How We Are Involved
About Constitutional Law
The Law School is renowned as a center for scholarship in constitutional law, and prominent scholars are well represented on the School’s faculty. Opportunities to study, research, and write on this topic are plentiful, and the Law School provides a range of opportunities—from lecture series and special events, to an exhaustive list of courses—for students to focus on various aspects of constitutional law.
Activities
A variety of the Law School’s centers and workshops, lecture series, and special events deal specifically with constitutional law issues.
Publications & Journals
The Yale Law School faculty produce some of the world’s foremost works on constitutional theory and student journals offer articles by prominent scholars, practitioners, and students on the theory and practice of constitutional law.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
News
Law School Alumni Tackle Voting Rights Challenges Nationwide
Four Yale Law School alumni speak about their experiences surrounding urgent voting rights issues.
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Professor Nicholas R. Parrillo ’04 delivers the inaugural William K. Townsend lecture on Nov. 8, 2021.
Monday, March 1, 2021
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Monday, July 27, 2020
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Friday, December 3, 2021
In The Press
Yale’s Legal Experts Unpack the Supreme Court Term
Yale Daily News
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University Samuel Moyn, Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School Linda Greenhouse '78, and Adam Gerard ’23 are quoted in an article about the Supreme Court’s latest term.
Friday, December 3, 2021
In The Press
The Supreme Court Gaslights Its Way to the End of Roe — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, December 2, 2021
In The Press
Supreme Court Indicates it Could Eliminate a Core Element of Roe v. Wade
The Connecticut Mirror
Lecturer in Law, Clinical Lecturer in Law, Research Scholar in Law, and Executive Director of the Solomon Center at Yale Law School Katherine Kraschel is quoted in an article about Mississippi’s challenge to Roe v. Wade currently before the Supreme Court.
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
In The Press
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Landmark Mississippi Abortion Case
NPR
Clinical Lecturer in Law, Associate Research Scholar in Law, and Director of the Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice of the Information Society Project Priscilla Smith ’91 was interviewed about the Mississippi abortion law case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court that directly challenges Roe v. Wade.
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
In The Press
The Judge Who Told the Truth About the Mississippi Abortion Ban
The Atlantic
Scholarship by Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law Reva Siegel is cited by the Atlantic regarding the use of arguments related to women’s healthcare to restrict abortion.
Thursday, November 18, 2021
In The Press
What Happens When a Court Goes Rogue? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Student Profile Videos
Sam Adkisson
A student perspective on clinics, student organizations, and the intellectual community at Yale Law School.
Conor Anthony Casey
A student perspective on the LLM program, graduate programs community, and constitutional law.
Between my colleagues and students, showing up for work means that I will have my premises challenged, my ideas tested, and my creativity spurred three times before I finish my morning coffee.”
David Schleicher
Professor of Law