Videos

Alyshia Laidlaw ’26 describes how Yale Law School offers multiple opportunities to explore her interest in corporate and business law. She also shares how being part of the close-knit student community has been the best part of her law school experience.

Sarah Donilon ’26 discusses how Yale Law School is the perfect place to pursue her interests in international law and national security law. She also describes how the Law School provides first-year students with extensive support to help them succeed.

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered the 2025-26 James A. Thomas Lecture, titled “Equity and Exigency: A First-Principles Solution for the Supreme Court’s Emergency Docket.” Following her lecture, Jackson joined Yale Law School Dean Cristina Rodríguez for a conversation about her life and professional journey, public service, and work on the Court. The lecture took place on April 13, 2026 at Yale University’s Battell Chapel.

Douglas G. Baird presented the Judge Ralph K. Winter Lecture titled “Two Stories of Corporate Governance” on April 6, 2026. Baird is the Harry A. Bigelow Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School and Chair of the National Bankruptcy Conference.

Talmud scholar Daniel Boyarin delivered the Robert M. Cover lecture titled “Halakha and Aggada: After ‘Nomos and Narrative, ’” on March 23, 2026.

Veena Dubal gave the Gruber Lecture titled “Contemporary Challenges in Higher Education” on March 2, 2026. Dubal is a scholar of employment and labor law and the general counsel of the Association of American University Professors (AAUP).

Jay Koh ’98 is the co-founder and managing director of The Lightsmith Group, the first private equity fund focused on climate adaptation. He discusses how perseverance helped him start the fund, how to manage in a crisis, and how he stays motivated to work on climate issues.

Samy Ayoub of the University of Texas gave a Kamel Center lecture on Feb. 19, 2026 titled “Creative Destruction: Islamic Law, Courts, and Modernity in Egypt, 1800-1955.”