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Friday, May 5, 2023


State Capitol building in Hartford

The State Capitol building in Hartford, Connecticut. Gov. Ned Lamont removed the chair of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and in April announced an indefinite suspension in commutations altogether.

Thursday, April 27, 2023


Stacey Abrams and Goodwin Liu talk to a fellow alum at the Diversity Homecoming

Stacey Abrams ’99 (center) gave a keynote address at the first Diversity Homecoming.

Wednesday, April 26, 2023


Standing in front of a chalkboard, from left: Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Associate Justice, Washington Supreme Court; Anita Earls, Associate Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court; Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Vanita Gupta, Associate Attorney General of the United States; and Lisa Foster, former Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Access to Justice Office

At the 2023 Liman Colloquium, from left: Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Associate Justice, Washington Supreme Court; Anita Earls, Associate Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court; Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Vanita Gupta, Associate Attorney General of the United States; and Lisa Foster, former Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Access to Justice Office.

Thursday, April 13, 2023


Tuesday, April 4, 2023


A black-and-white photo showing a row of closed doors, each with a narrow, vertical window. The words “SEEING SOLITARY: A PROJECT OF THE LIMAN CENTER AT YALE LAW SCHOOL” are overlaid in yellow

A page from Seeing Solitary, a website from the Liman Center that provides data on solitary confinement.

Thursday, November 3, 2022


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Wednesday, April 26, 2023


In The Press

The Politics of Commutations in Connecticut

Connecticut Public

Clinical Professor of Law Miriam Gohara joins a conversation about why commutations have become a political issue in Connecticut.

Wednesday, April 19, 2023


In The Press

White People Were Kept Out of Prison During COVID. Blacks, Latinos Were Left Behind Bars.

USA Today

Professor of Law Elizabeth Hinton discusses the study she co-authored, which showed that efforts to reduce the number of people in prisons early in the pademic disproportionately benefitted white people.

Tuesday, April 18, 2023


In The Press

Why the Trump Indictment Isn’t as Legally Dubious as Many Claimed — A Commentary by Gideon Yaffe

Los Angeles Times

Gideon Yaffe is Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence, Professor of Philosophy, and Professor of Psychology at Yale.

Wednesday, April 12, 2023


In The Press

Yale Law Professors, Via Open Letter, Support Work on Pardons and Paroles

CT Law Tribune

Several criminal law experts from Yale Law School wrote to stakeholders about Connecticut’s pause in commutations.

Thursday, April 6, 2023


In The Press

‘Vicious Cycle’: Inside the Police Recruiting Crunch With Resignations on the Rise

ABC News

J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law James Forman Jr. ’92 comments on how police departments can recruit officers who would best serve communities.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023


In The Press

How Just Is Connecticut’s Criminal Justice System?

WNPR

J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law James Forman Jr. ’92 joins a discussion on the state of criminal justice reform in Connecticut.

Thursday, March 2, 2023


In The Press

Can Police Police Their Own? NYPD as a Case Study.

The Christian Science Monitor

Clinical Lecturer in Law and the Policing, Law, and Policy Director of the Justice Collaboratory Jorge X. Camacho ’10 tells why understanding the New York Police Department can help explain policing in the U.S.

Monday, February 27, 2023


In The Press

Real Solutions to the Policing Culture Problem — A Commentary by Jorge X. Camacho ’10 and Caroline Nobo

The Hill

Jorge X. Camacho ’10 is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and the Policing, Law, and Policy Director of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School. Caroline Nobo is a Research Scholar in Law and Executive Director of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School.

Thursday, February 9, 2023


In The Press

When Elite Cops Go Rogue

Business Insider

Clinical Lecturer in Law and the Policing, Law, and Policy Director of the Justice Collaboratory Jorge X. Camacho ’10 discusses elite police units.

Tuesday, January 31, 2023


In The Press

Tyre Nichols Case: Does Diversity in Policing Address Police Brutality?

ABC News

J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law James Forman Jr. comments on the pattern of violent behavior seen in specialized police units.