Yale Law School’s renowned and distinguished faculty members consistently 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 Report. Read commentaries in the popular press and other news clips on our In the Press page.
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Professor Forman Publishes New Book, Locking Up Our Own
In his new book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, Professor James Forman Jr. ’92 explores the complex relationship between race, class, and the American criminal justice in a new and original light.
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Liman at 20: Public Interest(s): Launching The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law
After two decades of promoting equal access to justice through fellowships, research, seminars, and programs, the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program has been re-established as the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law.
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Yale Law School Flourishes Under Deanship of Robert C. Post ’77
In the eight years that Dean Robert C. Post ’77 has been at the helm of Yale Law School, he has solidly entrenched the School’s position at the forefront of legal education.
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Professors Gerken and Whitman Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, has elected J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law Heather K. Gerken and Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law James Q. Whitman ‘88 to its 2017 Class of Members.
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Douglas NeJaime to Join Yale Law Faculty in July 2017
Dean Robert C. Post ’77 has announced the appointment of Douglas NeJaime to the Yale Law School faculty.
Samuel Moyn to Join Faculty in July 2017
Dean Robert C. Post ’77 has announced the appointment of Samuel Moyn to the Yale Law School faculty. He will join as a professor of law, effective July 1, 2017.
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Wheeler Memorial Concert Will Feature Yale and Reunion Jazz Ensembles
Yale Law School and Yale University Bands will present the 2017 Stan Wheeler Memorial Jazz Concert on Sunday, April 9, at 2 p.m. in Levinson Auditorium.
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Peter Schuck Has New Book on Five Key Hard Legal and Policy Issues
Each chapter of One Nation Undecided: Clear Thinking about Five Hard Issues That Divide Us (Princeton University Press, 2017) takes on a different “hard issue”: poverty, immigration, affirmative action, campaign finance, and religious exemptions from secular policies.
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Rule of Law Clinic Amicus Brief Asks Court to Strike Down Revised Travel Order
The Rule of Law Clinic at Yale Law School filed an amicus brief on behalf of 40 senior former national security officials on March 15, 2017 in support of the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project’s lawsuit against the President of the United States.
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Yale Law School’s Tracey Meares Discusses Policing and Community Trust
Public trust is the greatest asset a police officer can have when it comes to keeping communities safe, and police need to rethink their role in order to improve this critical relationship, Tracey L. Meares, the Walton Hale Hamilton Professor and director of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School, told students at the Yale School of Management on March 2.