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October 9, 2008Daniel C. Esty ’86, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; and Clinical Professor of Law, Yale Law SchoolProfessor Esty discusses the history and the future of the study of environmental law at Yale Law School.

October 9, 2008Daniel C. Esty ’86, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; and Clinical Professor of Law, Yale Law SchoolProfessor Esty discusses environmental sustainability issues of the 21st century, including the central role of the private sector in the development of clean energy ...

October 27, 2008Jonathan Macey ’82, Deputy Dean and Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities LawProfessor 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 ...

October 4, 2008Former 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 ...

September 12, 2008Retired chief justice Ellen Ash Peters ’54 Ellen Ash Peters '54 welcomes attendees and discusses the history of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

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.

March 1, 2007Cory Booker '97, Mayor of Newark, NJ Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J., gives the keynote address at the 10th Annual Arthur Liman Public Interest Law Colloquium.

September 26, 2006James Hamilton '63, Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP Attorney James Hamilton discusses issues surrounding Vince Foster and the legal concept of attorney-client privilege.

February 22, 2006 Thomas Friedman, author and columnistAward-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 and societies can and must adapt.