Yale Law

On October 5, 2013, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton received the Yale Law School Alumni Association Award of Merit. The event coincided with Yale Law School’s Alumni Weekend, during which Secretary Clinton celebrated her 40th reunion with fellow Yale Law School classmates. The following podcast includes Secretary Clinton’s remarks during that award ceremony. She reminisces about her time as a student at Yale Law School, and the experiences that sparked a lifelong passion about children’s welfare.

Yale Law School Professor Tom Tyler presented the following lecture, titled "Legitimacy in Everday Law", at Yale Law School on December 10, 2012. This was Professor Tyler's inaugural lecture as the Macklin Fleming Professor of Law.

Former CIA Director R. James Woolsey Jr. delivered this lecture on February 5, 2013 at Yale Law School. Mr. Woolsey's talk focuses on the nexus of energy, environment, and national security.

An American lawyer, businessman and public servant, Clifford Alexander was appointed the first African-American Secretary of the Army. His career has focused on improving living and working conditions for minorities and women.

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens spoke with Yale Law School lecturer and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence Linda Greenhouse at Yale Law School on April 24, 2012. The conversation focused on Justice Stevens’ jurisprudence and experiences on the Court, as well as his recent memoir, Five Chiefs.

Dr. Strambi is involved with the development of Sao Paulo's new strategic plan, Sao Paulo 2040. and he shared his thoughts on the transportation obstacles facing Sao Paulo at the moment, and potential solutions for addressing them.

An interview with Maria- Theresa Diniz of the Sao Paulo Municipal Housing Secretariat discusses combating poverty,, promoting economic growth, and integrating previously isolated slums.

Professor Annette Gordon-Reed delivered the 2011-2012 James A. Thomas Lecture on March 5, 2012, at Yale Law School. In her lecture – titled “Slavery and Race: Monticello Legacies” – Professor Gordon-Reed discusses the struggles implicit in Jefferson’s Monticello and their relationship to our national identity and ideals.

In 2007, on the heels of a controversial decision by New Haven's Board of Aldermen to grant municipal identification cards to all residents of New Haven (regardless of immigration status), Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducted a series of immigration raids in New Haven, arresting dozens of Latino residents.

Saskia Sassen is the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and co-chair of The Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University. In this, the second lecture in the two-part Storrs Lecture series of 2012, Professor Sassen discusses “Ungoverned Territories or New Types of Rights and Authority?” This lecture was delivered on January 31, 2012 at Yale Law School.

Saskia Sassen is the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and co-chair of The Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University. In this, the first lecture in the two-part Storrs Lecture series of 2012, Professor Sassen discusses “The Making of New Bordering Capabilities.” This lecture was delivered on January 30, 2012 at Yale Law School.

Scott J. Shapiro, Professor of Law and Philosophy at Yale Law School, discusses his book “Legality” in this talk, which took place on February 21, 2012. Yale Law School Professor Heather Gerken provides commentary.

In his new book, titled Democracy, Expertise, Academic Freedom: a First Amendment Jurisprudence for the Modern State, Yale Law School Dean Robert C. Post ’77 shows that the familiar understanding of the First Amendment, which stresses the "marketplace of ideas" and which holds that "everyone is entitled to an opinion," is inadequate to create and preserve the expert knowledge that is necessary for a modern democracy to thrive.

P. Sabin Willett, Partner at Bingham McCutchen, delivered the 2011-2012 Preiskel-Silverman Lecture, titled “Your Guantánamo Moment” at Yale Law School on October 24, 2011. In this lecture, Willett discusses his own work trying to win freedom for Uighur prisoners seized during the Afghanistan War and held at Guantánamo Bay.

Jose Antonio Vargas is a journalist who has written substantial articles for noteworthy newspapers and magazines such as the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, and the New Yorker. In 2011, Vargas wrote an essay for The New York Times Sunday Magazine titled “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” in which he chronicled the years he has spent hiding his immigration status after learning as a teen that his green card was fake.

Ms. Schneider is an industry expert in the area of the underbanked marketplace. In her role as Vice President, Innovation and Research, at the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI), she works with financial services companies, and conducts academic and industry research in order to help meet CFSI’s goal of transforming the US financial services marketplace, and meeting the needs of unbanked and underbanked Americans.

Yale Law School Professor Stephen L. Carter, author of "Civility: Manners, Morals, and the Etiquette of Democracy," shares his thoughts on the issue of civility in politics in this lecture, which was originally delivered at Yale Law School on February 17, 2011.

In this podcast, Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law Douglas Kysar speaks on his book Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental Law and the Search for Objectivity. Following Kysar’s remarks, Robert Verchick, Gauthier-St. Martin Chair in Environmental Law, Loyola University New Orleans, discusses Facing Catastrophe: Environmental Action for a Post-Katrina World. These remarks were delivered on December 2, 2010 at Yale Law School.

Doug Kysar is a path-breaking scholar in the areas of environmental law and torts. His book Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental Law and the Search for Objectivity (Yale University Press2010) seeks to reinvigorate environmental law and policy by offering novel theoretical insights on cost-benefit analysis, the precautionary principle, and sustainable development. Professor Kysar is also the co-author of a leadingcasebook, The Torts Process (2007).

James Heckman, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago speaks on the topic of “Hard Evidence on Soft Skills: The GED and the Problem of Soft Skills in America.”

The following podcast is a recording of Jean Koh Peters’ inaugural lecture as the Sol Goldman Clinical Professor of Law. The lecture, titled “Dignity, Voice, Story,” touches upon Professor Peters’ work representing children and refugees and her approach to clinical law teaching.

In the $500 Diet, author and law professor Ian Ayres offers an audio presention companion to his recently published book "Carrots & Sticks"

Emily Bazelon, editor of Slate Magazine interviews Professors Ian Ayres and Barry Nailbuff on their new book " Lifestyle Investing" and diversification of investing.

Author Heidi Durrow presented a Dean's Lecture titled " The World's Dream About Itself: The Story You Must Tell" in March 1, 2010. Durrow is the author of the "The Girl Who Fell From The Sky".

Professor Dean Spade of Seattle University talks about the limitations of current popular legal equality demands emerging under the "trans rights" framework.

Yul Kwon a 2000 graduate of the Yale Law School, talks about surviving "Survivor" and other professional challenges. After 39 days sparring with 20 contestants in four tribes divided by race, Yul was the winner of the hit TV show "Survivor" in fall 2006. Yul discusses this unique experience, along with highlights of his varied professional careers.

In his new book, Professor Ellickson, a property law specialist, explores the internal dynamics of the home and applies transaction cost economics, sociological theory, and legal analysis as he examines how the home is ordered. The Household illustrates how households are formed and how they choose to govern themselves.

Yale Law School Dean of Admissions, Asha Rangappa '00 talks about the admissions process for prospective students.

Dean Harold Koh is the Yale Law School's 15th Dean in its almost 200-year history. Dean Koh talks about his first four years in the role of Dean, his life accomplishments and his plans for the future of the School.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael 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.