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November 3, 2008Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Professor of Law and History, University of VirginiaVirginia 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.

Dan Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law & Policy at Yale Law School and the Yale Forestry & Environmental Studies discusses the history of environmental law at Yale Law School

The return of former President Bill Clinton '73  celebrating his 35th reunion at the Yale Law School's Alumni Weekend held on Saturday, Oct 4th, 2008. President Clinton spoke to several thousand Law School Alumni, faculty, staff and students at Woolsey Hall on the subject of ''Our Global Challenges.''

April 7, 2008Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland SecurityMichael 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.

March 10, 2008Cristina 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.

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.

Professor Michael Graetz discusses the ideas presented in his new book ''100 Million Unecessary Returns'' in which he takes on the U.S. tax code , arguing that the American tax  system should be completely restructured.

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, which brings distinguished visitors with special expertise in international law and ...

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.

March 12, 2007Theodore C. Sorensen, former Special Counsel to President John F. KennedyTheodore Sorensen, former Special Counsel to President John F. Kennedy and currently of counsel to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, discusses John F. Kennedy's approach to the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.