Reunion Videos

Friday, Oct. 12, 2007
 
The Next Generation of Law and Media
Moderator: Robert C. Post '77, David Boies Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Panelists: Floyd Abrams '59, Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel; Emily C. Bazelon '00, Senior Editor, Slate; Steven Brill '75, Chairman and CEO, Clear/Verified Identity Pass, Inc.; Adam Liptak '88, National Legal Correspondent, The New York Times

The New Separation of Powers: Parties, Politics, and the Presidency
Moderator: Harold Hongju Koh, Dean and Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law
Panelists: Bruce Ackerman '67, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale Law School; Dawn E. Johnsen ’86, Professor of Law and Ira C. Batman Faculty Fellow, Indiana University School of Law; Charlie Savage ’03 M.S.L., National Legal Affairs Correspondent, The Boston Globe; Peter Shane ’77, Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law, The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law

Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007
 
The New Tools: The Internet Influencing Democracy
Moderator: Robert C. Post ’77, David Boies, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Panelists: Susan Crawford ’89, Associate Professor, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; Beth Simone Noveck ’97, Professor of Law, New York Law School, Director, Institute for Information Law and Policy, Director, Do Tank and Democracy Design Workshop; Joshua Micah Marshall, Columnist, Writer, and Publisher, Talking Points Memo

Race, Politics, and the Voting Rights Act
Moderator: Heather K. Gerken, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Panelists: Samuel Issacharoff ’83, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law; Nina Perales, Southwest Regional Counsel, MALDEF, San Antonio, TX; Paul M. Smith ’79, Partner, Co-Chair, Appellate and Supreme Court, and Media and First Amendment Practices, Jenner & Block; Myron H. Thompson ’72, Judge, U. S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama

The Media Covering Elections: Heroes or Villains?
Moderator: Heather K. Gerken, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Panelists: Jill Abramson, Managing Editor, The New York Times; Jeff Greenfield ’67, Senior Political Correspondent, CBS News; Joshua Micah Marshall, Columnist, Writer, and Publisher, Talking Points Memo; Henry Weinstein, Legal Affairs Writer, Los Angeles Times

Money and Politics
Moderator: Pamela S. Karlan ’84, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law, Stanford Law School
Panelists: Richard Briffault, Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation, Columbia Law School; Norman J. Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Daniel R. Ortiz ’83, John Allan Love Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law; Bradley A. Smith, Professor of Law, Capital University Law School

Alumni Luncheon and Presentation of the YLSA Award of Merit
Opening Remarks: Laurence T. Sorkin ’67, President, YLSA Executive Committee; Harold Hongju Koh, Dean and Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, Yale Law School
Remembering Two YLS Pioneers:  Jane Bolin ’31 and Pauli Murray ’65 J.S.D.
Remarks by: Tracey L. Meares, Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Reva Siegel ’86, Deputy Dean and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Presentation of the YLSA Award of Merit by Harold Hongju Koh, Dean and Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, Yale Law School, to Linda J. Greenhouse ’78 M.S.L., Supreme Court Correspondent, The New York Times.