities Section

2:50

Director of J.D. Admissions Eric Barba explains the college activities section of the Law School application process.

Wednesday, November 3, 2021


Up to the Challenge?

1:57

The Tsai Leadership Program at Yale Law School equips our students with the robust, cross-disciplinary skill set needed to address the most vexing global challenges and empowers them to create a more equitable and just future for all.

Thursday, September 30, 2021


Human Rights Workshop: Monique Clesca

43:33

Monique Clesca spoke to the Human Rights Workshop on September 23, 2021. She serves on the civil society Commission to find a Haitian Solution to the Haiti Crisis and is a member of the Haiti Think Tank. She is currently an international consultant after a career of more than 25 years specializing in high-level policy dialogue, human rights, youth and women programming, development and crisis communication and writing.

Wednesday, September 29, 2021


Professor Zachary Liscow on the Rising Costs and Importance of Infrastructure

4:48

Associate Professor of Law Zachary Liscow discusses the rising costs of infrastructure in the United States, why infrastructure spending matters, and the infrastructure spending bill before Congress.

Friday, September 24, 2021


Then and Now: Fifty Years After Attica

1:36:44

The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law hosted a panel discussion on September 14, 2021 marking 50 years since the Attica Prison uprising. This panel will probe the different claims made — then and now — about the Attica uprising and its suppression.

Tuesday, September 21, 2021


Human Rights Workshop: Lillian Guerra

51:48

Professor Lillian Guerra (University of Florida) spoke to the Human Rights Workshop in a lecture titled, “Fighting for a Higher Law: Race, Class & the Bonds of Complicity in Cuba.”

Friday, September 10, 2021


Baher Azmy: Guantanamo: 20 Years of Lawyering in Lawless Space

44:54

Baher Azmy spoke to the Human Rights Workshop on September 9, 2021. Azmy is the Legal Director of the Center of Constitutional Rights where he directs all litigation around issues related to the promotion of civil and human rights.

Tuesday, July 13, 2021


Professor Douglas NeJaime and the Connecticut Parentage Act

3:34

Professor Douglas NeJaime speaks about the work of his clinic in successfully reforming Connecticut's parentage laws in 2021.

Monday, June 7, 2021


2021 Yale Law School Commencement Exercises

1:20:57

In a jubilant hybrid commencement celebration under clear blue sunny skies on Monday, May 24, 2021, more than 200 graduates of Yale Law School were celebrated for their perseverance during a year of tremendous obstacles and recognized for their remarkable academic and clinical achievements.

Thursday, April 15, 2021


Alexander Knysh: A Clash of Islams: Salafism versus Sufism

1:36:25

Alexander Knysh, of the Universisty of Michigan, gave this lecture on April 1, 2021. It was followed by a discussion by panelists Bernard Haykel, Marcia Hermansen, and Bruce Lawrence. This lecture is part of the Kamel Center lecture series.

Wednesday, March 10, 2021


Sarah Eltantawi: Political vs. Idealized Shari’ah in Northern Nigeria

1:35:08

A lecture by Sarah Eltantawi, Fordham University, held on February 25, 2021.

Monday, March 1, 2021


Professor Miriam Gohara and the Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic

4:19

In this video, find out how Clinical Associate Professor of Law Miriam Gohara and her Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic won an unprecedented sentence modification for client Clyde Meikle.

Tuesday, February 23, 2021


Nicolai Sinai: Qur'anic Semantics and the Nascency of an Islamic Lexicon

1:33:23

Nicolai Sinai of Oxford University gave this lecture on February 11, 2021 as part of the Abdallah S. Kamel Lectures series.

Monday, November 30, 2020


Sylvia Chan-Malik: Should a Muslim Woman Be President?

1:47:00

Sylvia Chan-Malik of Rutgers University gave this lecture, which was part of the Kamel Lecture series, on November 12, 2020.

Friday, October 30, 2020


Rian Thum: The Idea of Islam and the Internment of Muslims

53:23

This talk by Rian Thum, University of Nottingham, was given on October 1, 2020, as part of the Kamel Lecture series.

Wednesday, October 28, 2020


Damien Chang ’21

1:51

A student perspective on studying corporate law at Yale Law School.

Wednesday, October 28, 2020


Lauren Trujillo ’21

3:29

A student perspective on studying corporate law at Yale Law School.

Monday, October 26, 2020


Molly Petchenik ’21

2:48

A student perspective on the Veterans Clinic, the Liman Center, and public interest law at Yale Law School.

Friday, October 23, 2020


Esther Araya ’20

2:58

A student perspective on studying immigrant rights and law at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, October 20, 2020


Lexi Smith ’22

1:48

A student perspective on studying animal and environmental law at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, September 1, 2020


Fernando Loayza Jordán ’20 LLM

4:42

A student perspective on the LLM program and studying tax law at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, September 1, 2020


Omar Yousef Shehabi ’20 LLM

2:37

A student perspective on the LLM program, international law, and law teaching at Yale Law School.

Monday, July 27, 2020


Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II: Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice

1:10:05

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II delivered the Spring 2020 Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice on February 24, 2020.

Monday, July 27, 2020


Trevor Morrison: Brennan Center Jorde Symposium Lecture

1:50:48

Trevor W. Morrison, the Dean of New York University School of Law and Eric M. and Laurie B. Roth Professor of Law, delivered the 2019–2020 Brennan Center Jorde Symposium Lecture on February 27, 2020, at the Law School.

Wednesday, July 22, 2020


John Gonzalez ’20

2:17

A student perspective on the Marshall-Brennan Project and clinics at Yale Law School.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020


Gene Baur: Changing Hearts and Minds about Food Animals

41:08

On February 25, 2020 the Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School, the Yale Sustainable Food Program, and the Yale Animal Law Society hosted Gene Baur, president and cofounder of Farm Sanctuary.

Tuesday, March 10, 2020


Jennifer Jacquet & Becca Franks: On Fish, Fisheries, and Ending Factory Fishing and Farming

1:41:49

Becca Franks and Jennifer Jacquet of NYU look at the global state of fisheries and aquaculture, potential inroads for animal welfare, and making progress toward seeing seafood as animals.

Wednesday, February 26, 2020


Dwayne Betts ’16: Dean’s Lecture

1:08:00

Acclaimed poet Dwayne Betts '16 delivered a Dean’s Lecture on his latest book, “Felon,” on February 17, 2020.

Wednesday, February 26, 2020


Randal K. Quarles ’84: Dean’s Lecture

30:35

Randal K. Quarles ’84, the Vice Chair for Supervision, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, gave a Dean’s Lecture at the Law School on February 11, 2020.

Tuesday, February 25, 2020


Marina Rustow: Caliphal Tribunals and Anarchical Fallacies

56:00

Marina Rustow gave a talk titled "Caliphal Tribunals and Anarchical Fallacies: Medieval Arabic Petitions from the Cairo Geniza" on February 4, 2020, as part of the Kamel lecture series.

Friday, February 7, 2020


Adriana Edmeades Jones ’20 LLM

3:01

A student perspective on getting an LL.M. at Yale Law School and the benefits of faculty interactions.

Friday, February 7, 2020


Alexander Komarov ’20 LLM

2:38

A student perspective on criminal law, financial aid, and getting an LL.M. at Yale Law School.

Friday, February 7, 2020


Harley F. Etienne ’20 MSL

3:00

A student perspective on the M.S.L. program and the inspiring community at Yale Law School.

Friday, February 7, 2020


Leanne Gale ’20

2:42

A student perspective on international human rights law, immigrant rights, and the supportive community at Yale Law School.

Friday, February 7, 2020


Lingxi Chenyang ’20

2:25

A student perspective on environmental law and animal law at Yale Law School.

Friday, February 7, 2020


Manny Rutinel ’21

1:55

A student perspective on environmental law and animal law at Yale Law School.

Friday, February 7, 2020


Rachel Brown ’20

2:03

A student perspective on the Gruber Rule of Law Clinic, Paul Tsai China Center, and public interest law at Yale Law School.

Friday, February 7, 2020


Xiangnong (George) Wang ’20

2:23

A student perspective on public interest law, the MFIA Clinic, and APALSA at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, February 4, 2020


Ray Dalio: Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises

51:43

Ray Dalio, Founder, Co-Chief Investment Officer and Co-Chairman of Bridgewater Associates, delivered the 2019–2020 Judge Ralph K. Winter Lecture at Yale Law School on January 27, 2020.

Friday, January 24, 2020


Ted Hamilton: Climate Activism on Trial

43:56

Ted Hamilton speaks about the climate necessity defense, a legal theory put forward by climate activists to justify their acts of civil disobedience.

Friday, January 17, 2020


Charles Siebert: What On Earth Are They Saying?

1:04:41

Journalist and author Charles Siebert speaks about his many experiences visiting with, and writing about, non-human animals, and what they reveal to us about themselves and us. Sponsored by the Yale Law, Ethics and Animals Program and the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism.

Thursday, November 28, 2019


Frank Griffel: What Is Post-classical Philosophy in Islam?

51:16

Frank Griffel of Yale University gave this talk on October 15, 2019, as part of the Kamel lecture series.

Monday, November 25, 2019


Q&A with Janet Brown of the Commission on Presidential Debates

45:49

Executive Director of the Commission on Presidential Debates Janet Brown discussed the plans that the Commission on Presidential Debates has for 2020 with debate expert Belabbes Benkredda.

Tuesday, November 19, 2019


Cyrus Zargar: Transcending Character: The Place of Virtue in Post-Classical Sufi Ethical Commentaries

52:52

Cyrus Zargar of the University of Central Florida gave this talk on October 29, 2019, as part of the Kamel lecture series.

Wednesday, November 13, 2019


A Debate: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence?

59:57

On October 17, 2019, the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy and the Justice Collaboratory cohosted a debate about long-term cannabis use and what, if any, connection it has to mental illness and violence.

Wednesday, November 13, 2019


Alumni Weekend 2019: Voting Rights and Election Law Panel

54:44

A panel from Alumni Weekend 2019: “Voting Rights and Election Law: 2020 and Beyond.”

Monday, November 11, 2019


Banking for All: Why Financial Institutions Need to Offer Supportive Banking Features

1:24:53

The Ludwig Center Community and Economic Development and the Program for Recovery and Community Health hosted a panel discussion titled “Banking for All: Why Financial Institutions Need to Offer Supportive Banking Features” on November 6, 2019.

