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group of launchpad scholars smiling at welcome summit

The first cohort of the Launchpad Scholars Program gathered for a welcome summit in August. Chisato Kimura '25 (center) is one of the YLS student mentors who will support Launchpad Scholars over the coming year as they prepare to apply to law school.

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

 Launchpad Scholars Soar as Program Gets Off the Ground

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Alicia Bannon ’07 Shapes the Conversation on Fines and Fees

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Victoria Cundiff ’80 Discusses IP Law Careers at Year’s First Chirelstein Colloquium

Monday, September 11, 2023

LEAP Announces Fall 2023 Speaker Series

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Issa Kohler-Hausmann and Avery Gilbert in the classroom

Professor Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 and Avery Gilbert lead a Strategic Advocacy Clinic class.

The Ups and Downs of Advocacy

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Rows of desks and chairs in a school classroom

MFIA Wins Disclosure of Connecticut School Choice Lottery Algorithm 

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Dean Heather K. Gerken and Richard Ravitch ’58 at a Yale Law School event for donors in New York City in December 2022.

Dean Heather K. Gerken and Richard Ravitch ’58 at a Yale Law School event for donors in New York City in December 2022.

Yale Law School Mourns the Loss of Richard Ravitch ’58

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Connecticut State Capitol building on a large lawn with a single tree

MFIA Research Fuels New Connecticut Law Regulating State Use of Algorithms 

Friday, June 2, 2023

Four people seated on a stage in an auditorium before an audience as another person on stage walks toward the podium. A screen above the seated panelists shows head-and-shoulders photos of six men on a black background

Panelists (from left) Bidish Sarma, Gaylord Salters, Miriam Gohara, and Alex Taubes in discussion on the panel “Mass Incarceration, Racial Injustice, and Opportunities for Relief.” Jennifer Taylor ’10, at podium, moderated.

“Facing Life” Explores Life Imprisonment and Racial Injustice in Two States

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

illustration of the magnolia tree at YLS

51 Students and Graduates Receive Public Interest Fellowships

Friday, May 26, 2023

Sue Wharfe accepts an award on behalf of her late husband Jay Pottenger

Sue Wharfe (second from right) accepts the Pincus Award alongside Norrinda Brown Hayat, co-chair of the AALS Clinical Section; Emma Pottenger, and Anita Sinha, co-chair of the AALS Clinical Section. Credit: James Greif

Professor Pottenger Receives Posthumous Award

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Stacey Abrams and Goodwin Liu talk to a fellow alum at the Diversity Homecoming

Stacey Abrams ’99 (center) gave a keynote address at the first Diversity Homecoming.

First Diversity Homecoming Celebrates Experiences of Alumni of Color

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The Criminal Justice Clinic has given me the unique opportunity to represent a client in court as a first-year law student. Experiential learning has been the most meaningful part of law school so far, and it has exposed me to the criminal justice system first-hand.”

Destiny Lopez

Class of 2021