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The Hon. Louise Arbour, former United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights March 23, 2009 In the 2008-09 Judge John O. Newman Lecture on Global Justice, the Honorable Louise Arbour spoke on "Peace and Justice: A framework for Co-existence"....
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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...
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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 ....
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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....
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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December 14, 2007 Ian 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...
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December 3, 2007 Martha 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,...
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October 30, 2007 Judge 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....
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The 2007 Storrs Lectures September 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...
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The 2007 Storrs Lectures September 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...
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