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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)   
4/7/08 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 Read More...
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“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)   
3/10/08 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...
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“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)   
3/3/08 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 Read More...
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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...
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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...
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“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...
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"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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