Friday, November 1, 2019


Frank Griffel: Contradictions and Ambiguities—The Method of Post-Classical Philosophy in Islam

45:20

Frank Griffel of Yale University gave this talk on October 22, 2019, as part of the Kamel lecture series.

Thursday, October 31, 2019


Douglas NeJaime: The Constitution of Parenthood

1:03:19

On the occasion of being named Anne Urowsky Professor of Law, Douglas NeJaime delivered a lecture on October 28, 2019.

Thursday, October 24, 2019


Alumni Weekend 2019: Amicus Briefs — Conchita Cruz ’16

20:12

Conchita Cruz ’16, Co-Executive Director of the Asylus Seeker Advocacy Project speaks as part of a series of short, provocative presentations by YLS faculty and alumni.

Thursday, October 24, 2019


Alumni Weekend 2019: Amicus Briefs — Douglas Kysar

16:49

Deputy Dean and Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Douglas Kysar speaks as part of a series of short, provocative presentations by YLS faculty and alumni.

Thursday, October 24, 2019


Alumni Weekend 2019: Amicus Briefs — Tracey Meares

18:43

Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory Tracey Meares speaks as part of a series of short, provocative presentations by YLS faculty and alumni.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019


A Conversation with Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’79

1:30:17

On Saturday, October 19, 2019, a large crowd gathered at Woolsey Hall to hear a special conversation between Dean Heather Gerken and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’79 during alumni weekend in New Haven.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019


Alumni Weekend 2019: Amicus Briefs — Thomas Glocer '84

14:35

Executive Chairman of BlueVoyant LLC Thomas H. Glocer '84 speaks as part of a series of short, provocative presentations by YLS faculty and alumni.

Tuesday, October 22, 2019


Alumni Weekend 2019: Presentation of the Award of Merit

29:30

During Alumni Weekend 2019 on October 19, 2019, Dean Heather K. Gerken presented the Yale Law School Association Award of Merit to Ben Heineman ’71 and Linda Rottenberg ’93.

Tuesday, October 22, 2019


Everything You Want to Know about the YLS Admissions File Reading Process

2:59

Yale Law School admissions staff members give an overview of how the file reading process works.

Tuesday, October 22, 2019


Everything You Want to Know about YLS Recommendation Letters

2:19

Miriam Ingber, Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Yale Law School, gives an overview of recommendation letters for applicants.

Thursday, October 17, 2019


Maxim Eristavi: Poynter Lecture in Journalism

37:58

This Poynter lecture from October 13, 2015 recounts one man’s journey through the cataclysm of revolution and war in Eastern Europe, from Euromaidan and the 2014 revolution through the annexation of Crimea by Russia and its proxy war in Eastern Ukraine.

Monday, October 14, 2019


The Affordable Care Act at 10, Friday Keynote Address: Kathleen Sebelius

39:03

Friday Keynote Address on September 27, 2019 by Kathleen Sebelius at the Affordable Care Act at 10 conference at Yale Law School. Speaker: Kathleen Sebelius, MPA, President and CEO, Sebelius Resources LLC; former Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, 2009-2014.

Monday, October 14, 2019


The Affordable Care Act at 10, Keynote Address: Rahm Emanuel and Ezekiel J. Emanuel

46:00

Keynote Address on September 26, 2019 by Rahm Emanuel and Ezekiel J. Emanuel opening the Affordable Care Act at 10 Conference at Yale Law School.

Monday, October 14, 2019


The Affordable Care Act at 10: Lunch Keynote Remarks, Senator Chris Murphy

12:47

Lunch keynote remarks by Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut at the Affordable Care Act at 10 Conference at Yale Law School on September 27, 2019.

Monday, October 14, 2019


The Affordable Care Act at 10: Panel 1, "The Goals of Health Care Reform"

48:50

Panel 1, "The Goals of Health Care Reform" at the Affordable Care at Conference at Yale Law School, September 27, 2019. Panelists: Joseph Antos, Joel Ario, Nancy-Ann DeParle, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, Jason Levitis.

Monday, October 14, 2019


The Affordable Care Act at 10: Panel 2, "The Politics of Enactment and Implementation"

52:27

Panel 2, "The Politics of Enactment and Implementation" at the Affordable Care at Conference at Yale Law School, September 27, 2019. Panelists: Jonathan Cohn, Abbe Gluck, Nicole Huberfeld, Donald Verrilli.

Monday, October 14, 2019


The Affordable Care Act at 10: Panel 3, "The Impact of the ACA"

58:31

Panel 3, "The Impact of the ACA" at the Affordable Care at Conference at Yale Law School, September 27, 2019. Panelists: David Blumenthal, Carrie Colla, Leemore Dafny, Ezekiel Emanuel, Benjamin Sommers.

Monday, October 14, 2019


The Affordable Care Act at 10: Panel 4, "The Future of Health Care"

55:40

Panel 4, "The Future of Health Care" at the Affordable Care at Conference at Yale Law School, September 27, 2019. Panelists: Nicholas Bagley, Jacob Hacker, Sara Rosenbaum, Rachel Sachs

Thursday, October 3, 2019


Gideon Yaffe: The Norm-Shift Theory of Punishment

1:01:26

On the occasion of being named Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence, Professor Gideon Yaffe delivered a lecture on September 23, 2019.

Tuesday, October 1, 2019


Justin Marceau: Beyond Cages: Animal Law and Criminal Punishment

36:25

University of Denver Professor of Law Justin Marceau spoke about his book Beyond Cages: Animal Law and Criminal Punishment on September 23, 2019 as part of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program's lecture series.

Friday, September 27, 2019


Christopher de Bellaigue: The Islamic Enlightenment

1:01:29

Writer and journalist Christopher de Bellaigue spoke at the Law School on September 17, 2019 as part of the Abdallah S. Kamel Lecture Series.

Friday, September 27, 2019


Ruth Rubio Marín: On Constitutionalism and Women's Citizenship

1:08:00

Ruth Rubio Marín, Professor of Constitutional Law at the Universidad de Sevilla, delivered  the 2019 Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Women’s Rights on September 12, 2019.

Monday, September 23, 2019


Everything You Want to Know about YLS Financial Aid

3:08

Yale Law School admissions and financial aid staff give an overview of how financial aid works.

Monday, September 16, 2019


Justice Elena Kagan: 2019-2020 Anderson Lecture

1:06:59

On September 11, 2019, Justice Elena Kagan was in conversation with Dean Heather Gerken for the 2019-2020 Anderson Lecture.

Friday, July 12, 2019


Asad Q. Ahmed: Philosophical Commentaries in Postclassical Islam

49:51

Asad Ahmed, Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Institute for South Asia Studies, University of California at Berkeley, gave a talk as part of the Kamel lecture series on September 25, 2018.

Friday, July 12, 2019


New York City Supreme Court Watchers 2019

1:26:52

This annual discussion of the Supreme Court Term was led by moderator, Linda Greenhouse '78 MSL.

Monday, July 8, 2019


Washington, DC, Supreme Court Watchers 2019

1:21:13

Friday, April 26, 2019


Cemil Aydin: Internationalism or Revolt against the West?

48:42

Cemil Aydin, University of North Carolina, gave a lecture on April 9, 2019 as part of the Kamel Lecture series, about Internationalism or Revolt against the West? Pan-Islamism and the Crisis of World Order.

Tuesday, April 2, 2019


Lena Salaymeh: Secularislamized Law

42:45

Lena Salaymeh from Tel Aviv University, gave this lecture on March 26, 2019, as part of the Kamel Lecture series.

Wednesday, March 27, 2019


Sundhya Pahuja: The Great Reversal: Corporate Property and Corporate Conduct in International Law

57:42

Sundhya Pahuja, Director of Melbourne Law School’s Institute for International Law and the Humanities (IILAH), delivered the Judge Jon O. Newman Lectureship on February 25, 2019.

Monday, March 25, 2019


Mohammad Fadel: The Quran’s Revisionist Reading of the Aqeda

51:28

Mohammad Fadel from the University of Toronto, gave a lecture on February 19, 2019, as part of the Abdallah S. Kamel lecture series.

Friday, March 22, 2019


Commemorating the Honorable Jane Bolin ’31

1:13:21

On February 28, the Black Law Students Association hosted a Black History Month Closing Celebration, commemorating Judge Jane M. Bolin ’31

Wednesday, March 6, 2019


Natalia Kanem: Transforming Our Future: Ensuring Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All

50:15

Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), gave the Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Women’s Rights on March 4, 2019.

Thursday, February 14, 2019


Are Happy Lab Animals Better for Science?

58:46

A Panel Discussion on the Impacts of Lab Animal Treatment & Animal Welfare Laws on Human Science

Wednesday, December 12, 2018


Joel Mokyr: Is Technological Change a Thing of the Past: Lessons from the Industrial Revolution

54:33

Joel Mokyr, Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics and History at Northwestern University, delivered the John R. Raben/Sullivan & Cromwell Fellowship Lecture on November 12, 2018.

Thursday, December 6, 2018


Fighting Factory Farms: How Two Midwestern Family Farmers Stood Up to the Agricultural-Political-Industrial Complex

58:03

Sonja Trom Eayrs, a Minnesota attorney and farmer's daughter, and Chris Petersen, an Iowa family farmer spoke about how factory farms and local governments work together to force independent family farmers off their land and cause environmental destruction in the Midwest.

Tuesday, November 20, 2018


Brinkley Messick: Just, False and Discrediting Witnesses: Evidence in Sharia Courts

55:52

Brinkley Messick, Professor of Anthropology and MESAAS at Columbia University, gave this talk on October 23, 2018, as part of the Kamel lecture series.

Monday, November 5, 2018


Esther Duflo: Science Against Poverty: From Action Research to Large-scale Change

1:12:15

Esther Duflo delivered the 2018 Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice on October 22.

Thursday, November 1, 2018


Alumni Weekend 2018: Media On Elections

47:33

The political media in the United States is fractured, flawed, and absolutely essential. It's also under attack. How well is it covering the upcoming November election?

Monday, October 29, 2018


Alumni Weekend 2018: Cutting-Edge Clinics

44:40

Faculty and Students Discuss the Transformation of Clinical Education at YLS

Monday, October 29, 2018


Alumni Weekend 2018: Talking Across Party Lines

41:03

As our politics become ever more partisan, how can voters and politicians all along the political spectrum engage in meaningful dialogue without devolving into shouting matches and insults? This panel explored the challenges presented by political tribalism and the ways in which we might move toward a more constructive dialogue.

