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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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Robert W. Gordon

Chancellor Kent Professor Emeritus of Law and Legal History and Professorial Lecturer in Law (fall term)
Courses Taught
Contracts
The American Legal Profession
American Legal History, 1880-1980
Robert Gordon

Henry B. Hansmann

Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor Emeritus of Law
Courses Taught
Business Organizations
Contracts
Law, Economics, and Organization
Legal & Economic History of Enterprise
Henry B. Hansmann

Oona A. Hathaway

Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law
Courses Taught
Foreign Affairs and International Law
Introduction to Transnational Law
Law and Globalization
Research and Writing on International Law
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Oona A. Hathaway

Olivia G. Hoffman

Lecturer in Legal Practice
Courses Taught
Introduction to Legal Analysis and Writing
Essentials of Legal Writing
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Christine Jolls

Gordon Bradford Tweedy Professor of Law and Organization
Courses Taught
Rationality and Choice (with Amartya Sen)
Employment and Labor Law
Administrative Law
Christine Jolls

Paul W. Kahn

Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities and Director, Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights
Courses Taught
Constitutional Law
Human Rights Workshop: Current Issues and Events
The Theory and Practice of Human Rights
Paul Kahn

The best part of YLS is the community. Since my first small group class, I was constantly inspired and challenged by my law school classmates. They are more than brilliant — they are thoughtful, passionate, and most of all, they are leaders.