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The Evolution of MELSS Tracey Parr ’03, Dean’s Fellow

Yale Law School’s Middle East Legal Studies Seminar When the seminar was started by Yale Law School Professors Anthony Kronman ’75 and held its tenth annual meeting in Athens, Greece, from January Owen Fiss in 1998, it was unusual for such 18–21. The seminar brought together scholars, students, jurists, and a diverse group of Middle Eastern scholars to gather, let alone discuss potentially vola- practicing lawyers for high-level discussions of legal issues relevant tile legal issues. Over time, the group has coalesced around shared experiences and to the Middle East. D eMatteo common ideas about the importance of enee law in the region. From only a few members, R the group (which maintains its intimacy and focus by invitation-only membership)

has grown to over sixty. Participants from by Photograph  |  Y l r Summer 2007

The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, Greece.

many Arab states (including Saudi Arabia, happen alongside colleagues who are Middle East Legal Forum, a student group Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Iraq, and influential in shaping those current events that engages with similar topics. The the Palestinian Territories), Israel, and throughout the region,” remarked Asli Bali forum brings speakers to campus, some of Turkey attend. Members from countries ’99, a Ribicoff Fellow at Yale Law School and whom are also members of MELSS, to dis- traditionally in conflict have formed endur- regular participant in the seminar over the cuss legal issues affecting the Middle East. ing friendships and have engaged in fruit- past ten years. In addition, the forum is currently plan- ful academic collaboration. The next step for the seminar is the ning a reading group on the Middle East Each seminar is focused around a creation of the Journal of Middle East Legal that students will be able to take for credit general theme and consists of panels Studies, a forum for publication of the work beginning in the fall 2007 term. that examine its significance in Middle of the seminar as well as that of other “It was extremely rewarding to connect Eastern legal life. The 2007 conference, on Middle East legal scholars. Anver Emon with so many prominent figures in Middle “Citizenship, Membership, and National Identity,” opened with a panel questioning Discussions explored the war in Iraq as well as the conflict between Israel the meaning and relevance of citizenship. and Hezbollah. Participants were able to engage with these topics Over the course of the weekend, panel- through the unique perspectives of Iraqi, Lebanese, and Israeli members. ists discussed the relationship between citizenship and religion, the effect of ’04 llm, Assistant Professor of Law at the Eastern law, politics, and academia over migration on citizenship, the challenge of University of Toronto and a jsd student at the course of the MELSS conference,” said competing allegiances, and recent trans- Yale Law School, is spearheading the jour- Alicyn Cooley ’08. “The goal of the forum is formations of international politics. The nal effort. to continue to develop these relationships panels also served as a forum for dialogue As the seminar has evolved, so too has and to bring MELSS participants to the Law on other topics of interest, including the the role of Yale Law School students within School to convey their invaluable perspec- role of third parties in reform efforts and it. A number of this year’s presenters first tives to a wider audience.” emerging international standards for became involved in the seminar as stu- While MELSS has held ten successful the rule of law. The participants, many of dents. The seminar serves as a formative conferences, its work and the challenges whom are actively involved in reforming experience for these young scholars. They facing it have only just begun. For example, or shaping legal institutions at home, left learn how legal academia functions and political turmoil has made it increas- Athens with enriched perspectives on simultaneously forge relationships with ingly difficult for the group to meet in these issues and a readiness to apply them academics throughout the world. On the Middle East. MELSS has used such to their own work. their way to becoming scholars, students obstacles as a lens through which to view In addition to the focused panels, the and young alumni use the seminar as an the ever-changing political and legal cli- seminar channels the expertise and expe- opportunity to present their work to some mate in the Middle East. This strength is a riences of its members into lunchtime of the foremost minds in Middle East legal testament to the group’s forward-looking discussions on current Middle East events. academia, and thereby hone their argu- perspective. This year, such discussions explored the ments through open discussion. “The seminar still occupies the unique war in Iraq as well as the July 2006 conflict “As student attendees, we were inspired territory it held ten years ago,” noted between Israel and Hezbollah. Seminar to see the number of former students Sterling Professor of Law Owen Fiss. “We participants were able to engage with among the panelists,” said Gabe Rosenberg continue to work together constructively these topics through the unique perspec- ’08. “Participating in the conference has to find shared thoughts and goals with D eMatteo tives of Iraqi, Lebanese, and Israeli mem- been a great opportunity to learn about scholars from regions throughout the enee

