Yale Law School Today
Thursday, September 24, 2020
News
Students Create Supreme Court Reform Website
A new website created by several Yale Law students provides a way to learn about the history of the Supreme Court and includes detailed reform options.Friday, September 11, 2020
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Friday, August 28, 2020
Tuesday, August 04, 2020
In The Press
How the President Became Deporter in Chief
Slate
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 was interviewed in Slate about “The President and Immigration Law,” her new book co-authored with Adam Cox, a law professor at NYU School of Law.
Monday, August 03, 2020
In The Press
Changes to state parenting laws help fill gaps for same-sex couples
NBC News
Anne Urowsky Professor of Law Douglas NeJaime is quoted in an NBC News story about the ways in which states are addressing the legal rights of same sex parents.
Friday, June 19, 2020
In The Press
Supreme Court LGBT Ruling Gives Hope to Those Challenging Military Transgender Ban
Reuters
John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence William Eskridge ’78 is quoted in a Reuters article about how the recent Supreme Court LGBTQ ruling will affect those challenging the military transgender ban.
Friday, June 19, 2020
In The Press
Supreme Court Rules For DREAMers, Against Trump
National Public Radio
Clinical Associate Professor Marisol Orihuela ’08, co-director of the Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC), was interviewed for a NPR story about the Supreme Court ruling in favor of Dreamers. The clinic was the first in the nation to file a lawsuit challenging the termination of DACA and yesterday’s decision was a major win for their clients.
Friday, September 11, 2020
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Friday, August 28, 2020
Event
THE SUPREME COURT IN CRISIS: Structural Reform for a Broken Institution (Session 1)
12:00PM to 1:30PM
Webinar
Event
THE SUPREME COURT IN CRISIS: Structural Reform for a Broken Institution (Session 2)
12:00PM to 1:30PM
Zoom Webinar
Monday, July 27, 2020
1:10:05
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
In The Press
Legal Scholars Worry About Affirmative Action and Civil Rights if Barrett is Confirmed
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Professor of Law Justin Driver is quoted in a Diverse Issues in Higher Education article about Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
Friday, September 25, 2020
In The Press
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Supreme Court With Guest Samuel Moyn
Rolling Stone / Useful Idiots podcast
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn was interviewed for a Rolling Stone podcast about the future of the Supreme Court.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
In The Press
The Supreme Court Is Slipping Away From Democrats
The New York Times
Scholarship by Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn is mentioned in a New York Times opinion piece about the future of the Supreme Court.
Sunday, September 20, 2020
In The Press
Supreme Court’s legitimacy at stake in wake of Ginsburg’s death
Roll Call
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 is quoted in Roll Call about the Supreme Court in the wake of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.
Saturday, September 19, 2020
In The Press
The Case That Helped Define Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Gender Equality Fight
The Wall Street Journal
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law Reva Siegel is quoted in the Wall Street Journal about a 1972 case that helped define Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy on equal rights for women.
Sunday, September 13, 2020
In The Press
Here’s how Congress could save our democracy from vote-count chaos. — A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman ’67 and Ro Khanna ’01
Bruce Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) is the first vice chair of the Progressive Caucus in Congress.
Thursday, September 10, 2020
In The Press
A Court Just Slammed the Guantánamo Gate Shut — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, September 4, 2020
In The Press
Mitch McConnell May Have Accidentally Saved Obamacare
Slate
John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence William Eskridge ’78 is quoted in Slate about the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
In The Press
Yale Law School helps win suit against CIA, lifting censorship of book on terrorism
New Haven Register
Floyd Abrams Clinical Lecturer in Law David Schulz ’78 and David Froomkin ’20 are quoted in a Hearst Newspapers article about a former FBI agent whose book was redacted after the CIA took issue with his eyewitness account of its interrogation of Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah. The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic assisted a filmmaker and a journalist in their efforts to gain access to the redacted information.
Saturday, August 29, 2020
In The Press
C.I.A. Uncensors Memoir of F.B.I. Agent Who Protested Torture of Terrorists
The New York Times
The New York Times covers the story of a former FBI agent whose book was redacted after the CIA took issue with his eyewitness account of its interrogation of Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah. The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic assisted a filmmaker and a journalist in their efforts to gain access to the redacted information.