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2007 Global Constitutionalism Seminar

For the eleventh time since 1996, some of The 2007 Global Constitutionalism Seminar at Yale Law School took place September 27 through the finest legal minds on the planet came to YaleL aw 29. Attending were twenty of the top Supreme School for a September seminar designed to broaden Court and constitutional court justices from their already considerable intellectual horizons by around the world, including Stephen Breyer and Anthony Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court allowing them to talk about important legal issues as well as justices from Germany, France, Italy, and share their experiences with each other in a Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Canada, South Africa, and strictly confidential setting. other countries. They were joined by about fifty Yale Law School faculty members.

David Boies Professor of Law Robert Post ’77 L isak is director of the Seminar, having taken the reins obert from Paul Gewirtz ’70, Potter Stewart Professor of R Constitutional Law, in 2006. The purpose of the Seminar is to promote international understand- ing of common issues of constitutional law. Photographs by by Photographs 2 | 3 Ylr Winter 2008

“The justices don’t have much occa- for a single session. Post supervised the sion to be together,” said Post, “and this overall process with the help of YLS stu- Seminar allows them to roll up their dents. The book was distributed to Seminar sleeves and work alongside one another in participants ahead of time to facilitate the an atmosphere of trust and collegiality. It discussion. helps them understand how practitioners “The Seminar is an intellectual feast—a in other legal systems deal with the same nourishing and delicious assortment of The 2007 Global Constitutionalism Seminar problems they are facing.” academic and judicial insights to digest,” consisted of three days of meetings about “That people come from so far is a great said Justice Rosalie Abella of the Supreme “The Design and Operation of Judicial Review.” gift to those of us in New Haven, who have Court of Canada. traveled so little distance to learn so much,” “I always learn much that is valu- Society at Yale Law School. “We as students said Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith able—both from the Yale faculty and the were not simply an audience from afar, Resnik. many fine judgesI meet there,” said U.S. but more like colleagues around a seminar One of the Law School’s signature Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. table.” international programs, the Global Though the Seminar is restricted, for That kind of comfort level was present Constitutionalism Seminar this year the most part, to the justices and Yale Law throughout the entire Seminar and is key, consisted of three full days of meetings faculty, it does allow for participation by says Post, to ensuring continuity of mem- centered on the theme, “The Design and Yale Law School students at various points bership and a successful event. He noted Operation of Judicial Review.” Individual over the three days. The students had that four of the justices—Stephen Breyer workshops explored such topics as: breakfast with the justices on Thursday of the U.S., Aharon Barak of Israel, Dieter and were invited to a panel discussion Grimm of Germany, and Frank Iacobucci of → discrimination and accommodation— on reproductive rights led by Post and Canada—have come every year. whether some groups should be treated Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law “For me the Global Constitutionalism differently in order to be equal; Reva Siegel ’86. Many also attended Justice Seminar is the most important confer- → the influence of international and Anthony Kennedy’s Anderson Lecture. On ence of the year,” said Dieter Grimm of the transnational institutions and treaties Friday afternoon, about 300 students Institute for Advanced Studies in Berlin on national constitutional law; got up close and personal with Justices and former Justice in the Constitutional → the design of judicial review and Breyer and Kennedy at a Q&A sponsored Court of Germany. “The fact that a core how different countries differently by the Federalist Society and the American group of justices has participated from institutionalize the judicial enforcement Constitution Society at Yale Law School. the very beginning in 1996 creates an of constitutional law; “There’s a sort of mystique around atmosphere of mutual trust and sympathy → the constitutional right of dignity— Supreme Court justices for many law stu- that distinguishes the discussions at this what dignity means and how courts dents, and the more that mystique can be conference from many other non-recurring can locate authoritative sources for its replaced by actual firsthand experience, meetings.” interpretation and application; the better we’ll understand judicial deci- “It is clearly the best discussion on → the phenomenon of judicial secrecy and sion-making,” said Claire McCusker ’09, constitutional law I’ve ever been part of,” the intrinsic connections between courts vice president for events for the Federalist said Frank Iacobucci, former Justice of the and publicity. Society. “I don’t think it’s an exaggeration Supreme Court of Canada. “It combines to say that we were all surprised by how the leadership of Yale Law School with the The 350-page Global Constitutionalism very human the justices seemed.” participation of judges from constitutional Book of Readings required almost six “Their demeanor gave the event a cer- courts around the world, and the materials months to prepare by selected judges and tain intimacy,” said Stephen Ruckman ’08, and discussions are superb. I wouldn’t Yale faculty, who each took responsibility co-president of the American Constitution miss one.” ˘ News in Brief

