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Professors Gideon Yaffe and Tom Tyler on their books

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Yale Law School Professor Tom Tyler, who co-wrote Why Children Follow Rules: Legal Socialization and the Development of Legitimacy with Rick Trinkner, and Professor Gideon Yaffe, who wrote The Age of Culpability: Children and the Nature of Criminal Responsibility, discuss the overlapping topics of their books on youth, the juvenile justice system, and consent in the legal system.

Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, and the Law

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The Information Society Project, the Center for Global Legal Challenges, TechSoc, and the Floyd Abrams Institute co-sponsored this panel on April 9, 2018. Mike Kwet, Tiffany Li, and Helena Ursic provided insights into the legal aspects of this controversy. David Lehr and Adam Pan introduced and moderated the event.

Kath Xu ’20

2:51
A student perspective on the feminist organizations, the Veterans Clinic, and the financial aid office at Yale Law School.

David Nirenberg: The Historian as Theologian: Past and Present in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism

51:44
David Nirenberg, Deborah R. and Edgar D. Jannotta Professor, University of Chicago, gave a Kamel Center lecture on March 6, 2018.

Martti Koskenniemi: After Globalization: International Law and the Backlash against Global Rule

1:18:59
Martti Koskenniemi, Academy Professor of International Law at the University of Helsinki and Director of the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, gave the 2017-2018 Sherrill Lecture on March 26, 2018.

Yemen: Is the U.S. Breaking the International Law?, Panel 2

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The Yale Law School Center for Global Legal Challenges hosted a panel that explored the international law issues of the topic of Yemen.

Yemen: Is the U.S. Breaking Domestic Law?, Panel 1

59:51
The Yale Law School Center for Global Legal Challenges hosted a panel that explored the domestic law issues of the topic of Yemen.

Sexual Harassment Law in the Age of Trump and #MeToo

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A panel on the causes of, and solutions to, sexual harassment and discrimination in the age of Trump and #MeToo held April 10, 2018. Panelists: Tanya Hernández, Fordham Law School Anna McNeil, Engender at Yale Shannon Minter, National Center for Lesbian Rights Vicki Schultz, Yale Law School Cari Simon, The Fierberg National Law Group Rachel Tuchman, #TimesUp This event was cosponsored by Yale Law School, Engender, Yale Law Women, Latinx Law Students Association, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, First Generation Professionals, American Constitution Society, and Yale Law...