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* In This Issue * 

- Dan Esty Named to Head CT's DEEP 
- Paul Gewirtz meets with President Obama on China Policy 
- Memorial Service for Morris Cohen 
- Liman Colloquium 
- MadBots Conference: Advertising in the Digital Age 
- Corporate Law Lecture Schedule 
- Bernstein Symposium 
- Upcoming Alumni Events 
- Update Your Contact Info 
- Special Note: Executive Committee 
- BLSA Dinner Honoring James A. Thomas '64 
- PANA and SALSA Dinner Honoring Neal Katyal '95 
- CDO News 

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* _Wednesday, February _23, 2011 * 

Yale Law School News 

** Professor Daniel Esty '86 Named Commissioner of Connecticut's Newly
Fused Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ** 

Yale Law School Professor Daniel C. Esty '86
<http://www.law.yale.edu/faculty/DEsty.htm> has been named by
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy as commissioner of the state's
newly consolidated Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
(DEEP). 

Governor Malloy made the appointment on Feb. 10
<http://www.governor.ct.gov/malloy/cwp/view.asp?Q=473700&A=4010>,
saying, "I am glad that Dan Esty has agreed to accept this
challenge...His experience advising private companies and the
President of the United States, coupled with his knowledge of
environmental law and policy is second-to-none, and I know this new
department will be on the cutting edge of environmental and energy
policy with Dan at the helm." _More...
<http://www.law.yale.edu/news/12788.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>_ 

** Professor Paul Gewirtz Meets with President Obama on U.S.-China
Summit ** 

President Barack Obama held an unusual 75-minute meeting with Professor
Paul Gewirtz <http://www.law.yale.edu/faculty/PGewirtz.htm> in the
Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 14 to discuss the summit
meeting between Obama and China's President Hu Jintao held on January
19. 

Gewirtz, the Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law and
director of The China Law Center
<http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/ChinaLawCenter.htm>, was one
of five people invited to confer with the President on human rights
and other reforms in China, and to offer advice for the summit. _More...
<http://www.law.yale.edu/news/12784.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>_ 

** Memorial Service for Professor Morris Cohen to Take Place May 1 ** 

Yale Law School Professor Emeritus and Librarian Emeritus Morris L.
Cohen
<http://www.law.yale.edu/news/12585.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>,
who directed two of the world's most esteemed academic law libraries,
passed away on December 18, 2010, at his home in New Haven. He was 83. 

Cohen was one of the towering figures of late 20th century law
libraries and among the foremost legal bibliographers in the United
States, as well as a beloved teacher and mentor. He was a Professor of
Law and director of the law library at Yale Law School from 1981 until
his retirement in 1991, when he became Professor Emeritus of Law and
Professorial Lecturer in Law. 

A memorial service for Cohen will be held on May 1 at the Law School.
More details will be available on the YLS website
<http://www.law.yale.edu/default.asp> later this spring. 

Upcoming Conferences 

** Liman Colloquium on March 3-4 Will Examine Cooperation and
Disagreement in Pursuit of Social Justice ** 

The Fourteenth Annual Arthur Liman Colloquium
<http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/12412.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>,
"Collaboration, Cooperation, and Confrontation: (En)Countering
Disagreement in Pursuit of Social Justice," will be held at Yale Law
School on March 3-4, 2011. Current and former members of the executive
and legislative branches will join advocates to examine their
respective roles in serving the public interest. Topics include
enabling access to justice, responding to environmental disasters,
facilitating or discouraging migration, and encounters with the
criminal justice system. 

** From Mad Men to Mad Bots: Advertising in the Digital Age ** 

The Information Society Project
<http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/informationsocietyproject.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>
will host a conference on advertising in the digital age
<http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/madbotsconference.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>
on March 25-26, 2011. An unusual constellation of business leaders,
scholars, activists, and regulators will explore issues surrounding
the use of new technologies in advertising. How do the new
technologies and new business models of advertising work, and how
should they change the way we understand media? What do these
developments mean for the online privacy debate, and for the special
case of youth-oriented media? How do the new advertisements change our
self-perceptions and our social behavior online? And how should
regulators react? 

** Corporate Law Center Offers Full Slate of Spring Lectures and
Panels ** 

The Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law
<http://www.law.yale.edu/cbl/cbl.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>
is readying for a spring program full of events
<http://www.law.yale.edu/cbl/activities.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>
including lectures, career panels, the Chirelstein Colloquium
<http://www.law.yale.edu/cbl/colloquium.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>,
and the Bert Wasserman Workshop
<http://www.law.yale.edu/cbl/workshop.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>. 

