John Langford is a clinical associate professor of law at Yale Law School.
Langford was a visiting clinical associate professor of law at Yale Law School during the 2025–26 academic year and was counsel at Protect Democracy from 2019 to 2024. As a nationally esteemed lawyer at Protect Democracy, he focused primarily on issues related to the First Amendment, newsgathering, free expression, and dignitary torts.
Before joining Protect Democracy, Langford was a clinical lecturer in law, associate research scholar in law, and the Floyd Abrams Fellow and Staff Attorney for the Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) clinic at Yale Law School. He previously clerked for the Honorable Robin S. Rosenbaum on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit and worked as a litigation associate at WilmerHale LLP.
Langford's writing has appeared in Lawfare, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and the Cardozo Law Review. He graduated from Oberlin College in 2010 with degrees in law and society and percussion performance and received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2014.
