Podcasts
“Confronting the Threats to Our Homeland,” the Sam and Ronnie Heyman Lecture on Public Service at Yale Law School
4/7/08Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
Michael Chertoff discusses how the Department prepares for and mitigates threats to our national security. Secretary Chertoff’s lecture was the Sam and Ronnie Heyman Lecture on Public Service at Yale Law School.
Duration: 1 hour, 00 minutes. Download in MP3 (57 MB).
“Burden Sharing in an Age of Migration,” the 2007-2008 James A. Thomas Lecture at Yale Law School
3/10/08Cristina Rodriguez, Professor of Law, New York University
Cristina Rodriguez discusses how political, legal, and cultural burdens should be distributed and shared to help countries manage the change produced by immigration. Professor Rodriguez’s lecture was the 2007-2008 James A. Thomas Lecture at Yale Law School.
Duration: 1 hour, 22 minutes. Download in MP3 (77 MB).
“From Rome to The Hague: The Creation and Development of the International Criminal Court,” the Inaugural Judge Jon O. Newman Lecture on Global Justice at Yale Law School
3/3/08Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court
Philippe Kirsch discusses the creation and inner workings of this international, independent court, and its future challenges. President Kirsch's lecture was the Inaugural Judge Jon O. Newman Lecture on Global Justice at Yale Law School.
Duration: 57 minutes. Download in MP3 (54 MB).
A conversation about “100 Million Unnecessary Returns: A Simple, Fair, and Competitive Tax Plan for the United States.”
January 11, 2008Michael J. Graetz, Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Professor Michael Graetz discusses the ideas presented in his new book “100 Million Unnecessary Returns” in which he takes on the U.S. tax code, arguing that the American tax system should be completely restructured.
Duration: 15 minutes. Download in MP3 (14 MB).
A conversation about “Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way to Be Smart”
December 14, 2007Ian Ayres '86, William K. Townsend Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Professor Ian Ayres discusses the ideas presented in his new book "Super Crunchers" which shows that thinking by numbers-analyzing millions of bytes of information-provides people with greater insight into human behavior and allows them to predict the future with staggeringly accurate results.
Duration: 18 minutes. Download in MP3 (18 MB).
The Real Clash of Civilizations: Democracy, Religious Violence, and the Case of India”
December 3, 2007Martha C. Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, Department of Philosophy, Law School and Divinity School, at The University of Chicago
Professor Martha C. Nussbaum presents the 2007-2008 Sherrill Lecture, which brings distinguished visitors with special expertise in international law and international relations to Yale Law School. Professor Nussbaum uses India as an example of her theories about the impact of religious nationalism on democratic values.
Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes. Download in MP3 (66 MB).
“An Improbable Career: Doing What You Think is Right”
October 30, 2007Judge Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Judge Nancy Gertner, a 1971 graduate and Visiting Lecturer at Yale Law School, discusses the career choices she made on the path to becoming a judge.
Duration: 50 minutes. Download in MP3 (48 MB).
"Partly Laws Common to All Mankind”: Foreign Law in American Courts, Part 3
The 2007 Storrs LecturesSeptember 12, 2007
Jeremy Waldron, University Professor, New York University Law School
Jeremy Waldron discusses whether it is ever appropriate for American judges to be influenced in their decision by what they know of the laws of other countries. The Storrs Lectures, one of Yale Law School’s oldest and most prestigious lecture programs, address fundamental problems of law and jurisprudence. This is lecture three of a three-part lecture series.
Duration: 1 hour, 06 minutes. Download in MP3 (63 MB).
"Partly Laws Common to All Mankind”: Foreign Law in American Courts, Part 2
The 2007 Storrs LecturesSeptember 11, 2007
Jeremy Waldron, University Professor, New York University Law School
Jeremy Waldron discusses whether it is ever appropriate for American judges to be influenced in their decision by what they know of the laws of other countries. The Storrs Lectures, one of Yale Law School’s oldest and most prestigious lecture programs, address fundamental problems of law and jurisprudence. This is lecture two of a three-part lecture series.
Duration: 1 hour, 11 minutes. Download in MP3 (67 MB).
"Partly Laws Common to All Mankind”: Foreign Law in American Courts
The 2007 Storrs LecturesSeptember 10, 2007
Jeremy Waldron, University Professor, New York University Law School
Jeremy Waldron discusses whether it is ever appropriate for American judges to be influenced in their decision by what they know of the laws of other countries. The Storrs Lectures, one of Yale Law School’s oldest and most prestigious lecture programs, address fundamental problems of law and jurisprudence. This is lecture one of a three-part lecture series.
Duration: 1 hour, 01 minutes. Download in MP3 (58 MB).
"First Things First: The First Amendment, the Media Industry, and Democracy"
April 26, 2007
Joel Hyatt ’76, CEO, Current Media
Joel Hyatt, co-founder with Al Gore, of Current TV, discusses the First Amendment, and its affect on the delivery of legal services and new media.
Duration: 52 minutes. Download in MP3 (50 MB).
How I Survived ‘Survivor’ and Other Professional Challenges
April 19, 2007
Yul Kwon ‘00
Yul Kwon, winner of the hit reality TV show ‘Survivor’ in fall 2006, discusses highlights of his varied professional careers.
Duration: 26 minutes. Download in MP3 (24 MB).
Empire and Tolerance: The Rise and Fall of World Dominant Powers
April 9, 2007
Amy Chua, John M. Duff, Jr. Professor of Law
Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua,
giving her inaugural lecture as the John M. Duff Professor, provides a historical overview of world-dominant powers and discusses the
possibility--and desirability--of an American Empire.
Duration: 56 minutes. Download in MP3 (53 MB).
“The Ford Presidency”
March 30, 2007
Carla A. Hills '58, Chairman and CEO, Hills & Company,
International
Carla Hills, former Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development during the Ford Administration, discusses her work under the late
president.
Duration: 22 minutes. Download in MP3 (21 MB).
“Freeing Scientific Culture: The Fight to Provide Public Access to Results the Public Finances"
March 26, 2007
Dr. Harold Varmus, President & CEO, Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center
Nobel laureate Harold Varmus, President and CEO of Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, gives the Arthur Allen Leff Fellowship Lecture, discusing the public's right to access the
results of publicly funded scientific research.
Duration: 56 minutes. Download in MP3 (53 MB).