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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, 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, September 21, 2020

Law School Access Program

From left to right, Professor James Forman Jr. and Law School Access Program Fellows Alexis Willoughby-Robinson, Tai Walker, and Addys Castillo during a recent Saturday meeting. Story photos by Nina Oishi ’22.

Lighting Up the Path to Law School

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Constitutioin

Professor Balkin Publishes Book on The Cycles of Constitutional Time

Thursday, July 16, 2020

The Rise of Law and Economics

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

WATCH: Professor John Fabian Witt on the Legal History of Contagious Disease in the U.S.

Monday, May 4, 2020

Exhibition Explores Readers’ Marks in Law Books

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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