Yale Law School Today
Friday, December 18, 2020

News
LEAP and TAP to Cohost Conference on Antitrust and the Food System on January 16
Yale Law School’s Law, Ethics & Animals Program and Yale School of Management’s Thurman Arnold Project will cohost an online conference on today's food system on January 16, 2021.Thursday, June 04, 2020
In The Press
Don’t Thank the Virus for Saving the Climate Yet — A Commentary by Daniel C. Esty ’86
The New York Times
Daniel C. Esty ’86 is the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
In The Press
COVID-19 lessons for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day — A Commentary by Daniel C. Esty ’86
The Hill
Daniel C. Esty is the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy.
Sunday, April 05, 2020
In The Press
Sonia Shah on how animal microbes become human pandemics
When We Talk About Animals Podcast
Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law Jennifer Skene ’14 and Viveca Morris, Executive Director, Law, Ethics & Animals Program, interviewed journalist Sonia Shah about how animal microbes become human pandemics.
Thursday, April 02, 2020
In The Press
COVID-19 shows that what we’re doing to animals is killing us, too — A Commentary by Viveca Morris
Los Angeles Times
Viveca Morris is an Associate Research Scholar in Law and the Executive Director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School.
Friday, December 18, 2020
Monday, September 28, 2020
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Event
Big Ag & Antitrust: Competition Policy for a Sustainable and Humane Food System
(All day)
Online
Event
Book talk—Wildlife as Property Owners: A New Conception of Animal Rights with Karen Bradshaw
12:15PM to 1:30PM
Online
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
1:41:49
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
36:25
Monday, January 4, 2021
In The Press
Finally, a chance for environmental justice — A Commentary by Gerald Torres and Kathleen Rogers
Canton Daily Ledger
Gerald Torres is Professor of Environmental Justice at the Yale School of the Environment, with a secondary appointment as Professor of Law at the Law School. Kathleen Rogers is President of Earthday.org.
Friday, December 18, 2020
In The Press
With a Single Climate Initiative, Biden Could Generate $4 Trillion for Green Investment — A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman ’67
Slate
Bruce Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
In The Press
Climate change turns up the heat on ad industry
Reuters
Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Doug Kysar is quoted in a Reuters story about advertising, climate change, and the energy sector.
Thursday, November 19, 2020
In The Press
10 enormously consequential things Biden can do without the Senate
Vox
LEAP Faculty Co-Director Jonathan Lovvorn is quoted in Vox about how the Biden administration can confront factory farming through executive orders and agency actions.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
In The Press
Five actions Biden should take to build a more humane food system — A Commentary by Viveca Morris and Jonathan Lovvorn
The Hill
Viveca Morris is Executive Director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School. Jonathan Lovvorn is Faculty Co-Director of the Law, Ethics, & Animal Program.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
In The Press
Biden could do a lot to fight factory farming even without Congress
Vox
LEAP’s Jonathan Lovvorn and Viveca Morris are quoted in Vox about what a tough stance on factory farming could look like under the Biden administration.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
In The Press
UN-linked plan charts US course to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
The Hill
Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy Daniel Esty ’86 is quoted in The Hill about the Zero Carbon Action Plan.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
In The Press
This Supreme Court Was Designed to Kill Climate Policies
The New Republic
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn and Professor of Law Amy Kapczynski ’03 are quoted in the New Republic about the Supreme Court and climate change.
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
In The Press
Esty Sees COVID-19 Responses Guiding States On Environmental Crises
Inside EPA
Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy Daniel Esty ’86 is quoted in an InsideEPA article about how states’ COVID-19 response is shaping their policies relating to environmental crises.
Monday, June 22, 2020
In The Press
Animal Rights Law: For or Against
Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law
The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law interviews LEAP Faculty Co-Director Jonathan Lovvorn.