July - December 2006
Greener Pastures--A Commentary by Daniel Esty '86
December 29, 2006
Professor of Environmental Law and Policy Daniel Esty '86 is the author, with Andrew Winston, of Green to Gold (Yale University Press, 2006). More...
Yale Law School Mourns Former President Gerald Ford '41
December 27, 2006
"Chance thrust upon Gerald Ford a succession of crucial historic roles—President, Vice President, House Minority Leader, and member of the Warren Commission. He answered each of those challenges with courage and humility,” Dean Harold Hongju Koh said.More...
Environmental Atonement—A Commentary by Ian Ayres '86 and Barry Nalebuff
December 25, 2006
Ian Ayres and Barry Nalebuff are professors at Yale Law School and Yale School of Management, respectively. They are co-authors of Why Not? and regular columnists for Forbes. More...
YLS Partners with San Francisco City Attorney and Boalt Law School in Affirmative Litigation Working Group
December 19, 2006
Yale Law School students will get an opportunity to explore innovative public policy litigation strategies as the result of a unique collaboration with the San Francisco Attorney’s Office and the University of California, Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. More...
What if terrorists destroy Washington?—A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman
December 16, 2006
Bruce Ackerman '67 is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School and the author of Before the Next Attack: Preserving Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism. More...
Dean Harold Hongju Koh Files al-Marri Brief
December 13, 2006
Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh was one of 29 constitutional law professors from around the U.S. who filed an amicus brief December 12 in the case of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri. More...
Professor Kenji Yoshino Receives 2006 Myers Outstanding Book Award for “Covering”
December 12, 2006
Guido Calabresi Professor of Law Kenji Yoshino has been honored by The Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights for his most recent book, Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights. More...
Floyd Abrams '60 To Speak on December 14
December 11, 2006
On Thursday, December 14, Floyd Abrams '60 will give a Dean’s Program on the Profession talk entitled "The Rwanda Media Genocide Appeal: When is a Journalist Guilty of Genocide?" More...
Sex and the City—A Commentary by Kenji Yoshino
December 11, 2006
Kenji Yoshino '96 is the Guido Calabresi Professor of Law and author of Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights (Random House, 2006). More...
Morris Tyler Moot Court Competition December 11
December 8, 2006
The Morris Tyler Moot Court will consider the case of Massachusetts v. EPA on Monday, December 11, in the Levinson Auditorium. More...
Blind Side—A Commentary by Kenji Yoshino
December 7, 2006
Professor of Law Kenji Yoshino '96 is the author of Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights (Random House, 2006). More...
Yale Law School Introduces Law and Globalization Breakfast Series
December 7, 2006
"The Changing Dynamics of International Arbitration" was the topic of Yale Law School's first Law and Globalization Breakfast, held November 29 in New York City. More...
Professor Susan Rose-Ackerman Opens “In the Company of Scholars” Series
December 6, 2006
Susan Rose-Ackerman, the Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and Professor of Political Science, discussed “Corruption and Democratic Transitions” in the opening “In the Company of Scholars” lecture held October 31. More...
Professor Gerald Torres '77 To Give Dean’s Lecture on December 12
December 5, 2006
On Tuesday, December 12, Professor Gerald Torres ’77 will give a Dean’s Lecture entitled “The Red and The Black: Culture, Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights.” More...
Politician, Police Thyself—A Commentary by Josh Chafetz ‘07
December 4, 2006
Josh Chafetz is a third-year student at Yale Law School. He is the author of the forthcoming “Democracy’s Privileged Few: Legislative Privilege and Democratic Norms in the British and American Constitutions.” More...
Professor J. L. Pottenger Honored by Connecticut Voices for Children
December 1, 2006
Nathan Baker Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney J. L. Pottenger Jr. ’75 has been honored by Connecticut Voices for Children for his work in developing a partnership between Connecticut Voices and Yale Legislative Services. More...
Gerhard Casper To Deliver Inaugural Kronman-Postol Lecture December 7
December 1, 2006
Gerhard Casper will deliver the inaugural Kronman-Postol Lecture on Thursday, December 7, speaking to the Yale Law School community on “Caesarism in Democratic Politics: Reflections on Max Weber.” More...
CED Clinic Helps Client Break Ground for New Senior Housing
November 30, 2006
On November 14, 2006, St. Luke’s Senior Housing, Inc.—a client of the Community and Economic Development (CED) Clinic—broke ground on Josephine Jarvis Gray Senior Housing in New Haven’s Dixwell neighborhood. More...
Law School Clinic Sues Department of Homeland Security
November 28, 2006
Yale Law School’s Allard K. Lowenstein Human Rights Clinic National Litigation Project sued the Department of Homeland Security in federal court in New Haven last Tuesday, seeking records of a program known as “Operation Front Line.” More...