R bers with varying views. scholarly legal life.” Middle East.” That work has already started “A unique part of the experience of The student participants in MELSS have for 2008, with planning underway for next attending the seminar each year is the also continued the conversation back on year’s MELSS meeting in Istanbul. opportunity to process events as they campus at the Law School through the Photograph by by Photograph ˘ News in Brief

Brooks, Markovits, and Silk Receive Tenure

This spring, Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh announced the promotion of three faculty members to tenured positions. Richard Brooks was named Professor of Law. His expertise is in law and economics, contracts, business organizations, and race and the law. Among the classes he teaches are Contract Law, Fiduciary Law, Law and Economics, and Proving Discrimination. Daniel Markovits ’00 was also named Professor of Law. His work focuses on the philosophical founda- tions of private law, moral and political philosophy, and behavioral economics. In D.C. for the oral argument, some of the clinic students and faculty gathered on the steps of Markovits has written articles on con- the Supreme Court. From left: Charles Rothfeld, Michael Kimberly ’08, Matthew McKenzie ’08, tracts, legal ethics, distributive justice, TuongVy Le ’08, Michael Krouse ’08, Terri-Lei O’Malley ’07, Ethan Davis ’08, Nicole Hallett ’08, and democratic theory. Andrew Pincus, Paul Hughes ’08. James Silk ’89 was recently named Clinical Professor of Law. Silk directs learned how to approach a case that will the Allard K. Lowenstein International Supreme Court Advocacy be heard by nine justices who have dif- Human Rights Clinic. He is also execu- Clinic Achieves Milestone with fering perspectives and concerns. It has tive director of the Law School’s Orville Hein v. Freedom From Religion been insightful learning how to craft an H. Schell, Jr. Center for International argument that has a broad appeal.” Human Rights. Foundation “At first, it seemed like every other brief Yale Law School’s Supreme Court we have written in law school,” added Advocacy Clinic marked a milestone Terri-Lei O’Malley ’07. “But the closer in February when it filed a merits brief it got to the very last minute the brief in the high-profile SupremeC ourt could be sent to the printer, the more it case, Hein v. Freedom From Religion sank in — this is the big league!” Foundation. It is the first case in which Clinic faculty members include ward photograph by Michael Marsland Michael by photograph ward the clinic has served as primary repre- Andrew Pincus and Charles Rothfeld of A sentative of one of the named parties, the firm Mayer, Brown,R owe & Maw; I vy in this case, the Freedom From Religion E lm Richard Brooks Clinical Professor of Law Brett Dignam; Foundation. Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law At issue is whether taxpayers—the Dan Kahan; and Robert M. Cover Clinical

Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Shay; G iovanna Daniel Markovits Teaching Fellow Giovanna Shay ’97. members—may sue to challenge a Pincus argued the case on February 28, White House-sponsored program that with students who worked on the brief is alleged to unconstitutionally aid reli- in Court observing. gious groups with general federal funds, For more information on the clinic, not funds specifically earmarked for the visit www.law.yale.edu/academics/ program by Congress. supremecourtadvocacyclinic. James Silk “Working on Hein v. Freedom From

Religion Foundation has presented an Editor’s note: As this issue went to print, a by left) (top photograph A dvocacy ourt

incredible opportunity to work on a decision was expected to be handed down C Supreme Court merits brief as a law shortly. student,” said Paul Hughes ’08. “I have Supreme Supreme  |  Y l r Summer 2007

