“Governments should be separate from ideologies, and elected representatives of the people should determine the laws that govern them,” said Nobel laureate and Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi during a recent talk at Yale.Shirin EbadiMore than...
From the appointment of new deans to the endowment of Yale’s first professorship in poetry to the surprising results of an eye exam for an ancient sea scorpion, there was was certainly no shortage of news this summer. In fact, the following headlines...
In celebration of Constitution Day, Yale is hosting a conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer from 12:45 to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18 in the Yale Law School’s Levinson Auditorium, 127 Wall St.Stephen G. BreyerBreyer...
“Sliver of a Full Moon,” a play that tells the story of the abuse and rape of Native women by non-Indians and the movement to bring them justice, will be staged on Tuesday, March 31 on campus, and will feature in its cast three of the Native women who...
David A. Schulz ’78 J.D., a leading First Amendment lawyer who has defended the rights of journalists and news organizations for more than 30 years, has been named clinical lecturer in law and co-director of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic...
“For me, it’s exhilarating,” Margaret H. Marshall ’76 J.D. ’12 LL.D. (Hon.) told the Boston Globe on June 26, about the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the Obergefell v. Hodges case that the Constitution guarantees the right to marriage for...