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The Hon. Louise Arbour delivers the 2008-09 Judge John 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 John O. Newman Lecture on Global Justice, the Honorable Louise Arbour spoke on "Peace and Justice: A framework for Co-existence". Read More...
Heather Gerken on her book, "The Democracy Index: Why our Election System is Failing and How to Fix It."
09 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 Read More...
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 . Read More...
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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. Read More...
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. Read More...
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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 Read More...
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 Read More...
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. Read More...
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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 Read More...
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 Read More...
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A conversation about environmental sustainability in the 21st century
28 October 08 09:09 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 environmental sustainability issues of the 21st Read More...
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 Read More...
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 Read More...
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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. Read More...
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. Read More...
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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. Read More...
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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 | gracep | (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 Read More...
“Burden Sharing in an Age of Migration,” the 2007-2008 James A. Thomas Lecture at Yale Law School
09 April 08 05:46 PM | gracep | (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 Read More...
“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 | gracep | (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 Read More...
A conversation about “100 Million Unnecessary Returns: A Simple, Fair, and Competitive Tax Plan for the United States.”
15 January 08 12:25 PM | gracep | (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 Read More...
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A conversation about “Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way to Be Smart”
21 December 07 09:47 AM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
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 Read More...
The Real Clash of Civilizations: Democracy, Religious Violence, and the Case of India”
20 December 07 07:16 AM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
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, Read More...
“An Improbable Career: Doing What You Think is Right”
05 December 07 03:32 PM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
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. Read More...
"Partly Laws Common to All Mankind”: Foreign Law in American Courts, Part 3
11 October 07 12:26 PM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
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 Read More...
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"Partly Laws Common to All Mankind”: Foreign Law in American Courts, Part 2
11 October 07 12:19 PM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
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 Read More...
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"Partly Laws Common to All Mankind”: Foreign Law in American Courts
11 October 07 11:41 AM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
The 2007 Storrs Lectures September 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 Read More...
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"First Things First: The First Amendment, the Media Industry, and Democracy"
01 May 07 01:14 PM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
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. Read More...
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How I Survived ‘Survivor’ and Other Professional Challenges
26 April 07 03:10 PM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
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. Read More...
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Empire and Tolerance: The Rise and Fall of World Dominant Powers
18 April 07 02:25 PM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
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 Read More...
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“The Ford Presidency”
16 April 07 03:01 PM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
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. Read More...
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“Freeing Scientific Culture: The Fight to Provide Public Access to Results the Public Finances"
16 April 07 02:54 PM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
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 Read More...
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"A World of Law—Then and Now"
23 March 07 02:33 PM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
March 12, 2007 Theodore C. Sorensen, former Special Counsel to President John F. Kennedy Theodore Sorensen, former Special Counsel to President John F. Kennedy and currently of counsel to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, discusses John F. Read More...
"Jury Trials in Complex Intellectual Property Cases: Do They Work?"
23 March 07 01:23 PM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
March 8, 2007 William F. Lee, co-managing partner, WilmerHale In this talk, part of the Yale Law School Dean's Program on the Profession series, Attorney William F. Lee discusses issues surrounding the effectiveness of jury trials in complex intellectual Read More...
“The Declining Number of Players in the Retirement Income Game: The Implications for the Individual and Government”
23 March 07 01:17 PM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
March 6, 2007 Alicia H. Munnell, Peter F. Drucker Professor of Management Sciences, Carroll School of Management, Boston College Alicia Munnell, discusses the implications of the number of players in the retirement income game dropping from three (government, Read More...
“The Declining Number of Players in the Retirement Income Game: The Withdrawal of Business”
23 March 07 01:01 PM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
March 5, 2007 Alicia H. Munnell, Peter F. Drucker Professor of Management Sciences, Carroll School of Management, Boston College Alicia Munnell discusses the implications of the number of players in the retirement income game dropping from three (government, Read More...
An Urban Mayor’s Perspective on Public Interest Advocacy
12 March 07 09:16 PM | admin | (Comments Off)   
March 1, 2007 Cory Booker '97, Mayor of Newark, NJ Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J., gives the keynote address at the 10 th Annual Arthur Liman Public Interest Law Colloquium. Read More...
“Life as President of the International Court of Justice"
15 February 07 09:14 AM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
October 19, 2006 Rosalyn C. Higgins ’62 J.S.D., President, International Court of Justice, The Hague Rosalyn C. Higgins gives an informal talk on what life is like as the head of the International Court of Justice. Read More...
"Where's the Theory in Corporate Governance?"
15 February 07 09:09 AM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
October 9, 2006 Jonathan R. Macey '82, Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law, Yale Law School Jonathan Macey delivers his inaugural lecture as the Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Read More...
"A Matter of Principle: Vince Foster and the Attorney-Client Privilege"
15 February 07 09:07 AM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
September 26, 2006 James Hamilton '63, Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP Attorney James Hamilton discusses issues surrounding Vince Foster and the legal concept of attorney-client privilege. Read More...
"How to Change the Litigation Culture"
14 February 07 07:03 PM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
September 18, 2006 Lord Woolf of Barnes, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Royal Courts of Justice, U.K. The Right Honorable Lord Woolf of Barnes speaks on the topic of how to change society's "litigation culture." Read More...
"The World is Flat"
14 February 07 04:49 PM | gracep | (Comments Off)   
February 22, 2006 Thomas Friedman, author and columnist Award-winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman discusses his new book, The World is Flat , explaining what this means to countries, companies, communities, and individuals, and how governments Read More...