Indiana Jones Production Films at Law School

The Yale campus got a taste of show- biz last summer when a crew from Paramount Pictures arrived to shoot several scenes for the new Indiana Jones movie, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford. The fourth installment in the adventure series is set in 1957 and as a result, required several days of prep work to transform the streets and shops around Old Campus to the way they looked fifty years ago. The moviemakers made a special stop at the Law School to film a “small but impor- tant” scene in a Dean’s office.S et dressers Associate Dean Mike Thompson worked with crew members from Paramount as they set up lights and converted the Faculty Dining Room into transformed parts of the Sterling Law Building to look like a college campus circa 1957. that Dean’s office, replacing the exist- ing furniture and portraits with pieces period to 1957. In the Dean’s Row Seminar School baseball cap, said, “We are tickled that would grab the summer blockbuster Corridor, crew members painted the walls, that Steven Spielberg chose to film a ‘small crowd! Certainly, having them here made replaced doors and changed the lighting but important’ scene of his classic series for a fun few summer days for the mem- fixtures. at our small but important law school. We bers of our community.” Dean Harold Hongju Koh, who pre- suggested the title ‘Indiana Jones and the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the sented Steven Spielberg with a Yale Law Temple of Legal Realism,’ but they doubted Crystal Skull is scheduled to be released in May 2008. S ervices M edia Justice Kennedy Delivers 2007 Anderson Lecture Yale Law School A packed auditorium of nearly 500 faculty and students gathered on Enrolls in iTunes U September 27 to hear The Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, deliver the 2007 Robert P. Anderson Memorial Lecture. Yale Law School is

Justice Kennedy, appointed to the Supreme Court in 1988 by President Reagan, now part of iTunes U, University Yale S taggers, spoke about “Constitutions: Structures and Rights” as part of the three-day Global a portal on the iTunes Constitutionalism Seminar hosted by the Law School. First-year law student Marisa Store website that Van Saanen ’10, who spent the past four years working for the World Bank, shared allows institutions of some of her reflections on the talk.S he said she was interested to hear Justice higher education to get Kennedy’s thoughts on federalism and international law but took special note when their audio and video his focus shifted to world poverty. content out to the public. Classroom “He spoke of ... the challenges of lectures, presentations by invited guests, women and poor people the world over, commencement speeches, performances,

and the extent to which the poor and and other live events are among the Bernie by photograph Wasserman L isak; marginalized are outside of legal sys- many university offerings available on obert tems and constitutions, the very subject the site, which has previously focused R the judges were gathered at the law on music, movie, and television content. school to discuss,” Van Saanen said. She Visitors to iTunes U may click on the Yale then continued, “...his words remain a Law School icon and access such things challenge to me, and I believe to our as NYU Law Professor Jeremy Waldron’s community—how will our lives as law- lecture series on foreign law in American yers help to make the world a better and courts, Theodore Sorensen’s discussion of more just place for the poor and margin- by photograph Kennedy Justice alized among us?” 4 | 5 Ylr Winter 2008

