Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law Harry H. Wellington, a constitutional law and labor law scholar and former dean of both Yale Law School and New York Law School, died Monday, Aug. 8. He was 84.“Harry was a serene presence in the Law School. He possessed...
Global political-economic affairs and the challenges of leadership are the focus of the 5th India-Yale Parliamentary Leadership Program that is being held on the Yale campus June 16-25.Widely recognized for educating leaders in government, business, and...
Douglas A. Kysar, the newly named Joseph M. Field ‘55 Professor of Law, focuses his teaching and research in the areas of tort law, risk regulation, environmental law and sustainable development.He has published articles on an array of environmental law...
John Fabian Witt, newly appointed as the Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law, is a specialist in the history of American law and in torts.He is the author of “Patriots and Cosmopolitans: Hidden Histories of American Law,” which explores law and...
Noted economist Raghuram G. Rajan will deliver the 2010 Arthur M. Okun Public Policy Lecture on Thursday, March 25.Rajan will discuss “Is It Over Yet? The Deeper Underpinnings of the Crisis,” 4-5:30 p.m. in Rm. 114, Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, 1...
Bishop Barbara Harris, the first woman to be ordained a bishop in the Episcopal Church and in the worldwide Anglican Communion, is the 2010 Luccock Visitor at Yale Divinity School.Harris will deliver a talk titled “Re-visioning the Church” on Wednesday,...
Six scholars whose research interests range from international trade to issues affecting global health and demography have recently joined the Department of Economics faculty.Below are brief biographies of the new faculty members.David Atkin, whose...
Willis Jenkins, newly reappointed as the Margaret Farley Assistant Professor of Social Ethics, focuses his research on environmental ethics, sustainable communities, global ethics and theological ethicsHis appointment is through June 30, 2012.Jenkins, who...
A memorial service will be held on Friday, July 17, for Robin Siegel Theurkauf, a lecturer in political science, who died on July 10 after a long struggle with cancer. She was 51.The service will take place at 11 a.m. at Marquand Chapel at the Divinity...
The Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals at Yale Law School will be called to order at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 4, in the Law School’s Levinson Auditorium, 127 Wall St.Students will compete in the Thurman Arnold Prize Finals of the competition. The event is...