Indiana Jones
production films at Law School
Yale Law School got a
taste of show biz when a crew from Paramount Pictures arrived to shoot several
scenes for Steven Spielberg's new Indiana Jones movie, set in 1957 and starring
Harrison Ford. The script called for a "small but important" scene in a dean's
office and nearby corridor, and Yale Law School had the look film scouts were
going for. Set dressers converted the faculty dining room into a dean's office,
and in the Dean's Row seminar corridor, crew members painted walls, replaced
doors, and changed lighting fixtures. After a number of schedule changes,
filming went off without a hitch on June 29. Dean Harold Hongju Koh said, "We
are tickled that Steven Spielberg chose to film a 'small but important' scene
of his classic series at our small but important law school. Certainly, having
them here made for a fun few summer days for the members of our community." For
more, see "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Ivory."
Foundation grant will
support work of China Law Center
Since its inception in
1999, the China Law Center has focused on designing and carrying out in-depth cooperative
projects between U.S. and Chinese experts on key issues of Chinese law and
policy reform. Now a $10 million grant from the William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation, among the largest foundation grants ever made to a Yale Law School
program, will provide general support to the center over five years. "We hope
to continue to find ways to contribute to China's reform process and to a
better understanding of China in the United States," said Professor Paul
Gewirtz ’70JD, the center's founder and director. Dean Harold Hongju Koh added
that the grant "affirms the center's key role in the life of an increasingly
global Yale Law School."
Class of 2007 offsets
graduation travel with carbon-neutral commencement
The YLS Class of 2007
has much to be proud of, including the "carbon-neutral" commencement it orchestrated
with the help of 11 student organizations. After calculating the greenhouse gas
emissions that would be generated by commencement guests traveling to New
Haven, the student groups approached WindCurrent, a Maryland-based company that
helps offset electricity usage with clean, renewable wind power. WindCurrent
agreed to donate 400,000 pounds of carbon offsets, which translated to about
280,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity.
Law School launches
law and media program
Yale Law School will
train the next generation's leading legal journalists and media lawyers with
the help of a newly created Knight Law and Media Scholars Program. The program,
funded partly by a $2.5 million challenge grant from the John S. and James L.
Knight Foundation, builds on the Law School's leadership in law and media. It
will include law and media courses, research fellowships, summer internships,
career counseling, a speaker series, and a student organization focused on law
and media. It will also feature an annual training program for midcareer
journalists. "This new program will build upon our remarkable history of
producing leading legal journalists, First Amendment lawyers, and media entrepreneurs
uniquely able to explore the common intellectual space where the law and media
intersect," said Dean Harold Hongju Koh. (For more, see "Light & Verity.")
The school aims to
create a total $5 million endowment to keep the program going in perpetuity.
Joining the Knight Foundation as co-investor is Steven Brill ’75JD, founder of
Court TV and The American Lawyer magazine. He has pledged to support the Law School's program in addition to his
support of an undergraduate journalism program.
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