Law School battles gender imbalance

Men are 16 percent more likely to speak in class than women in Yale Law School courses, according findings in a study released by a Law School student group last week. The group, Yale Law Women, replicated a study of gender dynamics it conducted at the school in 2002. The 93-page study — which included interviews with 54 of 83 non-visiting faculty members, observations of student participation ...

Yale Law Study Finds Gender Imbalance in Student Participation

A new study at Yale Law School highlights gender imbalance at the school, with levels of women's participation in classroom discussions and communications with professors falling below their male counterparts in every category, Yale Daily News reported.

Prominent Attorney Kenneth R. Feinberg to Speak at New York Law School’s 120th Commencement, May 21

Kenneth R. Feinberg, one of the nation’s leading experts in mediation and alternative dispute resolution, will address the graduates at New York Law School’s 120th Commencement on Monday, May 21, 2012, at Radio City Music Hall at 11 a.m. Feinberg, who served as Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, will also receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.New ...

Tom Tyler is designated as the inaugural Macklin Fleming Professor of Law

Tom Tyler, recently appointed as the inaugural Macklin Fleming Professor of Law, specializes in research exploring the role of justice in shaping people’s relationships with groups, organizations, communities, and societies. In particular, he examines the role of judgments about the justice or injustice of group procedures in shaping legitimacy, compliance, and cooperation.

HEALTH: In Remission and on a Mission

Seun Adebiyi — an Olympic hopeful, Yale Law School graduate and leukemia survivor — is trying to start a public cord-blood bank in Nigeria.