Lincoln’s Code: The Puzzling History of the Laws of War
04 March 11 02:51 PM | lisa.cook | (Comments Off)   

An expert in American legal history, John Fabian Witt joined Yale Law School in 2009. In this, his inaugural lecture as the Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law, Witt discusses the puzzling history of the laws of wars, dating back to the time of the Civil War and the wartime instructions known as "Lieber's code."
This lecture took place February 28, 2011, at Yale Law School.

Is Civility Important
24 February 11 01:25 PM | lisa.cook | (Comments Off)   

Yale Law School Professor Stephen L. Carter, author of "Civility: Manners, Morals, and the Etiquette of Democracy," shares his thoughts on the issue of civility in politics in this February 17, 2011 lecture, sponsored by the Yale Law Democrats and Yale Law Republicans.

Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale, where he has taught since 1982.  Among his courses are law and religion, the ethics of war, contracts, intellectual property, and professional responsibility.  Much of his work focuses on the creationof conditions for rational dialogue, while preserving a rich diversity of points of view, whether at home or in international affairs. 

Whatever Happened to Freedom of Association?
18 February 11 03:04 PM | tyson | (Comments Off)   

February 7, 2011
Stanford law professor Michael W. McConnell, an expert on freedom of speech and religion, delivered the 2011 Ralph Gregory Elliot Lecture on February 7, 2011, at Yale Law School.

McConnell is the Richard & Frances Mallery Professor and Director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School, as well as Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is a leading authority on freedom of speech and religion, the relation of individual rights to government structure, originalism, and various other aspects of constitutional history and constitutional law.

Before joining Stanford in 2009, McConnell served as a Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He is the only full-time professor of law in the nation who has previously served as a federal appellate judge. He has argued 13 cases in the United States Supreme Court, most recently Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, in 2010.

Lessons from Two Decades of New Business Creation-From Satellite Television to Electric Cars
15 February 11 12:51 PM | lisa.cook | (Comments Off)   

January 31, 2011
Kevin R. Czinger '87, co-founder and strategic advisor to CODA Automotive has extensive experience operating start-up and growth companies. The following lecture, titled "Lessons from Two Decades of New Business Creation-From Satellite Television to Electric Cars" was delivered on January 31, 2011 as part of the Yale Symposium on Law and Management, which was co-sponsored by Yale Law School and the Yale School of Management.
Czinger previously served as president and CEO of CODA, an electric car and battery company headquartered in Santa Monica, California,where he oversaw the management and strategic direction of the company. Prior to CODA, he was a partner and managing director at Fortress Private Equity, an alternative asset management firm, and an entrepreneur-in-residence at Benchmark Capital. He also served as senior vice president, Operations and Finance, and chief financial officer of Webvan Group.
Prior to Webvan, Czinger was a managing director in the media and telecommunications group at Merrill Lynch and also served as the CEO of Volcano Entertainment, a record and music publishing company he founded. In the early 1990s, he was executive director and head of the media-banking group at Goldman Sachs International in London.
Czinger holds a B.A. from Yale College and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

Dignity, Voice, Story
02 February 11 02:34 PM | lisa.cook | (Comments Off)   
January 24, 2011
The following podcast is a recording of Jean Koh Peters’s inaugural lecture as the Sol Goldman Clinical Professor of Law. The lecture, titled “Dignity, Voice, Story,” touches upon Professor Peters’s work representing children and refugees and her approach to clinical law teaching.
An expert in children, families, and the law, Peters joined Yale Law School in 1989 as an associate clinical professor and supervising attorney for The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization. She was named clinical professor in 1993 and was named the Sol Goldman Clinical Professor of Law in October 2009. She previously was an assistant clinical professor at Columbia Law School and associate director of Columbia’s Child Advocacy Clinic. Prior to that, she served as a staff attorney in the Juvenile Rights Division of the Legal Aid Society in New York City, after clerking for the late William P. Gray of the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
Before Roe v. Wade: Voices that Shaped the Abortion Debate Before the Supreme Court’s Ruling
02 February 11 02:26 PM | lisa.cook | (Comments Off)   

December 9, 2010
In this book discussion, Yale Law School’s Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law Reva Siegel ’86 and Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL discuss their book, “Before Roe v. Wade: Voices that Shaped the Abortion Debate Before the Supreme Court’s Ruling.” Yale Law School Professor Jack M. Balkin provides an introduction and commentary to frame the discussion.

