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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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James Forman delivers his lecture to a crowded room

February 26, 2024

Professor Forman Delivers Inaugural J. Skelly Wright Lecture

Professor James Forman Jr. ’92 delivered his inaugural lecture as J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law on Feb. 12 to a capacity crowd of colleagues, students, friends, family and community members.

Former Dean Robert C. Post during Dean's Reception

February 20, 2024

Podcast: Professor Robert Post Explains Why a Polarized Supreme Court is Nothing New

For the Law School's bicentennial, Sterling Professor of Law Robert C. Post ’77 sits down with Dean Heather K. Gerken to discuss his monumental book on the Supreme Court under Chief Justice William Howard Taft. He also shares how he tried to model failure to students when he was Dean.

February 19, 2024

No New Taxes

Professor Michael J. Graetz argues in his new book that resistance to taxes has corroded U.S. politics far more than is often assumed.

February 19, 2024

Professor Owen M. Fiss on the Importance of Voting

In Why We Vote, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law Owen M. Fiss stresses the importance of voting and examines Supreme Court cases that sought to enlarge the freedom that democracy generates, emphasizing that it's the Court's responsibility to uphold the democratic ideal of the Constitution.

Brick façade and slate roof of Sterling Law Building and a leafy tree against a cloudy sky

February 9, 2024

When “Small” Wars Are a Prelude to Atrocities

In her new book "They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence," Professor Lauren Benton charts the history of so-called small wars in European empires.

February 8, 2024

Historical Profile: Jerome N. Frank

Jerome N. Frank was “one of the most prominent lawyers and legal intellectuals of his time,” according to Chancellor Kent Professor Emeritus of Law and Legal History Robert W. Gordon, and launched the Legal Realism movement with his book, Law and the Modern Mind.

Dr. Alison Days, Ann Langdon-Days, Elizabeth Days, and Dean Heather K. Gerken

February 8, 2024

Law School Unveils Portrait of Professor Drew S. Days III ’66

Faculty, family, friends, and community members gathered at Yale Law School on Feb. 5 for a portrait unveiling ceremony honoring the life of Drew Saunders Days III ’66 LLB, the Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law.

February 7, 2024

Yale Law School Faculty Address Colorado Supreme Court Case

Yale Law School faculty have commented in the media, written op-eds, and submitted amicus briefs in Trump v. Anderson, the case from the Colorado Supreme Court which ordered former President Donald Trump to be excluded from the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot.

Professor Judith Resnik standing before a chalkboard

February 5, 2024

Judith Resnik and Vicki C. Jackson ’75 Honored for Federal Courts Scholarship

Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik and Vicki C. Jackson ’75 have been honored with the 2024 Daniel J. Meltzer Lifetime Achievement Award.

A stock ticker showing various prices with the letters IPO prominently displayed in the center

January 31, 2024

Professor Sven Riethmueller on Pre-IPO Stock Option Discounting

In a new paper, Clinical Associate Professor of Law Sven Riethmueller critiques the practice by pre-IPO companies of granting stock options as compensation while preparing to go public.

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