Dean Koh Elected An independent policy research center, to American the Academy undertakes studies of com- plex and emerging problems. Noted past Philosophical Society Fellows include George Dean Harold Hongju Koh was Washington, Benjamin recently elected a member of the Franklin, Ralph Waldo American Philosophical Emerson, Albert Einstein, Society (APS), the oldest and Winston Churchill. learned society in the United Among the newly States devoted to scholarly elected were former Vice and scientific research. Henry B. Hansmann President Al Gore, former Other Yale Law School Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, faculty who are members of In addition to being a source of news City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and film- APS are The Honorable Guido about the Law School, the YLS website is Dean Harold Koh maker Spike Lee. Calabresi ’58, judge on the full of opinion pieces written by faculty Court of Appeals for the members, and videos and podcasts of Second Circuit and Sterling Professor Henry Hansmann ’74 recent events and lectures. Visit www. Emeritus of Law and Professorial Lecturer Article Recognized law.yale.edu/news/podcasts.asp to down- in Law (elected in 1997); and Judith Resnik, load podcasts of everything from New Arthur Liman Professor of Law (elected in An article written by Augustus E. York Times columnist Thomas Friedman 2002). Lines Professor of Law Henry B. Hansmann discussing his book The World is Flat, to ’74 was recognized as one of the ten Best star Yul Kwon ’00 talking Two Yale Law School Corporate and Securities Articles of 2006 about how he survived . Faculty Members Elected to by Corporate Practice Commentator. The quarterly journal reprints the year’s top American Academy scholarly articles in the field, based on a is titled “Law and the Rise of the Firm.” It of Arts and Sciences poll of law professors who survey hun- was selected from a list of 450 articles. Southmayd Professor of Law Akhil dreds of corporate and securities articles. Yale Law School professors so honored Reed Amar ’84 and Augustus E. Lines Hansmann’s article, co-written with in past years include Roberta Romano ’80 Professor of Law Henry B. Reinier Kraakman ’79 and Richard Squire, and Ian Ayres ’86. Hansmann ’74 were among 203 new Fellows elected April 30 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Harlon Dalton ’73 Recognized with Elm Ivy Award Amar teaches Constitutional Law and Professor Harlon L. Dalton ’73 Reading the Constitution at was awarded a Yale University Seton Akhil Reed Amar Yale Law School. He is co-editor Elm and Ivy Award for 2007. Established of a leading constitutional law casebook, in 1979, the award honors individuals Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking, whose work strengthens the relation- and author of several books, including ship between the University and the America’s Constitution: A Biography. City of New Haven. Dalton was recog- Hansmann teaches Business nized for his involvement in community Organizations; Contracts; Law, Economics, organizing and academic research to and Organization; and Legal and Economic confront the health and social con- History of Enterprise. His scholarship sequences of HIV/AIDS, as a teacher, focuses principally on the law and eco- author, and activist. nomics of organizational ownership and Carl Goldfield, President of the New Haven structure. Board of Aldermen, Professor Harlon Dalton ’73, “Induction into the American Academy and Yale University President Richard C. Levin at signals rare scholarly pre-eminence,” said the 2007 Elm Ivy Awards Dean Harold Hongju Koh. ˘ News in Brief