Vision, Values, and Environmental Law
02 February 11 02:23 PM | lisa.cook | (Comments Off)   

December 2, 2010
In this podcast, Joseph M.  Field ’55 Professor of Law Douglas Kysar speaks on his book "Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental Law and the Search for Objectivity." Following Kysar’s remarks, Robert Verchick, Gauthier-St. Martin Chair in Environmental Law, Loyola University New Orleans, discusses Facing Catastrophe: Environmental Action for a Post-Katrina World. These remarks were delivered on December 2, 2010 at Yale Law School.

Reflections on Promoting Liberty and the Rule of Law, and the Curious Case of DADT
02 February 11 02:19 PM | lisa.cook | (Comments Off)   

Lecture sponsored by the Yale chapter of the American Constitution Society
December 1, 2010
Professor Dawn Johnsen ’86, former acting assistant attorney general under President Clinton and two-time President Obama nominee to head the DOJ Office of Legal Counsel, spoke at Yale Law School on December 1, 2010 about reproductive rights, torture, the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, and the confirmation process, among other topics.

Climate Change, Courts, and the Common Law
02 February 11 02:17 PM | lisa.cook | (Comments Off)   

Inaugural Lecture - Douglas A. Kysar, Joseph M.  Field ’55 Professor of Law
November 15, 2010
Doug Kysar is a path-breaking scholar in the areas of environmental law and torts. His book "Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental Law and the Search for Objectivity" (Yale University Press 2010) seeks to reinvigorate environmental law and policy by offering novel theoretical insights on cost-benefit analysis, the precautionary principle, and
sustainable development. Professor Kysar is also the co-author of a leading casebook, The Torts Process (2007).
When asked about his Inaugural Lecture, Professor Kysar responded: “To date, scholars exploring the connection between climate change and tort law have tended to ask what the latter can do about the former. With a few notable exceptions, they have answered, ‘Not much.’ This lecture will pose the inverse question: What can climate change do about tort law? As it turns out, the answer is, ‘Quite a bit.’”

Hard Evidence on Soft Skills: The GED and the Problem of Soft Skills in America
02 February 11 02:08 PM | lisa.cook | (Comments Off)   

The 2010 James A. Thomas Lecture
November 1, 2010
James Heckman, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago speaks on the topic of “Hard Evidence on Soft Skills: The GED and the Problem of Soft Skills in America.” 
Professor Heckman’s work has been devoted to the development of a scientific basis for economic policy evaluation, and his research has given policymakers important new insights into areas such as education, job training, the importance of accounting for general equilibrium in the analysis of labor markets, anti-discrimination law, and civil rights.  
In 2000, he won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. He directs the Economics Research Center and the Center for Social Program Evaluation at the Harris School for Public Policy. In addition, he is the Professor of Science and Society in University College Dublin and a Senior Research Fellow at the American Bar Foundation.
Professor Heckman is author of hundreds of articles and several books, including, most recently, Global Perspectives on the Rule of Law and the forthcoming Hard Evidence on Soft Skills: The GED and the Problem of Soft Skills in America.

The Decline and Fall of the American Republic
02 February 11 02:00 PM | lisa.cook | 1 Comments   

October 20, 2010
Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale Law School, discusses his new book, "The Decline and Fall of the American Republic," with Stephen Skowronek, Acting Chair of the Political Science department, Yale University.

