Reich was a professor at Yale Law School from 1960 to 1974. His "The New Property" influenced the Supreme Court to broaden its conceptualization of property in the landmark administrative law caseGoldberg v. Kelly.[13][14]Bill Clinton,Samuel Alito,[15]: 16:54 andHillary Clinton were students of Reich when he was writingThe Greening of America and he is mentioned in their biographies.[16] Reich left Yale in 1974 to move to San Francisco, although he continued as a visiting professor from 1974 to 1976. He returned to teach at Yale from 1991 to 1994 and in February 2011.[3] The Yale Law School Association selected Reich for its Award of Merit in 2008.[17]
Reich wasgay, and came to terms with this inSan Francisco during the 1970s era of rapidly advancing gay rights.[18] He came out during this early period of the modernLGBT rights movement and in his autobiography he details hisactivism and the process of coming to terms with his then long-repressed sexuality.[12] Decades later Reich was less active in LGBT affairs and explicitly stated that his need to live alone "trumped" sexual orientation as meaningful in his life.[6]
1990: "Symposium: The Legacy ofGoldberg v. Kelly: A Twenty Year Perspective: Beyond the New Property: An Ecological View of Due Process" (Brooklyn Law Review)
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