Advocacy, Arguments, and Persuasion: Four Views of the Cathedral (Video unavailable) Pamela S. Karlan ’84, Lani Guinier ’74, Michael E. Rosman ’84, Paul M. Smith ’79, Allison Zieve ’89
Saturday
Panel I. Judging Across Borders and Around the World2 Oona A. Hathaway ’97, Rosalie Silberman Abella, Rosalyn C. Higgins ’62 JSD, W. Michael Reisman ’64 LLM, ’65 JSD, Patricia M. Wald ’51
Panel II. Picking Judges3 Akhil Reed Amar ’84, Jerry Brown ’64, Stephen Higginson ’87, Margaret D. Marshall ’76, David Pozen ’07
Panel III. The Least Dangerous Branch4 William N. Eskridge, Jr. ’78, Stuart F. Delery '93, Stephen R. Reinhardt ’54, Reva Siegel ’86
Presentation of the Yale Law School Association Award of Merit6 Recipients: The Honorable Clarence Thomas ’74, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court The Honorable Samuel A. Alito, Jr. ’75, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court The Honorable Sonia Sotomayor ’79, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court
Presenter: Robert C. Post ’77, followed by a conversation with Professor Kate Stith and Justices Thomas, Alito, and Sotomayor.
Friday, October 24 • 12:00 – 6:30 PM Saturday, October 25 • 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM
Hospitality Areas: Student Lounge and the Alumni Reading Room
The Lillian Goldman Library Fall 2014 Exhibit: “The Common Law Epitomiz’d: Anthony Taussig’s Law books” The exhibit will showcase some of the outstanding books acquired by the Lillian Goldman Law Library from the greatest private collection of rare English law books ever assembled. Curated by Mike Widener, Rare Book Librarian, and Ryan Greenwood, 2013-14 Rare Book Fellow. On exhibit August 25 – November 15, 2014
Thursday, October 23
6:00 – 9:30 PM Affinity Groups Reception and Dinners Omni Hotel 155 Temple Street
6:00 – 7:00 PM Diversity Reception for All Groups 7:00 – 9:30 PM Affinity Group Dinners
Alumni interested in meeting with students from the Law School’s various affinity groups are invited to a joint reception, followed by individual Affinity Group Dinners, where each group will honor a distinguished Law School alum.
Participating groups and their honorees include:
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association and the South Asian Law Students Association (Wallace Loh ’74) [More information7.],
Black Law Students Association (Hon. Gregory H. Woods ’95),
Latino/a Law Students Association (Eduardo M. Peñalver ’99),
Native American Law Students Association (Hon. Kevin K. Washburn ’93) [Visit their website8 to learn more.], and
OutLaws (the Law School Community’s LGBTQ association) (Pamela S. Karlan ’84). [Learn more9 about their honoree.].
Friday, October 24
12:30 – 7:30 PM Registration Room 122
2:00 – 3:00 PM The Paskus-Danziger Rare Book Room Open House Alumni are welcome to drop by and see selected acquisitions from our collection and meet with our Rare Book Librarian, Mike Widener.
3:00 – 4:30 PM Advocacy, Arguments, and Persuasion: Four Views of the Cathedral Levinson Auditorium, Yale Law School
Moderator: Pamela S. Karlan ’84, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division U.S. Department of Justice; Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law and Co-Director, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Stanford Law School (on leave) Panelists: Lani Guinier ’74, Bennett Boskey Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Michael E. Rosman ’84, General Counsel, Center for Individual Rights Paul M. Smith ’79, Partner, Jenner & Block Allison Zieve ’89, Director, Public Citizen Litigation Group
4:30 – 5:30 PM Student Activity Fair Law School Dining Hall Yale Law School has more than 50 student organizations. Many of them will be at the Fair. Meet students and see what activities they are involved in today while enjoying cider and donuts. A complete list of student organizations.
6:30 – 7:30 PM Alumni Receptions
Legal Eagles (All classes up to 1953), and Classes of 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, and Non-Reunion Classes and their guests. University Commons (corner of College and Grove Streets)
Classes of 1974, 1979, 1984 and 1989 and their guests. Presidents’ Room, 2nd Floor, Woolsey Hall (corner of College and Grove Streets)
Classes of 1994, 1999, 2004 and 2009 and their guests. Law School Dining Hall, 127 Wall Street
7:30 PM All Alumni Dinner University Commons (enter either on the corner of College and Grove Streets or from Beinecke Plaza off Wall Street). All reunion classes and non-reunion alumni and guests gather for dinner in Commons.