Law and Morality in the Jewish Tradition
02 February 11 01:34 PM | lisa.cook | (Comments Off)   
Dean's Lecture
October 5, 2010
Justice Izhak Englard (Ret.) Supreme Court of Israel
Izhak Englard, former justice of the Supreme Court of Israel, delivered this Dean’s Lecture at Yale Law School October 5, 2010. Justice Englard served on the Israeli Supreme Court from 1997 to 2003. He is the Bora Laskin Professor of Law (Emeritus) at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he was Dean of the Law Faculty from 1984 to 1987. He has served as visiting professor and lecturer at many universities, including Yale Law School, USC Law School, University of Rome, University of Zurich, University of Pennsylvania Law School, and Columbia Law School.
ACS Debate : Birthright Citizenship with Peter Schuck and Akhil Amar
30 September 10 03:37 PM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
September 22, 2010

On August 14, 2010, Peter Schuck, Yale Law School’s Simeon E. Baldwin Professor Emeritus of Law, opined in The New York Times that, even without a constitutional amendment, Congress can regulate citizenship of the children of undocumented immigrants.

That same week, Sterling Professor of Law Akhil Amar ’84 went on The Colbert Report to argue that the promise of equality under the 14th Amendment means that birthright citizenship allows no exception.

In the following debate, hosted by the American Constitution Society of Yale Law School and held on September 22, 2010, Professors Amar and Schuck discuss the history, the purpose, and ultimately the application of the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants.
Federalist Society: Intellectual Property in the Age of Epidemics: Amy Kapczynski ‘03 and Richard Epstein
28 September 10 10:47 AM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
Federalist Society Debate
September 16, 2010

