Tuesday, November 20, 2012


2012 Doctoral Scholarship Conference Nov. 30 – Dec. 1 at Yale Law School

The 2012 Doctoral Scholarship Conference will be held Nov. 30 - Dec. 1 at Yale Law School.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012


Yale Law School Introduces Innovative New Program -- Ph.D. in Law

To its array of innovative legal programs, Yale Law School has added a Ph.D. in Law, a three-year program that will prepare students to enter careers in legal scholarship.

Sunday, July 1, 2012


Shirley Adelson Siegel ’41—A New Experience at the End of Her Career

Shirley Adelson Siegel ’41 was the only woman to graduate with the Yale Law School Class of 1941 and broke through her share of glass ceilings throughout her career. But Siegel’s law career put her at the forefront of many firsts in the fields of civil rights and housing rights—gender notwithstanding.

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, Associate Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Sociology