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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

Faculty Type

Tom R. Tyler

Macklin Fleming Professor Emeritus of Law, Professorial Lecturer in Law (spring term), and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory
tom.tyler@yale.edu
Courses Taught
Criminal Justice Reform
Empirical Research Seminar
Social Science and Institutional Design
Topics in Law and Psychology
Tom Tyler

John Fabian Witt

Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law
john.witt@yale.edu
Courses Taught
American Legal History
Torts
History of the Laws of War
Problems in Legal Historiography
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Stephen Wizner

William O. Douglas Clinical Professor Emeritus of Law
stephen.wizner@yale.edu
Courses Taught
Legal Services for Immigrant Communities
Trial Practice
Ethics in the Practice of Law
Stephen Wizner

Gideon Yaffe

Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence
gideon.yaffe@yale.edu
Courses Taught
Criminal Law and Administration
Philosophy of Law
Addiction and the Law: Perspectives from Philosophy, Economics, and Neuroscience
Professor Gideon Yaffe

Taisu Zhang

Professor of Law
Courses Taught
Property
Law in Authoritarian Regimes
Advanced Comparative Law
Foundations of American Legal Thought
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Yale is the one place where going to law school doesn’t mean sitting on the sidelines; it means making headlines.

Heather Gerken | Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law