In response to global epidemics such as HIV/AIDS, the Access to Knowledge Movement has emerged to challenge intellectual property protections as harmful to human rights and medical innovation. On September 16, 2010, Professor Richard Epstein ’68 from NYU School of Law and YLS Visiting Associate Professor Amy Kapczynski ’03 debated the need today to protect intellectual property, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry.
“Confronting the Seduction of Choice: Law, Education, and American Pluralism”
15 April 10 12:00 PM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
Robert M. Cover Lecture in Law and Religion
March 22, 2010
Martha Minow '79, Dean and Jeremiah Smith Jr. Professor at Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow '79 spoke about law, education, and American pluralism in the 2010 Cover Lecture.
“Federalism All the Way Down?”
26 March 10 12:33 PM | gkp4 | (Comments Off)   
J. Skelly Wright Inaugural Lecture
March 8, 2010
Heather Gerken, J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law
Professor Heather Gerken specializes in election law, constitutional law, and civil procedure. Professor Gerken is one of the country's leading experts on voting rights and election law, the role of groups in the democratic process, and the relationship between diversity and democracy. In her inaugural lecture as the J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law, Professor Gerken lectures on the topic “Federalism All the Way Down?”
“Citizens United and the Future of Campaign Finance Reform”
11 March 10 03:23 PM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
Sponsored by the American Constitution Society at Yale Law School
March 4, 2010
Samuel Issacharoff, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law
NYU election law professor Samuel Issacharoff ’83 speaks about the future of campaign finance reform after the Supreme Court's groundbreaking decision in Citizens United.
“The World’s Dream About Itself: The Story You Must Tell”
11 March 10 03:15 PM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
Dean’s Lecture
March 1, 2010 
Heidi Durrow ’95, author of The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, reads from her new book and talks about her path to becoming a writer.
The First Amendment Online
11 March 10 03:11 PM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
February 22, 2010
Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post
Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post, spoke at Yale Law School on February 22, 2010. The lecture was part of the Liberty Tree First Amendment Online Colloquium, organized by Yale Law School’s Information Society Project and Law and Media Program. In this lecture, Huffington speaks about the future of journalism and the first amendment online – including topics such as net neutrality and citizen journalism.
Lecture organized by Yale Law School’s Information Society Project and Law and Media Program
A Question and Answer Session with Justice Stephen Breyer
05 March 10 09:09 AM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
February 16, 2010
The Honorable Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and Paul Gewirtz ’70, Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law and Director, The China Law Center, Yale Law School
The Honorable Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court sat down for a question and answer interview with Yale Law School Professor Paul Gewirtz. Justice Breyer was visiting Yale Law School to deliver a two-part lecture series titled “Making the Constitution Work: A Supreme Court Justice’s View.”
“History: Challenges the Court Has Faced”
04 March 10 10:06 AM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
Part One of a Two–Lecture Series on “Making the Constitution Work: A Supreme Court Justice’s View”
February 15, 2010
The Honorable Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
This is the first lecture of a two-part lecture series in which Justice Breyer discusses key moments in the Supreme Court’s history that illustrate the importance of public acceptance of the Court’s decisions, as well as challenges the Court has faced in achieving such public acceptance. Justice Breyer shares his thoughts on what the Court must do in the future to make the Constitution work well in practice and to maintain the public trust it has earned.
“Future: Will the People Follow the Court?”
04 March 10 10:02 AM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
Part Two of a Two–Lecture Series on “Making the Constitution Work: A Supreme Court Justice’s View”
February 16, 2010
The Honorable Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
This is the second lecture of a two-part lecture series in which Justice Breyer discusses key moments in the Supreme Court’s history that illustrate the importance of public acceptance of the Court’s decisions, as well as challenges the Court has faced in achieving such public acceptance. Justice Breyer shares his thoughts on what the Court must do in the future to make the Constitution work well in practice and to maintain the public trust it has earned.
“Law and Life in Asia, Part 3: Academic, Scholarly, and Law Reform Interaction with China”
04 March 10 09:58 AM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
Dean's Distinguished Lectures
February 23, 2010
Jerome A. Cohen ’55, Professor and Co-director of the U.S.-Asia Law Institute at New York University Law School, adjunct senior fellow for Asian Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Jerome A. Cohen speaks about his personal experiences in East Asia and about the role of law and politics in China’s development.  This is the final lecture in a three-part lecture series.
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“Law and Life in Asia, Part 2: “Lawyering to Foster China’s Economic and Legal Development”
04 March 10 09:51 AM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
Dean's Distinguished Lectures
February 9, 2010
Jerome A. Cohen ’55, Professor and Co-director of the U.S.-Asia Law Institute at New York University Law School, adjunct senior fellow for Asian Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Jerome A. Cohen speaks about his personal experiences in East Asia and about the role of law and politics in China’s development.  This is the second lecture in a three-part lecture series.
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“Beyond Recognition”
15 February 10 01:45 PM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
The James A. Thomas Lecture
February 8, 2010
Dean Spade, Assistant Professor of Law, Seattle University
Professor Spade talks about the limitations of current popular legal equality demands emerging under the “trans rights” framework. Taking up some of the interventions of Critical Race Theory and women of color feminism as well as Michel Foucault's concept of biopolitics, he examines some of the pitfalls of law reform-centered social movement strategies and suggests alternative frameworks for imagining a critical trans politics."
Attachment(s): YLSThomasSpade020810.mp3
"Law and Life in Asia, Part 1: Taiwan's Rule of Law Development."
05 February 10 02:26 PM | gkp4 | (Comments Off)   
Dean's Distinguished Lectures
February 2, 2010
Jerome A. Cohen ’55, Professor and Co-director of the U.S.-Asia Law Institute at New York University Law School, adjunct senior fellow for Asian Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Jerome A. Cohen speaks about his personal experiences in East Asia and about the role of law and politics in China’s development. He explains the significance of Taiwan for leaning about the mainland of China. | Article |
"The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law"
27 January 10 02:16 PM | gkp4 | (Comments Off)   
Dean's Lecture
January 26, 2010
Albie Sachs, former South Africa Constitutional Court Justice
A chief architect of South Africa’s post-apartheid Constitution, Justice Sachs was appointed by Nelson Mandela in 1994 to serve on the country’s newly established Constitutional Court, where he served until his retirement in 2009. The appointment followed decades of anti-apartheid activism, during which Sachs was raided by the security police, subjected to banning orders restricting his movement, and twice detained in solitary confinement without trial for prolonged periods. He eventually went into exile, spending eleven years studying and teaching law in England and another eleven years in Mozambique, where he worked as a law professor and legal researcher. In 1988, he was the target of a car bombing by South African security agents, which cost him his right arm and sight in one eye.

