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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

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

students wearing virtual reality headsets in a classroom

Students try out virtual reality headsets and discuss the possibilities of incorporating virtual reality into evidentiary proceedings or meeting with clients in the metaverse.

Learning About Law and Tech, Hands (and Headsets) On

Monday, December 19, 2022

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Professor Markovits Delivers Lecture in New Delhi

Friday, December 16, 2022

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A Year in Books: Faculty Address Critical Questions

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

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Report Finds Ongoing Challenges for Asian Americans in Law

Friday, November 18, 2022

The courtyard interior facade at Sterling Law Building against a cloudy sky

Entrepreneurship & Innovation Clinic Client Launches Artist-Led Venture Capital Fund 

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Dean Heather K. Gerken and Hillary Rodham Clinton

Dean Heather K. Gerken and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ’73 held a conversation in which Clinton described her career path and how she defines leadership.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ’73 Headlines Transformational Leadership Week

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

a running faucet, a microscope, and a stethoscope

Alumni Tackle Health Law Issues Facing Society Today

Monday, October 24, 2022

Gene and Carol Ludwig and Dean Gerken cut the ribbon to dedicate Ludwig Hall

Gene Ludwig ’73 and Carol Ludwig prepare to cut the ribbon for the dedication of Ludwig Hall with Dean Heather K. Gerken.

Ludwig Hall Dedication Kicks Off Alumni Weekend

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Today is a wonderful time to be blessed with legal training and to be able to go out and take on the enormous challenges of a difficult world — with an aspiration to lead tempered by humility at the complexity, difficulty, discipline, and self-sacrifice inherent in the task.”

Ben W. Heineman, Jr.

Class of 1971