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Constitutional Law

How We Are Involved

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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 aspects of constitutional law are plentiful — through lecture series, special events, courses, and more.

Our Faculty

Course Offerings

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Activities

A variety of the Law School’s centers and workshops, lecture series, and special events deal specifically with constitutional law issues.

Special events like the Global Constitutionalism Seminar offer an opportunity for students to sit in on discussions with some of the world’s foremost jurists from around the world.

Student organizations like chapters of the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society often provide spirited debate during public events held at the Law School.

Students can also experience the Constitution in action through work at law firms, volunteer opportunities, and working in the Law School’s clinical programs.

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Publications & Journals

Yale Law School faculty members produce some of the widely cited work on constitutional theory and student-run journals publish articles by prominent scholars, practitioners, and students on the theory and practice of constitutional law.

Yale Law School Legal Scholarship Repository

The Yale Law Journal

Student Journals and Publications

Sep
10

Ronnie F. Heyman ’72 Crossing Divides Program: Constitutional Free Speech and Academic Freedom

12:10PM - 1:00PM
Ronnie F. Heyman ’72 Crossing Divides Program: Constitutional Free Speech and Academic Freedom
Sep
17

The Newman Colloquium | Defending the Rule of Law: Perspectives from the Bench

12:20PM - 1:30PM
The Newman Colloquium | Defending the Rule of Law: Perspectives from the Bench
Sep
23

Rule of Law: Due Process of Law and Habeas Corpus — Why Individualized Process Matters

12:10PM - 1:00PM
Rule of Law: Due Process of Law and Habeas Corpus — Why Individualized Process Matters
Sep
24

Fall Kickoff: Jonathan Cohn on Health Care and the 2026 Election

12:10PM - 1:00PM
Fall Kickoff: Jonathan Cohn on Health Care and the 2026 Election
Oct
7

The Fight Over Medication Abortion

12:10PM - 1:00PM
The Fight Over Medication Abortion

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