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Procedure, Fairness, and Access to Justice: Perspectives on Reform

This Collection examines the relationship between procedure and fairness. The Essays analyze rural criminal defense challenges, administrative rulemaking responsibilities, and the role of technology in improving access to justice. Together, they illuminate how procedural reform and technological integration might enhance fairness and responsiveness across diverse legal contexts.

14 Mar 2025
Access to JusticeAdministrative LawArtificial IntelligenceCivil ProcedureCriminal LawLaw and Technology

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Should Tort Law Care About Police Officers?

Professors Ellen Bublick and Jane Bambauer argue that the common law has expanded, and should continue to expand, the civil legal rights of wrongfully injured people, including police. There is value in using civil enforcement to hold both civilians and officers accountable for the unjustified harms that they cause.

 

28 Feb 2025
Torts

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Eighth Annual Student Essay Competition

This Collection features the winners of the annual Yale Law Journal Student Essay Competition. This year’s topic was “Emerging Issues in Criminal Law.” The three winning Essays explore a range of timely criminal-law matters, including honest services fraud, racial discrimination in jury selection, and habeas corpus.

27 Feb 2025
Constitutional LawCriminal Law

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On the Perpetuation of Our Constitution and Civic Charity

We live in perilous times, where acrimony and contempt poison our republic. But as others have long recognized—from Washington to Lincoln to current observers—there is an antidote: civic charity. It has helped heal our nation in some of our most difficult times; it can do so again.

 

25 Feb 2025
Democratic Legitimacy

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Yale Law Journal Public Interest Fellowship Essays

This Collection features Essays from the 2023-2024 Yale Law Journal Public Interest Fellows. The Fellows share reflections on their experiences working in public service at Legal Action Chicago and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice.

21 Feb 2025
Public Interest Fellowship

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Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Legal Challenges in the U.S. Territories

This Collection critically examines legal issues in the U.S. territories and explores pathways for reform. These four Essays challenge the emerging “Law of the Territories” framework, document the ABA’s discrimination against territorial lawyers, address reproductive and economic injustices rooted in colonialism, and analyze Congress’s historical role in territorial taxation.

10 Feb 2025
U.S. Territories


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