Thursday, October 25, 2018


Alumni Weekend 2018: Presentation of Dean’s Award and Award of Merit

21:32

On October 20, 2018, Dean Heather Gerken presented the Dean’s Award for Extraordinary Service to Toni Hahn Davis ’92 LLM and the Award of Merit to Carmela Castellano-Garcia ’91.

Friday, October 5, 2018


Freedom of Expression in an Age of Surveillance

1:00:48

This panel on September 26, 2018, was part of a series examining the role that the First Amendment should play in assessing the lawfulness of government surveillance.

Wednesday, October 3, 2018


Laurent Fabius: Environment and the Law: New Challenges for Our Century

44:13

Laurent Fabius, former Prime Minister of France, delivered the 2018-2019 Robert P. Anderson Memorial Fellowship Lecture on September 12, 2018.

Friday, September 28, 2018


Jerome A. Cohen ’55: Law and Power in China and its Foreign Relations

59:22

Jerome A. Cohen ’55, a professor at NYU School of Law and founding director of its U.S.-Asia Law Institute, discussed China and foreign relations on September 12, 2018.

Monday, September 17, 2018


Constitution Day with Professor Akhil Amar

2:23

Sterling Professor of Law Akhil Amar '84 talks about what makes the U.S. Constitution unique and why we celebrate Constitution Day.

Thursday, July 19, 2018


Supreme Court Watchers 2018

1:05:13

The YLSA of New York City presented its annual Supreme Court Watchers Breakfast on June 27, 2018 at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. The panelists were Boris Bershteyn '04 J.D., Andrew J. Pincus '77 B.A., Paul M. Smith '79 J.D., and Kenji Yoshino '96 J.D. Linda Greenhouse, ’78 M.S.L. moderated.

Wednesday, June 27, 2018


David Goodall Miller ’18

2:31

A student perspective on the community, the curriculum, human rights law, and clinics at Yale Law School.

Wednesday, June 27, 2018


Rafael Bezerra Nunes ’18 LLM

2:23

A student perspective on getting an LLM at Yale Law School, constitutional law, and the graduate programs community.

Wednesday, June 27, 2018


Susanna D. Evarts ’18

2:29

A student perspective on the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School.

Wednesday, June 27, 2018


Thomas Kadri, Ph.D. candidate

2:37

A student perspective on the Ph.D. in Law program and his research on tort liability.

Thursday, June 21, 2018


Spotlight on the Rule of Law Clinic (ROLC)

6:12

A closer look at how students and faculty from the Rule of Law Clinic have been working to advocate for our core democratic values both within the United States and abroad.

Thursday, June 21, 2018


Spotlight on the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP)

4:51

A closer look at how students and faculty in SFALP secured a nationwide injunction in the sanctuary cities case as well as the broad scope of innovative consumer protection work the clinic handles each year.

Thursday, June 21, 2018


Spotlight on the Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC)

6:02

A closer look at how students and faculty in WIRAC quickly mobilized to secure the first nationwide injunctions in the travel ban and DACA cases.

Thursday, June 21, 2018


Yale Law School Clinics on the Front Lines

2:06

Yale Law School has one of the most robust clinical programs in the country, providing students with an unparalleled experience to combine theory with practice at the highest levels.

Monday, June 18, 2018


Professors Gideon Yaffe and Tom Tyler on their books

6:55

Yale Law School Professor Tom Tyler, who co-wrote Why Children Follow Rules: Legal Socialization and the Development of Legitimacy with Rick Trinkner, and Professor Gideon Yaffe, who wrote The Age of Culpability: Children and the Nature of Criminal Responsibility, discuss the overlapping topics of their books on youth, the juvenile justice system, and consent in the legal system.

Wednesday, June 13, 2018


Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, and the Law

41:38

The Information Society Project, the Center for Global Legal Challenges, TechSoc, and the Floyd Abrams Institute co-sponsored this panel on April 9, 2018. Mike Kwet, Tiffany Li, and Helena Ursic provided insights into the legal aspects of this controversy. David Lehr and Adam Pan introduced and moderated the event.

Thursday, May 24, 2018


Kath Xu ’20

2:51

A student perspective on the feminist organizations, the Veterans Clinic, and the financial aid office at Yale Law School.

Monday, May 14, 2018


David Nirenberg: The Historian as Theologian: Past and Present in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism

51:44

David Nirenberg, Deborah R. and Edgar D. Jannotta Professor, University of Chicago, gave a Kamel Center lecture on March 6, 2018.

Tuesday, May 8, 2018


Martti Koskenniemi: After Globalization: International Law and the Backlash against Global Rule

1:18:59

Martti Koskenniemi, Academy Professor of International Law at the University of Helsinki and Director of the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, gave the 2017-2018 Sherrill Lecture on March 26, 2018.

Monday, April 23, 2018


Yemen: Is the U.S. Breaking the International Law?, Panel 2

53:29

The Yale Law School Center for Global Legal Challenges hosted a panel that explored the international law issues of the topic of Yemen.

Sunday, April 22, 2018


Yemen: Is the U.S. Breaking Domestic Law?, Panel 1

59:51

The Yale Law School Center for Global Legal Challenges hosted a panel that explored the domestic law issues of the topic of Yemen.

Monday, April 16, 2018


Sexual Harassment Law in the Age of Trump and #MeToo

1:30:47

A panel on the causes of, and solutions to, sexual harassment and discrimination in the age of Trump and #MeToo held April 10, 2018.

Panelists:
Tanya Hernández, Fordham Law School
Anna McNeil, Engender at Yale
Shannon Minter, National Center for Lesbian Rights
Vicki Schultz, Yale Law School
Cari Simon, The Fierberg National Law Group
Rachel Tuchman, #TimesUp

Wednesday, March 14, 2018


ISP: When Truth Matters, Can Images Be Trusted?

1:12:06

On February 7, 2018, the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, Visual Law Project, ACS, JWYL, and TechSoc hosted a panel on the tools, techniques, and technologies designed to determine authenticity in visual and audio/visual materials.

Monday, March 12, 2018


Asifa Quraishi-Landes: Islamic Family Law in American Courts

1:02:46

Asifa Quraishi-Landes, Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin, gave a Kamel Lecture on February 13, 2018.

Thursday, March 1, 2018


FOIA Bootcamp 2018

1:19:47

The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) at Yale Law School spoke about the legal tools you can use to keep federal, state, and local governments open and accountable on February 6, 2018. Participants were Jennifer Borg and Eric Lipton.

Wednesday, February 28, 2018


Ai-jen Poo: Care and the Future of Work

59:53

Ai-jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the Co-director of the Caring Across Generations campaign, gave the Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Women's Rights on February 26, 2018.

Wednesday, February 28, 2018


The Justice Collaboratory: Safeguarding Against Public Safety

1:57:41

Lawrence Sherman and Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff gave this talk at Fordham Law School on February 7, 2018, with moderator Tracey Meares.

Monday, February 26, 2018


Drug Prices in the Spotlight

1:14:12

Yale Global Health Justice Partnership, Yale US Health Justice Collaborative, and Yale Network for Global NCDs presented this panel discussion: Drug Prices in the Spotlight: Why Are Insulin Costs Rising, and What Can Be Done?

Monday, February 26, 2018


Elizabeth Hinton: Second Chances: Redemption and Reentry after Prison

53:40

Elizabeth Hinton, assistant professor in the Department of History and the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, gave the James A. Thomas Lecture on February 19, 2018, at 4:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge. Hinton’s talk was titled “Second Chances: Redemption and Reentry after Prison.”

Monday, February 19, 2018


The Policy, Politics & Law of Cancer: Drug Development and the Cost of Researching and Treating Cancer

1:09:52

This panel, held on February 9, 2018, was part of the conference organized by the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School, Smilow Cancer Hospital, and Yale Cancer Center.

Monday, February 19, 2018


The Policy, Politics & Law of Cancer: Legal and Policy Issues Associated with Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatments

1:20:05

This panel, held on February 9, 2018, was part of the conference organized by the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School, Smilow Cancer Hospital, and Yale Cancer Center.

Friday, February 16, 2018


The Policy, Politics & Law of Cancer: Cancer, Health Justice, and Disparities

1:26:38

This panel, held on February 9, 2018, was part of the conference organized by the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School, Smilow Cancer Hospital, and Yale Cancer Center.

Friday, February 16, 2018


The Policy, Politics & Law of Cancer: Is the Federal Government a Productive Partner in Cancer Policy?

1:34:22

This panel, held on February 8, 2018, was part of the conference organized by the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School, Smilow Cancer Hospital, and Yale Cancer Center.

Friday, February 16, 2018


The Policy, Politics & Law of Cancer: Norman Sharpless keynote

38:50

Norman Sharpless, director of the National Cancer Institute, gave a keynote address at the conference organized by the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School, Smilow Cancer Hospital, and Yale Cancer Center on February 9, 2018.

Friday, February 16, 2018


The Policy, Politics & Law of Cancer: Siddhartha Mukherjee keynote

1:12:17

Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of The Emperor of All Maladies and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, gave a keynote address at the conference organized by the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School, Smilow Cancer Hospital, and Yale Cancer Center on February 8, 2018.

Friday, February 16, 2018


The Policy, Politics & Law of Cancer: The Business of Cancer

1:20:43

This panel, held on February 9, 2018, was part of the conference organized by the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School, Smilow Cancer Hospital, and Yale Cancer Center.

Thursday, February 15, 2018


Guy Standing: Basic Income: Democratic Justice, Republican Freedom, Universal Security

54:30

Guy Standing, an economist and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London, gave a Storrs Lecture on February 6, 2018.

Thursday, February 15, 2018


Guy Standing: Rentier Capitalism: Why the Precariat Is Today’s Dangerous Class

1:02:21

Guy Standing, an economist and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London, gave a Storrs Lecture on February 5, 2018.

Thursday, February 8, 2018


Nile Green: The Religious Economy of Modern Islam

54:28

Nile Green, history professor at UCLA, gave a lecture on January 30, 2018 as part of the Kamel Center lecture series.

Thursday, January 25, 2018


Book Talk with Zack McDermott: "Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love"

25:30

In his book "Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love," released in September 2017, Zack McDermott describes how he experienced and recovered from his first psychotic breakdown while working as a public defender at the age of 26. At this talk at Yale Law School on January 22, 2018, he discussed and read from the book.

