GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
ALI OTUZOGLU
Graduate Student Senate proposes policies for lifestyle improvement in a new year

This academic year, the senate plans to focus on food insecurity, Yale-subsidized transportation and access to period products.

September 9, 2024

YOLANDA WANG & ELIJAH HUREWITZ-RAVITCH
One year after establishment, Digital Ethics Center researchers reflect on its progress

In its first year, the DEC has produced research on a variety of topics and formed relationships with programs both within and beyond Yale. The center’s leaders now hope to engage with the Yale and New Haven community.

September 4, 2024

ADAM WALKER
Law School clinic’s discrimination case on behalf of Black veterans proceeds 

Judge Stefan Underhill LAW ’84 permitted Monk v. United States — a case accusing the Department of Veteran Affairs of racial discrimination against Black veterans — to proceed, marking a rare instance in which a case seeking to redress historical discrimination overcame a motion to dismiss.

April 16, 2024

ESMA OKUTAN
School of Management Dean Charles reappointed

In an interview with the News, Dean Kerwin Charles discussed goals and strategies for his second term at the School of Management.

April 15, 2024

ADAM WALKER
Former Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta ’96 visits Law School

At an event co-hosted by five Yale Law School student organizations, former Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta ’96 spoke in the Sterling Law Building on April 11.

April 15, 2024

ALI OTUZOGLU
Reddit COO speaks at School of Management

Amid Reddit’s initial public offering, Chief Operating Officer Jen Wong ’96 spoke at the SOM about her views on AI, anonymity and content moderation.

April 15, 2024

ADAM WALKER
Yale Law clinical lecturer files amicus brief on Colorado’s habitual criminal law

With the support of research assistants Balen Essak-Hernandez LAW ’25 and Courtney Perales LAW ’25, law professor Daniel Loehr filed an amicus brief in a case before the Colorado Supreme Court arguing that the states’ habitual criminal law is rooted from the eugenics movement.

April 10, 2024

ADAM WALKER
PROFILE: Erin Hawley — the YLS grad challenging abortion pills at the Supreme Court

In 2021, Erin Morrow Hawley LAW ’05 — a former law clerk of Chief Justice John Roberts and wife of Republican senator Josh Hawley LAW ’06 — joined the legal group that helped argue against the right to an abortion in Dobbs. Today, she is the lead counsel in the next major abortion case to reach the Supreme Court, which could significantly restrict nationwide access to abortion pills if the Court aligns with Hawley’s arguments.

April 9, 2024

ADAM WALKER
Law School hosts ‘Crossing Divides’ event with Bush-appointed judge, Obama administration official 

Retired Judge Thomas Griffith of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson spoke about their professional experiences working together from opposing sides of the political spectrum.

April 3, 2024

ADAM WALKER
Interdisciplinary graduate course set to yield four two-family homes in Newhallville

The course, first taught in the fall of 2022, is a collaboration between Yale Law School, the School of Architecture and the School of Management.

April 3, 2024

ESMA OKUTAN
Vaccine delivery initiative co-led by SOM professor expands in rural Sierra Leone

The initiative will contribute to increased accessibility of vaccines and treatments in Sierra Leone with the support of a new grant.

March 29, 2024