After Dinner Socializing After dinner, stay for coffee, beer, wine, and a dessert medley, and spend more time catching up with friends!
Saturday, October 25
7:00 – 8:00 AM Fun Run Meet in front of the Law School at 127 Wall Street. Join Yale Law School’s Professors Ian Ayres ’86, William K. Townsend Professor of Law, and Dan Kahan, Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology, for an early morning 5K run.
8:00 AM – 6:30 PM Registration open Room 122
8:00 – 9:30 AM Alumni-Student Breakfast Connections Room 120 Be matched with current students to chat about common areas of interest.
8:00 – 10:00 AM Continental Breakfast Law School Dining Hall Breakfast will be available in the Dining Hall for anyone who is not participating in the Alumni-Student Breakfast Connections.
9:30 – 10:45 AM Concurrent Panel Discussions
I. Judging Across Borders and Around the World Room 127, Yale Law School
Moderator: Oona A. Hathaway ’97, Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law; Director, Center for Global Legal Challenges, Yale Law School Panelists: Rosalie Silberman Abella, Justice, Supreme Court of Canada Rosalyn C. Higgins ’62 JSD, President, British Institute of International and Comparative Law; former President and Member, International Court of Justice W. Michael Reisman ’64 LLM, ’65 JSD, Myres S. McDougal Professor of International Law, Yale Law School Patricia M. Wald ’51, former Justice, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; retired Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
II. Picking Judges Levinson Auditorium, Yale Law School
Moderator: Akhil Reed Amar ’84, Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law School Panelists: Jerry Brown ’64, Governor, State of California Stephen Higginson ’87, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit Margaret D. Marshall ’76, Senior Fellow, Yale Corporation; retired Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; Senior Counsel, Choate, Hall & Stewart; Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer, Harvard Law School David Pozen ’07, Associate Professor, Columbia Law School
10:00 AM – 6:30 PM Hospitality Areas Student Lounge and the Alumni Reading Room
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM Concurrent Panel Discussions
III. The Least Dangerous Branch Levinson Auditorium, Yale Law School
Moderator: William N. Eskridge, Jr. ’78, John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence, Yale Law School Panelists: Stuart F. Delery '93, Acting Associate Attorney General for the Civil Division, Department of Justice Stephen R. Reinhardt ’54, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit Reva Siegel ’86, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law, Yale Law School
IV. Courts on Trial: Judging and its Alternatives Room 127, Yale Law School
Moderator: Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School Panelists: Goodwin H. Liu ’98, Associate Justice, California Supreme Court Michael A. Ponsor ’74, Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts Peter L. Zimroth ’66, Senior Counsel, Arnold & Porter; Director, Center on Civil Justice, NYU School of Law
12:30 PM All Alumni Luncheon University Commons (enter either on the corner of College and Grove Streets or from Beinecke Plaza off Wall Street)
Opening Remarks: Victoria A. Cundiff ’80, President, Yale Law School Association Executive Committee; Partner, Paul Hastings; Visiting Lecturer, Yale Law School Robert C. Post ’77, Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, Yale Law School
2:45 – 4:30 PM Presentation of the Yale Law School Association Award of Merit Woolsey Hall (corner of College and Grove Streets)
Recipients: The Honorable Clarence Thomas ’74, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court The Honorable Samuel A. Alito, Jr. ’75, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court The Honorable Sonia Sotomayor ’79, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court
Presenter: Robert C. Post ’77, Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, Yale Law School
A Conversation with Lafayette S. Foster Professor Kate Stith and Justices Thomas, Alito, and Sotomayor.
Class Reunion Receptions and Dinners
6:30 PM Class reunion receptions* 7:30 PM Class reunion dinners
*5:00 – 7:15 PM Class of 1964 50th Reunion: Tour and Reception
Sunday, October 26
Class Reunion Brunches 10:00 AM – 12 Noon
Links
http://ylsalumni.smugmug.com/2014/AW14/
https://vimeo.com/album/3106863/video/110295071
https://vimeo.com/110354435
https://vimeo.com/album/3106863/video/110354437
https://vimeo.com/album/3106863/video/110354438
https://vimeo.com/110465689
https://yaleconnect.yale.edu/apalsa/home/
https://yaleconnect.yale.edu/nalsa/home/
https://yaleconnect.yale.edu/outlaws/home/
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