Wednesday, December 20, 2017


Maryana Iskander ’03

4:08

Maryana Iskander talks about her experiences at Yale Law School and working in the social sector.

Monday, December 18, 2017


Andrew Burt ’14

2:43

Andrew Burt, Chief Privacy Officer & Legal Engineer at Immuta, describes his work in the government and private sectors. Part of the Many Paths Initiative.

Monday, December 18, 2017


Betty Hung ’97

3:55

Betty Hung discusses her career as a social justice lawyer. Part of the Many Paths Initiative.

Monday, December 18, 2017


Fred P. Phillips IV ’90

4:12

Fred Phillips discusses his career path from law school to starting his own company. Part of the Many Paths Initiative.

Friday, December 1, 2017


Jamil Jivani ’13

4:39

Jamil Jivani discusses his experiences as an author and community organizer. Part of the Many Paths Initiative.

Monday, November 27, 2017


Jahnavi Sindhu ’18 LLM

3:22

A student perspective on the LLM program, constitutional law, and the community at Yale Law School.

Monday, November 27, 2017


Sam Adkisson ’18

2:49

A student perspective on clinics, student organizations, and the intellectual community at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, November 21, 2017


Lauren Hobby ’18

2:39

A student perspective on corporate law, clinics, and students organizations at Yale Law School.

Monday, November 20, 2017


Hijacking Information Conference, Panel 2

21:05

The Center for Global Legal Challenges and the Information Society Project co-hosted a conference on “Hijacking Information: Software Vulnerabilities, Ransomware, and Law” on November 14, 2017

Sunday, November 19, 2017


Hijacking Information Conference, Panel 1

1:13:47

The Center for Global Legal Challenges and the Information Society Project co-hosted a conference on “Hijacking Information: Software Vulnerabilities, Ransomware, and Law” on November 14, 2017

Friday, November 17, 2017


Gurjot Kaur ’19 JD/MBA

2:03

A student perspective on corporate law, the JD/MBA joint degree program, and the community at Yale Law School.

Friday, November 17, 2017


Jeremy Pilaar ’18

2:54

A student perspective on the SFALP clinic and fellowships at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, November 14, 2017


Cristina Rodríguez: The President, Immigration Law, and the Politics of Constitutional Structure

1:01:13

Professor Cristina Rodríguez delivered her inaugural lecture as the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law on November 13, 2017.

Thursday, November 9, 2017


Aaron Haviland ’19

5:32

A student perspective on student organizations and international and constitutional law at Yale Law School, as well as his experiences before law school as a member of the military.

Thursday, November 9, 2017


Sherman Jackson: A Holey Law? Shari’ah and Non-Muslims

51:15

Sherman Jackson, King Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought and Culture, USC College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, gave a Kamel Center lecture on November 7, 2017.

Thursday, November 9, 2017


Tian Tian Xin ’19

3:39

A student perspective on student organizations and the community at Yale Law School, as well as her experience before law school as a member of the military.

Monday, November 6, 2017


Danielle Citron: Extremist Speech, Compelled Conformity, and Censorship Creep

22:17

Danielle Citron, Morton & Sophia Macht Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, spoke on privacy, free expression, and civil rights.

Monday, November 6, 2017


Portia Pedro, PhD candidate

4:46

A student perspective on the PhD in Law program and the Yale Law School community.

Monday, October 30, 2017


Monika Bickert: Free Speech & Security in the Age of Social Media

29:42

Monika Bickert, Facebook’s head of product policy and counterterrorism, was interviewed by Raheel Khursheed on October 23, 2017, as part of ISP Speaker Series.

Monday, October 30, 2017


Noah Feldman ’97: Arab Winter 3

1:08:14

Noah Feldman ’97, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, delivered the three lectures on forms Islamic constitutionalism might take. The third, "Arab Winter: The End of Empire and the New Middle East—Tunisia and the Future of Political Responsibility," focused on Tunisia.

Thursday, October 26, 2017


Hillary Clinton ’73 in conversation with Dean Heather Gerken

1:03:14

Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton ’73 returned to Yale Law School on October 25, 2017, to talk about her book “What Happened,” during a lively conversation with Dean Heather Gerken.

Tuesday, October 24, 2017


Alumni Weekend 2017 Panel: A Civil Rights Agenda for the 21st Century

45:12

Moderated by Bruce Ackerman ’67, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science

Tuesday, October 24, 2017


Alumni Weekend 2017 Panel: Future of the International Legal Order

54:51

Moderated by Oona Hathaway ’97, Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law

Tuesday, October 24, 2017


Alumni Weekend 2017: Award of Merit

29:31

Myron H. Thompson ’72 was the recipient of the Award of Merit on Saturday, October 21. The Award of Merit recognizes alumni or long-time faculty of Yale Law School who have made a substantial contribution to public service or to the legal profession. Thompson is United States District Court Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Tuesday, October 24, 2017


Elyn Saks and Andrew Solomon: Book Talk on Mental Health

52:15

On October 23, 2017, Yale Law School and the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy hosted a Dean’s Lecture on mental health with acclaimed authors Elyn Saks ’86 and Andrew Solomon JE ’85 speaking about their award-winning books.

Monday, October 23, 2017


Noah Feldman ’97: Arab Winter 2

1:06:22

Noah Feldman ’97, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, delivered three lectures on forms Islamic constitutionalism might take. The second, "Arab Winter: The End of Empire and the New Middle East—Whose Fault is the Islamic State?," focused on the Muslim Brotherhood.

Wednesday, October 18, 2017


Professor James Silk: From Nuremberg to the Netherlands to Nineveh?

1:03:15

Professor James Silk gave his inaugural lecture as the first Binger Clinical Professor of Human Rights.

Monday, October 16, 2017


Noah Feldman ’97: Arab Winter 1

1:04:36

Noah Feldman ’97, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, delivered the first of a series of three lectures on forms Islamic constitutionalism might take. The first, "Arab Winter: The End of Empire and the New Middle East—Tahrir Square and the Puzzle of Agency," focused on the model advanced by ISIS.

Sunday, October 15, 2017


Intisar Rabb ’06: Dynamic Islamic Legal Interpretation

51:40

Intisar Rabb ’06, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and Director of its Islamic Studies Department, gave the first Kamel Lecture of the 2017-2018 academic year.

Monday, October 9, 2017


Andrew Burt: The Law is Adapting to a Software-driven World

44:49

Andrew Burt ’14, CPO of Immuta, gave a talk on how and why the worlds of law and technology are colliding, and what this means for data-driven companies, the technology industry, and governments and citizens around the world on October 3, 2017.

Monday, October 2, 2017


Timothy Edgar: Beyond Snowden

42:49

Author and civil liberties activist Timothy Edgar gave a talk on his book Beyond Snowden: Privacy, Mass Surveillance and the Struggle to Reform the NSA on September 26, 2017, as part of the ISP Speaker Series.

Wednesday, September 27, 2017


Kumi Naidoo: The United States: Friend or Foe of Global Justice?

1:04:30

Dr. Kumi Naidoo was the 2017 Gruber Distinguished Lecturer in Global Justice.

Monday, September 25, 2017


Paul Lippe: From Narrative to Transparency

35:24

Paul Lippe, a pioneering Silicon Valley General Counsel and entrepreneur, and now a member of the Advisory Board of Elevate Services, discussed how the center of gravity of law has moved from law firms to legal departments, and from NYC to Silicon Valley. His talk, part of the ISP Speaker Series, was held September 19, 2017.

Tuesday, September 5, 2017


Jennifer Daskal: Borders and Bits

27:26

Jennifer Daskal, an Associate Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law, talked about data moving across national borders on August 29, 2017, as part of the ISP Speaker Series.

Wednesday, August 2, 2017


Joanna Calne Hendon ’91

3:32

Joanna Calne Hendon ’91 talks about her experience at Yale Law School and her career as a litigator.

Tuesday, July 11, 2017


Supreme Court Watchers, New York City, 2017

1:05:18

The YLSA of New York City presented its annual Supreme Court Watchers Breakfast on June 28, 2017 at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Linda Greenhouse '78 M.S.L. moderated. Panelists were Boris Bershteyn '04, Andrew J. Pincus,  Paul M. Smith ’79, and Kenji Yoshino '96.

Monday, July 3, 2017


Robert Post and Heather Gerken discuss the deanship of Yale Law School

8:20

Yale Law School Dean Robert C. Post looks back on his deanship and offers advice to incoming dean Heather Gerken (who assumed the role on July 1, 2017). The two professors also discuss Gerken's goals for her tenure as dean.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017


Commencement 2017

2:08:10

More than 200 graduates of Yale Law School participated in commencement ceremonies on Monday, May 22, 2017, at the William K. Lanman Center at Payne Whitney Gymnasium, surrounded by friends, family, and the Law School faculty.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017


Emily Villano ’19

3:25

A student perspective on working with the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School, including the experience of securing a nationwide injunction in the DACA case Batalla Vidal v. Nielson.

Tuesday, May 23, 2017


What's Next for 2017 Graduates

2:40

At the reception the evening before commencement, Yale Law School asked 2017 grads about their plans.

Friday, May 12, 2017


Katherine Zoepf: Excellent Daughters

1:32:09

Katherine Zoepf, now a writer at The New Yorker, discussed her recent and widely heralded book, Excellent Daughters: The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World.

Tuesday, May 2, 2017


Emma Roth ’17

1:51

A student perspective on health law and clinics at Yale Law School.

Monday, May 1, 2017


Asli Bashir ’17

3:12

A student perspective on criminal justice and clinics at Yale Law School.

Thursday, April 27, 2017


Dane Thorley ’17

3:20

A student perspective on being a transfer student, law teaching, and student organizations at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017


Cecilia Cheng ’18

2:45

A student perspective on antitrust law, student organizations, and clinics at Yale Law School.

Monday, April 24, 2017


MLP Symposium: Closing Remarks

9:40

Miriam Becker-Cohen (Co-Director of Haven Medical-Legal Partnership)
Claudia Wack (Co-Director of Haven Medical-Legal Partnership)

Monday, April 24, 2017


MLP Symposium: Opening Remarks by Bill Aseltyne

8:00

Bill Aseltyne is the Senior Vice President & General Counsel and Chief of Staff to the CEO, Yale New Haven Health (March 3, 2017)

Monday, April 24, 2017


MLP Symposium: Panel I

1:18:46

Panel 1 on MLPs and Health Policy was moderated by Samatha Morton

Monday, April 24, 2017


MLP Symposium: Panel II

1:09:53

Panel 2—MLPs and Communities

Monday, April 24, 2017


MLP Symposium: Panel III

1:03:57

Panel 3—Measuring the Value of MLPs and the Impact of Legal Services

Monday, April 24, 2017


Policing in the Age of Trump

56:18

The Justice Collaboratory hosted “Policing in the Age of Trump,” a panel of national law enforcement leaders for a discussion of criminal justice policy and strategy under the new administration on April 13, 2017.

