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.
Recent News from Our Faculty
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How Retirement Plan Guardrails Can Protect Employees
In their new book, Professor Ian Ayres ’86 and Quinn Curtis ’09 argue that employers have the fiduciary duty to structure their retirement plans so that employees invest wisely.
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Dean Gerken Named to ABA Task Force for American Democracy
Yale Law School Dean Heather K. Gerken has been appointed to the American Bar Association’s newly created Task Force for American Democracy.
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‘Turning Point in Law’: AI, Intellectual Property, and the Hollywood Strike
In a video, constitutional law scholar Robert Post discusses how AI may force society to rethink the parameters of one’s own image as intellectual property.
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Journal Devotes Special Issue to Professor Paul Kahn
A new journal issue is devoted to the scholarship of Professor Paul W. Kahn ’80.
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Eskridge Appointed Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Public Law
Professor William N. Eskridge Jr. ’78, a national expert on statutory interpretation and sexuality, gender, and the law whose work has transformed both fields, has been appointed the Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Public Law.
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Professor Koh Argues at the International Court of Justice on Behalf of Ukraine
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh was among the lawyers representing Ukraine at the International Court of Justice asking the court to declare Russia in violation of two international treaties.
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Professor Bell Named Chair-Elect of ASA Sociology of Law Section
Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Sociology Monica C. Bell ’09 was elected Chair-Elect (and 2024–25 Chair) of the American Sociological Association (ASA)’s Sociology of Law section.
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Professor Pottenger Receives Posthumous Award
J.L. Pottenger Jr. ’75 was posthumously awarded the 2023 William Pincus Award from the American Association of Law Schools at its recent conference.
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James Forman Jr. Elected to American Philosophical Society
J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law James Forman Jr. ’92 was elected to the American Philosophical Society for his accomplishments in social sciences.
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Professor Sarin Testifies Before Senate Finance Committee
Associate Professor of Law Natasha Sarin testified before the Senate Finance Committee on May 16 on the importance of preserving funding to modernize the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provided by the Inflation Reduction Act.