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          Last time we wrote about  Neal Katyal ’95JD, he had just bested the federal government in a US Supreme Court case. Now Katyal is the federal...  Read on 
          
              the staff | October  9 2009 12:19pm
           
         
       
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          He was hired to promote green jobs, but  Van Jones ’93JD turned out to have too many red flags for the White House. The environmental activist...  Read on 
          
              the staff | September 11 2009 12:11pm
           
         
       
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          In nearly 35 years as Manhattan District Attorney,  Robert Morgenthau ’48LLB has drawn hundreds of headlines, prosecuted everyone from...  Read on 
          
              the staff | September  4 2009 12:08pm
           
         
       
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          Nearly eight months after Barack Obama nominated her to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, Indiana University law professor...  Read on 
          
              the staff | August 28 2009 12:06pm
           
         
       
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          It took 20 hours, one dinner with the head of state, and one crucial apology to win the reversal of a 12-year sentence for two American journalists in...  Read on 
          
              the staff | August  7 2009 12:02pm
           
         
       
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          Before picking up his Yale law degree this spring,  Bryan Townsend ’09JD studied economics, philosophy, and disabilities law in China...  Read on 
          
              the staff | July 17 2009 11:58am
           
         
       
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          Many people wish for fame. For  Brian Deese’s turn in the spotlight, maybe not so much. Deese, a once-and-perhaps-future Yale law student, is...  Read on 
          
              the staff | June  5 2009 11:48am
           
         
       
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          For  Sonia Sotomayor ’79JD, it was a Memorial Day to remember. That’s the night when, after weeks of speculation, President Barack...  Read on 
          
              the staff | May 29 2009 11:46am
           
         
       
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          What they teach journalists: “If your mother says she loves you, get a second source.” What they teach at Yale Law School: “If you can...  Read on 
          
              the staff | December 16 2011 10:43am
           
         
       
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          Like a lot of former Clinton administration appointees,  Neal Wolin ’83, ’88JD, has found his way back to Washington under President...  Read on 
          
              the staff | May 22 2009 11:46am
           
         
       
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          Not all is misery on the right these days. Just ask the co-founders of the Federalist Society: they and their organization of conservative law students...  Read on 
          
              the staff | May  8 2009 11:42am
           
         
       
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          He’s got 14 years on the federal bench in Indiana, a top American Bar Association rating, and the support of home-state senators from both...  Read on 
          
              the staff | April  3 2009 11:28am
           
         
       
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          Just as one Yale Law School graduate (Hillary Clinton ’73JD) leaves the Senate, another is arriving: On January 3,  Michael Bennet... Read on 
          
              the staff | January  9 2009 09:32am
           
         
       
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          Robert Rubin ’64LLB may have to turn to the sports page this week to find an article that doesn’t mention his name. The former...  Read on 
          
              the staff | November 28 2008 09:23am
           
         
       
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          He was dean of a law school at 36, provost at Penn at 46. And in March, the 49-year-old  Ronald J. Daniels ’88LLM will become president of...  Read on 
          
              the staff | November 14 2008 09:20am
           
         
       
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          Come January,  Tom Perriello ’96, ’01JD, may be the new kid among 19 Yale alumni in the 111th U.S. Congress. Or maybe not. As of the...  Read on 
          
              the staff | November  7 2008 09:19am
           
         
       
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          Being an expert on presidential debates is occasional work at best—better than census taker but not as frequent as America’s Cup commentator....  Read on 
          
              the staff | October  3 2008 10:10am
           
         
       
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          These are tough times for those Blue boosters who like to bask in the reflected glory of Yale’s dominance in presidential politics. This summer...  Read on 
          
              09/05/2008 | December 15 2011 08:45am
           
         
       
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          Barack Obama says he’s here to “tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over.” That...  Read on 
          
              the staff | August 29 2008 03:02pm
           
         
       
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          Michael E. O’Neill ’90JD is only our 24th Yalie of the Week, but he’s the second one who became newsworthy through plagiarism....  Read on 
          
              the staff | July 11 2008 02:45pm
           
         
       
   
  
 
           
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