Ben Heineman ’71 Delivers Preiskel-Silverman Lecture
November 28, 2006
In the 2006-2007 Preiskel-Silverman Lecture held Monday, November 27, 2006, Ben W. Heineman, Jr., ’71, spoke on “Law and Leadership.” More...
Robert Greenstein to Speak at Yale Law School
November 27, 2006
On Thursday, Nov. 30, Robert Greenstein, executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, will speak to the Yale Law School community. More...
Wise strategy on same-sex unions—A Commentary by William Eskridge, Jr. '78
November 21, 2006
Darren R. Spedale and William N. Eskridge Jr. '78, a Yale Law School professor, are authors of Gay Marriage: For Better or For Worse? What We've Learned from the Evidence. More...
Does James Bond Have a License To Kill?—A Commentary by Justin Shubow '08
November 17, 2006
Justin Shubow is a second-year student at Yale Law School. The following article about the rules and regulations of British intelligence originally appeared on Slate.com.More...
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia Speaks at YLS
November 17, 2006
On Friday, November 10, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia participated in a question and answer session with the Law School community.More...
Ortega's Sandinista baggage—A Commentary by Jonathan Finer '09
November 14, 2006
Now a first-year student at Yale Law School, Jonathan Finer is on leave as a reporter for The Washington Post. More...
Opening Argument Launches Website
November 8, 2006
The student-run publication can now be found online at www.openingargument.com.More...
Alumni Weekend 2006 Videos and Photos
November 1, 2006
Alumni Weekend 2006 saw the return of hundreds of Law School graduates to the Sterling Law Building, where they attended panels and met with former classmates.More...
Urban Renewal's Final Implosion—A Commentary by Jonathan Finer '09
October 30, 2006
Now a first-year student at Yale Law School, Jonathan Finer is on leave from his position as a staff writer for The Washington Post.More...
When the Justice Department Played Defense—A Commentary by Judith Resnik
October 30, 2006
Judith Resnik is the Arthur Liman Professor of Law at Yale Law School, where she teaches about federalism, procedure, feminism, and local and global interventions to diminish inequalities and subordination.More...
Skin in the game—A Commentary by Ian Ayres '86 and Barry Nalebuff
October 27, 2006
Ian Ayres and Barry Nalebuff are professors at Yale Law School and Yale School of Management, respectively. They are coauthors of Why Not? and regular columnists for Forbes.More...
The Hitch—A Commentary by William Eskridge, Jr. '78
October 27, 2006
William Eskridge, Jr. '78 is the John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School. Darren R. Spedale is an investment banker in New York City. Eskridge and Spedale co-authored Gay Marriage: for Better or for Worse?More...
UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown to Speak at YLS
October 25, 2006
Mark Malloch Brown, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, will give a public address on the challenge of managing global change on October 30, at 5 p.m. in the Law School's Levinson Auditorium.More...
Regulatory McCarthyism—A Commentary by Jonathan Macey '82
October 24, 2006
Jonathan Macey '82 is Deputy Dean and Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law at Yale Law School.More...
Moving from the War to Law School at Yale—A Commentary by Ken Harbaugh '08
October 23, 2006
Ken Harbaugh '08 spent nine years in the Navy before he enrolled at Yale Law School. "Moving from the War to Law School at Yale" originally aired as a commentary on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." More...
Lillian Goldman Law Library Receives Significant Collection of Rare Books
October 20, 2006
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York has transferred 1,641 volumes from its rare book collection to the Law School's library. More...
We Answer to the Name of Liberals—A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman '67
October 19, 2006
"We Answer to the Name of Liberals," was co-written by Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman '67 and Todd Gitlin, professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University.More...
Chief Justices Margaret Marshall '76, Drayton Nabers, Jr. '65, and Randall Shepard '72 Receive Yale Law School Award of Merit
October 18, 2006
The awards were presented on Saturday, October 14, at the 2006 Alumni Weekend luncheon.More...
The China Law Center Sponsors Roundtable on Drug Law and Policy
October 18, 2006
The China Law Center co-sponsored a “Roundtable on Drug Law and Policy” on September 20-21, 2006 with the Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People's Congress. More...
Dean Koh Announces New Faculty Chairs
October 17, 2006
The Yale Corporation approved the appointment of four members of the Law School faculty to endowed Chairs. More...
Yale Law School Launches $200 Million Capital Campaign
October 16, 2006
In conjunction with the launch of Yale University’s "Yale Tomorrow" capital campaign, Yale Law School has launched its own "Law Tomorrow" capital campaign, expected to raise $200 million over the next five years for student financial assistance, residential housing, faculty support, and additional funding for new and existing academic programs. More...
Senator Arlen Specter '56 to Speak on "The Senate's Hot-Button Issues," Oct. 13
October 10, 2006
Senator Specter will speak on Friday, October 13 at 12:30 p.m. in Room 127.More...
