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Yale Law School’s renowned and distinguished faculty members engage in an extraordinary range of activities and scholarship.

Read the extensive list of faculty activities and accomplishments — from lectures given to books published to honors and awards received — by browsing our academic archives on the right, reading our faculty news feed below, or viewing the Yale Law Report¹. Read commentaries in the popular press and other news clips on our In the Press page.

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May 1, 2025

Stephanie Safdi ’13 to Join Law School Faculty

Dean Heather K. Gerken has announced that Stephanie Safdi ’13 will join the Yale Law School faculty as a Clinical Associate Professor of Law on July 1, 2025.

Luke Bronin ’06 teaching his “Homelessness and Housing: Law & Policy” course

April 30, 2025

Students Urged to Think Like Policymakers to Address Homelessness and Housing

At a time when the United States is experiencing a nationwide housing crisis, a course at Yale Law School is pushing students to formulate real-world solutions to one of today’s most complex and pressing issues.

Oona Hathaway standing next to a sign from the 119th ASIL Annual Meeting

April 29, 2025

Professor Oona Hathaway Named President-Elect of the American Society of International Law

Professor Oona Hathaway ’97 will lead the premier international law organization in the United States with 4,000 members.

As seen from the courtyard of Sterling Law Building, the main stairwell's exterior stone walls exterior stone walls protrude from the brick façade

April 23, 2025

Oona Hathaway Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Professor Oona Hathaway joins nearly 250 others elected to the Academy in 2025.

open book on a table in the Yale Law Library

April 23, 2025

Law Library Gifted Professor Guido Calabresi’s Papers

Future generations of scholars will be able to draw from Professor Guido Calabresi’s decades of scholarship and judicial experience.

April 22, 2025

Charting New Courses in Artificial Intelligence

Two spring courses take different approaches to deeply engaging with questions of AI.

April 16, 2025

Professor Hathaway Named 2025 Guggenheim Fellow

Professor Oona Hathaway ’97 has been named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow, one of 198 artists and scholars to be recognized this year across 53 fields.

Anika Singh Lemar stands in front of a window with her arms crossed

April 15, 2025

Podcast: Anika Singh Lemar Confronts Connecticut’s Housing Crisis

Clinical Professor of Law Anika Singh Lemar talks about the struggle to build more affordable housing in Connecticut and the three clinics she leads at the Law School that work on housing issues.

Professor Cristina Rodriguez speaking to New Haven mayor Justin Elicker

April 4, 2025

Professor Rodríguez Co-Hosts New Podcast on Immigration Policies

Professor Cristina Rodríguez ’00 has launched a new podcast with colleagues from the New School and UCLA School of Law that examines the immigration policies of the Trump administration and their impact.

Student presents during “Democratic Constitutionalism” course

April 4, 2025

Constitutional Interpretation Takes on a Broader View

“Democratic Constitutionalism” course provides students with a wide-angle view on the ways that courts decide constitutional cases that are enveloped in fierce conflict.

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