JFK’s foreign policy approach, and Carla Lawyers Do?” The second event was a talk Hills’ talk on the Gerald Ford presidency. on November 27 by Oscar M. Ruebhausen For instructions on how to access iTunes U, Professor of Law and Director of the Center, visit www.yale.edu/opa/podcast/. Roberta Romano ’80, on “How to Craft a Career in Corporate Law: Foundations for New Wasserman Workshop in Transaction Lawyering, Litigation, Business, and Academic Careers.” Law and Finance Debuts The Center also recently welcomed two new staff members: John Morley ’06, The Yale Law School Center for the the John R. Raben/Sullivan & Cromwell Study of Corporate Law inaugurated the Executive Director; and Kris Kavanaugh, Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and the Center Coordinator. Finance on November 19, with Professor Wharton Professor Andrew Metrick was the For more information on Center activi- Andrew Metrick of the Wharton School speaker for the inaugural Bert W. Wasserman ties, visit the website at www.law.yale. Workshop in Law and Finance. at the University of Pennsylvania speak- edu/ccl. ing about the economics of private equity funds. The Wasserman Workshop was estab- AWARD lished by Craig Wasserman ’86 in memory of his father, Bert W. Wasserman, a distin- Robert Todd Lang ’47, chairman of the YLS guished leader in the field of finance.T he Center for the Study of Corporate Law’s workshop supports the study of corporate Board of Advisors, was the recipient of law and finance by bringing to theL aw the frst Simeon E. Baldwin Award for School faculty from Yale and other univer- Distinguished Service in Law and Business. sities, to present current research. The award was presented at the Advisory Three additional Wasserman Workshops Board meeting on October 29. Lang, a were scheduled for the academic year: senior partner of Weil, Gotshal & Manges S ervices Holger Mueller of New York University’s LLP, was the driving force behind the cre-

M edia Stern School of Business on December 5; ation of the Center, which was the frst Cindy Alexander, assistant chief econo- corporate law center to be established in mist at the SEC, on January 31; and Paul the U.S. Mahoney ’84, David and Mary Harrison The award is named after Simeon E. Baldwin, both a student and faculty member of Distinguished Professor of Law at the the Law School, who was responsible for putting in place in the late 19th century the University of Virginia School of Law, on Law School’s interdisciplinary tradition, which would prove to be the foundation for the taggers, University Yale S taggers, April 17. school’s future success. Baldwin was also the leading railroad lawyer of his day; governor The Center for the Study of Corporate and chief justice of the Supreme Court of ; and a founder and president of Law continued its stimulating slate of numerous professional associations, including the American Bar Association, American activities with another alumni breakfast Association of Law Schools, and American Political Science Association. program in New York in November on Roberta Romano ’80, Center director, said on the occasion, “Baldwin’s career embod- proxy voting, with panelists Henry Hu ’79, ies what we wish to recognize and honor in the award recipient, and he would have rec- Allan Shivers Chair in the Law of Banking ognized a kindred spirit in Todd Lang. Todd is not just one of the great corporate lawyers and Finance, University of Texas School of his generation, but he has also worked tirelessly on every important bar committee of Law; Charles M. Nathan ’65, Global Co- and task force on corporate governance and securities regulation over the past several isak; Wasserman photograph by Bernie by photograph Wasserman L isak; Chair of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group decades. As a consequence, the benefts of his wisdom have gone far beyond his clients; obert

R of Latham & Watkins, LLP; and Erik R. Sirri, our laws are infnitely better for Todd’s efforts. Todd has also been a steadfast friend of Director of the SEC’s Division of Market YLS who had both the vision to recognize the need for a corporate law center at the Law Regulation. Recent Center activities School when none existed in the country, and the generosity to get such a project off also included two career-related events the ground. Students, faculty, and alumni in the law and business area have all been the cosponsored by the Law School’s Career benefciaries of Todd’s foresight and generosity, which has enriched students’ educa- Development Office andT he Yale Law tional experience and faculty research, and fostered interaction among students, faculty, & Business Society, a new student orga- and graduates. It is beftting that Todd is the frst recipient of the Simeon Baldwin Award

Justice Kennedy photograph by by photograph Kennedy Justice nization. The first event was a panel on that the Corporate Law Center has established to recognize an individual’s contribution November 14 entitled “What Do Corporate to law and business.” ˘ News in Brief

Panelists discussed the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in October. From left: Fredo Silva ’08, Professor Robert Burt ’64, Visiting Lecturer Eugene Fidell, and Ken Harbaugh ’08.

‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ to sign the School’s nondiscrimination permission to waive the requirement that is Focus of Protest, Panel policy before participating in its off- the military sign the nondiscrimination campus recruitment program. form. A recent ruling in Burt v. Gates, a suit Since the spring of 2002, the Defense Recruiters for both the U.S. Air Force brought by members of the Law School Department has interpreted the Solomon and the U.S. Navy participated in interview faculty in 2002, resulted in a return to the Amendment to require denial of federal sessions at FIP’s off-campus location on Career Development Office’s annual Fall funds to schools that withhold assistance October 1. On that day, students organized Interview Program by recruiters from the from military recruiters. A group of Law by OutLaws, the School’s lesbian, gay, armed forces. School faculty filed suit in the U.S. District bisexual, and transgender student orga- While the military has always been Court for the District of Connecticut chal- nization, staged a silent protest on the permitted to recruit students at the Law lenging that interpretation, and the suit steps of the Law School, and then walked School, the recruiters have been denied was decided in favor of the faculty. In silently to the interview locations to pro- access to some Career Development Office September, the Second Circuit reversed test the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” services because of the Law School’s this ruling, and Dean Harold Hongju Koh policy. The organizers emphasized that the decades-old policy of requiring employers reinstated a faculty resolution giving him military was the only recruiter unable to

Dean Harold Hongju Koh congratulates Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67, who was recently honored by Scribes: The American Society of Legal Writers for the best law book published in 2006. Ackerman was named co-winner of the Scribes Book Award for Before the Next Attack: Preserving Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism (Yale University Press). 6 | 7 Ylr Winter 2008

sign the Law School’s nondiscrimination Joey Hanzich ’10 Remembered policy, which forbids “discrimination based In mid-September, Joey Hanzich, a frst- upon age, color, handicap or disability, year student, died from natural causes as ethnic or national origin, race, religion, reli- he was beginning his time at YLS. Though gious creed, gender (including discrimina- Joey had only been a member of the YLS tion taking the form of sexual harassment), community for a short time, his quick marital, parental or veteran status, sexual intelligence and easy smile had already orientation, or the prejudice of clients.” made him a strong presence at the Law Dean Koh noted in a statement that School. the twin principles of the right to aca- The Joey Hanzich ’10 Fund at Yale Law demic freedom and to equal opportunity School will serve as a lasting memorial to expressed in Burt were important ones, Joey’s life of service, humanity, and com- and that he continued to “look forward to passion. The Fund will provide fnancial the day when all members of our commu- aid support to deserving and talented nity will have an equal opportunity to serve students who reflectJ oey’s commitment in our nation’s armed forces.” to public service and the common good. Dean Koh and the students also orga- It may also be used to support activities nized an informative panel on “Don’t Ask, related to healthcare law or other policy Don’t Tell” with Visiting Lecturer Eugene interests, which Joey so passionately Fidell, who lectures on military law at the pursued. Law School. Other participants included For more information, call the Professor Robert Burt ’64, lead signa- Development Offce at 203 432-6080. tory on Burt v. Gates; Fredo Silva ’08 of OutLaws; and Ken Harbaugh ’08 of Yale Law Veterans. The panel was moderated by Craig Konnoth ’10. Panelists discussed the ramifications of the “Don’t Ask, Don’tT ell” Faculty Tea policy in today’s military and the ways that students and faculty might engage the Sidley Austin-Robert D. McLean ’70 military and work with Congress to change Visiting Professor Thomas W. Merrill DADT. spoke about his recent work at a faculty tea held September 24. The Fall Conferences Consider Sidley Austin-Robert D. McLean ’70 State of Play and Visiting Professorship was estab- lished in 2006 by gifts from the Future of Energy law frm of Sidley Austin LLP, and family and friends of the late Robert A pioneering global conference D. McLean ’70 to honor his distin- on virtual worlds, designed to enhance guished career in the law. S ervices cross-cultural interaction and understand- Thomas A. Cole, Partner and Chair ing, took place in Singapore in August. M edia of the Executive Committee, Sidley Organized by Yale Law School, Harvard Austin LLP, introduced Professor Law School, New York Law School, Trinity Merrill after having earlier presented University, and Nanyang Technological his own lecture entitled “Sarbanes- University in Singapore, “State of Play V: Oxley, a Five Year Retrospective.” Mr. Building the Global Metaverse” invited Cole’s address was given as a part of taggers, Yale University University Yale S taggers, experts across disciplines to discuss the the Corporate Governance Seminar future of cyberspace and the impact of taught by Sam Harris Professor of new immersive, social online environments Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, on education, law, politics, and society. and Securities Law Jonathan Macey “We look forward to bringing a global ’82 and Visiting Lecturer Harvey Pitt. perspective to issues of law and society in virtual worlds,” said Eddan Katz, execu- errill photograph by Bernie by photograph M errill continued on page 9  Visiting the Law School

