Rolling Law Out to the Streets
Yale Law School Professors Tracey Meares and Tom Tyler are working at the forefront of two issues faced by police across the country: reducing gun violence and improving the legitimacy of law enforcement. Both Meares and Tyler are leading the way in using research and cutting-edge theory in law and social science to create strategies to promote crime reduction, procedural justice, and legitimacy of law. “We’re really concerned with getting law rolled out to the street,” Tyler says. “This is not about abstract legal doctrine.” Hanging on the wall opposite Professor Tracey Meares’s desk is what...
Liman Program Publishes Research on Policies Governing Isolation in State and Federal Prisons
The Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School has published research on policies that govern isolation in state and federal prisons.
Teaching Written Advocacy
Noah Messing ’00 is the author of The Art of Advocacy: Briefs, Motions, and Writing Strategies of America's Best Lawyers and teaches, with Rob Harrison ’74, legal writing at Yale Law School.
Yale Law School’s Liman Program Research Helps to Produce Changes in Prison Visiting Policies
Research on prison visitation policies conducted by students at Yale Law School has been cited in a change in Utah prison policy.
Let’s Talk — Financial Aid Office Sparks Conversation on Financial Literacy
Jill Stone, Director of Financial Aid at Yale Law School, has a simple message for students trying to navigate the complex and ever-changing world of student loans—let’s talk.
Yale Law School Clinic Represents Veterans in Petition to VA
Yale Law School's Veterans Legal Services Clinic has petitioned the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to create new regulations governing the adjudication of disability claims for veterans who were raped or sexually assaulted in the military.
YLS Professor Drew Days III, Other Scholars Release Statement on Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling
Professor Drew Days joins other Scholars to release a statement on the Supreme Court's ruling in an affirmative action case.
Open Science Initiative Developed by YLS Associate Professor David Grewal '02 and Stanford Bioengineer Receives White House Honor
The White House honors The BioBricks Foundation, a non-profit that Associate Professor of Law David Grewal has been working with for the past five years. The foundation was recognized for its contribution to open science.