A Dishonest Debate on The Iraq War—A Commentary by Jonathan Finer '09
October 10, 2006
Now a first-year student at Yale Law School, Jonathan Finer was a Washington Post correspondent in Baghdad from May 2005 to July 2006.More...
"Darfur: Day of Action," Oct. 16
October 9, 2006
International human rights experts will meet at Yale on October 16 to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan.More...
What Was He Thinking?—A Commentary by Kenji Yoshino '96
October 9, 2006
Professor of Law Kenji Yoshino '96 is the author of Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights (Random House, 2006).More...
Promises, not policies—A Commentary by Ian Ayres '86
October 5, 2006
William K. Townsend Professor of Law Ian Ayres '86 discusses the use of a proposed "Fair Employment" mark. More...
It's Easy Being Green—A Commentary by Daniel Esty '86
October 3, 2006
Professor of Environmental Law and Policy Daniel Esty co-wrote "It's Easy Being Green" with Andrew Winston, Director of Yale University's Corporate Environmental Strategy Project.More...
A Message from Dean Harold Hongju Koh: FAIR Forum at Yale Law School
October 3, 2006
Members of the Yale Law School community have organized panels to discuss "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" on Thursday, October 5 and Friday, October 6.More...
Prof. Jonathan R. Macey '82 to Give Inaugural Lecture, "Where's the Theory in Corporate Governance?"
October 3, 2006
Prof. Jonathan Macey will deliver his inaugural lecture as the Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law on Monday, October 9.More...
Alumni Weekend Registration Deadline Extended
September 29, 2006
A variety of activities—from public service to sport and play to serious discussions and timely panels—will be offered during Alumni Weekend, October 13-15, 2006.More...
The White House Warden—A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman '67
September 28, 2006
"The White House Warden," an op-ed by Sterling Professor of Law Bruce Ackerman '67, appeared in the September 28 issue of the Los Angeles Times.More...
Deans and Professors Urge Congress to Amend Bills on Military Commissions and FISA
September 27, 2006
In a letter to U.S. Senators and Members of Congress today, a group of more than seventy law school deans and professors from across the country express concern about the Military Commissions Act and the National Security Surveillance Act.More...
Public Knowledge Presents IP3 Award to Professor Yochai Benkler
September 26, 2006
Public-interest advocacy and education organization Public Knowledge recently announced that Professor of Law Yochai Benkler is a winner of its 2006 IP3 award for his work on Information Policy. More...
Professor Jonathan Macey '82 Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee
September 26, 2006
Professor Macey testified during the Senate Judiciary Committee's Sept. 26 hearing to examine reports of insider trading activities in U.S. financial markets.More...
Bruce Katz '85 Receives Heinz Award for Public Policy
September 25, 2006
The award recognizes Katz for championing creative solutions for metropolitan reshaping and restoration.More...
Mommy Dearest?: The Next Antiabortion Argument—An article by Reva Siegel '86
September 21, 2006
Reva Siegel is Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law and Professor of American Studies at Yale University.More...
Alumni Weekend: October 13-15, 2006
September 20, 2006
Dine with friends and faculty. Remember the old times. Debate current events. Play croquet in the courtyard. Celebrate Yale Law School.More...
Bad Party Line—A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman '67
September 19, 2006
Bruce Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale. "Bad Party Line: All the reasons to hate Bush's wiretapping bill" originally appeared on Slate.com.More...
Pretexting is already fraud—An Audio Commentary by Ian Ayres '86
September 15, 2006
Ian Ayres '86 is the William K. Townsend Professor of Law at Yale Law School. More...
Lord Woolf of Barnes to Give Anderson Lecture, Sept. 18
September 14, 2006
The Right Honorable the Lord Woolf of Barnes will lecture on "How to Change the Litigation Culture" on Monday, September 18, 2006, at Yale Law School.More...
Talk of 'war' is misleading and dangerous—A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman '67
September 12, 2006
Bruce Ackerman '67 is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale, and the author of over a dozen books, including Before the Next Attack (Yale University Press, 2006).More...
Matthew Bloom '08 Wins IP Writing Contest
September 6, 2006
The title of Bloom's winning paper is "Subpoenaed Sources and the Internet: A Test for When Bloggers Should Reveal Who Misappropriated a Trade Secret."More...
Professors Reva Siegel and Robert Post on Judicial Independence
September 1, 2006
Professors Reva Siegel and Robert Post were guests on Connecticut Public Radio's The Faith Middleton Show on Tuesday, August 29, 2006. More...
Dean Harold Hongju Koh Welcomes New Students
August 30, 2006
Dean Koh spoke of the Law School as a "community of commitment" and urged new students to use their time at YLS to find new ideas, combine theory and practice, and discover what they stand for.More...
