
Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law
The Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law focuses on corporate law and the law of other nongovernmental organizations; the regulation of financial markets and intermediaries; the legal framework of finance, including the law of bankruptcy, corporate reorganization, and secured transactions; and antitrust law and the law of regulated industries.

Yale Law School Center for Private Law
The Yale Law School Center for Private Law promotes teaching and research in contracts (including commercial law, corporate finance, bankruptcy, and arbitration), property (including intellectual property), and torts.

Programs & Clinics
- Yale Law & Business Society
- John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Public Policy
- Law, Economics and Organization Workshop
- Michael S. and Alexa B. Chae Initiative in Private Sector Leadership
- Entrepreneurship & Innovation Clinic
- Ludwig Community & Economic Development Clinic
- Business Simulation Courses
- Yale Journal on Regulation
Wednesday, May 03, 2023

News
AI and the Possibilities for the Legal Profession — and Legal Education
The course Artificial Intelligence, the Legal Profession, and Procedure examines how legal systems and litigation process will absorb the impact of artificial intelligence.
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Advancing technologies raise important ethics issues, said Professor William Eskridge Jr. ’78.
Monday, April 24, 2023

Visiting Lecturer in Law DeMaurice “De” Smith, executive director of the National Football League Players Association, taught Law, Leadership, and Ethics in Sports Leagues at the Law School this spring.
Monday, February 27, 2023

Michael Chae ’97 (right), Chief Financial Officer of Blackstone, spoke to Law School students in New York City in January as part of the Chae Initiative in Private Sector Leadership's student trip to facilitate exploration of finance careers.
Thursday, February 23, 2023
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Thursday, November 3, 2022
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Friday, October 21, 2022
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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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Thursday, September 29, 2022
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Monday, April 3, 2023
In The Press
Regulators Missed Silicon Valley Bank’s Problems for Months. Here’s Why. — A Commentary by Natasha Sarin
The Washington Post
Natasha Sarin is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 16, 2023
In The Press
To Prevent Bank Runs, Fix Bank Governance — A Commentary by Yair Listokin ’05
The Hill
Yair Listokin ’05 is Deputy Dean and the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
In The Press
Examining the Legal Ramifications of the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
CBS News
Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law Jonathan Macey ’82 discusses the legal ramifications of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse.
Monday, February 13, 2023
In The Press
There’s Nothing Fair About Republicans’ FairTax Proposal — A Commentary by Natasha Sarin
The Washington Post
Natasha Sarin is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Sunday, November 13, 2022
In The Press
Native American Adoption Law in Jeopardy
Bloomberg Law Podcast
Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law Jonathan Macey ’84 discussed cases before the Supreme Court seeking to make it easier to challenge the regulatory power of the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Saturday, October 8, 2022
In The Press
Here's a Different Way to Think About Stock Diversification — A Commentary by Ian Ayres ’86 and Barry Nalebuff
The Wall Street Journal
Ian Ayres ’86 is the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor at Yale Law School and a Professor at the Yale School of Management.
Student and Alumni Profiles

Fred P. Phillips IV
Fred Phillips discusses his career path from law school to starting his own company. Part of the Many Paths Initiative.

Maria Gracia Naranjo Ponce
A perspective on the intellectual international community of the LL.M. program, and how she developed her research ideas on tax law.
You can make a difference… The history of the last 40 years happened because people like you entered the fray and chipped away at problems that they were told were politically impossible to fix.”
Michael Posner
Honorary Doctor of Laws, 2014 Commencement Address