Foundations of American Legal Thought Explores Legal Theory Past and Present
The Program in the Foundations of American Legal Thought takes a closer look at canonical authors and movements in American legal theory past and present, connected to a formal course offered each spring.
Clinic Lawsuit Prompts Defense Department to Partially Reform Discriminatory IVF Policies
In August 2023, the National Organization for Women–New York City (NOW-NYC) filed a federal lawsuit against the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) challenging IVF policies that discriminate against its members. NOW-NYC is represented in the suit by the Yale Law School Veterans Legal Services Clinic and Reproductive Rights and Justice Project. Under those policies, the agencies cover IVF only for veterans and service members in opposite-sex marriages who can provide their own gametes (sperm and eggs) and trace their infertility to a service-connected health issue. DoD’s and...
Professor Forman to Present Inaugural J. Skelly Wright Lecture on Feb. 12
Professor James Forman Jr. ’92 will present the inaugural lecture of his appointment as J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law on Feb. 12, 2024.
Hossam Bahgat to Deliver Gruber Lecture on Jan. 30
Globally renowned human rights activist Hossam Bahgat will deliver the 2023 Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice.
In Long-Awaited Volume, Professor Robert Post Tells Story of Taft Court in its Own Time
After 35 years and 1,608 pages, Sterling Professor of Law Robert C. Post ’77 has written the definitive history of the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice William Howard Taft.
Joshua Macey ’17 to Join Yale Law School Faculty
Dean Heather K. Gerken has announced that Joshua Macey ’17 will be joining the Yale Law School faculty as an Associate Professor of Law on July 1, 2024.
Yale Law School Celebrates 200 Years of Legal Education
Throughout 2024, Yale Law School will mark its bicentennial anniversary with a yearlong commemoration of the law school’s storied history, current impact, and future vision for legal education.
Podcast: Even at 91, Students are Everything to Guido Calabresi
For the Law School’s 200th anniversary, Guido Calabresi sat down with Dean Heather K. Gerken to discuss his years as Dean and why he’s still active as a judge and professor – “because I can’t do without students.”