Newark Mayor Cory Booker ’97 the first director, MaryC lark (now an Addresses Tenth Anniversary assistant professor of law at American University), to join with the newest Arthur Liman Public Interest fellows, scholars, advocates, and stu- Colloquium dents to reflect on their own roles as advocates and discuss specific areas Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker of public interest law such as crimi- opened the tenth annual Arthur Liman nal and juvenile justice, immigration, Public Interest Law Colloquium on March workers’ rights, and antidiscrimina- 1 with an inspirational keynote speech tion. Joining in the program were the three deans under whose guidance before a packed Law School Auditorium. (Top) Doug Booker, a Rhodes Scholar who gradu- the Liman Program was initiated Liman, (right) ated from Yale Law School in 1997, gave and grew — Guido Calabresi ’58, Tony Ellen Liman, “An Urban Mayor’s Perspective on Public Kronman ’75, and Harold Koh — Newark Mayor Interest Advocacy.” as well as Ellen Liman, Lisa and Lewis Cory Booker ’97 The two-day Colloquium, “Liman at Ten: Liman ’87, and Doug Liman. Looking Forward to Another Decade of “When the Liman Program started “A decade later,” added Arthur Liman Public Interest Lawyering,” celebrated an in 1997, we funded one Yale Law School Professor of Law Judith Resnik, who has outstanding decade of public service. To graduate as a public interest fellow and a shaped and developed the Liman program, mark the anniversary, the program invited few undergraduates at Harvard’s Philips “and with the support of Arthur’s family all past Yale Law School Liman Fellows Brooks House,” said Arthur Liman Program and others, including many graduates of (numbering more than forty) as well as Director Deborah Cantrell. Yale Law School, the program has grown to fund seven law school graduate fellows a year and dozens of summer fellows at Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Brown, Barnard, and Spelman.” The seven Liman Fellows appointed in 2007–2008 and their placements are Services; Media U niversity Stephanie Biedermann ’07, Disability Rights Advocates, Berkeley; Jamie Dycus ’06, ACLU’s Racial Justice Program,

New York; Leah Fletcher ’05, NRDC, San Yale Sacco, K. illiam Francisco; Dan Freeman ’07, Civil Liberties W Union, New York; Raquiba Huq ’07, Legal Services, Edison, NJ; Michael Kavey ’04, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund; and Sia Sanneh ’07, Legal Action Center, New York. In May, leading corporate lawyers, session included a paper presenta- Beginning with the 07–08 academic members of the business and invest- tion on “Transparency and Corporate year, the program will be directed by Sarah ment communities, public officials, Governance” by Professor Benjamin

Russell ’02. Stanczak Mark by right) (top photograph A lito oundtable photograph (bottom left) by by left) (bottom photograph oundtable and scholars participated in the Weil, E. Hermalin of the University of To view a photo gallery of Liman at Ten, R isak; L isak; Gotshal & Manges Roundtable, held by ’s Haas School of Business. An visit www.law.yale.edu/liman.

the Law School’s Center for the Study afternoon panel discussion centered obert R of Corporate Law. Here, Professor Laura on Executive Compensation, moder- arold Shapiro; Shapiro; H arold Starks (left) from the University of Texas ated by Roberta Romano ’80, Oscar Amy Chua Delivers at Austin McCombs School of Business M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law and John M. Duff, Jr. receives comments on her paper on director of the Center. For more informa- Inaugural Lecture “Tradeoffs in Corporate Governance” tion on the activities of the Center for from Laurence Hazell, Standard and Corporate Law, and to view videos and Amy Chua delivered her inaugural Poor’s Director of Governance Services, photos of recent CCL events, visit www. lecture as John M. Duff, Jr. Professor of and Professor Andrew Metrick of the law.yale.edu/ccl. iman photographs (above) by by (above) photographs L iman Law on April 9. In a lecture titled “Empire by right) (bottom photograph C hua Wharton School of Business. An earlier  |  Y l r Summer 2007

