Yale Law School and Yale Divinity School will co-sponsor a working conference on religion in the military Nov. 13-14. More... Stanford Law Professor Norman Spaulding will deliver the John Hart Ely Fellowship Lecture on Professional Responsibility November 17, 2009, on “Counseling Resistance to Law.” More... The Yale Law Journal has launched a new electronic companion, The Yale Law Journal Online. More... U. S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg ’78 will deliver a Dean’s Lecture at Yale Law School on November 2. More... The Information Society Project at Yale Law School has launched three new reports on the state of access to knowledge in comparative national perspective. More... Alumni Weekend 2009 featured the return of both an illustrious alumna and a beloved former dean. More... Nearly 100 lawyers and legal scholars from North and South America gathered in Asunción, Paraguay, this past June for the 2009 SELA meeting. More... Chairs have been conferred by the Yale Corporation on Harold Hongju Koh, Oona Hathaway ’97, and Jean Koh Peters. More... Yale Law School Professor Mirjan Damaška has been selected to receive the American Society of Comparative Law’s Lifetime Achievement Award. More... The Information Society Project at Yale Law School has entered into a research partnership with University of the People, the world’s first tuition-free, online academic institution. More... Dartmouth finance professor Kenneth French will discuss “Perspectives on Financial Regulation” at the Judge Ralph K. Winter Lecture on Corporate Law and Governance November 5, 2009. More... Professor Nancy Fraser of The New School for Social Research will deliver the Storrs Lectures at Yale Law School October 5 and 6. More... Columbia Law School Visiting Professor John Armour will give the Wasserman Lecture October 29 at Yale Law School. More... A groundbreaking Internet Video Innovation Roundtable, hosted by the Yale Information Society Project and sponsored by The Kauffman Foundation, was held March 7, 2009, at Yale Law School. More... A “Democracy Index,” first proposed by YLS Professor Heather Gerken, is part of a plan Mayor Mike Bloomberg has introduced in New York City to improve the election process. More... A conference titled “Journalism and The New Media Ecology: Who Will Pay The Messengers?” will be held November 13 and 14 at Yale Law School. More...
Yale Law School and the Yale School of Management (SOM) have begun offering an Accelerated Integrated JD-MBA program that will enable students to earn both degrees in three years. More... Former Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh will receive the Yale Law School Association’s Award of Merit during Alumni Weekend 2009. More... Professor Adam J. Levitin of Georgetown Law School has been named inaugural winner of the Walton H. Hamilton Prize for Outstanding Scholarship given by the Yale Journal on Regulation. More... The Yale Law School Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic and the Yale Law Journal Online will host a half-day conference, "Important Questions of Federal Law: Assessing the Supreme Court's Case Selection Process,” on September 18, 2009. More... The Yale Information Society Project hosted a gathering of the Access to Knowledge Global Academy August 19-20 at Yale Law School. More... On August 26, Dean Robert C. Post ’77 welcomed the 198th class of new students to Yale Law School, a place, he said, that is special because it is designed to bring out the unique and generative vision of each of its students. More... With her confirmation on August 6, 2009, Sonia Sotomayor ’79 became the first Hispanic and the third woman ever to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. More... Alumni Weekend 2009 takes place October 16-18 and will examine “The Regulatory Debate: Whether, What, and How?” More... Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law Kate Stith appeared as a majority witness at the Supreme Court nomination hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor. More... The Open Video Conference June 19-20 in New York City, co-organized by the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, drew thousands. More... Harold Hongju Koh, dean of Yale Law School since 2004, was confirmed as Legal Adviser of the U.S. State Department on June 25, 2009. More... Harold Hongju Koh sent a message to the Yale Law School community following his confirmation as Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State. More... Robert C. Post ’77 has been named Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law at Yale Law School, effective July 1, 2009. More... A message from Yale University President Richard Levin about the appointment of Robert C. Post ’77 as the Dean and Sol and Lillian Goldman Professor of Law at Yale Law School. More... Martha Minow ’79, Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, has been named Dean of Harvard