When oral arguments in the case, Rehberg v. Paulk were delivered before the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 1, members of Yale Law School’s Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic present in the courtroom had more than just a passing interest. In fact, they represented...
The Illinois Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling ordering the disclosure of the identity of a person who had criticized a political candidate on a newspaper website. In its decision Nov. 17, the appeals court said, “While the law is clear...
A crisis is threatening legal education. In constant dollars, tuition at private law schools nearly tripled over the last quarter century. Many a graduate faces a six-figure debt and can’t find a job paying enough to service that debt. Especially...
Almost everywhere I’ve traveled this fall, people have asked me whether it’s true that Justice Clarence Thomas is the real, if under-appreciated, intellectual leader of the Supreme Court.
Tom Tyler, a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School, will join the Yale Law faculty in January 2012 as a Professor of Law.
How is it that the figure of a woman, draped, holding scales and sword, has been so widely recognized as a symbol of the law for more than 500 years?