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Cornell Law School Receives $25 Million Gift

On June 8, during the Reunion Alumni and Faculty Lunch, Dean Stewart Schwab announced an anonymous gift of $25 million, and "...one of the most generous gifts in the history of American legal education...." Read more and watch a video of this historic announcement...

PUBLICATIONS

Judicial Takings or Due Process?

Eduardo M. Peňalver (with Lior Strahilevitz), Cornell Law Review (Vol. 97, 2012).

Does the Judge Matter? Exploiting Random Assignment on a Court of Last Resort to Assess Judge and Case Selection Effects

Theodore Eisenberg (with Talia Fisher and Issi Rosen-Zvi), Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2012).

'In the Time of a Woman, Which Sex Was Not Capable of Mature Deliberation': Late-Tudor Parliamentary Relations and Their Early-Stuart Discontents

Josh Chafetz, Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities (Vol. 25, Forthcoming 2013)

SPOTLIGHTS

Law School Breaks Ground on New Wing

On June 9, during the 2012 Reunion, the Cornell Law community gathered above Purcell Courtyard to celebrate the launch of the school's first major expansion and renovations project in twenty-five years. Read more, watch video, and view photos...

Lynn Stout Named "Top Wonk" on the Economy

Professor Stout shares this honor with an esteemed group of economists and economic thinkers in the U.S. More...

Valerie Hans Receives Wheeler Mentorship Prize

Each year the Law and Society Association awards the Wheeler prize to a faculty member regarded by his or her peers and students as an outstanding mentor for students working on issues of law and society. More...

Hockett Reveals Municipal Plan to Address "Underwater" Mortgage Loans

Professor Robert Hockett's plan to use eminent domain to rescue underwater mortgage loans is gaining traction with municipal governments, investors, fellow scholars, and the media. More...

Cambodian Tribunal Adopts Ohlin's Theory on Sentencing War Criminals

In a historic decision handed down by the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia, the tribunal relied on the work of Professor Jens Ohlin in deciding to sentence its first defendant to life in prison. More...