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The first cohort of the Launchpad Scholars Program gathered for a welcome summit in August. Chisato Kimura '25 (center) is one of the YLS student mentors who will support Launchpad Scholars over the coming year as they prepare to apply to law school.

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

 Launchpad Scholars Soar as Program Gets Off the Ground

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Alicia Bannon ’07 Shapes the Conversation on Fines and Fees

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Victoria Cundiff ’80 Discusses IP Law Careers at Year’s First Chirelstein Colloquium

Monday, September 11, 2023

LEAP Announces Fall 2023 Speaker Series

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

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A Year in Books: Faculty Elevated New Ideas on a Range of Critical Issues

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Professor Nicholas R. Parrillo ’04 delivers the inaugural William K. Townsend lecture on Nov. 8, 2021.

Professor Parrillo Argues for the Constitutionality of Agency Rulemaking

Monday, November 15, 2021

Professor Whitman Elected Honorary Fellow of the American Society for Legal History

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

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Linda Greenhouse Unpacks a Landmark Year at the Supreme Court

Friday, November 5, 2021

Professor Schultz Launches Civil Rights Law Project and New Seminar

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

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Attica at 50: Repression, Resistance, Resilience

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Attica exhibition poster

A new exhibit at the Lillian Goldman Law Library chronicles some of the responses to the Attica prison uprising of 1971, prompted by its 50th anniversary.

Library Exhibit Chronicles Responses to Attica Uprising

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

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Q&A: Professor Hathaway on Presidential War Powers and the War on Terror

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At Yale Law School, we think hard about law, with freedom to challenge basic assumptions embedded within our legal institutions and to construct new frameworks.”

Monica Bell

Class of 2009, Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Sociology