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U. S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Delivers James A. Thomas Lecture
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (563+ words) Discover our home city Prominent scholars with broad expertise Resources for students and alumni U. S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson spoke to a capacity crowd of Yale Law School students, faculty, and staff on April 13 at Yale's Battell Chapel." Jackson…...
Robert M. Cover Lecture: Daniel Boyarin
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (47+ words) Discover our home city Prominent scholars with broad expertise Resources for students and alumni Established in 1991, the Robert M. Cover Memorial Lectureship in Law and Religion brings distinguished speakers to explore the historical, philosophical, sociological, and literary intersection between law and…...
Professor John Fabian Witt Takes First Look at Biden Years
1+ week, 1+ day ago (278+ words) Discover our home city Prominent scholars with broad expertise Resources for students and alumni Professor John Fabian Witt "99 is among the leading historians offering a first look at Joseph R. Biden"s presidency in a new book. At the time, Witt…...
Students Testify in Support of Bill Regulating AI Employment Decisions
1+ week, 6+ day ago (292+ words) Discover our home city Prominent scholars with broad expertise Resources for students and alumni A group of Yale Law School students from the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) gave written and oral testimony before the Connecticut state legislature's…...
Housing Clinic Files Two Briefs on Eviction Cases
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (91+ words) Discover our home city Prominent scholars with broad expertise Resources for students and alumni The Housing Clinic at Yale Law School's Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization filed two amicus briefs in February on behalf of a coalition of local legal…...
Faculty Address Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Case
2+ week, 2+ day ago (990+ words) Discover our home city Prominent scholars with broad expertise Resources for students and alumni On April 1, the U. S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a case considering the constitutionality of the administration's executive order to limit birthright citizenship,…...
Professor Justin Driver Argues Judicial Opinions Are Vastly Overrated
2+ week, 6+ day ago (384+ words) Discover our home city Prominent scholars with broad expertise Resources for students and alumni Professor Justin Driver's recent article "The Insignificance of Judicial Opinions," published in the California Law Review, challenges academia's received wisdom regarding the centrality of judicial opinions…...
MFIA Files Lawsuit Against Federal Officials for Interfering with VOA's Journalism
3+ week, 1+ day ago (297+ words) Discover our home city Prominent scholars with broad expertise Resources for students and alumni A new lawsuit by Voice of America (VOA) journalists and press freedom groups alleges that Kari Lake and other officials have engaged in censorship at VOA…...
Dean Cristina Rodr'guez to Receive Hispanic National Bar Foundation Award
3+ week, 1+ day ago (284+ words) Discover our home city Prominent scholars with broad expertise Resources for students and alumni Sol and Lillian Goldman Dean and Professor of Law Cristina M. Rodr'guez "00 will receive the Hispanic National Bar Foundation"s (HNBF) 2026 Academic Leadership Award, the organization announced…...
Noah Bookbinder Discusses His Work to Hold Government Accountable
3+ week, 1+ day ago (371+ words) Discover our home city Prominent scholars with broad expertise Resources for students and alumni In a wide-ranging conversation, Noah Bookbinder, former president of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), shared lessons learned during his work to promote government…...