His newest book, The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law, was published by Oxford University Press in August 2009.
"Child Soldiers, Justice, and the International Legal Imagination"
30 October 09 01:56 PM | gkp4 | 1 Comments   
Human Rights Workshop, Schell Center for International Human Rights
October 29, 2009
Mark A. Drumbl, Professor and Director of the Transnational Law Institute at Washington & Lee University, School of Law
Mark A. Drumbl, Professor and Director of the Transnational Law Institute at Washington & Lee University, School of Law discusses "Child Soldiers, Justice, and the International Legal Imagination" as part of a Human Rights Workshop sponsored by the Schell Center for International Human Rights.
“Predatory Protections, Tragic Tradeoffs, and Dangerous Liaisons: Dilemmas of Justice in the Context of Capitalist Crisis”
07 October 09 01:44 PM | gkp4 | (Comments Off)   
The 2009 Storrs Lectures
October 6, 2009
Nancy Fraser, Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Philosophy and Politics at The New School for Social Research
The Storrs Lectures, one of Yale Law School's oldest and most prestigious lecture programs, were established in 1889. These annual lectures are given by a prominent scholar and deal with fundamental problems of law and jurisprudence.
“Marketization, Social Protection, Emancipation: Toward a Neo-Polanyian Conception of Capitalist Crisis”
06 October 09 01:30 PM | gkp4 | (Comments Off)   
The 2009 Storrs Lectures
October 5, 2009
Nancy Fraser, Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Philosophy and Politics at The New School for Social Research
The Storrs Lectures, one of Yale Law School's oldest and most prestigious lecture programs, were established in 1889. These annual lectures are given by a prominent scholar and deal with fundamental problems of law and jurisprudence.
Heather Gerken on her book, "The Democracy Index: Why our Election System is Failing and How to Fix It."
15 April 09 08:48 AM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
April 2, 2009
Heather Gerken, J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law
Heather Gerken discusses her new book The Democracy Index: Why our Election System is Failing and How to Fix It, in which she proposes a ranking system that would rate the performance of state and local election systems.
The Hon. Louise Arbour delivers the 2008-09 Judge Jon O. Newman Lecture on Global Justice
13 April 09 09:13 AM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
The Hon. Louise Arbour, former United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights
March 23, 2009
In the 2008-09 Judge Jon O. Newman Lecture on Global Justice, the Honorable Louise Arbour spoke on "Peace and Justice: A framework for Co-existence".
Professor Bob Ellickson on his book, "The Household: Informal Order Around the Hearth"
17 February 09 12:10 PM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
February 12, 2009
Robert Ellickson, Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law
In this episode we speak with Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law Robert Ellickson, the author of The Household: Informal Order Around the Hearth.  In his new book, Professor Ellickson explores the internal dynamics of the home. Professor Ellickson applies transaction cost economics, sociological theory, and legal analysis as he examines how the home is ordered. The Household illustrates how households are formed and how they choose to govern themselves.
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Peacekeeping: Testing the Limits of the Concept of an International Community
21 January 09 02:20 PM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
December 8, 2008
Jean-Marie Guehenno, 2000-2008 Undersecretary General for Peacekeeping Operations at the UN
UN Undersecretary General Guehenno discusses global conflicts during his tenure.
Daniel Markovits '00 on his book, "A Modern Legal Ethics"
12 January 09 11:21 AM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
December 10, 2008
Daniel Markovits '00, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Professor Markovits discusses his new book, "A Modern Legal Ethics: Adversary Advocacy in a Democratic Age," in which he proposes a wholesale renovation of legal ethics.
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“Re-Envisioning the Civil Rights Movement: Courts, Communities, and Legal Liberalism,” the James A. Thomas Lecture at Yale Law School
25 November 08 08:12 AM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
November 3, 2008
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Professor of Law and History, University of Virginia
Virginia law and history professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin ’97 discusses what the civil rights movement might have looked like if legal historians had been able to construct the movement from the ground up.
Bob Solomon on the mortgage foreclosure crisis
11 November 08 05:29 PM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
November 7, 2008
