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March 22, 2013

U.N. Hypocrisy in Haiti—A Commentary by Muneer I. Ahmad and Charanya Krishnaswami ’13

Muneer I. Ahmad is a Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School and Charanya Krishnaswami ’13 is a J.D. candidate at Yale Law School.
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January 25, 2013

NYU Professor Intisar Rabb ’06 to Discuss The Burden and Benefit of Doubt in Islamic Law

NYU law professor Intisar A. Rabb ’06 will discuss “The Burden and Benefit of Doubt in Islamic Law” in the James A. Thomas Lecture on Feb. 18.
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January 24, 2013

Luis Moreno-Ocampo to Give Inaugural Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice Monday - WATCH VIA LIVESTREAM

Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the first chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, will deliver the inaugural Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice at Yale Law School on Jan. 28, 2013.
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September 19, 2012

India’s Chief Economic Adviser Raghuram Rajan to Lecture at Yale

Raghuram Rajan, author and chief economic adviser to the government of India, will deliver a talk at Yale on Oct. 2 titled “Are Capitalism and Democracy Failing Us? The Challenges Facing the Post-Crisis Industrial World.”
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August 13, 2012

Justice Kate O’Regan To Discuss South Africa’s Constitutional Court at Sept. 13 Newman Lecture

The Honorable Kate O’Regan, former judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa, will discuss the role and work of South Africa’s Constitutional Court on Sept. 13, 2012.
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July 19, 2012

Report from Yale Human Rights Clinic Finds U.S. Government Contractors Continue to Traffic and Abuse Foreign Workers in Iraq and Afghanistan

Yale Law School’s Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic has released a report on the ongoing trafficking and abuse of foreign workers hired every year through U.S. government contracts to work in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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July 16, 2012

Conference Nov. 9-10: Global Climate Change Policy Without the United States: Thinking the Unthinkable

On Nov. 9-10, 2012, leading experts from a variety of disciplines will gather at Yale Law School to consider “Global Climate Change Policy Without the United States: Thinking the Unthinkable.”
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June 12, 2012

Lecture by YLS Dean Robert Post ’77 is First Event in Yale Collaboration with French Universities

Dean Robert Post’s recent lecture at Université de Paris-Panthéon-Assas was the first co-hosted event by Yale and Panthéon–Assas under the terms of their new Agreement for Collaborative Activities.
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April 30, 2012

Haiti, cholera and the U.N.—A Commentary by Jane Chong ’13 and Muneer I. Ahmad

Muneer I. Ahmad is a Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School and Jane Chong ’13 is a J.D. candidate at Yale Law School.
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April 25, 2012

YLS Students Jasmeet Ahuja ’13 and Piotr Brzezinski ’14 Named Soros New American Fellows

YLS students Jasmeet Ahuja ’13 and Piotr Brzezinski ’14 have been named Paul & Daisy Soros New American Fellows for 2012.
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April 17, 2012

Latin American Legal Studies Program Kicks Off Breakfast Series for Lawyers in Latin American Practice

The Latin American Legal Studies Program at Yale Law School inaugurated its breakfast roundtable series for lawyers in Latin American practice with an event April 12 devoted to international investment arbitration.
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April 13, 2012

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Deputy U.S. Attorney General James M. Cole Address Human Trafficking Symposium Participants

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Deputy U.S. Attorney General James M. Cole addressed participants at the Yale Law School Human Trafficking Symposium April 12-13, 2012.
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March 21, 2012

Singapore Ambassador to U.S. Speaks About Democracy, Globalization and Competitiveness

On March 8, Her Excellency Chan Heng Chee, Singapore’s ambassador to the United States, gave a talk at Yale Law School titled “Democracy, Globalization and Competitiveness: The Case of Singapore.”
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March 9, 2012

Yale Law School Collaborates with University of Palermo Press on Spanish Translation Series

Yale Law School is partnering with the University of Palermo Press in Buenos Aires to translate into Spanish the important works of Yale Law School faculty members.
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March 9, 2012

Global Censorship Conference to be Held March 30-April 1 at Yale Law School

The Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression at Yale Law School will be holding a conference on global censorship from March 30 to April 1, 2012, at Yale Law School.
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March 1, 2012