Friday, April 21, 2017


Adam Bradlow ’18

3:09

A student perspective on financial aid and clinics at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017


Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II ’17 LLM

2:45

A student perspective on the graduate studies program and tech law at Yale Law School.

Thursday, March 23, 2017


Chibli Mallat: The Normalization of Saudi Law

1:01:49

Chibli Mallat, Professor of Law at Université Saint-Joseph in Lebanon, gave an Abdallah S. Kamel Lecture on March 7, 2017

Thursday, March 23, 2017


Martin Gilens: America’s Ailing Democracy: What’s Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It

1:09:05

Martin Gilens, Professor of Politics at Princeton University, delivered the Storrs Lecture on March 20, 2017

Monday, March 13, 2017


Blockchain: Post-Trade Clearing and Settlement

55:56

A panel on March 3, 2017, on Post-Trade Clearing and Settlement featured Chris Church​, Chief Business Development Officer, Digital Asset Holdings; Maureen O’Hara, Robert W. Purcell Professor of Finance at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University; Rebecca Simmons​, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; Mark Wetjen, Head of Global Public Policy, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation; and moderator Roberta Romano ’80, YLS Sterling Professor of Law and Director, YLS Center for the Study of Corporate Law.

Friday, March 10, 2017


Blockchain: Increasing Payment Efficiency

47:49

A panel on March 3, 2017, about Blockchain

Friday, March 10, 2017


Blockchain: Smart Contracts

46:29

A panel on March 3, 2017, on Smart Contracts

Thursday, March 9, 2017


Danieli Evans Peterman ’12, PhD candidate

2:08

A student perspective on the PhD in Law program at Yale Law School.

Thursday, March 9, 2017


Paul Rink ’18

3:11

A student perspective on financial aid and environmental law at Yale Law School.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017


Blockchain: The Central Bank Perspective

1:06:16

A panel on March 3, 2017, on The Central Bank Perspective featured panelists William Goetzmann, Andrew Hauser, Ross Leckow, Carolyn Wilkins, and moderator Gregory Fleming ‘88.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017


Conor Anthony Casey ’17 LLM

2:56

A student perspective on the LLM program, graduate programs community, and constitutional law at Yale Law School.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017


Richard Frohlichstein ’18

2:30

A student perspective on national security law and the student community.

Tuesday, March 7, 2017


Jerome Powell: Blockchain Keynote

19:24

Jerome Powell, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, delivered the keynote address on March 3, 2017 at the Weil, Gotshal & Manges Roundtable at Yale Law School on “Blockchain: The Future of Finance and Capital Markets?,” organized by the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law.

Tuesday, March 7, 2017


Khori Davis ’18

3:28

A student perspective on corporate law and student organizations at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, March 7, 2017


Ricky Hanzich ’17

2:09

A student perspective on tech law, being a dean's advisor, and coming to Yale Law School as a transfer student.

Monday, March 6, 2017


Hu Ying ’16 LLM, JSD candidate

1:28

A student perspective on the graduate studies programs, student community, and tech law at Yale Law School.

Friday, March 3, 2017


Lynsey Gaudioso ’17 JD/MEM

2:58

A student perspective on environmental law, the joint degree program with the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and clinics at Yale Law School.

Friday, March 3, 2017


Rachel Chung ’18

2:46

A student perspective on clinics and student organizations at Yale Law School.

Friday, March 3, 2017


Risa Golubuff ’00: Vagrant Nation: Police Power, Constitutional Change, and the Making of the 1960s

53:30

Her lecture on February 21, 2017, drew on her book Vagrant Nation: Police Power, Constitutional Change, and the Making of the 1960s and looked at the changes in vagrancy laws in the middle of the last century.

Thursday, March 2, 2017


Arash Ghiassi ’18

2:09

A student perspective on public interest law, clinics, student organizations, and the RebLaw conference at Yale Law School.

Wednesday, February 22, 2017


Jack Balkin on robots, algorithms, and big data

4:39

Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, discusses rules for robots in the 21st century as well as other ways law and technology should interact.

Tuesday, February 7, 2017


Rebecca Gomperts: Putting Abortion Pills in Women’s Hands: Ships, Apps, Drones, and the Web

52:04

Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, founder of Women on Waves and Women on Web, and Emily Bazelon were in conversation for the Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice on Monday, February 6, 2017.

Monday, February 6, 2017


Professor Simon Levin: Evolutionary Perspectives on Business Strategy

1:25:30

Simon Levin, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University, gave the Raben/Sullivan & Cromwell Fellow Lecture on January 30, 2017.

Friday, February 3, 2017


Olivier Roy: Jihadism: Radicalization of Islam or Islamization of Radicalism?

46:20

Olivier Roy, Joint-Chair at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies and the Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, gave a lecture on January 31, 2017

Tuesday, January 31, 2017


Implications of the President's Executive Order on Immigration Policy

47:17

Professors Mike Wishnie, Muneer Ahmad, and students from the WIRAC clinic discussed implications of the President’s Executive Order on Immigration Policy.

Monday, November 7, 2016


Avril Haines and Brian Egan

58:00

Avril Haines, Deputy National Security Adviser, and Brian Egan, Legal Adviser, Department of State, discussed the enduring importance of treaties on October 15, 2016.

Tuesday, November 1, 2016


Robert Barnett: A Life in the Law

1:05:25

Robert Barnett, a senior partner at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., gave a dean’s lecture on October 25, 2016.

Monday, October 31, 2016


Shoring Up the Exchanges

1:12:55

The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy in collaboration with the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) held a panel discussion on the future of health insurance exchanges on October 28, 2016.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016


AW 2016: Climate Change: Are We Now on a Path to Real Decarbonization?

42:57

Moderator: Daniel C. Esty '86, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; and Clinical Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale Law School

Panelists:
Thomas Francis Darden II ’81, CEO, Cherokee
Mary D. Nichols ’71, Chair, California Air Resources Board
Hon. Tom Perriello ’01

Tuesday, October 25, 2016


AW 2016: Health Law—Policy, Politics, and Progress

58:30

Moderator: Abbe R. Gluck ’00, Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, Yale Law School

Panelists:
Hon. Alex M. Azar II ’91, President, Lilly USA, LLC
Dr. Paul E. Kalb '90, Partner, Sidley Austin
Catherine E. Livingston ’91, Partner, Jones Day (see slides)

Tuesday, October 25, 2016


AW 2016: National Security in a Turbulent World

42:57

Moderator: Oona A. Hathaway ’97, Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, Yale Law School

Panelists:
Rosa Brooks ’96, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Georgetown University Law Center
Robert S. Litt ’76, General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Kenneth Roth ’80, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch

Tuesday, October 25, 2016


AW 2016: Reproductive Rights—Family and Faith

1:02:04

Moderator: Reva Siegel ’86, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Panelists:
Cathleen Kaveny ’90, Libby Professor of Law and Theology, Boston College Louise Melling ’87, Deputy Legal Director, ACLU
Louise Melling '87, Deputy Legal Director, ACLU
Douglas NeJaime, Visiting Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law; Faculty Director, The Williams Institute
Neera Tanden ’96, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress and the Center for American Progress Action Fund

Friday, October 7, 2016


Timothy Garton Ash: Unilateral Universalism?

1:09:29

Professor Timothy Garton Ash delivered the Ralph Gregory Elliot First Amendment Lecture on September 26, 2016, at 4:30 p.m., in the Faculty Lounge. His talk was titled “Unilateral Universalism? The United States and the Promotion of Free Speech in a Connected World.” Garton Ash drew from his new book, Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World.

Wednesday, October 5, 2016


Asma Jahangir: 2016 Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Women’s Rights

35:38

Dr. Asma Jahangir delivered the 2016 Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Women’s Rights on September 12, 2016, at 4:30 p.m. at Yale Law School. Jahangir is Pakistan’s leading human rights lawyer, and formerly served as the President and chairperson of Pakistan’s Supreme Court Bar Association and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, respectively. The lecture was entitled “Empowering the Disadvantaged: Bonded Labor, Women, and the Role of Human Rights.”

Wednesday, September 28, 2016


Navina Haidar & Avinoam Shalem: The Question of Image in Islam

1:35:41

The Question of the Image in Islam – Symposium on Islamic Art was held on September 27, 2016, featuring Navina Haidar, Curator, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Avinoam Shalem, Riggio Professor of the History of Arts of Islam, Columbia University, and moderated by Zareena Grewal, Associate Professor of American Studies and Religious Studies, Yale University

Thursday, July 14, 2016


Supreme Court Watchers, New York City

1:05:33

The YLSA of New York City presented its annual Supreme Court Watchers Breakfast on June 29, 2016. Panelists were Boris Bershteyn ’04, Andrew J. Pincus, Paul M. Smith ’79, and Kenji Yoshino ’96. Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL moderated. The program was hosted by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in its New York City office.

Thursday, July 7, 2016


Amanda Shanor ’09, PhD candidate

2:21

A student perspective on the PhD in Law program and graduate programs at Yale Law School. 

Thursday, July 7, 2016


Lindsay Brewer ’17 JD/MEM

1:20

A student perspective on environmental law, a joint-degree program, and clinics at Yale Law School.

Monday, June 27, 2016


Nathan Nash ’17

2:02

A student perspective on health law, the Solomon Center, and the Medical Legal Partnerships at Yale Law School.

Friday, June 10, 2016


C.J.W. Baaij ’15, JSD candidate

2:06

A student perspective on the graduate programs and law teaching at Yale Law School.

Monday, June 6, 2016


Brandon Thompson ’17

1:23

A student perspective on clinics, student organizations, and the diverse community at Yale Law School.

Monday, June 6, 2016


Commencement 2016

2:06:32

More than 200 graduates of Yale Law School participated in commencement ceremonies on Monday, May 23, 2016 at the William K. Lanman Center at Payne Whitney Gymnasium, surrounded by friends, family, and the Law School faculty.