Bob Solomon, Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney and Director of Clinical Studies
Yale Law School Clinical Professor Bob Solomon, director of the School’s clinical programs and an expert in housing law, explains the mortgage foreclosure crisis.
Asha Rangappa on admissions at Yale Law School
11 November 08 09:53 AM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
November 11, 2008
Asha Rangappa '00, Dean of Admissions for Yale Law School
Dean Rangappa discusses the admissions process for prospective students.
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Stephen Bright on the criminal justice system
06 November 08 08:57 AM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
October 28, 2008
Yale Law School Visiting Lecturer and J. Skelly Wright Fellow Stephen Bright
Bright, president of the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia, discusses the present state of the criminal justice system for indigent defendants in the U.S.
A conversation about environmental law at YLS
28 October 08 09:14 AM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
October 9, 2008
Daniel C. Esty ’86, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; and Clinical Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Professor Esty discusses the history and the future of the study of environmental law at Yale Law School.
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A conversation about environmental sustainability in the 21st century
28 October 08 09:09 AM | tyson | 1 Comments   
October 9, 2008
Daniel C. Esty ’86, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; and Clinical Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Professor Esty discusses environmental sustainability issues of the 21st century, including the central role of the private sector in the development of clean energy technology. Professor Esty is co-author (with Andrew Winston) of “Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage.”
A conversation about “Corporate Governance: Promises Kept, Promises Broken”
27 October 08 02:09 PM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
October 27, 2008
Jonathan Macey ’82, Deputy Dean and Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law
Professor Macey discusses his new book, “Corporate Governance” in which he examines different mechanisms of corporate governance and ultimately argues that market-driven mechanisms of corporate governance (ie., trading and takeovers) are more effective solutions than non-market devices such as boards of directors, shareholder voting, credit-rating agencies, and whistle-blowers.
Bill Clinton's Alumni Weekend Address to the Yale Law School Community
16 October 08 04:31 PM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
October 4, 2008
Former President Bill Clinton '73: "Our Global Challenges"
The return of former President Bill Clinton ’73—celebrating his 35th reunion—was among the highlights of Alumni Weekend 2008, held October 3-5, at Yale Law School. President Clinton spoke Saturday afternoon to Law School alumni, faculty, staff, and students on the subject of “Our Global Challenges.”
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The Connecticut Supreme Court at Yale Law School
30 September 08 04:09 PM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
September 12, 2008
Retired chief justice Ellen Ash Peters ’54
Ellen Ash Peters '54 welcomes attendees and discusses the history of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
Dean Harold Hongju Koh’s Welcome to New Students
04 September 08 03:14 PM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
August 27, 2008
Dean Harold Hongju Koh
Dean Koh welcomes the 197th class of new students to Yale Law School--a place, he said, where the students would gain new power and along with it, great responsibility.
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An interview with Dean Harold Hongju Koh
28 August 08 10:55 PM | tyson | (Comments Off)   
Summer 2008
Dean Harold Hongju Koh
Dean Koh reflects on his first four years and his future as dean of the Yale Law School.
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“Confronting the Threats to Our Homeland,” the Sam and Ronnie Heyman Lecture on Public Service at Yale Law School
10 April 08 07:46 AM | gkp4 | (Comments Off)   
April 7, 2008
Michael 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.
“Burden Sharing in an Age of Migration,” the 2007-2008 James A. Thomas Lecture at Yale Law School
09 April 08 05:46 PM | gkp4 | (Comments Off)   
March 10, 2008
Cristina 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.
“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
07 March 08 01:53 PM | gkp4 | (Comments Off)   
March 3, 2008
Philippe 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.
A conversation about “100 Million Unnecessary Returns: A Simple, Fair, and Competitive Tax Plan for the United States.”
15 January 08 12:25 PM | gkp4 | (Comments Off)   
January 11, 2008
Michael 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.
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