and Tolerance: The Rise and Fall of World Supreme Court Justice Dominant Powers,” she discussed her Samuel Alito ’75 Judges thesis that what connects history’s hyper- powers is a remarkable pattern of toler- Moot Court Finals ance and pluralism. Chua joined the Yale Law School faculty U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel in 2001, after teaching at Duke, Columbia, Alito ’75 was one of three distinguished Stanford, and New York University. Her judges presiding over the Spring 2007 expertise is in the areas of contracts, law Finals of the Morris Tyler Moot Court of and development, international busi- Appeals. U.S. Court of Appeals Judges ness transactions, and law and global- Rosemary Barkett (11th Cir.) and Rosemary ization. She received Yale Law School’s S. Pooler (2nd Cir.) joined Alito in listen- Distinguished Teaching Award in 2003. ing to an impressive panel of Law School Chua has addressed numerous gov- students argue the case Rahmani v. United ernment and policymaking institutions, States, a real case that the Supreme Court including the World Bank, the Brookings had previously declined to hear. Serving as judges for this spring’s Moot Court Institution, the United Nations, and the Arguing for the petitioner were Anna finals were, from left, the Honorable Rosemary S. CIA. She has also lectured widely outside Manasco Dionne ’08 and Krishanti Pooler, Samuel Alito ’75, and Rosemary Barkett. the United States—in Argentina, Bolivia, Vignarajah ’08. Representing the respon- Chile, China, Mexico, Taiwan, Turkey, and dent were Bryan Caforio ’08 and Jon South Africa. Donenberg ’08. For “minute differences in perfor- Chua is author of the 2002 New York After hearing the arguments, the judges mances,” he said, the judges awarded the Times bestseller, World on Fire: How took a brief recess to deliberate, then Potter Stewart Prize for best overall argu- Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds returned to the “courtroom” with their ment to the petitioners. Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability. decision. “I thought the judges asked good ques- Her newest book, Day of Empire: How “We could not be more impressed by the tions,” said audience member Kristina Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance— quality of the oral arguments heard this Scurry ’08. “And Justice Alito was just as I and Why They Fall, will be released this fall. afternoon,” Alito began, adding, “this is a thought he’d be—measured, thoughtful very hard case.” and patient, but also challenging.”

faculty tea

Professor Tracey Meares discussed her current research on criminal law policy and criminal procedure during a Faculty Tea in March. Meares spoke about her research on “Project Safe Neighborhoods in Chicago: Reducing Chicago’s Homicide Rate Through Law Enforcement and Community Collaboration.” Meares has been collaborating with faculty from The University of Chicago and Columbia University on the project, which is focused in part on preventing the John M. Duff, Jr. Professor of Law Amy Chua onset of gun violence. Meares joined the Law School faculty in 2007. ˘ News in Brief

Visiting the Law School Bengt Holmstrom, an internationally recognized authority on Theodore C. Sorensen, of counsel in the law firm Paul,W eiss, the economic theory of organization, delivered the 2006-2007 Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and former special counsel and John R. Raben Fellowship Lecture on February 19. He talked adviser to President John F. Kennedy, delivered a Dean’s Lecture on about “Corporate Governance in Context.” Holmstrom is the Paul March 12 titled “A World of Law—Then and Now.” Sorensen took A. Samuelson Professor of Economics and Management at the his audience step-by-step through the drama of the 1962 Cuban Massachusetts Institute of Technology. missile crisis, examining how Kennedy’s foreign policy decisions led to resolution of a conflict that threatened the very survival of Alicia H. Munnell (left), Peter F. Drucker Professor of the planet. Management Sciences at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management, discussed retirement Dr. Harold Varmus (left), president issues in the 2006–2007 Storrs Lectures March and CEO of Memorial Sloan-Kettering 5 and 6. In a presentation titled “The Declining Cancer Center, delivered the 2006– Number of Players in the Retirement Income 2007 Arthur Allen Leff Fellowship Game,” Munnell addressed “The Withdrawal of Lectures on March 26 and 27. Dr. Business” and “The Implications for the Individual Varmus discussed “Freeing Scientific and Government.” Culture: The Fight to Provide Public Access to Results the Public William F. Lee, co-managing partner of WilmerHale, gave a Finances” and “How the Law Affects Dean’s Program on the Profession talk on March 8. His topic Contemporary Cancer Research: was “Jury Trials in Complex Intellectual Property Cases: Do They A Personal View.” Work?” Also giving Dean’s Program on the Profession talks this spring were two alumni—Bear Stearns General Counsel Michael Daniel Fischel discussed “Markets and Scandals: Enron and Solender ’89, who spoke March 29 on “Careers in the Law—The Beyond” in the Judge Ralph K. Winter Lecture on Corporate Law Law Firm, Government, and In-House Perspective”; and Current and Governance April 23. Fischel is Professor of Law and Business Media CEO Joel Hyatt ’76, who spoke April 26 on “First Things at Northwestern University School of Law. First: The First Amendment, the Media Industry, and Democracy.” Lani Guinier ’74, the Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, gave the 2006-2007 Fowler Harper Lecture on April 30. She spoke about political representation in constitutional democracies in a lecture titled “The Political Representative as Powerful Stranger: Challenges for Democracy.”

