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The intellectual life at Yale Law School is enriched by dozens of centers, programs, special projects, and workshops that pursue critical scholarly work and make a difference in communities around the country and the world. With a wide range of opportunities available, students are able to engage with their passions and interests as part of their educational experience in New Haven.

Centers and Programs

Center for Global Legal Challenges

GLC promotes the understanding of international law, national security law, and foreign affairs law.

The Chae Initiative in Private Sector Leadership

The Chae Initiative provides focused educational and professional development to students who aspire to nontraditional careers and leadership roles in the private sector.

Collaboration for Research Integrity and Transparency

CRIT is an interdisciplinary initiative created to enhance the quality and transparency of the research base for medical products.

Cultural Cognition Project

The Cultural Cognition Project studies how cultural values shape the public's risk perceptions and related policy beliefs.

Program in the Foundations of American Legal Thought

The Program in the Foundations of American Legal Thought promotes the study at Yale Law School of legal theory past and present. 

Global Health Justice Partnership

GHJP promotes research, projects, and academic exchanges in the areas of law, health, and human rights.

Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women’s Rights

The Gruber Program includes lectures, fellowships, and seminars on global justice and women's rights, including the Global Constitutionalism Seminar.

Information Society Project

ISP addresses the implications of the Internet and new information technologies for law and society.

Justice Collaboratory

The Justice Collaboratory brings together scholars and researchers to work on issues related to institutional reform, policy innovation, and advancement in criminal justice. 

Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization

The Center's Kamel Lectures feature speakers from a range of disciplines who examine Islamic law and civilization.

Law, Ethics & Animals Program

LEAP is a multidisciplinary think-and-do tank dedicated to addressing industrialized animal cruelty and its impacts.

Law and Political Economy at Yale

The intellectual home for consideration of questions of political economy at Yale Law School, supporting an interdisciplinary network of scholars who explore connections between politics and the economy.

Law and Racial Justice Center

The Law and Racial Justice Center brings together New Haveners, Yale students, staff, and faculty, local government officials, and local and national experts to imagine and implement projects that advance racial justice.

The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law

The Liman Center works to improve access to justice for those without resources.

The Ludwig Program in Public Sector Leadership

The Ludwig Program prepares students for careers in areas such as government, nonprofits, and other institutions focused on serving the public.

John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Public Policy

The Olin Center facilitates the scholarly work of the Yale law and economics faculty and supports student interest and research in the field.

Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights

The Schell Center coordinates human rights activities for students and scholars at Yale.

Solomon Center for Health Law & Policy

The Solomon Center responds to the rapidly evolving environment of health care and its centrality in the nation’s economy and government.

Paul Tsai China Center

The Tsai Center carries out research, promotes academic exchanges, and undertakes a variety of cooperative projects on issues in Chinese law and policy reform.

Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy

YCELP develops and advances environmental policy on local, regional, national, and global levels.

Yale Center for Law and Philosophy

The Yale Center for Law and Philosophy encourages advanced work, including research degrees, at the interface of philosophy and law.

Yale Law School Center for Private Law

The Center for Private Law promotes teaching and research in contracts, property, and torts.

Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law

CCL aims to increase exposure to and engagement with contemporary business law issues.

Yale Law School Latin American Legal Studies

Yale Law School Projects in South America include SELA, the Linkage Program student exchange, and the Latin American speaker series.

Workshops

Workshop on Chinese Legal Reform

Human Rights Workshop

Law, Economics & Organization Workshop

Legal History Forum

Legal Theory Workshop

Middle East Legal Studies Seminar

Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop

The Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fund

Bert Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance

Workplace Theory and Policy Workshop

Foundations of American Legal Thought

The Integrity Project