David yellen biography

David Yellen knew going in that it would be an uphill battle. If he were to have any chance of winning the case United States v. LaBonte, he would have to swing the votes of Supreme Court justices Sandra Day O’Connor and David Souter in his favor. 

So, Yellen directed much of his oral argument at the two jurists, trying to convince them that the U.S. Sentencing Commission was right in its decision to lower sentencing guidelines for a certain category of offenses. 

“In the end, I didn’t get either of their votes,” he said of the High Court’s 6-3 ruling in the 1997 case. 

But still, it was an experience—arguing in front of the highest court in the land—that Yellen said he will treasure for the rest of his life. 

Now, the brilliant barrister, who has served as dean at two of the nation’s leading schools of law and is the current chief executive officer of the University of Denver’s Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS), is embarking on a new chapter of his stellar legal career. On July 1, Yellen becomes the new dean of the University of Miami School of Law, taking the reins of an academic entity known for its legal clinics, programs, and fields of study that cut across all areas of the profession. 

“David Yellen’s scholarship, leadership, and exceptional legal acumen are perfectly aligned with the mission and goals of our School of Law and the University of Miami,” said University of Miami President Julio Frenk. 

Yellen said he is thrilled to be coming to Miami and is committed to helping the school meet its goals. 

“In everything from the achievements of the alumni to the faculty, which represent both great teaching and great scholarly work, Miami Law is a dynamic law school located in a vibrant city,” Yellen said. “I feel like I am jumping

About

David W. Yellen is the Director of Climate Policy Innovation at CATF. He leads CATF’s work analyzing the global impacts of new and emerging climate policies, and how energy transition strategies intersect with geopolitical and economic imperatives across regions. David investigates and advocates for solutions to critical issues at this intersection, such as climate and trade, industrial policy and competition, and maintaining climate and technology collaboration in an era of geopolitical fragmentation. In this role, he works closely with CATF’s regional teams to identify cross-cutting issues, provide industrial and geopolitical analysis for guiding strategy, and develop opportunities for international coordination that would advance decarbonization and development.

Previously, David was an associate director at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center, where he was responsible for Asia-Pacific research and programming, as well as the Center’s hydrogen work, and he contributed to energy security and markets research. His work has focused on China’s industrial strategies and policies in energy industries, hydrogen markets and deployment policies, energy innovation infrastructure and competition, and energy transition policies in developing countries. David also previously worked at the Council on Foreign Relations on clean energy economics and in Senator Elizabeth Warren’s office, and he has contributed pieces to Scientific American and the Economist, among other publications.

David has a Master of Science degree in Environment and Sustainability Management from Georgetown University, from which he also graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Government, with a focus on energy markets and policy and a minor in economics. He is also a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center.

Jewish educator, writer and scholar

David Yellin (Hebrew: דוד ילין; March 19, 1864 – December 12, 1941) was an educator, a researcher of the Hebrew language and literature, a politician, one of the leaders of the Yishuv, the founder of the first Hebrew College for Teachers, one of the founders of the Hebrew Language Committee and the Israel Teachers Union, and the Zikhron Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Biography

David Yellin was born in 1864 in Jerusalem. He was named after his grandfather, a financier and meshulach, who moved from Poland to the Holy land in 1834. His father Yehoshua Yellin was one of the founders of the Nahalat Shiv'a neighborhood in Jerusalem and his mother Serah was the daughter of Shlomo Yehezkel Yehuda, the son of Ezekiel Judah, a Rabbi and educator from Iraq.

At the age of 14, Yellin started writing a newspaper, Har Tziyon ("Mount Zion"), which was published in one copy twice a month; he sustained it for 43 issues. He later wrote for the Hebrew newspapers Ha-Levanon, Hamagid and Ha-Melitz. In 1885 he married Ita, the daughter of rabbi Yechiel Michel Pines.

In 1890 he founded the Hebrew Language Committee together with Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, who served as chairman. Other members were rabbi Chaim Hirschensohn, Ze'ev Yavetz, Abraham Moses Luncz, rabbi Yaakov Meir (who later became the Sephardi chief rabbi), and Yechiel Michel Pines. The committee disbanded after one year, but was reestablished in 1904 when school teachers complained about the lack of Hebrew terminology. Yellin served as president until his death. In 1953 the Academy of the Hebrew Language was established on the basis of the committee.

In 1903 he participated with Menachem Ussishkin in the founding of the Assembly of the Land of Israel (הכנסייה הארצישראלית)—an attempt to create a representative body of the Jews in the Yishuv. This Assembly only met once but founded the Teachers Union, the first Jewish labor union in Palestine. Yellin was the p

Born in Jerusalem, David Yellin studied at the Etz Hayim yeshiva and in 1882 became a maverick when he enrolled at the Alliance Israelite Universelle school where he later became a teacher.

In 1903, he was one of the organizers and first president of the Teachers Association, and in 1912 became deputy director of the Jerusalem teachers seminary. When the administration insisted that the language of instruction be German, Yellin founded the Hebrew Teachers Seminary and was its principal until his death.

A member of the Ottoman parliament (1913), he was also one of the first public figures to join the Zionist movement openly. He attended a Zionist Congress and in 1917, was exiled by the Turks to Damascus. Active in the development of Jerusalem, he served on the Town Council, was a deputy mayor and was also chairman of the Vaad Leumi (National Council of the Jews of Palestine).

Sources:The Pedagogic Center, The Department for Jewish Zionist Education, The Jewish Agency for Israel, (c) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, Director: Dr. Motti Friedman, Webmaster: Esther Carciente