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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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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.