On Friday April 1, 2011, the Center for the Study of Corporate Law is
co-sponsoring with the Yale Law and Business Society and the _Yale
Journal on Regulation_, the Weil, Gotshal and Manges Roundtable
<http://www.law.yale.edu/cbl/roundtables.htm#April_1__2011> on
Assessing Dodd-Frank. The daylong program will consist of four panels
of scholars, legal practitioners, members of the financial community
and policymakers, focusing on the following core questions: (1) where
are we in the financial crisis?; (2) what is the impact of Dodd-Frank
on financial institutions?; (3) how should we manage the collapse in
housing and the securitized mortgage market?; and (4) what are the
implications of the housing crisis for an economic recovery? A number
of the presentations will be published in the fall issue of the _Yale
Journal on Regulation_. 

** Bernstein Symposium to Take Place April 7-8 ** 

Each spring, the Bernstein Fellowship Program convenes a symposium
<http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/4381.htm>, which includes a
series of workshops and other events designed to promote thoughtful,
creative discourse on international human rights. Past and current
fellows
<http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/bernsteinfellows.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>
return to Yale Law School to speak with students and each other about
the challenges of human rights advocacy, and leading activists and
scholars in the field join in discussions exploring effective
approaches to the defense of human rights. 

This year's symposium will take place on April 7-8, 2011, and will
address the topic of "Human Rights in 2025." Panelists will consider
areas that are representative of both the promise of progress in human
rights and the obstacles to progress. 

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Upcoming Alumni Events 

"Bookmark" the YLS Alumni Events webpage
<http://www.law.yale.edu/alumni/alumni.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>
for details of alumni events as plans evolve. Here are some of the
events that the Alumni Office has planned for the next few months: 

- _February 26, 2011_ -* *Co-hosted by the Yale Law School Association
of *Southern California*, Yale Latino Alumni Association, Yale Alumni
Association, Yale Club of Los Angeles, and UCLA Law School. A panel
discussion entitled "Education & Citizenship: El Sueño Americano (The
American Dream)." 
-_March 3, 2011_ - Yale Law School Association of *Southern California
(San Diego)* with Dean Robert Post 
-_March 8, 2011_ - Yale Law School Constitutional Law Breakfast in *New
York* "Regulation Institutions: The Downtown Mosque" panel with
Stephen L. Carter '79, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Yale
Law School; Robert C. Ellickson '66, Walter E. Meyer Professor of
Property and Urban Law, Yale Law School; and Patrick Weil, Maurice R.
Greenberg Visiting Professor of Law, Yale Law School 
-_March 9, 2011_ - Yale Law School Association of *Washington, DC* -
Bruce Ackerman '67, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science,
Yale Law School 
-_March 10, 2011_ - Yale Law School Association of *New England*
Discussion with Dean Maureen O'Rourke '90 
-_April 7 & 8, 2011_ - Yale Law School Association Executive Committee
Meeting at *YLS* 
-_April 11, 2011_ - Yale Law School Association of *Southern
California L.A.* Museum of Contemporary Art Tour 
-_April 17, 2011_ - Yale Law School Association of *Southern
California *Annual Stanley Tobin '58 Memorial. Guest Speaker - Ian
Ayres '86, William K. Townsend Professor of Law, Yale Law School 
-_April 25, 2011_ - Yale Law School Association of *PenJerDel* John
Witt '99, Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law, Yale Law
School 

Questions? Please call 203 432-1690 or email the Alumni Affairs Office
at [email-masked]. 

** *_Save the Date: _* ** 

*_Alumni Weekend 2011: "Human Rights in a Turbulent World_*"
It's never too early to start thinking about reunion! Next year's Alumni
Weekend will be held November 4-6, 2011
<http://www.law.yale.edu/alumni/AW2011.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>.
All YLS alumni are invited to attend, and classes ending in 1s and 6s
will be celebrating reunions with Saturday dinners, Sunday brunches,
and other special activities. 

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>. 

** BLSA Dinner Honoring James A. Thomas '64 ** 

The Fourth Annual Black Law Students Association
<http://www.law.yale.edu/stuorgs/yblsa.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>
Alumni Reception and Dinner honoring Associate Dean *James A. Thomas
'64*, Jack B. Tate Senior Fellow and Decanal Adviser to the Yale Law
School, will be held Saturday, April 2, 2011. Cocktails will be at
6:00 pm with dinner served at 7:00 pm at the Omni Hotel. To RSVP,
please email [email-masked] by March 7. For questions,
please contact the BLSA Alumni Committee. 