Law School. More... Muneer I. Ahmad, professor of law at American University’s Washington College of Law and a specialist in immigration law and international human rights, will join the Yale Law School faculty on July 1, 2009, as a clinical professor of law. More... Yale Law School Acting Dean Kate Stith discussed the state of the Law School in her 2009 letter to alumni. More... President Obama has nominated federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor ’79 for the seat on the U.S. Supreme Court being vacated by retiring Justice David H. Souter. More... 229 members of the Yale Law School Class of 2009 were honored at Memorial Day commencement ceremonies on May 25. More... YLS Dean Harold Hongju Koh is the 2009 recipient of the Connecticut Law Tribune’s Service to the Profession Award. More... Sterling Professor of Law Owen Fiss has been awarded “La distinción Sócrates” by the Universidad de los Andes law faculty. More... The Potter Stewart Prize for best overall written and oral argument went to Robert Heberle ’10 and Joseph Pace ’10 in the spring finals of the Morris Tyler Moot Court competition. More... Fifteen students from Bridgeport’s Harding High School came to YLS on April 20 to learn how to be fair and responsible dispensers of justice. More... Yale Law School clinic students played a major role in the revitalization of New Haven's Greater Dwight neighborhood by overseeing the $11.5 million refinancing of the Shaw’s Shopping Center. More... Yale Law School has announced it has awarded more than thirty public interest fellowships to its graduates for the 2009-2010 year. More... Professor John J. Donohue III has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies. More... Robert Harrison ’81, CEO of the Clinton Global Initiative, will deliver a Dean’s Lecture on April 27 titled “Re-defining the Model for Addressing the Great Global Challenges.” More... Professor John Langbein has been honored by William & Mary Law School with the 2008-09 Marshall-Wythe Medallion, which recognizes outstanding leaders from the bench, bar, and academia. More... The future of online video will be explored at the “Open Video Conference” taking place June 19-20 in New York City. More... The Health Impact Fund, a pay-for-performance mechanism designed to reduce the cost of advanced medicines without stifling innovation, will be the topic of discussion Thursday, April 9, at Yale Law School. More... Yale Law School’s Supreme Court Clinic scored another victory on April 1 in the case Harbison v. Bell. More... The finals of the Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals scheduled for May 4, 2009 will consider the case, Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. More... Read a sampling of articles and letters related to Dean Koh’s nomination to the Obama administration. More... Morris L. Cohen, Professor Emeritus and Librarian Emeritus at Yale Law School, has donated his “Juvenile Jurisprudence Collection” to the Lillian Goldman Law Library. More... The Graduate Programs at Yale Law School will hold its annual Aspiring Scholars Symposium on April 17 and 18 at Yale Law School. More... Yale Law School students Carel Alé ’11, Andres Idarraga ’11, and Alexandru Iftimie ’11 have been named Paul & Daisy Soros New American Fellows for 2009. More... Stanford Law Professor Michael Klausner ’81 will discuss “Are Securities Class Actions ‘Supplemental’ to SEC Enforcement? An Empirical Analysis” at the Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance April 23. More... Oona A. Hathaway ’97, Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, will rejoin the Yale Law School faculty as Professor of Law starting on July 1, 2009. More... Northwestern University Professor Claire Priest will join the Yale Law School faculty as Professor of Law starting on July 1, 2009. More... I wanted you to know that today, President Obama is announcing his intent to nominate me as The Legal Adviser of the United States Department of State.
More... President Barack Obama today announced his intent to nominate Dean Harold Hongju Koh to be The Legal Adviser of the United States Department of State.
More... To permit Dean Koh to focus on preparation for his important new responsibility, after consultation with a number of senior members of the faculty, I have asked Kate Stith, Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law, to begin serving immediately as Acting Dean of Yale Law School.
More... Immigration policy in the new century is the topic of the Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Fellowship Symposium taking place April 2-3 at Yale Law School. More... Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal ’73 will discuss “Leadership through Lawyering” on April 20 at Yale Law School. More... Floyd Abrams ’60, an expert in freedom of speech and press issues, will deliver a lecture titled “The Courage of Lawyers: Four American Heroes.”
