

Fun Facts Outside the Numbers
This year’s class includes a film producer, an Osprey pilot, a college professor, and an AI researcher! Learn more about our remarkable 1L class and the admissions process at Yale Law School.


“Entering law school, I grappled with the choice between going into the private sector and helping my family financially or going into the public sector and helping families like mine through policy change. This program has eliminated the distinction between these two choices.”
— Alphonse Simon ’24 on the Hurst Horizon Scholarship Program


"After my 1L fall term, I get to choose all of my own classes. And being able to join a clinic this spring and start helping people right away — it’s just incredible.”
— Margo Darragh ’25

“The faculty here don’t just teach you the rigid rules of the law. They really push your thinking in terms of understanding why the law exists in its current form, what effects the law has on the broader society, and they also push you to creatively think through how you can change the law for the better.”
— Henock Dory ’24

“At Yale Law School, we think hard about law, with freedom to challenge basic assumptions embedded within our legal institutions and to construct new frameworks. The best thing about teaching here is getting to do that alongside such inspiring students, unparalleled in intellectual depth, breadth of experience, flexibility, and humaneness.”
— Monica Bell ’09, Professor of Law


In 2023, The New York Times named New Haven in its list of “52 Places for Travelers to Visit” in the world. According to the article, “Connecticut’s third-largest city is a historic, mostly walkable and bikeable seaside town with distinctive neighborhoods, an encyclopedic collection of great American architecture, a thriving cultural life, and one of the best food scenes in the country for a city of its size.”



“It's so incredible to see the array of things that YLS graduates do after they graduate. And one thing I've loved so much from The Tsai Leadership Program is being able to practice some of these tangible skills that I can apply in my everyday life.”
— Jenna Cook ’24
It’s magical to watch my students direct the full force of their energy and talent into real-world advocacy for their clients. The clinics at Yale are the place where students learn the difference that a committed lawyer can make.”
Fiona Doherty
Class of 1999, Clinical Professor of Law