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Service Matters: How Yale Law School Clinics Change the World

From modest beginnings, the clinical program at the Law School has grown into one of the school’s crown jewels.
Service Matters: How Yale Law School Clinics Change the World
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On Veterans Day, Yale Honors Those Called Upon by ‘Higher Ideals’
On Veterans Day, Yale Honors Those Called Upon by ‘Higher Ideals’
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Professor Akhil Reed Amar Awarded a 2024 Barry Prize
Professor Akhil Reed Amar Awarded a 2024 Barry Prize
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YLS Early Learning Center Receives Gift in Honor of Professor Ayres
YLS Early Learning Center Receives Gift in Honor of Professor Ayres
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Like Minds: Launchpad Program Welcomes Second Round of Exceptional Scholars
Like Minds: Launchpad Program Welcomes Second Round of Exceptional Scholars
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YLS 2013 Commencement: Graduates Encouraged to Use Law as Tool for Change

Yale Law School's 2013 Commencement Ceremonies were held on May 20, 2013 with addresses by Professor Anne L. Alstott, Dean Robert C. Post, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
YLS 2013 Commencement: Graduates Encouraged to Use Law as Tool for Change

Professor Witt Awarded ABA Silver Gavel Award for Lincoln’s Code

Professor John Fabian Witt has been awarded the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award for his book, Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History.
Professor Witt Awarded ABA Silver Gavel Award for Lincoln’s Code

Professor Judith Resnik to Receive Top Honor from National Association of Women Lawyers

Professor Judith Resnik will receive the Arabella Babb Mansfield Award from the National Association of Women Lawyers for her professional achievement and contribution to the advancement of women's interests under the law.
Professor Judith Resnik to Receive Top Honor from National Association of Women Lawyers

Lillian Goldman Law Library Receives Awards from American Association of Law Libraries

The Lillian Goldman Law Library received three awards from the American Association of Law Libraries for technology, publications, and staff leadership.
Lillian Goldman Law Library Receives Awards from American Association of Law Libraries

Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic Reflects on NYC Schools Chancellor Freedom of Information Victory

Yale Law School's Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic reflects on victory in Freedom of Information battle for emails involving a controversial NYC schools chancellor appointment.
Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic Reflects on NYC Schools Chancellor Freedom of Information Victory

How to End the Forever War?—A Speech by Professor Harold Hongju Koh

Professor Koh delivered a speech at Oxford University on a broad range of issues involving foreign policy and national security. View the full text of his remarks here.
How to End the Forever War?—A Speech by Professor Harold Hongju Koh

Liman Fellow Recognized for Work Documenting NYPD Surveillance on American Muslims

Diala Shamas ’11, a Liman Fellow from Yale Law School was among a team of people awarded a Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) award earlier this month at the Association of American Law Schools Clinical Conference in Puerto Rico.
Liman Fellow Recognized for Work Documenting NYPD Surveillance on American Muslims

Yale Law School Congratulates Public Interest Fellowship Recipients for 2013-2014

Forty-two students and recent graduates have been named recipients of public interest fellowships for 2013-2014.
Yale Law School Congratulates Public Interest Fellowship Recipients for 2013-2014