Jeremy Waldron, Richard Mendelson University Professor gave a Dean’s Special at New York Seminar on “Wine University School Law in America” of Law, delivered November 1 and 5. the Storrs Lectures The first session cov- at Yale Law School ered “Temperance Michael A. Olivas delivered a Dean’s September 10, 11, and Prohibition” and Lecture on October 1 titled “‘Colored and 12. His pre- the second session, Men’ and ‘Hombres Aqui’: Hernández sentation was “The Wine Revolution.” v. Texas and the Emergence of Mexican- titled, “‘Partly Mendelson is an attorney with the law American Lawyering.” Olivas is the Laws Common To firm of Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty in William B. Bates Distinguished Chair All Mankind’: Foreign Law In American Napa, , where he specializes in of Law and Director of the Institute of Courts.” Waldron discussed whether it’s alcoholic beverage law and land use plan- Higher Education Law & Governance at ever appropriate for American judges to ning for wineries and vineyards. the University of Houston Law Center. be influenced in their decisions by what Also giving Dean’s they know of the laws of other countries. Martha Nussbaum, Lectures this fall He made reference to the old Roman Ernst Freund were Veton Surroi, Law principle that every society is gov- Distinguished a member of the erned partly by its own laws and partly Service Professor Kosovo Negotiating by laws common to all mankind. of Law and Ethics Team, who spoke at the University October 3 on Douglas Yarn opened the Quinnipiac- of Chicago Law “Kosovo: In Pursuit Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop Veton School, presented Surroi of Independence”; series on September 14 with a lecture the Sherrill Lecture Ryozo Kato, titled “The Biology of Reconciliation.” on December 3. Ambassador of Yarn teaches alternative dispute resolu- Nussbaum’s topic Japan to the United States, who discussed tion and professional responsibility at was “The Real Clash of Civilizations: “The Evolution of Japan’s Involvement in Georgia State University College of Law. Democracy, Religious Violence, and the the World Community Order” on October Other lecturers in the series included New Case of India.” 11; and Noëlle Lenoir, Of Counsel at York University Law Professor Geoffrey P. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Paris, whose Miller, who spoke October 15 on “Ex Ante To watch streaming video or to download October 30 lecture was titled “Is the New Dispute Resolution Arrangements in Public podcasts of selected events at the Law Europe Anticompetitive?” Company Contracts”; Richard Zeckhauser, School, visit www.law.yale.edu/news. Professor of Political Economy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, who spoke November 13 about “Trust in On-Line Auctions”; and Ohio State University Law Professor Ellen Deason, who spoke November 30 on “A Framework for Comparison: Building a Taxonomy of ADR System Analysis and Design.” 8 | 9 Ylr Winter 2008