Monday, June 6, 2016


Emma Sokoloff-Rubin ’18

2:32

A student perspective on admissions and financial aid at Yale Law School.

Thursday, June 2, 2016


Tasnim Motala ’16

3:13

A student perspective on human rights law and clinics at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, May 31, 2016


Jonas Wang ’16

2:03

A student perspective on student organizations, clinics, and the community at Yale Law School.

Friday, May 27, 2016


Liz Dervan ’17

2:01

A student perspective on health law and clinics at Yale Law School.

Monday, May 23, 2016


What’s Next for Grads?

2:14

On the way to Commencement on Monday, May 23, 2016, we asked Yale Law School graduates what was next for them.

Friday, May 20, 2016


The Graduate Programs at Yale Law School

3:40

Gordon Silverstein, Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs, talks about the different graduate programs offered at Yale Law School.

Thursday, May 19, 2016


Johannes Buchheim ’16 LLM

2:00

A student perspective on the LLM program at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, May 17, 2016


John Rafael Perez ’16

3:14

A student perspective on clinics, human rights law, and student organizations at Yale Law School.

Thursday, May 5, 2016


Jack Goldsmith ’89: “The Obama Administration’s Contributions to International Law”

1:17:44

Professor Jack Goldsmith ’89 delivered the Sherrill Lecture on April 4, 2016. The lecture was titled “The Obama Administration’s Contributions to the Practice and Theory of International Law.” Jack Goldsmith is the Henry L. Shattuck Professor at Harvard Law School, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and co-founder of Lawfareblog.com. He teaches and writes about national security law, presidential power, cybersecurity, international law, internet law, foreign relations law, and conflict of laws.

Thursday, April 28, 2016


AW 2007 Tributes to Pauli Murray ’65 JSD and Jane Bolin ’31

7:35

Alumni Weekend 2007 Tributes to Yale Law School graduates Pauli Murray ’65 JSD and Jane Bolin ’31 by Reva Siegel and Tracey Meares.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016


The Hidden Curriculum of Justice

13:42

Benjamin Justice, Chair, Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Administration at Rutgers University breaks down the hidden curriculum of justice.

Wednesday, April 6, 2016


Michael Cook: Was the Rise of Islam a Black Swan Event?

1:33:09

Michael Cook, Class of 1943 University Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University, gave a lecture on April 5, 2016

Wednesday, April 6, 2016


Stan Wheeler Jazz Concert 2016

1:24:16

The annual Stan Wheeler Memorial Jazz Concert took place on April 3, 2016, and featured the Reunion Jazz Ensemble.

Wednesday, March 30, 2016


Susanne Baer: “Rights Under Pressure"

1:02:17

Justice Susanne Baer of the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany delivered the Judge Jon O. Newman Lecture on March 28, 2016 on “Rights Under Pressure: Practicing Constitutional Law in Turbulent Times.”

Thursday, March 24, 2016


The Ph.D. in Law

1:15

Gordon Silverstein, Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs, describes the Ph.D. program at Yale Law School.

Wednesday, March 23, 2016


Kaaryn Gustafson: “Bastardy, Debt, and Social Control”

1:03:18

Kaaryn Gustafson, Professor of Law at UC–Irvine School of Law, gave the James A Thomas Lecture on March 21, 2016, about her historical research on America’s orphan and bastardy laws.

Thursday, February 18, 2016


Justice Stephen Breyer: The Court and the World

1:33:22

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer spoke about “The Court and the World” at the 2016 Brennan Center Jorde Symposium on February 17, 2016.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016


Molly Brady ’11, PhD candidate

2:23

A student perspective on property law, the PhD degree, the job market process, and the graduate programs at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016


Diane Desierto ’09 LLM, ’11 JSD

3:17

An alumna perspective on international law and the graduate programs community at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016


Wael Hallaq: Re-Orienting Orientalism: Toward an Epistemology of Moral Responsibility

58:17

Professor Wael Hallaq, Columbia University, gave a lecture for the Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization on November 17, 2015.

Tuesday, February 9, 2016


Alexander Aleinikoff: Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice

59:09

T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Deputy High Commissioner in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, delivered the Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice on February 8, 2016.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016


Ahmed El Shamsy: Classical Islamic Law and the Modern Quest for Authority

1:31:43

Ahmed El Shamsy, Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago, gave a lecture on January 26, 2016.

Wednesday, January 20, 2016


Yair Listokin ’05: “What Happened to Macro in Law and Economics?”

1:08:22

Yair Listokin ’05, the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law, delivered the inaugural lecture for the Shibley Family Fund Professorship on November 16, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 127.

Wednesday, January 13, 2016


Asaf Lubin, JSD candidate

3:46

A student perspective on graduate programs, national security law, and the library at Yale Law School.

Friday, January 8, 2016


Mariana Velasco Rivera, JSD candidate

2:29

A student perspective on financial aid, constitutional law, and the graduate studies programs at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016


Ignacio Cofone ’16 LLM

1:30

A student perspective on graduate studies, law and economics, law and technology, and the LLM program at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016


Janny HC Leung ’16 LLM

2:51

A student perspective on graduate studies, law and humanities, and the LLM program at Yale Law School.

Monday, December 21, 2015


The State and Local Budget Crisis

8:52

Associate Professor David N. Schleicher and Visiting Lecturer Richard Ravitch discuss the seminar they co-taught in Fall 2015: The State and Local Budget Crisis. The class looked at the role of law and lawyers in causing and potentially solving these issues.

Wednesday, December 9, 2015


Tracey Meares on the Justice Collaboratory

7:25

Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey L. Meares discusses the work of the Justice Collaboratory, the elements of procedural justice, and the police training programs developed from her research.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015


Olevia Boykin ’17

2:04

A student perspective on clinics and criminal justice law at Yale Law School.

Monday, November 9, 2015


Catherine Lhamon ’96: "Women's Civil Rights and Education"

1:42:32

Catherine Lhamon ’96, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education gave the Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Women’s Rights on November 9, 2015, titled "Women’s Civil Rights and Education: Building on Legacy, Delivering for our Future."


 

Wednesday, November 4, 2015


Janine Balekdjian ’17

2:46

A student perspective on constitutional law, gender law, and the Journal of Law and Feminism at Yale Law School.

Monday, November 2, 2015


Lawsuit Reveals New Hope for Veterans with Bad Paper

30:09

The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Clinic held a press conference on Monday, November 2 to announce the results of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by Vietnam Veterans of America and the National Veterans Council for Legal Redress.

Saturday, October 31, 2015


Swapna Reddy ’16

2:47

A student perspective on immigration law, clinics, and public interest law at Yale Law School.

Friday, October 30, 2015


Steve Lindsay ’17

3:01

A student perspective on the Federalist Society and constitutional law at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015


Christine Monahan ’16

3:32

A student perspective on health law and the Mortgage Foreclosure Litigation Clinic.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015


Tomas Rua ’16 JD/MBA

3:54

A student perspective on pursuing a JD/MBA degree and on corporate law.

Saturday, October 24, 2015


Award of Merit Presentation to Floyd Abrams ’59

40:12

Presentation of the Yale Law School Association Award of Merit to Floyd Abrams ’59, Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, presented by Dean Robert C. Post ’77

Saturday, October 24, 2015


Campaign Finance—Alumni Weekend 2015

1:13:13

Moderator: Robert C. Post ’77, Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Panelists:
Floyd Abrams ’59, Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Elizabeth H. Esty ’85,U.S. Representative, Connecticut, 5th Congressional District
Heather Gerken, J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Saturday, October 24, 2015


Civil Rights Post-Shelby County

1:15:22

Moderator:
Samuel Issacharoff ’83, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law
Panelists:
Anita S. Earls ’88, Executive Director, Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Dale E. Ho ’05, Director, ACLU Voting Rights Project
Daniel P. Tokaji ’94, Charles W. Ebersold and Florence Whitcomb Ebersold Professor of Constitutional Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

Saturday, October 24, 2015


States, Federalism, and Democracy—Alumni Weekend 2015

1:11:28

Moderator: Heather Gerken, J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Panelists:
Jessica Bulman-Pozen ’07, Associate Professor, Columbia Law School
Abbe R. Gluck ’00, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
David Schleicher, Associate Professor, Yale Law School

Friday, October 23, 2015


Leo Strine: "Corporate Power Ratchet"

57:51

Leo Strine, Jr., Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, delivered the 2015–16 Judge Ralph K. Winter Lecture on Corporate Law and Governance on October 13, 2015. Chief Justice Strine’s lecture was entitled “Corporate Power Ratchet: The Courts’ Role in Eroding ‘We the People’s’ Ability to Constrain Our Corporate Creations.”

Thursday, October 22, 2015


Jahi Wise ’16 JD/MBA

2:34

A student perspective on pursuing a joint JD/MBA degree and on participating in The Ludwig Center for Community & Economic Development Clinic.

Thursday, October 22, 2015


Rebecca Wexler '16

1:52

A student perspective on tech law, the Information Society Project, and the Media Freedom of Information Access Clinic

Wednesday, October 21, 2015


Marion Holmes Katz: Ethics, Gender, and the Islamic Legal Project

1:37:46

Marion Holmes Katz, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, New York University, gave a lecture on October 20, 2015

Monday, October 19, 2015


Book Discussion with Bob Woodward

1:26:13

Journalist Bob Woodward discusses his latest book, The Last of the President's Men, with Akhil Amar, Sterling Professor of Law, on October 19, 2015.

Friday, October 2, 2015


Student Organizations and Journals

9:08

Each fall, Yale Law School hosts a Student Organization and Journals Fair. Student Organizations and Journals set up tables in the Law School courtyard and representatives from each group are available to speak with new students about what their groups do.

Sunday, September 13, 2015


David Schulz on First Amendment Law and the MFIA Clinic

David A. Schulz ’78 discusses his experience in First Amendment law and the work of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School, which is part of the Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression at the Information Society Project.

