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Façade of Sterling Law Building above the main entrance against a blue sky

Monday, June 27, 2022

Aslı Ü. Bâli ’99 to Join Yale Law School Faculty 

Aslı Ü. Bâli ’99, who comes to Yale Law School from UCLA School of Law, focuses her scholarship on international law, human rights, and comparative constitutional law.

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Claudia Flores to Join Yale Law School Faculty

Claudia Flores will join the Yale Law School faculty as Clinical Professor of Law effective July 1, 2022.

tower and blue sky at yale law school

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Life and Work of Robert M. Cover Examined in New Journal Issue

A new journal issue commemorates the life and work of the late Yale Law School faculty member Robert M. Cover.

sign with the words Stop Gun Violence at a protest march

Marchers in Washington, D.C. protest to end gun violence in 2021.

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Faculty Research Puts Gun Violence in Focus

Professors Ian Ayres, Abbe R. Gluck, and Tracey L. Meares discuss their research on gun violence as calls for solutions intensify following the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

stone archway entrance

Monday, June 6, 2022

Professor Hinton Elected to American Philosophical Society

Professor of Law Elizabeth K. Hinton was elected to the American Philosophical Society for her accomplishments in social sciences.

green forest looking up at the trees

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

2022 Environmental Performance Index Finds World Is Not on Track to Meet Climate Commitments

Almost all countries are not on track to meet the net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal established by the 2021 Glasgow Climate Pact, according to the 2022 Environmental Performance Index, an analysis by Yale and Columbia researchers.

stone archway at YLS

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Professor Rodríguez Elected to American Law Institute Council

The American Law Institute (ALI) has elected Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 to its Council.

facade of the U.S. Treasury Department

The facade of the Treasury Department. © 2010 Eric Weaver via Creative Commons.

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Professor Liscow on Taxation, Teaching, and a New Approach to Behavioral Economics

A Q&A with Professor of Law Zachary Liscow ’15, who received tenure on Jan. 1, 2022.

police presence in Chicago

Police in Chicago in June 2020

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Professor Bell on Inequality, Sociology, and Legal Estrangement

A Q&A with Professor of Law Monica C. Bell ’09, who received tenure on Jan. 1, 2022.

Professor Scott Shapiro in his cybersecurity class, seated in front of a screen with a projected news story on ransomware.

Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law Scott J. Shapiro ’90 talks to his cybersecurity class, which gives students the technological background to address issues like digital policy and national security. “It is extraordinarily difficult for law students and for legal scholars such as myself to talk intelligently about regulating an activity that we can’t even imagine,” he said. 

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

If Students Can Hack This Course, They’re Ready for Information Age Lawyering

To one day tackle cybersecurity issues, students in a Yale Law School class learn how to hack.

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