Subject: Yale Law School Alumni Newsletter Summer 2010
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Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:23:13 -0400

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* In This Issue * 

- Commencement 2010 
- Education Adequacy Project Wins Major Victory 
- YLS Students Team with Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center to Aid
Haitian Refugees 
- Yale Law Alumni – the Official LinkedIn Group for YLS Grads 

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- YLS Career Connections
<http://www.law.yale.edu/studentlife/ylscc.htm> 
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- Update Your Contact Info 
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* _Wednesday, June 2, 2010_ * 

Welcome 

Greetings from New Haven! This summer issue of the alumni e-newsletter
brings news from the Law School and information about career resources
and upcoming events especially for alumni. 

Yale Law School News 

** Commencement 2010 ** 

<http://www.law.yale.edu/news/11680.htm> A new class joined the ranks
of Yale Law School alumni during Commencement exercises held May 24 in
the Law School's Courtyard. In all, 222 degrees were conferred during
this year's Commencement. Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law Guido
Calabresi '58 officially presented Dean Robert Post '77 with the
traditional maces, signifying his new deanship of the Law School.
Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney Brett Dignam served
as Commencement speaker and urged the graduates to periodically
re-examine their lives and to strive to remain grounded. "Are you
living your life, your professional life, in a way that reflects your
core beliefs? If you are, revel in that. If you are not, make a
change," she said. Peter Schuck, the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor
Emeritus of Law, and Margaret H. Marshall '76, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, also addressed the graduates.
Photos and a video of Commencement 2010 are now available on the YLS
website <http://www.law.yale.edu/news/11680.htm>. 

** Education Adequacy Project Wins Major Victory ** 

The Education Adequacy Project
<http://www.law.yale.edu/academics/educationadequacyclinic.htm> at
Yale Law School won a major victory in the Connecticut Supreme Court
in March when the Court ruled in favor of the Connecticut Coalition
for Justice in Education Funding in the case, _CCJEF v. Rell_. CCJEF,
represented by Yale Law students, asserted in a complaint back in 2005
that the state's failure to adequately and equitably fund public
schools had irreparably harmed thousands of schoolchildren. In oral
arguments before the Court almost two years ago, clinic members,
including YLS students David Noah '09 and Neil Weare '08, said
Connecticut students had the right to, not just an education, but an
adequate one.
| Article <http://www.law.yale.edu/news/11470.htm> | 

** YLS Students Team with Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center to Aid
Haitian Refugees ** 

<http://www.law.yale.edu/news/11481.htm>With financial support from
the Law School, six Yale Law School students spent their spring break
at the Broward Transitional Center north of Miami conducting
interviews with Haitian earthquake refugees, tracking down potential
sponsors in the United States, and drafting letters to U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers requesting that the
refugees be released from detention.
| Article <http://www.law.yale.edu/news/11481.htm> | 

** Yale Law Alumni—the Official LinkedIn Group for YLS Grads ** 

<http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2600898>The Law School has
recently created an official group for Yale Law School alumni on LinkedIn
<http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2600898>. The official group
is called “Yale Law Alumni.” Join the group to display the YLS shield
on your profile, participate in discussions with the group, and
connect with individual group members. 

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Upcoming Alumni Events 

Interesting alumni events are planned for the summer and fall. Details
will be posted on the Alumni website
<http://www.law.yale.edu/alumni/alumni.htm>.
Upcoming events include: 

*Boston* 
_• June 16_ reception with Anita Hill '80
_• August 24_ Fenway Park tour, dinner, and a Red Sox Game
*Geneva* 
_• June 30-July 2 _A three day visit to international organizations
and cultural institutions with Dean Post '77
*Northern California*
_• June 17_ book talk by Professor Ian Ayres '86
_• July 8_ happy hour for current students and recent graduates
(classes of '07-'10) 
*New York*
_• June 22_ reception with _NYT_ columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin
*Washington, D.C.*
_• June 24_ Constitutional Law breakfast panel with Beth S. Brinkmann
'85, Linda Greenhouse '78, M.S.L., Andrew J. Pincus, Dean Robert Post
'77, and Paul M. Smith '79
_• July 15_ annual dinner with speaker Marian Wright Edelman '63
*Minneapolis* 
_• July 21_ happy hour
*Martha's Vineyard*
_• August 12_ cocktail party
*PenJerDel*
_• September 12_ garden party 

<http://www.law.yale.edu/alumni/AW10.htm>Bookmark the YLS Alumni
Events webpage <http://www.law.yale.edu/alumni/alumni.htm>, so that
you can get details of these—and other—alumni events as the plans
evolve. 

Remember— Alumni Weekend <http://www.law.yale.edu/alumni/AW10.htm>
will be held October 8-10, 2010. All YLS alumni are invited to attend,
but classes ending in zeroes and fives will be celebrating reunions
with Saturday dinners, Sunday brunches, and other special activities.
In addition to opportunities to visit with classmates, faculty, and
students at meals and receptions, the weekend will include five panels
devoted to the theme of science and law. 

News from Student Organizations 

Many of the student organizations at the Law School have their own web
pages with information about recent and upcoming events. A list of
these student organizations and links to their pages can be found at www.law.yale.edu/studentorgs
<http://www.law.yale.edu/studentorgs>. 

** *Yale Law Women Alumnae Events* ** 

Yale Law Women <http://www.law.yale.edu/stuorgs/ylw.htm> invites
alumnae and current YLS students to upcoming events. For more
information and RSVPs, or to be added to the Yale Law Women alumnae
email distribution list for future YLW news and events, please contact
Yale Law Women Alumnae Relations Chair Josephine Lau '12. Events
planned for current students and Yale Law Women alumnae this summer
include:
*Washington, D.C.
*July 25th brunch at the home of Nancy Garrison '73, Senior Appellate
and Communications Counsel at the Department of Justice Antitrust
Division.
*New York City
*Yale Law Women is planning alumnae events in NYC over the summer. For
updates, or if you or your organization are interested in hosting a
summer event, please contact YLW Alumnae Relations Chair Josephine Lau
'12. 

For updates and more information about Yale Law Women, please visit their
website <http://www.yale.edu/ylw>. 

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YLS Links 

** Career Development Resources ** 

_Visit the CDO Alumni Webpage _
CDO encourages alumni to visit their alumni webpage
<http://www.law.yale.edu/studentlife/cdoalumni>, which provides links
to resources as well as general career advice for alumni on a variety
of topics. If you have specific questions about your individual job
search strategy, please make an appointment to speak with a counselor
in CDO by calling 203 432-1695. 

_Join YLS Career Connections _
Career Connections <http://www.law.yale.edu/studentlife/ylscc.htm>
provides* *Yale Law graduates the opportunity to seek out fellow
graduates who have offered to provide career-related advice. Career
Connections members can be searched by name, area of expertise,
employer type, geographic location, and more. 

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** Yale Law School on Social Networking Sites ** 

Join YLS on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/yalelawschool>, LinkedIn
<http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2600898> and Twitter
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