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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

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Lani Guinier and Sherrie L. Russell-Brown

Lani Guinier ’74 (right) and Senior Research Scholar in Law Sherrie L. Russell-Brown, who co-organized a symposium on Guinier’s life and legacy, in 2019.

Symposium Honors Professor and Civil Rights Lawyer Lani Guinier ’74

Friday, November 5, 2021

Professor Schultz Launches Civil Rights Law Project and New Seminar

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

solar panels outside

A Comprehensive Overview of Environmental Governance

Monday, October 18, 2021

The (Re)Defining National Security reading group meets in the Sol Goldman Courtyard of Sterling Law Building.

The (Re)Defining National Security reading group meets in the Sol Goldman Courtyard.

Student-Led Group Takes a Broad View of National Security

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Sterling Law Building

Race and the Law Course Highlights Emerging Scholarship

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Femi Cadmus joins the Lillian Goldman Law Library from the Michael J. Goodson Library at Duke Law School.

Femi Cadmus Named Yale Law Librarian

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Sterling Law Building

Lawrence J. Fox to Receive ABA’s Highest Honor 

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Guido Calabresi

More than 160 of Guido’s former students, numerous Law School faculty, staff, and colleagues came to surprise him on the occasion of his final Torts class after a six-decade-long run.

Guido Calabresi Lauded at His Final Torts Class

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It’s incredibly important to defend the rule of law. But it’s also incredibly important that we think beyond the rule of law and how are we going to empower our local communities to ensure that that vision is what our government and our elected representatives are working towards each and every single day.”

Sameer Jaywant

Class of 2018