To watch streaming video or to On April 19, Yul Kwon ’00, winner of the reality TV show, download podcasts of selected Survivor: Cook Islands, gave a Dean’s Program on the events at the Law School, visit Profession talk titled “How I Survived Survivor and Other www.law.yale.edu/news. Professional Challenges.” Though he was initially disturbed to learn competing Survivor teams would be divided along racial and ethnic L isak obert

lines, Kwon persevered, saying he wanted to challenge R the racial stereotypes he experienced growing up and present a positive image of the Asian American man. He said he was determined to compete fairly, relying on mutual trust and cooperation among team members rather than backstabbing. Kwon urged Yale Law School students to “think out- side the box” and not be afraid to take risks. egally Female photograph (middle right) by Michelle Morin ’08; ’08; Morin Michelle by right) (middle photograph Female egally L by right) top (opposite photograph Bloomberg  |  Y l r Summer 2007

“Legally Female” Among nity for dialogue and networking among Spring Conferences women lawyers (www.ms-jd.org). “The new blog will be a global meeting More than 250 attorneys and stud- place for women in the profession,” said ents from across the country gathered for Julia Simon-Kerr ’08, one of the confer- a conference on March 31 to talk about ence organizers and a member of Yale Law the challenges women face in the legal Women, which hosted the conference. profession today. Titled “Legally Female: In welcoming attendees, Dean Harold What Does It Mean to Be Ms. JD?,” the Hongju Koh shared his personal experi- event opened with a keynote speech by ences with accomplished women lawyers, The Honorable Janet Bond Arterton, judge some in his own family. He noted he is of the U.S. District Court for the District of dean of a law school whose outstanding Connecticut. It also featured the launch women graduates have gone on to do of the weblog “Ms. JD,” an online commu- amazing things, including running for This winter the Law School acquired president, and said, “I am proud to seven Bloomberg terminals, a cutting live in a world that is legally female.” edge news and information platform Many other student organiza- offered by Bloomberg L.P. that enables tions and Law School centers spon- subscribers to monitor fnancial market sored lectures and conferences this movement and trades and legal and spring, including the Information regulatory developments. With its Society Project, which hosted an exhaustive reams of real-time fnan- Open Standards International cial data, and tools that allow users to Symposium in February and an leverage the data’s usefulness, plus Access To Knowledge 2 Conference constantly updated electronic, print, TV, in April. Other notable conferences and radio news, the “Bloomberg,” as it included the 13th Annual Rebellious is known, has revolutionized the way Lawyering Conference; the Yale bankers, analysts, investors, attorneys Journal of International Law Young and others access fnancial information. Scholars Conference (see page 11); One terminal is located in the Lillian the Robert M. Cover Public Interest Goldman Law Library’s reading room Law Retreat; a Works-in-Progress and is available to all students. Six fac- “Legally Female” conference attendees broke Symposium sponsored by The ulty members have access from their into small lunch groups for discussion on Graduate Programs at Yale Law School; own computers. a variety of topics such as networking and and The American Constitution Society Gregory Ruben ’08 uses the careers in corporate law, litigation, and public Conference on Progressive Family Values. Bloomberg in the Law Library several interest law. times a day. “It’s an extraordinary resource,” said activism on campus Ruben. “The news functions are better than anything else you’d get on the 24 Hours for Darfur Internet. The Bloomberg ‘fx’ is that the second you walk away, you’re missing A group of Yale University law, gradu- something.” ate, and undergraduate students have created a grassroots video advocacy campaign aimed at using the Internet to mobilize people around the globe to end the genocide in Darfur. Called “24 Hours for Darfur,” the project is hoping to solicit thousands of thirty- to sixty- second videos call- ing for an end to the genocide. Project organizers plan to compile and edit the video submissions into 24 hours of rolling footage to be screened on Eric Tam ’07, Benji Plener ’08, Ana Vohryzek- the steps of Congress and in front of the United Griest ’09, and Bidish Sarma ’08 made Nations building in . videos using a webcam, then posted them To learn more, visit www.24hoursfordarfur.org. to the 24 Hours for Darfur website. ˘ News in Brief

