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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

Friday, December 18, 2020

Court Rules in Favor of Veterans Exposed to Radiation

Friday, December 11, 2020

CJAC Wins Speedy Release of Medically Vulnerable Individuals from Federal Prison in Danbury

Friday, December 4, 2020

Professor Kahn Publishes New Book Examining a Virus’s Effect on Democracy

Friday, November 20, 2020

MFIA Clinic Collaboration Calls for Smooth Presidential Transition Amidst Escalating Pandemic

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

CT Veterans Organizations Urge State to Protect Incarcerated Veterans Against COVID-19

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

A map from the Mapping the New Politics of Care website showing total COVID-19 cases from the last 14 days across the country as of October 28, 2020.

Team from Yale and Columbia Launch Website Mapping New Politics of Care

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

American Contagions

A detail from the cover of the new book by Professor John Fabian Witt ’99.

Professor Witt Publishes New Book on American Contagions

Monday, October 26, 2020

Weapon of Choice

Detail from the cover of a new book by Professor Ian Ayres ’86 and Frederick E. Vars ’99 proposing 10 new policy solutions for “choice-enhancing” gun control.

New Book by Professor Ayres Seeks a New Way Forward on Gun Control to Save Lives

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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