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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

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Judge Winter and SCOTUS justices

(from left) U.S. Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor '79, Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Clarence Thomas '74 all gave tributes to Judge Ralph K. Winter '60 (center, right) at a special ceremony in September 2017 when Judge Winter received the 2017 Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award.

Yale Law School Mourns the Death of Judge Ralph K. Winter ’60

Monday, December 7, 2020

Robert Post Named to the Oversight Board Trust

Friday, December 4, 2020

Susanna Evarts ’18 and Emily Villano ’19 addressing the press outside of a WIRAC case hearing on DACA in federal court in Brooklyn.

Federal Court Orders DACA Program Restored in WIRAC Case

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Federal Judge Allows MFIA Lawsuit Challenging Texas Drone Law to Proceed

Friday, November 20, 2020

MFIA Clinic Collaboration Calls for Smooth Presidential Transition Amidst Escalating Pandemic

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Veterans Clinic Secures Major Settlement in Army Class Action

Sunday, November 15, 2020

Federal Court Sides with WIRAC and Partners in Latest DACA Case

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Professor Driver Receives The Steven S. Goldberg Award

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Now it is time to pivot and ask, where are your extraordinary gifts needed? How do you make this legal world that you are entering a better world? One where no one is shut out; one where the weak and vulnerable are not exploited; one that produces fair results based on the merits of the issues before it.”

Visiting Lecturer Stephen Bright

2012 Commencement Address