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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, September 12, 2023

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Professor Harold Hongju Koh

Professor Koh Named 2023 Lemkin Rule of Law Guardian by Duke Law School

Monday, July 10, 2023

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Center Addresses China Relations with Leading Figures in the U.S., China, Taiwan, and Europe

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

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Members of the Ukrainian delegation, including Professor Harold Hongju Koh (center) on the second day of the hearings. U.N. Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Wiebe Kiestra. Courtesy of the ICJ.

Professor Koh Argues at the International Court of Justice on Behalf of Ukraine

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

A group of people stand in a line before a doorway, some holding blue plates of food. From inside the building, a hand holding an empty blue plate reaches out.

Tigrayans stand in line to receive food donated by local residents at a reception center for the internally displaced in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on May 9, 2021. Photo: AP Photo/Ben Curtis

Lowenstein Clinic Finds Ethiopia and Allies Responsible for Mass Starvation in Tigray

Friday, March 24, 2023

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Professor Bâli Co-Edits Book on Decentralization in Middle East and North Africa

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

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.

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

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

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Professor Hathaway Named Order of the Coif Distinguished Visitor

Thursday, February 9, 2023

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Q&A: Professors Bâli and Flores on Teaching at Yale Law School

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When I came to law school, I never imagined that I would be an advocate and decision-maker as early as my second semester of law school. The clinical program at YLS empowers students to experience lawyering outside of the classroom by interacting with clients and making decisions.”

Michelle Fraling

Class of 2023