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About That Yale Law School Statement on Its Commitment to Free Speech…

I was a bit perplexed that in defending YLS's commitment to free speech, Dean Gerken noted that "the faculty revised our disciplinary code and adopted a policy prohibiting surreptitious recordings that mirrors policies that the University of Chicago and other peer institutions have put in place to encourage the free…

Reason · Oct 17, 2022

The Yaliest of All Torts: Wrongful Interference with Clerkship Opportunities

The Yale Law School DinnerPartyGate lawsuit (Stubbs v. Gerken) can go forward on an interference with prospective business relationships claim, based in large part on the law school's alleged interference with plaintiffs' clerkship opportunities, though the other claims are dismissed.

Reason · Sep 29, 2022

Yale's Motion to Dismiss the Yale Law School DinnerPartyGate Lawsuit

I wrote about the Complaint in November, and included this excerpt (which is of course just the plaintiffs' side of the story): [1.] Two Yale Law School deans, along with Yale Law School's Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, worked together in an attempt to blackball two students of color…

Reason · Feb 15, 2022