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News
Dean Robert Post '77 Welcomes the Class of 2016 to Yale Law School
Dean Robert C. Post '77 delivers the convocation address to incoming Yale Law students marking the start of the 2013-2014 academic year.
Yale Law Students Awarded Soros Fellowships, Trudeau Scholarship
Amanda Alexander ’13 and Marbre Stahly-Butts ’13 were named Soros Justice Fellows in early May by the Open Society Foundations. Ryan Liss ’13 LLM was also named a Trudeau scholar in May by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation in Canada.
YLS 2013 Commencement: Graduates Encouraged to Use Law as Tool for Change
Yale Law School's 2013 Commencement Ceremonies were held on May 20, 2013 with addresses by Professor Anne L. Alstott, Dean Robert C. Post, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Yale Law School Congratulates Public Interest Fellowship Recipients for 2013-2014
Forty-two students and recent graduates have been named recipients of public interest fellowships for 2013-2014.
YLS Students awarded honors in international commercial arbitration moot
Students representing Yale Law School have recently returned from Vienna after competing in the twentieth annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
Commencement Exercises Scheduled For May 20, 2013, at the William K. Lanman Center
Yale Law School’s 2013 Commencement ceremony will take place on Monday, May 20, 2013.