Wednesday, July 1, 2015


Allison Turbiville ’15

00:57

A student perspective on corporate law

Wednesday, July 1, 2015


Jacqueline Van De Velde ’17

02:00

A student perspective on admissions and financial aid

Wednesday, July 1, 2015


Jeffrey Chen ’16

01:39

A student perspective on health law

Wednesday, July 1, 2015


Misha Guttentag ’17

01:38

A student perspective on tech law

Wednesday, July 1, 2015


Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16

01:48

A student perspective on clinics and financial aid

Wednesday, July 1, 2015


Sam Thypin-Bermeo ’15

01:22

A student perspective on clinics

Wednesday, July 1, 2015


Solange Hilfinger-Pardo ’17

01:14

A student perspective on clinics

Wednesday, July 1, 2015


Tosin Agbabiaka ’16

03:07

A student perspective on pursuing a JD-MBA joint degree

Wednesday, July 1, 2015


Whitney Angell Leonard ’15

01:46

A student perspective on environmental law

Monday, May 18, 2015


2015 Yale Law School Commencement Exercises

01:55:55

More than 200 graduates of Yale Law School participated in commencement ceremonies on May 18, 2015, at the William K. Lanman Center at Payne Whitney Gymnasium, joined by a celebratory crowd, including friends, family, and Law School faculty.

Sunday, March 29, 2015


Cornell W. Brooks ’90 Speaks on Civil Rights in America, from Selma to Ferguson

28:24

The Black Law Students Association and the Yale Law Journal sponsored a conversation with Cornell W. Brooks, NAACP President in April 2015.

Monday, March 23, 2015


Professor William Eskridge on Marriage Equality Cases at the Supreme Court

04:41

Professor William Eskridge Jr. ’78 talks about the marriage equality cases at the Supreme Court in spring 2015 and the future of LGBT rights and family law.

Monday, March 9, 2015


Thomas Piketty: "Capital in the 21st Century"

01:10:04

Thomas Piketty, professor of economics at EHESS and the Paris School of Economics, gave the 2014–2015 Storrs Lecture on March 9, 2015.

Monday, March 2, 2015


Paul Farmer: "No Health, No Justice: Recent Lessons from West Africa"

01:06:32

Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health, delivered the Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice on March 2, 2015.

Monday, February 16, 2015


Professor Abbe Gluck on King v. Burwell

04:45

Professor of Law Abbe R. Gluck ’00 talks about King v. Burwell and the possible outcomes of the Supreme Court ruling.

Thursday, February 12, 2015


Clarence Thomas and John Danforth: "Religion in the Public Service: A Conversation"

01:30:46

Justice Clarence Thomas ’74 and John C. Danforth ’63 participated in the Debating Law & Religion Series on February 12, 2015.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015


"Is It Time for Marriage Equality? CERT-ainly!"

43:07

Professors Bill Eskridge, Reva Siegel, and Lecturer Linda Greenhouse discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's recent grant of cert for the petitions challenging marriage equality on February 10, 2015.

Monday, February 9, 2015


Richard Ravitch: "Is There a Risk That We Will Have More Detroits?"

40:04

Richard Ravitch ’58, former lieutenant governor of New York, delivered a Dean’s Lecture at Yale Law School on February 9, 2015.

Monday, December 8, 2014


Dean Robert C. Post '77 Book Talk

01:05:34

Dean Robert Post discusses his book Citizens Divided: Campaign Finance Reform and the Constitution.

Monday, November 17, 2014


Jane Mansbridge: "Legitimate Coercion: Not Just a Matter of Consent"

01:25:35

Professor Jane J. Mansbridge delivered the 2014-2015 Arthur Allen Leff Fellowship Lecture at Yale Law School on November 17, 2014

Monday, October 27, 2014


Moshe Halbertal: "Narrative and the Limits of the Law in Talmudic Tradition"

51:10

Moshe Halbertal, Gruss Professor of Law at New York University School of Law and Professor of Jewish Thought and Philosophy at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, gave the Robert M. Cover Lecture on October 27, 2014.

Saturday, October 25, 2014


Award of Merit Presentation to Supreme Court Justices Thomas ’74, Alito ’75, and Sotomayor ’79

01:51:08

Dean Robert Post presents the Award of Merit to the three Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court who graduated from Yale Law School: Justices Clarence Thomas ’74, Samuel A. Alito, Jr. ’75, and Sonia Sotomayor ’79.

Saturday, October 25, 2014


Courts on Trial: Judging and its Alternatives

01:13:32

An alumni weekend panel featuring Judith Resnik, Goodwin H. Liu ’98, Michael A. Ponsor ’74, and Peter L. Zimroth ’66

Saturday, October 25, 2014


Judging Across Borders and Around the World

01:15:62

An alumni weekend panel featuring Oona A. Hathaway ’97, Rosalie Silberman Abella, Rosalyn C. Higgins ’62 JSD, W. Michael Reisman ’64 LLM, ’65 JSD, and Patricia M. Wald ’51

Saturday, October 25, 2014


Picking Judges

52:08

An alumni weekend panel featuring Akhil Reed Amar ’84, Jerry Brown ’64, Stephen Higginson ’87, Margaret D. Marshall ’76, and David Pozen ’07

Saturday, October 25, 2014


The Least Dangerous Branch

50:58

An alumni weekend panel featuring William N. Eskridge, Jr. ’78, Stuart F. Delery '93, Stephen R. Reinhardt ’54, and Reva Siegel ’86

Saturday, October 18, 2014


Public Health in the Shadow of the First Amendment, Day 2

08:07:21

This conference on October 17–18, 2014, brought together leading scholars, key policy makers, and top experts in law, public health and medicine.

Friday, October 17, 2014


Public Health in the Shadow of the First Amendment, Day 1

03:55:12

This conference on October 17–18, 2014, brought together leading scholars, key policy makers, and top experts in law, public health and medicine.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014


Todd Stern, Special Envoy for Climate Change

01:19:36

Stern spoke on October 14, 2014, weeks before the 20th meeting of the annual UN climate conference.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014


Sheikh Rachid al-Ghannouchi: “The Foundations of the Tunisian Model.”

01:34:02

Sheikh Rachid al-Ghannouchi, Head of the Ennahda Movement in Tunisia, delivered a lecture on September 30, 2014.

Friday, August 22, 2014


Dean Robert Post: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

1:26

On August 22, 2014, Dean Robert Post ’77 accepted the ALS #IceBucketChallenge to raise awareness and donations for ALS, also commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Monday, June 30, 2014


The Second Annual YLS New York City U.S. Supreme Court Watchers panel discussion

01:19:38

New York City U.S. Supreme Court Watchers panel discussion on June 30, 2014, hosted by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom. Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL, Boris Bershteyn ’04, Andrew J. Pincus, Mayer Brown, and Kenji Yoshino ’96.

Friday, June 6, 2014


Abdulkarim Soroush: "Islamic Law and the Modern Nation State"

01:36:35

Soroush, author of Reason, Freedom and Democracy in Islam, gave a Dallah Albaraka lecture on April 8, 2014.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014


Annemarie Bridy: "Carpe Omnia: Civil Asset Forfeiture in the War on Drugs and the War on Piracy"

47:09

As law enforcement campaigns fueled by moral panic and waged against irrepressible global black markets, the war on drugs and the war on intellectual property (IP) piracy have a lot in common.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014


Laura DeNardis: "The Global War for Internet Governance"

01:08:44

Book Talk with Laura DeNardis, Professor, School of Communication, American University

Monday, May 19, 2014


2014 Yale Law School Commencement

More than 200 graduates of Yale Law School participated in commencement ceremonies on Monday, May 19, 2014, at the William K. Lanman Center at Payne Whitney Gymnasium.

Thursday, May 15, 2014


Stephan Urbach: Revolution and Technology—A Political Framing

48:19

The activist group Telecomix works to circumvent surveillance, and to promote internet freedom and human rights.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014


Judge Hurwitz and Linda Greenhouse: "The State of Nominations and Confirmations"

53:47

Andrew D. Hurwitz '72 discusses his path to the bench with Linda Greenhouse.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014


Andrew Rens: "Education knowledge resources as Infrastructure"

55:15

Should educational knowledge resources be regarded as infrastructure?

Wednesday, May 7, 2014


Dov Fox: "Subversive Science"

01:14:56

This ISP Speaker Series talk will examine new legal and ethical challenges to the production of socially disruptive knowledge and innovation.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014


Marc Blitz: "Freedom of Speech, The Right of Privacy, and Psychotherapy"

01:14:57

Mark Blitz's scholarship focuses on constitutional protection for freedom of thought and freedom of expression, privacy, and national security law – and especially on how of each of these areas of law applies to emerging technologies.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014


Strive Meets Thrive: Amy Chua in Conversation with Arianna Huffington

38:25

Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-being, Wisdom, & Wonder

Wednesday, April 9, 2014


Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals

01:07:31

Final Round of the Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals, held April 09, 2014

Tuesday, April 1, 2014


A Tribute to Robert L. Bernstein

05:21

Saluting human rights activist Robert Bernstein

Monday, March 31, 2014


Endnote Address by Cristina Tzintzun

43:24

Rebellious Lawyering Conference 2014

Monday, March 31, 2014


RebLaw 2014 - Keynote Address by Robin Steinberg

01:00:36

Rebellious Lawyering Conference 2014

Monday, March 24, 2014


Muhammad Qasim Zaman: "Islamic Modernism, Ethical Commitments, and the Sharia in Pakistan"

1:46:48

Dallah Albaraka Lecture with Mohammad Qasim Zaman. Robert H. Niehaus '77 Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Religion at Princeton University on March 24, 2014.

Monday, March 17, 2014


Josh Lederman: "Secrecy in the Obama Administration: A View from the White House Press Corps"

51:42

Lederman will discuss how Obama's strategy for managing national security information has evolved, shaped by unpredictable challenges posed by the National Security Agency scandal, the Arab Spring and a Twitter-driven media climate.

Friday, March 14, 2014


From Delhi to Steubenville: Media Coverage of Rape

01:14:15

Panel with Inderpal Grewal, Radha S. Hedge, Rupal Oza, Daniel Drache, and Colin Agur

Friday, March 14, 2014


John Duffy, Thomson Reuters Speaker Series

57:00

Should our nation's legal system be hostile to "patent trolls?"

Friday, March 7, 2014


Jane Bambauer: "Is Data Speech?"

55:13

Bambauer's research assesses the social costs and benefits of data, and questions the wisdom of many popular privacy laws.

