In their first year at Yale Law School, many of the students who would graduate in 1979 were nervous about raising their hands. ... But not the confident, outspoken Sonia Sotomayor, ...

At the Law School, Sotomayor’s nickname was “S.S. De Noonan,” according to classmates — though there is some dispute as to whether she knew about it — a play on her married name, Sonia Sotomayor de ...

Yale Law School will host SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayor LAW ’79 for a virtual conversation on Nov. 4. The talk will close out the law school’s two-day-long conference honoring the fortieth ...

So in 1979, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor left Yale and went to work for Morgenthau. New York City 30 Years Ago She signed on at a time when New York City was a dangerous place: The crime ...

WASHINGTON − Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday stressed the importance of an independent judiciary and the rule of law, warning in comments at a law school about “arbitrary power ...

WASHINGTON -- As a senior at Yale Law School, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor forced a Washington law firm to apologize for what she considered discriminatory questions that a partner asked ...

U.S. Supreme Court justices Samuel Alito, Jr., left, Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas listen to a question from law professor Kate Stith during a conversation at Yale University on Saturday.

Stephen Carter, professor of law at Yale University, went to school with Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court. Carter offers his insight on what Sotomayor was like as a ...

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM Justice Sonia Sotomayor this week offered three pieces of advice to graduating students of her alma mater, Yale Law School ...

United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke to students at the UCLA School of Law on Tuesday about overcoming ... attending Princeton University and then studying at Yale Law School.

At Yale, Sotomayor won apology from law firm. News. Home Page ... WASHINGTON — The early White House story line on Sonia Sotomayor emphasizes her pragmatism and a ... as did Yale Law School.

University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law Dean Melanie B. Jacobs, left, presented U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, center, with the Brandeis Medal as U of L President Kim Schatzel ...