Alumni Weekend and Law & Media
The Law School recently hosted its annual Alumni Weekend. The Weekend brings together alumni for three days of classes and events designed to reconnect them with each other and with the School. Each Weekend has a theme and this year’s was particularly timely: elections, media, and politics. Attendees engaged in discussion over these topics both formally in the various seminars held during the Weekend and informally over the many meals shared with classmates, faculty, and students. I encourage you to check out the videos from the Weekend on our website.
A few highlights from the Weekend included:
- the interactive polling game in which alumni voted on hot-button issues and then played pundit on the outcome;
- awarding of the Yale Law School Association Award of Merit to alumna Linda Greenhouse, Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times; and
- remembrances for alumnae Jane Bolin, the first Black female graduate of the Law School and the first Black female judge in the U.S., and Reverend Pauli Murray, a poet, professor, civil rights lawyer, and co-founder of the National Organization of Women.
The Weekend also provided the opportunity to unveil the Law School’s new Knight Law and Media Program to alumni. The Program is targeted at students, journalists, scholars, and policymakers interested or involved in law and media. It includes courses on law and media, research fellowships, and summer internships. There will be more information about the Program on our website in a few weeks. In the meantime you can read a bit more about the Program in this press release.