Bernstein Human Rights have worked on projects promoting and Symposium Examines protecting human rights in such diverse locations as Argentina, Benin, Eritrea, Former Law Clerks Reform in China, Israel, India, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Remember Introduces New Fellows Thailand, and Tibet. Thurgood Marshall The 2007–2008 Robert L. Bernstein The 2007 Robert L. Bernstein Fellows—Nick Robinson ’06 and Katherine In honor of Black History Month, International Human Rights Fellowship Southwick ’05—were introduced during the Black Law Students Association Symposium—“Defending Rights Through the course of the symposium. hosted a panel discussion titled Law in China: Progress and Challenges”— Robinson will spend his fellowship year “Thurgood Marshall in Modern was held April 12 and 13. Participants in India working with the Human Rights America: His Life, Legacy, and Impact examined the nature of reform through Law Network to develop resources and Through the Voices of His Former law possible in China over two days of pre- implement a strategy for addressing the Supreme Court Clerks.” sentations and panel discussions. right to water. The panelists, all of whom clerked Established in 1997, The Robert L. Southwick will spend her fellowship for Marshall, were: University of Bernstein Fellowships enable two Yale Law year working with Refugees International, Chicago Law Professor Cass Sunstein; School graduates to devote a year to full- investigating and publicizing cases of Harvard Law Professor Mark Tushnet time human rights work. Former Fellows statelessness around the world. ’71; and Yale Law Professors Dan Kahan and Stephen Carter ’79. Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law and former U.S. Solicitor General Drew Days ’66 served as moderator. In addition to talking about Justice Marshall’s legacy, his former clerks spoke about their memories of clerking for Marshall.

Participants at the 2007 Bernstein Symposium discussed human rights and legal reform in China.

Professor Reva Siegel ’86, Jennifer Harris ’09, Andrew Verstein ’09, and Professor Alvin Klevorick traveled to China as part of Yale University’s delegation to the country in May. Here the YLS group is pictured in front of the construction site for the 2008 Olympic Audience members listen to the panelists’ Stadium. thoughts about the legacy of Supreme Yale University President Richard Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Panelists included (from left) Elizabeth K. Dollard C. Levin led the delegation of 100 Yale Professor of Law Dan Kahan and William students, faculty, and administrators Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law Stephen in China at the invitation of China’s Carter ’79. President Hu Jintao. 10 | 11 Y l r Summer 2007