More... Yale Law School and the Yale School of Management have announced the creation of an Accelerated Integrated JD-MBA program that will enable students to earn both degrees in three years. More... The Honorable Lee H. Hamilton will discuss “Strengthening the Congress” in the 2008-2009 Fowler Harper Lecture on April 13, 2009. More... On April 5, 2009, Yale Law School will hold a memorial service to mark the passing of Yale Law School Professor Emeritus Jay Katz, who passed away November 17, 2008. More... Stanford University professor Joshua Cohen will deliver the Ralph Gregory Elliot Lecture on March 30, 2009, speaking on “Religious Establishment, Civic Exclusion, and Democracy’s Public Reason.” More... The Yale Law School Supreme Court Clinic won its second victory March 3 in the case, Negusie v Holder. More... Yale Law School will host a conference April 16-17, 2009, on “Frontiers in Social Justice Lawyering: Critical Race Revisited." More... The Information Society Project at Yale Law School has submitted recommendations to the Obama administration for a new U.S. strategy addressing the technical standards underlying the Internet and information and communication technologies. More... The Honorable Louise Arbour will deliver the Judge Jon O. Newman Lecture on Global Justice on March 23, 2009. More... The list of Yale Law School graduates appointed to positions in the Obama administration includes the top spots in the State Department and the Office of White House Counsel. More... The Yale Information Society Project will host the “Library 2.0” Symposium on April 4, 2009, at Yale Law School. More... A panel discussion titled “Understanding the Financial Crisis; Part II: The Stimulus, Bailouts, and Other Solutions,” will be held February 17 at Yale Law School. More... University of Chicago business professor Steven Kaplan will deliver the Winter Lecture on Corporate Law and Governance on March 2, speaking on the topic, “Are U.S. CEOs Overpaid?” More... The YLS chapter of the Federalist Society will host the 2009 Federalist Society National Student Symposium Friday, February 27, and Saturday, February 28, at Yale Law School. More... Yale Law School’s 2009 Commencement ceremony will take place May 25—Memorial Day. More... The 15th Annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference will be held February 20-22 at Yale Law School. More... Yale Law School’s Law and Media Program will host a conference Feb. 13 and 14 on “The Future of Student Internet Speech—What Are We Teaching the Facebook Generation?” More... Yale Law School’s Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic achieved its first victory before the High Court in January in the case, Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee. More... Georgetown Law Professor Milton C. Regan, Jr., discusses “Legal Counseling and Conflicted Citizens:  The Case of Tax Practice” on February 23, 2009.  More... U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will deliver the Heyman Lecture on Public Service on February 2, 2009, at Yale Law School. More... University of Chicago Professor Luigi Zingales will deliver the John R. Raben/Sullivan & Cromwell Fellowship Lecture on Feb. 16, speaking on “The Future of Securities Regulation.” More... New York University law professor Stephen Choi and University of Pennsylvania law professor Jill E. Fisch ’85 will give the Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance Feb. 3 at Yale Law School. More... Judith Scott, General Counsel for the Service Employees International Union, will deliver the Preiskel-Silverman Lecture on February 9, speaking on “Standing up for the Real Joe the Plumbers: Social Justice Lawyering in the Age of Obama.” More... On March 5-6, 2009, the 12th annual Liman Colloquium will celebrate forty years of clinical education at Yale Law School. More... Sheila Hayre ’02, a staff attorney with the New Haven Legal Assistance Association, has been named public interest advisor and public interest mentor-in-residence at Yale Law School. More... The Yale Law Women will host a conference March 27 and 28 titled “Opt Out” Or Pushed Out: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession? More... Yale Law School will host a symposium January 29, 2009, on “Global Health Policy for the New Administration.” More... On February 6, 2009, Yale Law School will host a conference titled “The Pursuit of International Criminal Justice: The Case of Darfur.” More... Denver Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet ’93 has been chosen to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Interior secretary-designee Ken Salazar. More... Gregory J. Fleming ’88, the former president and chief operating officer of Merrill Lynch & Co., has been appointed Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School and Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Center for the Study of Corporate Law at Yale Law School. More... Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law is co-sponsoring with the Yale Journal on Regulation the Weil, Gotshal and Manges Roundtable on “The Future of Financial Regulation” February 13, 2009, at the Law School. More... The finals of the Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals were held Thursday, December 11, at Yale Law School. More... John Fabian Witt ’99, an expert in the history of American law, will join the Yale Law School faculty in July 2009. More... U.S. Senator and former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton ’73 has been nominated by president-elect Barack Obama to serve as America’s 67th secretary of state. More... Members of the public who learn about nanotechnology tend to become sharply polarized along cultural line as to its safety, according to a study conducted by the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School. More... Yale Law School will hold a conference on April 24, 2009, to honor the work of W. Michael Reisman ’64 LL.M, ’65 J.S.D., Myres S. McDougal Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. More... The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit will hear oral arguments at Yale Law School on November 25, 2008. More... The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit will hear oral arguments in the following cases on November 25 at Yale Law School. More... Yale Law School Professor Jay Katz died Monday, November 17, 2008, in New Haven. Katz was the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor Emeritus of Law, Medicine, and Psychiatry and Harvey L. Karp Professorial Lecturer in Law and Psychoanalysis at Yale Law School.
More... A lecture titled “Genius in a Bottle:  Perfume as a Copyrightable Creative Work?” will be held Monday, November 17, at the Sterling Memorial Library lecture hall. More... The finals of the Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals will be held December 11 in the Yale Law School Auditorium. More... YLS professor Tony Kronman ’75 and SOM professor Constance Bagley will co-host a conversation with former GE executive Ben Heineman ’71 on December 2 at Yale Law School. More... Jean-Marie Guéhenno will deliver the 2008-2009 Sherrill Lecture December 15, speaking on “Peacekeeping: Testing the Limits of the Concept of an International Community.” More... A World War I chaplain’s chalice with ties to a noted Supreme Court case has been donated to Yale Law School and is on display in the Alumni Reading Room. More...