 continued from page 7 tive director of the Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School. The ISP, founded and directed by Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin, has been study- ing this topic, as well as related issues of identity online, for several years in col- laboration with top experts in the field as part of the Reputation Economies in Cyberspace project. The Yale Law & Business Society, Yale Environmental Law Association, and Yale School of Management Energy Club hosted a conference titled “The Future of Energy” in November. The conference In September, more than 1,000 people African Union peacekeepers in Darfur. brought together business leaders, aca- attended a rally organized by 24 Hours He received a standing ovation.” demics, and regulatory experts to discuss for Darfur, a video advocacy campaign The rally also included speakers, the policy, business, and regulatory out- dedicated to ending the conflict in including three members of the Darfuri look on the energy sector over the next Darfur and promoting peace and secu- diaspora. twenty-five years. rity for the people living there. The rally 24 Hours for Darfur was founded by “It’s an opportunity to discuss the was held opposite United Nations head- a group of Yale University law, graduate, extremely pressing topic of sustainable quarters in New York City on September and undergraduate students as a video energy use with individuals capable of 16, the Global Day for Darfur. advocacy campaign aimed at using the turning any consensus reached into real- “The general response was over- Internet to mobilize people worldwide ity,” said Ilya Podolyako ’09, president of whelming,” said rally organizer to end the genocide in Darfur. Their The Yale Law & Business Society. Benjamin Plener ’09. “The crowd found next project involves sending a team to Among other issues, the conference it powerful to watch videos from people Eastern Chad to represent and broadcast examined the types of incentives the cur- around the world, all urging leaders to the views of Darfuri civilians on issues rent regulatory regime creates for renew- confront the crisis in Darfur…there was a of peace and justice through both able energy sources and addressed the strong sense of a shared commitment to a population-based attitudinal survey economic prospects of both traditional this issue. One man got up on stage and and a video testimonial project. and alternative energy producers over the announced that he would be enlisting in For more information, visit next twelve to eighteen years. the Nigerian army to go serve with the www.24hoursfordarfur.org. ISP Redesigns Website, Hosts Fall Programs

The Information Society Project tion ethics. Meanwhile, the program’s fall 2007 symposium. Representatives from has had a busy beginning to the 2007-08 reading group focused on public policy industry, government, and academia academic year. In addition to redesigning implications of technological standards. met to discuss online individual and its website, the program has been active “Reputation Economies in Cyberspace” business reputation, community-medi- with a lunch speaker series, a fall reading was the theme of the ISP’s December ated information production, and the group, and a fall symposium. Speakers implications for democracy and inno- for the lunch series represent a range of vation. Panels included “Making Your research interests related to the informa- Name Online,” “Privacy and Reputational tion society, including ethics and technol- Protection,” “Reputational Quality and amara Plener amara

T ogy, artificial agents, ubiquitous comput- Information Quality,” and “Ownership of ing, user-generated content, history of Cyber-Reputation.” intellectual property of living organisms, For more information about the race and bioscience, South African tele- Information Society Project, visit http://isp. com policy, human rights and authorship law.yale.edu. ally photograph by by photograph ally R norms, Internet censorship, and informa- ˘ News in Brief

University in Cairo and Yale Law School is open to YLS alumni, J.D. candidates in their final year, andLL .M. and J.S.D. candidates who plan to pursue an academic career. Fellows will spend one academic year in residence at The American University in Cairo teaching two to four substantive courses, and one semester at Yale Law School pursuing research and writing projects. For more information about these and other fellowships, visit www.law.yale.edu/ studentlife/cdolawteaching.asp.