The “New” New Haven School of International Law

This past March, The Yale Journal of International Law (YJIL) Sarah H. Cleveland ’92, Laura Dickinson ’96, Ryan Goodman ’99, hosted its fifth annual Young ScholarsC onference: “The ‘New’ Professor Oona A. Hathaway ’97, Derek P. Jinks ’98, Janet Koven New Haven School: International Law—Past, Present & Future.” Levit ’94, Noah Novogrodsky ’97, Hari Osofsky ’98, Dakota By insisting that law is more than formal legal institutions, Rudesill ’06, Myres S. McDougal Professor of International that international law is best studied by evaluating social Law W. Michael Reisman ’64 llm, ’65 jsd, Beth Van Schaack ’97, practice, and that international legal scholars take a policy- Siegfried Wiessner ’83 llm, and Melissa A. Waters ’98. The con- oriented approach to determining what constitutes effective ference was made possible with the generous support of the world order, the “New” New Haven School, like its predecessor, Oscar M. Ruebhausen ’37 Fund and the Dean’s Office. is pushing legal academics and practitioners toward a more To find out more about the Young ScholarsC onference and nuanced vision of what international law is and ought to be. YJIL’s other activities, visit www.yale.edu/yjil. YJIL encourages YJIL’s conference brought together the architects of the New its alumni to send their contact information to [email protected] in Haven School with a new generation of international legal order to receive updates on upcoming publications and events. Contact information can also be sent to The Yale Journal of …the “New” New Haven School, like its International Law, Yale Law School, P.O. Box 208215, New Haven, predecessor, is pushing legal academics and practitioners CT 06520-8215. toward a more nuanced vision of what — Phyllis Maloney ’08, YJIL Managing Editor international law is and ought to be.

scholars to discuss topics including the historical legacy of the New Haven School and potential applications of the School’s lessons to current problems in international law and foreign affairs. The conference also included a panel devoted to schol- arship by current YLS students, and a special plenary session to discuss the extent to which a “New” New Haven School is emerging. The proceedings will be published in a special commemorative issue of The Yale Journal of International Law

(Volume 32, Number 2). YJIL Executive Editor Adam Strait ’07 (left) catches up with former A number of YLS alumni participated in the conference, YJIL Editors-in-Chief Nick O. Stephanopoulos ’06 and Gretchen Hoff including Robert B. Ahdieh ’97, Rosa Ehrenreich Brooks ’96, Varner ’06 at the conference’s afternoon tea.

Yale Law Federalist Society them well, according to Christopher be added to the email list.” Flourishes Angevine ’08, vice president of events for The Society hosted twelve major the group. “I tell conservative students events this year, some jointly with Yale It may come as a surprise to some, but they should come here because it will Law School’s American Constitution one of the most successful student orga- make them better lawyers,” he says. “It Society, on topics such as gay marriage, nizations at Yale Law School during the helps you hone your debate if your beliefs the constitutionality and advisability of 2006–2007 school year was the Yale Law are constantly challenged.” punitive damages awards, the influence

hina photograph (bottom far left) by Michael Blank; Blank; Michael by left) far (bottom photograph C hina Federalist Society, a group of conservative From what used to be a small group of blogs on the practice of law, and free ewett ’08 H ewett and libertarian law students committed of self-described “true believers,” the speech issues raised by depictions of to “preserving the mainstays of our free Federalist Society at Yale has grown Muhammad in a Danish newspaper. Most government: federalism, the separation to approximately 80 members and is events drew more than 100 people. arold Shapiro; Shapiro; H arold awn Yamane Yamane D awn of powers, and judicial fidelity to the text attempting to reach out to a wider audi- About 350 attended a lecture given by of the Constitution.” ence by offering more events and encour- John Stossel of ABC’s 20/20 in October “We dissent from the tired liberal ortho- aging a diversity of viewpoints. on “Freedom and its Enemies,” and doxy reigning in America’s law schools “Our events are attended by a mix of Dean Harold Koh debated international and at Yale,” reads the statement on the students who represent the full range of law with Harvard Law Professor Jack Yale Law Federalist Society website. Yale’s ideological spectrum,” said Eugene Goldsmith before a group of 150 in March. Though Society members may disagree Nardelli ’07, president of the Federalist For more information about the with what they see as the mainstream Society. “In fact, some liberal students so Yale Law Federalist Society, visit Bernstein photograph (top far left) by by left) far (top photograph Bernstein Young Scholars photograph (right) by by (right) photograph Scholars Young thought at Yale, that very tension serves regularly attend that they have asked to www.yalefedsoc.org.