** PANA and SALSA Dinner Honoring Neal Katyal '95 ** 

The Pacific Islander, Asian, and Native American Law Students
Association (PANA <http://www.law.yale.edu/stuorgs/3762.htm>) and
South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA) will be hosting an alumni
dinner on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 7:30 pm. Acting Solicitor General *Neal
Katyal '95* is scheduled to be the guest of honor. Interested alumni
should contact [email-masked] for more information. 

Career Development News 

** Visit the CDO Alumni Webpage ** 

CDO encourages alumni to visit the alumni web page
<http://www.law.yale.edu/studentlife/cdoalumni.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>,
which provides links to resources as well as 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 203 432-1676 or emailing [email-masked]. 

** Join YLS Career Connections ** 

Career Connections
<http://www.law.yale.edu/studentlife/ylscc.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>
provides Yale Law graduates the opportunity to seek out fellow
graduates who have offered to provide career-related advice. Career
Connections' more than 1800 members can be searched by name, area of
expertise, employer type, geographic location, and more. 

** CDO Alumni Webinar Series: Post-Graduate Fellowships ** 

Friday, March 11, 2011 from 12:10-1:00 pm EST
RSVP Date: Monday, March 7, 2011 

Join CDO Directors Jeanine Dames and Akua Akyea for a discussion about
various academic and public interest fellowships, as well as tips on
applying as a graduate. If you are interested in participating live in
this online program, please RSVP to [email-masked] and type "yes to
alumni online seminar" in the subject line. Prior alumni webinars are
available for view on the CDO Alumni Webpage
<http://www.law.yale.edu/studentlife/cdoalumni.htm>. 

Of Special Note 

** YLSA Executive Committee ** 

Are you interested in becoming a member of the YLSA Executive
Committee? Executive Committee members serve a three-year term, and
are invited to meetings in New Haven each spring and fall. The Committee
serves as an informal alumni sounding board, and is a very interesting
way to reconnect with YLS and other alumni and learn more about YLS
today. More details about the Committee
<http://www.law.yale.edu/alumni/ec.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>
can be found on the Alumni web pages. The new Executive Committee
members will be selected by some of the current Executive Committee
members at an April 8 meeting. New members will begin their terms on
July 1, 2011. If you are interested in being considered for the
Committee, would like to recommend a classmate or YLS friend, or just
want more information about it, please email us or call 203 432 1690
by Thursday, March 17. We think you'll enjoy it! 

Stay Connected 

** Update your contact info ** 

Have you moved recently? Changed jobs? Please take a few minutes to
update your contact information so that we can make sure that the _Yale
Law Report_ and other news from the Law School makes its way to you!
You can update your contact information online. Directions and links
are available here
<http://www.law.yale.edu/alumni/updatecontactinformation.htm>. 

** Videos and Podcasts of Recent Lectures ** 

Recent additions to the Law School's streaming video
<http://www.law.yale.edu/news/VideoArchive.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>
and podcast
<http://www.law.yale.edu/news/podcasts.htm?utm_source=YLS&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Winter11>
collections include inaugural lectures by Professors Jean Koh Peters
<http://vimeo.com/19264764> and Douglas Kysar
<http://ylsqtss.law.yale.edu:8080/qtmedia/lectures10/YLSDougKysar111510_s.mov>.
Professor Bruce Ackerman
<http://ylsqtss.law.yale.edu:8080/qtmedia/library/BookTalkAckermanDeclineFallRep_s.mov>
'67 discusses his newest book, _The Decline and Fall of the American
Republic_. Professor Reva Siegel
<http://ylsqtss.law.yale.edu:8080/qtmedia/library/BookTalkSeigelGreenhouse120910_s.mov>
'86 and Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence Linda Greenhouse
<http://ylsqtss.law.yale.edu:8080/qtmedia/library/BookTalkSeigelGreenhouse120910_s.mov>
'78 MSL discuss their work on _Before Roe v. Wade: Voices that Shaped
the Abortion Debate Before the Supreme Court's Ruling_. 

Other highlights include Professors Peter Schuck
<http://ylsmediaserv.law.yale.edu/netcasts/ACSBirthrightDebate.mp3>
and Akhil Amar
<http://ylsmediaserv.law.yale.edu/netcasts/ACSBirthrightDebate.mp3>
'84 debating birthright citizenship, and former acting assistant
attorney general Dawn Johnsen
<http://ylsqtss.law.yale.edu:8080/qtmedia/events10/ACSJohnsen120110_s.mov>
'86 speaking on reproductive rights, torture, the military's Don't Ask
Don't Tell policy, and the confirmation process. 

** 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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subgroups on LinkedIn to help you connect with other alumni/ae in your
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