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Yale Law School Commencement 2025

Yale University’s 324th Commencement: Monday, May 19, 2025, at 10:30 a.m.

Yale Law School Commencement Ceremony for the Class of 2025: Monday, May 19, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.

The Law School diploma ceremony was held at the Lanman Center in Payne Whitney Gym. Commemorations concluded with a reception for Law School graduates and their invited guests in the Baker Hall Courtyard. Tickets were required for both the University and Law School ceremonies.

For questions, please contact the Office of Student Affairs at osa@yale.edu.

Commencement 2025

A procession of people in regalia carrying flags, walking down stone steps

The procession to Beinecke Plaza

10 people posing in three rows dressed in regalia

The student and faculty marshals pose with members of the administration.

Two figures processing in regalia arm in arm

Professor Guido Calabresi ’58 and Dean Heather K. Gerken

four students in regalia taking a selfie while sitting in chairs outdoors

Students at the Old Campus ceremony

A group cheering and throwing their hands in the air

Students at the Old Campus ceremony

A speaker in cap and gown at a podium

Visiting Lecturer in Law G. Eric Brunstad Jr. ’11 LLM, ’14 JSD

A speaker at a podium, wearing regalia

Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar, the 48th Solicitor General of the United States and Steven and Maureen Klinsky Visiting Professor of Practice for Leadership and Progress at Harvard Law School

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The Law School ceremony

A procession of people in regalia carrying flags, walking down stone steps

10 people posing in three rows dressed in regalia

Two figures processing in regalia arm in arm

four students in regalia taking a selfie while sitting in chairs outdoors

A group cheering and throwing their hands in the air

A speaker in cap and gown at a podium

A speaker at a podium, wearing regalia

a gymnasium decorated with Yale Law School branding and filled with people