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Our Faculty

Members of the Yale Law School faculty include some of the nation’s most prominent scholars in every area of law, along with leading experts in economics, philosophy, and history

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James D. Diamond

Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School, and Senior Counselor for Indigenous Programs, Yale Center for Environmental Justice
Courses Taught
Federal Indian Law
Advanced Federal Indian Law
Nonprofit Organizational Defense
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Fiona Doherty

Nathan Baker Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization
Courses Taught
Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic
Criminal Law
Sentencing
Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic
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Fiona Doherty

Margaret M. Donovan

Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law
Courses Taught
Prosecution Externship and Instruction
The Russo-Ukrainian War
Student Reading Group: Rule of Law
Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
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Justin Driver

Deputy Dean and Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law
Courses Taught
Constitutional Law
Education Law
Narratives from Prison
The Law of Racial Inequality
Justin Driver

Our goal is to train lawyers to tackle the toughest problems while maintaining their hope that change is possible. That kind of hope requires courage, imagination, and the ability to recognize the best in others. We aim to cultivate all three.