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Wednesday, July 05, 2023
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The Ups and Downs of Advocacy
Students in Law School clinics are trained to pursue their clients’ goals on multiple fronts. When one path narrows or disappears, they continue along another.
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Alicia Bannon ’07 recently co-authored “Reflections on Fees and Fines as Stategraft.”
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Professor Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 and Avery Gilbert lead a Strategic Advocacy Clinic class.
Friday, June 2, 2023
Panelists (from left) Bidish Sarma, Gaylord Salters, Miriam Gohara, and Alex Taubes in discussion on the panel “Mass Incarceration, Racial Injustice, and Opportunities for Relief.” Jennifer Taylor ’10, at podium, moderated.
Friday, May 5, 2023
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 ’99 (center) gave a keynote address at the first Diversity Homecoming.
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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.
Event
Fall 2023 Gruber Distinguished Lecturer in Global Justice: Hossam Bahgat
4:30PM to 6:00PM
Online
Monday, April 17, 2023
5:09
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Thursday, August 31, 2023
In The Press
Why Aren’t Cops Held to Account?
The New York Review
Clinical Lecturer in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL reviews the books The Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts by Visiting Lecturer Stephen Bright and James Kwak ’11, and Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable by Joanna Schwartz ’00.
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
In The Press
Police Decertification in CT Must Include Sexual Misconduct as a Specific Ground — A Commentary by Alice Miller et al.
CT Mirror
Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Law Alice Miller is Co-Director of the Global Health Justice Partnership at Yale Law School. Daniel Newton is the Gender & Sexuality Fellow at the Global Health Justice Partnership. Megan Handau is a member of the Yale Law School class of 2025. Beatrice Codianni is founder and former Executive Director of the Sex Workers and Allies Network.
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
In The Press
Study Shows First Words From Police During Traffic Stops Affect Outcome for Black Drivers
PBS NewsHour
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey L. Meares comments on a new study showing that, for Black drivers, a police officer’s first 45 words during a traffic stop indicate how the encounter will end.
Thursday, June 1, 2023
In The Press
Prosecutors Have Audio of Trump Discussing Classified Documents He Kept, Reports Say
PBS NewsHour
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona A. Hathaway ’97 discusses the reports of recordings of former President Donald Trump discussing classified documents.
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
In The Press
For Black drivers, a police officer's first 45 words are a sign of what's to come
NPR
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor and Founding Director of the Justice Collaboratory Tracey L. Meares comments on interactions between police and Black men.
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.