Trade of Innocents Symposium April 12-13 Looks at Shocking World of Human Trafficking

A symposium titled “Trade of Innocents: A Global Perspective on Human Trafficking” will be held at Yale Law School April 12-13, 2012.
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January 30, 2012

Three From Yale Law and Two Nursing Students Awarded Gruber Global Justice and Women’s Rights Fellowships

Two Yale Law School students, a recent Yale Law School graduate, and two Yale School of Nursing students have been named recipients of Gruber Global Justice and Women’s Rights Fellowships.
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January 26, 2012

Switzerland Ranks at Top of 2012 Environmental Performance Index; Latvia Takes #1 Spot in New Trend EPI Rankings

Switzerland leads the world in addressing pollution control and natural resource management challenges, according to the 2012 Environmental Performance Index.
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December 22, 2011

Center for Environmental Law and Policy Part of Team Helping China Assess Environmental Performance

A team of researchers jointly led by Yale University and Columbia University have released a report that introduces a framework for assessing China’s environmental management and performance.
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December 19, 2011

Food Safety Law Project

The China Law Center will be assisting the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration in the development of food safety risk assessment law and policy.
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December 19, 2011

Chinese Elder Law Project

The China Law Center hosted a visitor this fall from the National People’s Congress (NPC) to support the revision of China’s Law for the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly.
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December 12, 2011

Yale Law School Teams Advance to Finals in World Human Rights Moot Court and Copenhagen Competition

Teams from Yale Law School recently advanced to the finals of the World Human Rights Moot Court Competition and the Copenhagen Competition.
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December 9, 2011

Henry Kissinger Addresses Yale Students on U.S.-China Relations and American Diplomacy

Former secretary of state Dr. Henry A. Kissinger engaged today in a “Special Conversation on Sino-America Relations” with a group of students from the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and Yale Law School.
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December 2, 2011

Tony Blair: Open-minded View of Culture and Faith Critical to Achieving Peace

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair delivered the 2011 Judge Jon O. Newman Lecture on Global Justice on Dec. 2, 2011, at Yale Law School.
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November 30, 2011

Promoting Freedom of Information in China

The China Law Center has been engaged in assisting development of freedom of information in China for nearly a decade.
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November 30, 2011

Senior Chinese Government Leaders Program

The China Law Center played a leading role in the recent Senior Chinese Government Leaders program at Yale University in November, conducted in cooperation with China's Central Party School.
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October 11, 2011

Clifford Ando and Donald Davis, Jr. To Debate Place of Law and Religion in Ancient Rome and India

Clifford Ando and Donald Davis, Jr. To Debate Place of Law and Religion in Ancient Rome and India
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September 29, 2011

Yale Law Students Hear from World’s Top Women Jurists: Follow Your Own Path

The 15th Global Constitutionalism Seminar took place at Yale Law School Sept. 21 through 24, 2011.
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September 21, 2011

Transnational Development Clinic Helps Hundreds of Connecticut Factory Workers Gain Access to Job Training and Income Assistance

Hundreds of laid-off Connecticut factory workers have won access to critical job training and income support with legal assistance from Yale Law School's Transnational Development Clinic.
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August 17, 2011

Former South Africa Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs to Speak on Judicial Enforcement of Social and Economic Rights

Former South Africa Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs will be at Yale Law School on September 21 to present a lecture titled “The Judge Who Cried: Social and Economic Rights as Judicially Enforceable Fundamental Rights.”
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August 11, 2011

Professor Susan Rose-Ackerman Co-organizes Conference in Italy on Anti-Corruption Policy

On June 13-17, 2011, the Rockefeller Foundation conference facility in Bellagio, Italy, was the setting for a workshop co-organized by Susan Rose-Ackerman, Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence (Law and Political Science) with Paul Carrington, Emeritus Professor of Law and former Dean at Duke Law School.
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August 3, 2011

Report from Yale Human Rights Team Finds Cambodian Garment Factories Use Short-Term Employment Contracts to Exploit Workers

The Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School has released a report finding that Cambodian garment factories use short-term employment contracts to exploit workers.
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July 19, 2011