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A Colloquy on Andrew Verstein’s Mixed Motives
In this colloquy between Andrew Verstein and Martin Katz, the authors engage and debate the central ideas of Verstein’s Article, The Jurisprudence of Mixed Motives. Katz points out two flaws in Verstein’s model, while Verstein counters that Katz’s concerns are best seen as additional applications of his framework.
26 Mar 2018
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Five Years After Shelby County v. Holder: The Ongoing Fight for Voting Rights
In the five years since Shelby County v. Holder, voting rights litigators have resorted to other claims under the Voting Rights Act. This Collection traces these litigation strategies—focusing on Sections 2 and 3—and introduces “vote dissociation,” which recognizes systemic problems of democratic governance as a voting rights issue.
08 Feb 2018
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Dissent and the Rule of Law
Since President Trump’s inauguration last January, communities across the country have mobilized to resist the administration’s policies. This Collection studies the meanings, motivations, and challenges of modern dissent. From modern environmentalism to government surveillance, these Essays explore the role of dissent in Ferguson, Standing Rock, the Senate, and sanctuary cities.
20 Jan 2018
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YLJ Essay Competition
In 2017, the Yale Law Journal held an essay competition focused on emerging legal problems and challenges in law and technology, broadly conceived. This year’s winners are Alicia Solow-Niederman (Beyond the Privacy Torts: Reinvigorating a Common Law Approach for Data Breaches) and Opeyemi Akanbi (Policing Work Boundaries on the Cloud).
11 Jan 2018
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Responses to David Schleicher, Stuck! The Law and Economics of Residential Stagnation
This Collection provides a series of Responses to David Schleicher’s Article, Stuck! The Law and Economics of Residential Stagnation, published in Issue 1. Naomi Schoenbaum, Sheila Foster, Sara Pratt, and Michelle Anderson engage with Schleicher’s central ideas regarding declining interstate mobility.
30 Oct 2017
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Online Platforms and Free Speech: Regulating Fake News
The 2016 election was marked by an epidemic of "fake news," or false information made to look like credible news reports. This Collection offers a series of policy proposals and reflections on the origins of fake news and how the dissemination of misinformation online can be addressed.
09 Oct 2017
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Justice Thomas: Twenty-Five Years on the Supreme Court
2016 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of Justice Clarence Thomas’s appointment to the Supreme Court. This Collection offers a series of reflections on Justice Thomas's tenure on the Court and his impact on the law.
02 Aug 2017
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Responses to Leo E. Strine, Jr., Who Bleeds When the Wolves Bite?
This collection is a response to Judge Strine’s Feature published in Issue 6.
26 Apr 2017
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Reactions to Kate Andrias, The New Labor Law
This collection is a response to Kate Andrias’s Article in Issue 1 entitled The New Labor Law.
24 Apr 2017
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Responses to Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
13 Apr 2017
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Reactions to L. Song Richardson, Systemic Triage: Implicit Racial Bias in the Criminal Courtroom
This collection is a response to L. Song Richardson’s Book Review in Issue 3 entitled Systemic Triage: Implicit Racial Bias in the Criminal Courtroom
31 Jan 2017
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A Conversation on Title IX
Features and Essays inspired by the Journal's Conversation on Title IX, hosted at the Yale Law School in September 2015.
22 Mar 2016
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Fresh Salvos in the Conscience Wars
Religious-liberty and First Amendment scholars respond to Douglas NeJaime & Reva B. Siegel, Conscience Wars: Complicity-Based Conscience Claims in Religion and Politics, 124 Yale L.J. 2516 (2015).
15 Mar 2016
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Emerging Technologies in Investigations
Novel technologies shift the costs of government investigations. They alter who controls key bottlenecks in the flow of targeted information. And they can undermine existing accountability mechanisms that control for investigator error and abuse. This panel of three essays advocates for greater transparency about the use of emerging technologies in...
03 Mar 2016
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In Memoriam: Robert A. Burt
Robert A. Burt was a member of the Yale Law School Class of 1964, a Note & Comment Editor for Volume 73 of the Yale Law Journal, and a member of the Yale faculty for thirty-nine years. To honor Professor Burt, the Journal is proud to publish this collection of...
15 Feb 2016