Updated: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 8:06pm
Sonia Sotomayor LAW ’79, nominated Tuesday by President Barack Obama to become the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court, has come a long way since publishing her first article in the Yale Law Journal. As the Second Circuit Court of Appeals judge prepares for a confirmation hearing that, at least according to media accounts, seems to grow more controversial by...
When the University of Pennsylvania named then-Yale Provost Judith Rodin its president in December of 1993, much was made of the fact that a woman had finally risen to the top post at an Ivy League school. “I think it’s about time,” Rodin said at the time. Yale pointed out that it had already had a female president. Hanna Holborn Gray, after all, had served as...
Despite Yale’s arguments to the contrary, Peru insisted in a motion filed Monday that its lawsuit against the University should be heard in a Washington, D.C., court. In the 57-page document, Peru defends the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and presents even more historical background about the nearly century-long dispute...
Yale may have a shortage of money, but there is no shortage of ideas on how to save. Department heads across the University are in the midst of searching for ways to meet the 7.5 percent cuts in personnel and non-personnel spending. Some layoffs are inevitable, but most personnel reductions being made by leaving open positions vacant. Meanwhile, suggestions are pouring...
As a crowd of students, faculty and even a few Peruvians hissed and clapped, Eliane Karp-Toledo, the former first lady of Peru, called for the immediate return of all Inca artifacts housed at Yale last night. Speaking to a full house at the Yale Political Union, Karp-Toledo was characteristically outspoken; though she thanked the University for allowing her to speak, she...
Eliane Karp-Toledo, the former Peruvian first lady whose dogged attacks on Yale helped start a legal battle between the University and Peru, will speak at the Yale Political Union this evening. Karp-Toledo’s visit comes at a time when Yale and Peru are engaged in a legal battle, as the parties exchange motions responding to the lawsuit Peru filed against Yale in...
President Barack Obama tapped Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh for the top legal post at the State Department on Monday. If he is confirmed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Koh will resign his deanship and take a public service leave from the Law School. As legal adviser to the State Department, Koh would serve as principal counselor on all legal matters...
President Barack Obama nominated Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh on Monday to the position of legal adviser to the Department of State. Upon confirmation by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Koh said in an e-mail message to the Law School community that he will resign from his deanship and take a public service leave. As legal adviser, Koh will serve as...
If Yale has to defend a lawsuit contesting its ownership of Inca artifacts, it would prefer to do so a little closer to campus than Washington, D.C. Earlier this month, Yale’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Peru’s government in December, claiming that Peru filed suit in the wrong court. The United States District Court in Washington, Yale says...
Although she no longer faces criminal charges, Kyli Hanson ’09 is now facing a civil suit for assaulting a Yale Police Department officer. On May 1, 2007, Hanson was arrested for striking a YPD detective at the annual Spring Fling concert. Now, with the two year statute of limitations on filing a civil suit approaching, the detective — Susan Dercole — has filed a...
A Massachusetts developer has sued Yale and a financial lender backed by the University, accusing the lender of proffering a high-interest loan in violation of a Massachusetts law aimed at mobsters and other racketeers who force high rates on borrowers with the threat of violence. Five other universities and two foundations were also named in the lawsuit, which is...
After almost a century in New Haven, a collection of artifacts excavated from Machu Picchu will be returning to Peru, Yale University and the Peruvian government announced in a joint statement Friday night. Approximately 380 whole, museum-quality objects in the collection, along with a portion of the research collection, will return to Peru, said Yale Vice President and...
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