The Latest Breaking News from Yale Law School

Thoughts in response to Judge Ho's recent announcement.

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.

In Houston Community College v. Wilson, Justice Gorsuch's unanimous decision faulted respondent for failing to file a cross petition.

For my earlier post on the incident, see here; three follow-ups: [1.] Dean Erwin Chemerinsky (Berkeley Law)—one of the most prominent liberal constitutional law scholars in the country—and Chancellor Howard Gillman (UC Irvine) had a Washington Post op-ed, "Free speech doesn't mean hecklers get to shut down campus debate"; an…

See here; worth reading the whole thing, but here's an excerpt: There's been a problem with the intellectual climate at Yale Law School for several years now. Some of it flows from the fact that progressive students ("Progressives") view those who disagree with them—definitely conservatives, and even some moderates—as bad…

"As lawyers, we have to put aside our differences and talk to opposing counsel. If you can't talk to your opponents, you can't be an effective advocate."

"FedSoc's decision to lend legitimacy to this hate group...profoundly undermined our community's values of equity and inclusivity."

WASHINGTON — Elmer Stewart Rhodes, the Yale Law School graduate who founded the right-wing Oath Keepers militia group, lost his bid to be freed from jail while he awaits a trial for seditious conspiracy over his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

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…