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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 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.

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 unparalleled 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, volunteering for political campaigns, and working in the Law School’s clinical programs.

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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.

The Yale Law Journal

Mar
10

The 2025 Brennan Center Jorde Symposium at Yale Law School

4:00PM - 6:00PM
The 2025 Brennan Center Jorde Symposium at Yale Law School
Mar
11

On-Air Legal Commentary in the Trump Era: A Conversation with Elie Honig, CNN's Senior Legal Analyst

12:10PM - 1:10PM
On-Air Legal Commentary in the Trump Era: A Conversation with Elie Honig, CNN's Senior Legal Analyst
Mar
11

Crossing Divides: A Conversation with Former Members of Congress Ann Marie Buerkle and Donna Edwards

12:10PM - 1:00PM
Crossing Divides: A Conversation with Former Members of Congress Ann Marie Buerkle and Donna Edwards
Mar
13

Solicitor General Roadshow

12:10PM - 1:15PM
Solicitor General Roadshow
Mar
27

Human Rights Workshop: Lee Gelernt, ACLU Attorney, “Immigration Under Trump I and II”

12:10PM - 1:30PM
Human Rights Workshop: Lee Gelernt, ACLU Attorney, “Immigration Under Trump I and II”

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