Wednesday, March 5, 2014


Lech Garlicki and Dieter Grimm: "Secular Judges and the Rise of Religious Diversity in Europe"

01:20:55

In contemporary liberal societies, effective governance requires balancing individuals' concerns with the state's need to maintain general rules and standards. Disputes over religious liberty set these competing interests into stark relief and pose complex questions to secular judges.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014


The Hacking Technologies Used by Law Enforcement

01:19:12

Panel with Jennifer Valentino-Devries, Christopher Soghoian, Morgan Marquis-Boire, Ashkan Soltani, Matt Blaze, and Axel Arnbak

Tuesday, March 4, 2014


The Legal and Policy Implications of Hacking by Law Enforcement

01:23:35

Panel with Jennifer Valentino-Devries, Steve Smith, Laura Donahue, Stephanie Pell, Justin Rood, and Ahmed Ghappour

Monday, March 3, 2014


Dr. Shirin Ebadi: "Human Rights in the Muslim World”

52:09

Dr. Shirin Ebadi, a Nobel Laureate and the first woman president of Tehran's city court, delivered the Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice at Yale Law School on March 3, 2014.

Monday, March 3, 2014


YLS Clinic Files Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Vietnam Veterans with PTSD

44:41

Five Vietnam combat veterans and three veterans' organizations filed a class action lawsuit in federal court on Monday, March 3, 2014 seeking relief for tens of thousands of Vietnam veterans

Wednesday, February 26, 2014


Ian Ayres: "The Pervasive Problem of Excessive Fees and Dominated Funds in 401(k) Plans"

49:19

Professor Ian Ayres presents the results of his paper, coauthored with Quinn Curtis

Wednesday, February 26, 2014


LSO Press Conference - ICE Drops Deportation Cases for Two Connecticut Residents Represented by WIRAC Clinic

18:11

On February 26, 2014, two Connecticut residents withdrew a lawsuit filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) in U.S. District Court as part of a settlement negotiated with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Tuesday, February 25, 2014


Cass Sunstein: "Liberty and Security in a Changing World"

01:13:54

The Report of the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies

Tuesday, February 25, 2014


LSO Press Conference - Veterans Legal Services Clinic Files Federal Lawsuit on Behalf of Deported U.S. Veteran

14:43

A recently deported U.S. Army veteran battling to return home to his family filed a federal lawsuit on November 12, 2013 to compel the government to decide his 1982 citizenship application.

Monday, February 17, 2014


Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe: “The Transformation of Judicial Review in France: From Corneille to Racine”

01:27:16

Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe, a former Justice of the French Constitutional Council, delivered the 2013-2014 Sherrill Lecture on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014.

Friday, February 14, 2014


LSO Press Conference - YLS Clinics Challenge ICE Detention Policy; Judge Certifies Statewide Class Action

25:53

A federal judge issued a ruling that will enable Connecticut and Massachusetts residents and others held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to challenge the lengthy detention of persons who pose no danger to the community.

Thursday, February 13, 2014


Can Turkey or Lebanon be Models for a New Arab Political Order?

57:04

The Debating Law & Religion Series presented a discussion between Asli Bali Law and Bernard Haykel

Thursday, February 13, 2014


The Internet, Free Trade, and Transparency: An International Perspective

01:23:15

A panel considering whether trade lawmaking requires striking a unique balance between efficacy and transparency, and asking what that balance might be

Thursday, February 13, 2014


Trade Promotion Authority: How the U.S. Negotiates Free Trade Agreements

01:25:39

A panel considering whether trade lawmaking requires striking a unique balance between efficacy and transparency, and asking what that balance might be

Wednesday, February 12, 2014


Neil Richards: "Why Surveillance Is Dangerous"

52:36

Neil Richards is an internationally-recognized expert in privacy law, information law, and freedom of expression.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014


Asli Bali: "Ataturk's Legacy: Negotiating Laiklik [secularism] in Modern Turkey."

01:28:58

Asli Bali, Associate Professor of Law at UCLA, delivers the fourth Dallah Albaraka Lecture on Islamic Law & Civilization on February 4, 2014

Monday, February 3, 2014


A Conversation with Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’79 and Linda Greenhouse ’78 M.S.L.

1:21:36

Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor ’79 visited Yale Law School February 3, 2014 to deliver the James A. Thomas Lecture in the Levinson Auditorium.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014


Jay Michaelson: "Religious Refusals: The New Front in the Culture War"

45:11

Dr. Jay Michaelson will explore the legal, political, and financial aspects of this campaign and assess its prospects in light of recent court cases and new statements from Catholic leadership.

Monday, December 23, 2013


Professor Heather Gerken on "The Loyal Opposition: Why Our Federalism is Not Your Father's Federalism"

01:34:23

This lecture was delivered by Heather Gerken as the opening keynote address of the 2013 Doctoral Scholarship Conference.

Friday, December 20, 2013


Professor Owen Fiss: "Law in the Time of Terror"

01:19:02

This lecture was delivered by Professor Owen Fiss as the closing keynote address of the 2013 Doctoral Scholarship Conference.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013


Bernard Haykel, Dallah Albaraka Lecture

37:14

The inaugural Dallah Albaraka Lecture on Islamic Law & Civilization featured Professor Bernard Haykel of Princeton University, where he is Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Director of the Institute for Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013


Deven Desai: "Patents, Meet Napster: 3D Printing and the Digitization of Things"

01:05:25

This talk examines 3D printing and it implications on intellectual property law and practice.

Monday, November 25, 2013


Fred von Lohmann, Thomson Reuters Speaker Series

53:33

Google's Legal Director for Copyright, Fred von Lohmann, will share his thoughts on what a forward-looking revision agenda should include and how copyright law can enable and support economic growth and technological innovation in the 21st century.

Monday, November 25, 2013


Peter Andreas: "America's Illicit Industrial Revolution and Lessons for Today's Intellectual Property Theft Debate"

01:14:17

Andreas discusses how America became a hotbed of intellectual piracy and technology smuggling in its adolescent years, particularly in the textile industry.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013


Student Organizations and Journals at Yale Law School

09:28

Each fall, Yale Law School hosts a Student Organization and Journals Fair. Student Organizations and Journals set up tables in the Law School courtyard and representatives from each group are available to speak with new students about what their groups do.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013


Nathan Brown: "Arab Constitutions in the 21st Century: A New Beginning or Unhappy Ending?"

01:28:19

Dallah Albaraka Lecture on Islamic Law & Civilization with Nathan Brown, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University on November 5, 2013

Monday, October 21, 2013


Zainab Salbi: “Empowering Voice, Engendering Change”

56:50

The founder of Women for Women International, Zainab Salbi, delivered the 2013 Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Women's Rights at Yale Law School on October 21, 2013.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013


Josh Blackman: "Unprecedented: The Constitutional Challenge to Obamacare"

34:05

Professors Josh Blackman and Jack Balkin on the Constitutional Challenge to Obamacare

Friday, October 11, 2013


Foreign Affairs in the Internet Age: NSA Surveillance Panel

1:17:54

Panelists included Barton Gellman, Caspar Bowden, Amie Stepanovich, and Warren Strobel.

Saturday, October 5, 2013


Equality, Liberty, and Dignity—Transnationally

55:13

Panel with Judith Resnik, Reva Siegel, Rosalie Silberman Abella, Manuel Cepeda-Espinosa, and Julie C. Suk

Saturday, October 5, 2013


Freedom of Expression

53:03

Panel with Paul Gewirtz, Floyd Abrams, Aharon Barak, and Vicki C. Jackson

Saturday, October 5, 2013


Judicial Review in Constitutional Systems

50:07

Panel with Bruce Ackerman, Stephen Gardbaum, Lech Garlicki, and Albie Sachs

Saturday, October 5, 2013


Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton ’73 Accepts the Yale Law School Award of Merit

44:10

Clinton reminisces about her time as a student at Yale Law School, and the experiences that sparked a lifelong passion about children's welfare.

Friday, October 4, 2013


Role of International Law in Domestic Systems

01:02:59

Panel with Kate Stith, Giacinto Della Cananea, Lori Fisler Damrosch, Daniel Halberstam, and Frank Iacobucci

Monday, September 30, 2013


Elizabeth Anderson: “Social Movements, Experiments in Living, and Moral Progress: Case Studies from Britain’s Abolition of Slavery.”

01:11:37

Professor Elizabeth Anderson delivered the 2013-2014 Arthur Allen Leff Lecture at Yale Law School on September 30, 2013.

Monday, September 30, 2013


Harold Koh: "How Should I Live My Life as a Lawyer?"

57:56

Professor Harold Koh presented this lecture on Monday, September 30, 2013.

Friday, September 20, 2013


Accountability and Structuring of Systemically Important Financial Institutions (Sullivan & Cromwell Conference on Challenges in Global Financial Services)

01:14:18

Panel with H. Rodgin Cohen, Edward J. Kane, Andrew W. Lo, John F. Simonson, and Henry B. Hansmann ’74

Friday, September 20, 2013


Bank Capital and Liquidity Requirements (Sullivan & Cromwell Conference on Challenges in Global Financial Services)

01:25:07

Panel with Stijn Claessens, Michael H. Krimminger, Andrew Metrick, Roberta Romano ’80, and Ian Ayres ’86

Friday, September 20, 2013


Bank Transparency and the Financial Crisis (Sullivan & Cromwell Conference on Challenges in Global Financial Services)

01:16:52

Panel with Robert J. Giuffra ’87, Gary B. Gorton, Henry T.C. Hu ’79, Frederick Schauer, and Donald Kohn

Friday, September 20, 2013


Cross-Border Resolution (Sullivan & Cromwell Conference on Challenges in Global Financial Services)

01:14:25

Panel with James W. Giddens ’66, Seth Grosshandler, Richard J. Herring, Jonathan R. Macey ’82, and John D. Morley ’06

Friday, September 20, 2013


Governor Daniel Tarullo speaks at Sullivan & Cromwell Conference on Challenges in Global Financial Services

33:49

The Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law hosted the Sullivan & Cromwell Conference on Challenges in Global Financial Services, held at the Law School on Friday, September 20, 2013.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013


Abrams Institute Celebrates Constitution Day with Floyd Abrams

34:38

In honor of Constitution Day, the Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School hosted a book talk by Floyd Abrams, author of Friend of the Court. Abrams discussed journalists and national security, drawing on writings from his new book.

Monday, September 16, 2013


Professor Oona A. Hathaway '97 on Syria

10:02

Professor Oona A. Hathaway '97 discusses the international laws that prohibit the US from pursuing military action against Syria without United Nations clearance.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012


Climate Change in the Courts

47:59

This panel discussion included Douglas Kysar; Benjamin Ewing '11; Richard Epstein; and Daniel Farber, who debate the role of courts in responding to global warming.