YLS Community Releases Statement Regarding Rule of Law in Pakistan

Jacquin D. Bierman Professor of Taxation Anne L. Alstott ’87 In early November, Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh, Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law Peter Schuck, Considering Law Teaching? teaching. Alumni interested in resume Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fellow in Law Jeff review should contact CDO early in the Redding, and other members of the Law Yale Law School offers a variety of summer; the deadline for submission for School and legal communities released services to graduates who want to pursue the YLS CV book is late July. a statement denouncing General Pervez entry-level law teaching positions. The Musharraf’s assault on the rule of law in Career Development Office has created a International Fellowships Pakistan. The statement read, in part, “By guide entitled “Entering the Law Teaching suspending the Constitution; dissolving Market,” which is available to students Support Teaching, Research in the Supreme Court and the provincial and alumni on its website (www.law.yale. South Asia and Cairo High Courts and replacing them with edu/cdo). In addition, CDO provides advice judges of his own choosing; engaging on the application and interview processes, With the support of the Oscar M. in arbitrary and unprovoked arrests of reviews resumes, distributes a book of Ruebhausen Fund, the Law School has thousands of opposition leaders, jour- YLS law teaching candidate resumes (the established a teaching and research fel- nalists, and other law-abiding citizens; YLS CV book) to all law schools, and hosts lowship for recent YLS graduates inter- and violently suppressing protests by functions for faculty recruiters and YLS ested in teaching law and policy at a South hundreds of lawyers who were acting in candidates at the Faculty Recruitment Asian law or law-related school. Open to ’09 Phillips E rin Conference, held by the Association of graduates in the classes of 2003–2008, American Law Schools each fall. the fellowship will support twelve months “We stand in solidarity with Interested alumni should send an email of teaching and research in South Asia. our fellow lawyers and to [email protected] to receive pass- Up to two fellowships may be granted word access to the online guide, as well annually, with one of the fellows being the democratic values as other useful information about faculty supported for an additional six months that they represent.” recruitment. Additional information is at Yale Law School in order to complete isak; class of 2010 photograph by by photograph 2010 of class L isak; available on the CDO website at www.law. research and to help coordinate South obert

yale.edu/studentlife/cdolawteaching.asp Asian-related events at the Law School. the highest tradition of our profession, R and the AALS website www.aals.org under A Cairo-based fellowship has recently General Musharraf is trampling upon the Faculty Recruitment Services. received new funding that allows for more very system of law that alone can justify a Application materials should be sub- extended study with the University of ruler’s power over his people. We stand in mitted to the AALS in August of the year Cairo and at YLS. The newly named Richard solidarity with our fellow lawyers and the

before the applicant wishes to begin A. Bartlett ’82 Fellowship at The American democratic values that they represent, and by Alstottphotograph 10 | 11 Ylr Winter 2008

we urge an early restoration of legality and legitimate authority in Pakistan.” Hundreds of law school students, faculty members, Fun Facts About The Class of 2010 deans, lawyers, and other members of the legal community from around the world 189 J.D. students from 72 undergraduate institutions added their names to the statement on the 25 ll.M. students Law School’s website. To see the full state- 1 m.S.L. student ment and list of signatories, visit www.law. J.S.D. students yale.edu/news. 12 12 transfer students

65 countries represented, including Bhutan, Bosnia, Burma, Cuba, Rwanda, and the United Arab Emirates

35 Masters degrees 14 Foreign fellowships 13 Ph.D.s

25 languages read or spoken, including Aramaic, In the beginning of September, Krio and Creole, syriac, and Urdu members of the JD Class of 2010 and new graduate students traveled to Sleeping Giant Park where they took 8 marathon runners 7 journalists part in a “Hike with Harold.” Each 6 martial artists fall, Dean Harold Hongju Koh hikes 3 Teach for America participants Sleeping Giant with new students, 1 poet and hip hop artist who and each spring he hikes it again with performed with Kanye West 1 sculptor graduating students. Dean Koh char- 1 cartoonist acterizes the hikes as “bookends” to 1 competitive wrestler the YLS experience—a time for the 1 nationally ranked tennis player class to begin and end their journey 1 member of the U.S. national rin Phillips ’09 Phillips E rin together. speed-skating team 1 stand-up comedian 1 professional actor 1 trapeze artist 1 classical choral singer 1 ballet dancer 1 belly dancer 1 movie reviewer 1 author of a book on breast cancer isak; class of 2010 photograph by by photograph 2010 of class L isak; 1 Peace Corps volunteer obert 1 casket salesman R 1 ordained priest For each student in the Class of 2010, 1 cryptanalyst twenty others applied for his 1 firefighter or her place. 1 organic farmer 1 cowgirl Alstott photograph by by Alstottphotograph