Yale Ranked Among Top Global Universities by Newsweek
August 30, 2006
The August 21, 2006, international edition of Newsweek ranked Yale University No. 3 among global universities, and included an article written by Yale President Richard Levin.More...
Alumni Weekend 2006—Crafting a Life: Private, Public, and Professional
August 29, 2006
Join fellow YLS alums October 13-15 in New Haven for Alumni Weekend 2006.More...
American Association of Law Libraries Recognizes YLS Library Staff
August 25, 2006
Four members of the Lillian Goldman Law Library staff received awards at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries, held in St. Louis this summer.More...
Easy Savings—A Commentary by Ian Ayres '86 and Barry Nalebuff
August 24, 2006
Ian Ayres and Barry Nalebuff are professors at Yale Law School and Yale School of Management, respectively. They are coauthors of Why Not? and regular columnists for Forbes.More...
In Case of Emergency—A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman
August 21, 2006
"In Case of Emergency," an opinion article by Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale, originally appeared on The American Prospect website.More...
Good Cop, Bad Cop—A Commentary by Peter Schuck
August 21, 2006
"Good Cop, Bad Cop," an opinion article on U.S. immigration policy by Peter H. Schuck, the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law at YLS, appears in the August 2006 issue of American Lawyer.More...
Is China’s Government Becoming More Open?
August 15, 2006
An interview with Jamie Horsley, deputy director of The China Law Center at Yale Law School.More...
Give N.Y.'s poor what they need most: a voice—A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman and Ian Ayres
August 14, 2006
Professors Bruce Ackerman and Ian Ayres co-authored Voting with Dollars: A New Paradigm for Campaign Finance (Yale University Press, 2002).More...
Ayres and Klass Receive Scribes Book Award
August 14, 2006
Insincere Promises: The Law of Misrepresented Intent, co-authored by Professor Ian Ayres and Gregory Klass, has been selected as the 2006 winner of the Scribes Book Award. More...
YLS Information Society Project Examines Public Opinion and Freedom of Speech
August 8, 2006
Yale Law School's Information Society Project (ISP) recently analyzed over fifty years of existing research with an eye toward determining the extent to which public opinion both responds to and influences Supreme Court rulings on freedom of speech. More...
YLS Co-sponsors International Conference on Access to Justice
July 27, 2006
Yale Law School, the Legal Education and Research Society (LEARS) of India, and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will co-sponsor the "International Conference on Access to Justice: Law, Policy and Institutions" in New Delhi, India, August 11-13, 2006.More...
Stealing First—A Commentary by Prof. Akhil Amar
July 20, 2006
Akhil Reed Amar is the Southmayd Professor of Law at Yale Law School. His most recent book, America's Constitution: A Biography, received the 2006 ABA Silver Gavel Award.More...
Detain Game—A Commentary by Prof. Bruce Ackerman
July 18, 2006
Bruce Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale. His op-ed titled "Detain Game" originally appeared on Slate.com.More...
Too Good for Marriage—A Commentary by Kenji Yoshino
July 14, 2006
Professor Yoshino's published works include the recent book, Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights (Random House, 2006). More...
Professor Bruce Ackerman on NPR’s Talk of the Nation
July 13, 2006
Professor Ackerman
spoke about the nature of conspiracy charges, the use of pre-emptive arrests,
and the protection of civil liberties on Talk of the Nation on Wednesday,
July 12.More...
Dean Harold Hongju Koh Testifies Before U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Regarding Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
July 11, 2006
Dean Koh testified on July 11 before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on "Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Establishing a Constitutional Process." More...
Dean Harold Hongju Koh to Receive Immigration and Civil Rights Award
July 7, 2006
Dean Koh’s advocacy work will be recognized at an awards ceremony sponsored by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center on July 21. More...
How to strengthen shareholder democracy—An Audio Commentary by Ian Ayres
July 7, 2006
William K. Townsend Professor of Law Ian Ayres commented on "rational apathy" among small shareholders on Marketplace. More...
"Representing Children Worldwide" Chosen as Site of the Month by American Association of Law Libraries OBS-SIS
July 6, 2006
Representing Children Worldwide is a research project which compiles information and resources on how children's voices are heard in child protective proceedings around the country and around the world.More...
The Knicks Boldly Go Where Companies Have Not—An Article by Ian Ayres and John J. Donohue III
July 5, 2006
Ian Ayres is the William K. Townsend Professor of Law at Yale Law School. John J. Donohue III is the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale Law School. More...
Prof. Akhil Reed Amar Interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition
July 5, 2006
Professor Amar was interviewed for a National Public Radio story titled “Supreme Court More Conservative, Fragmented.”
More...
Putting reason back into emergency powers—A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman
July 5, 2006
Bruce Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale, and the author of over a dozen books, including Before the Next Attack (Yale University Press, 2006). More...










