Tenth law colloquium addresses advocacy and
public-interest law
The annual Liman Colloquium, hosted by the Law School's
Arthur Liman Public Interest Program, brings together advocates, scholars, and
students from across the country for a day-long discussion on such topics as
federal funding of legal services, low-wage workers and workfare, the
challenges of becoming and staying a public-interest lawyer, and the role of
mass media in public-interest advocacy. The tenth annual colloquium, featuring
Cory Booker ’97JD, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, as the keynote speaker, was
planned for March 1-2 to focus on the changing role of advocacy and
public-interest law.
YLS clinic provides legal services for senior housing
Last November, St. Luke's Senior Housing Inc. of New
Haven broke ground on the Josephine Jarvis Gray Senior Housing development in
New Haven's Dixwell neighborhood. The 18-unit building, which bears the name of
a 92-year-old parishioner of St. Luke's Episcopal Church on Whalley Avenue,
will provide HUD-subsidized low-income housing for elderly individuals.
Attorneys and students from the Law School's Community and Economic Development
(CED) Clinic helped St. Luke's Senior Housing Inc. (SLSHI) in obtaining and
preparing the necessary documents for their closings with HUD and the city of
New Haven's Livable City Initiative. Prior to that, CED assisted in forming
SLSHI as a non-stock corporation, obtaining 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status for the
corporation, completing SLSHI's firm commitment application to HUD, selecting
contractors and a management agent for the project, acquiring the property, and
obtaining funding from a variety of governmental and private sources. CED is
just one of the Law School clinics working under the umbrella of the School's
Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization to provide legal representation to
individuals and organizations in need of legal help but unable to afford
private attorneys.
Law School remembers President Gerald Ford
President Gerald Ford ’41LLB, who died in December,
was a Yale football and boxing coach and a graduate of the Law School. Ford
came to New Haven in 1935 after graduating from the University of Michigan, and
enrolled in the Law School in 1938. "Chance thrust upon Gerald Ford a succession
of crucial historic roles -- president, vice president, House minority
leader, and member of the Warren Commission. He answered each of those
challenges with courage and humility," Dean Harold Hongju Koh said, adding, "He
leaves behind enduring accomplishments, including a nation healed, the Helsinki
Accords, landmark post-Watergate legislation, and the historic appointments of
Attorney General Edward Levi and Associate Justice John Paul Stevens. History,
and his alma mater, will long honor his memory."
President Ford was presented with the Yale Law School
Association's Award of Merit in 1979. His portrait hangs in the Law School. At
press time, the Law School was planning an event to honor the memory of
President Ford.
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