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Five students Yale Law School’s 2023 Jessup International Law Moot Court CompFive students — Ali Hakim ’24, Thomas Poston ’24, Alaa Hachem ’24, Justin Cole ’23 and Matei Alexianu ’23 — smile and stand shoulder to shoulder before a gray marble-patterned wall.

Yale Law School’s 2023 Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition team, from left: Ali Hakim ’24, Thomas Poston ’24, Alaa Hachem ’24, Justin Cole ’23 and Matei Alexianu ’23. The team goes to the international rounds in April.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

 Yale Law School Team Wins Northeast Moot Court Title, Heads to Internationals

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Friday, March 31, 2023

Veterans Groups Urge Supreme Court to Preserve Class Actions

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Liman Center Welcomes 2023–2024 Liman Fellows

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Handbook Helps Navigate Non-Prosecution Policies for Sex Work

Monday, September 13, 2021

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Justices Discuss Courts’ Authority in Challenging Times

Thursday, September 2, 2021

soldiers loading a plane

As American wars have become more humane, they have also become endless, Professor Samuel Moyn argues in his new book.

Professor Moyn on the Humanity of War

Thursday, August 19, 2021

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Law Librarian’s Book Is the Last Word on Quotations

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

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Law Librarians Receive Awards

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

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A protest in Minneapolis on May 28, 2020, three days after the killing of George Floyd.

Rebellion Through a New Lens

Thursday, April 29, 2021

A Q&A with Mike Widener on 15 Years as YLS Rare Book Librarian

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Solomon Center Hosts Panel on Access to Insulin

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Professor Priest on the Foundations of Credit and Property Law

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We, as lawyers, can be builders too. We can use our tools to build a society in which every member of the new generation can celebrate her graduation — not only with joy but with well-founded hope for the future.”

Professor Anne L. Alstott

Class of 1987, 2013 Commencement Address