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Members of the Yale Law School community, along with family and friends of the Class of 2025, came together to celebrate the graduates on May 19. This year's Commencement honored 236 degree candidates. Visiting Lecturer in Law G. Eric Brunstad Jr. ’11 LLM, ’14 JSD served as the faculty speaker, and Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar, the 48th Solicitor General of the United States, was the guest speaker.

Orkhan Abdulkarimli discusses how his interest in legal scholarship and research brought him to Yale Law School’s LLM program, where he explores issues related to technology and artificial intelligence (AI).

Amara Banks discusses how Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic has given her opportunities to work with documentary filmmakers and prepare for a career in media law.

David Strauss of the University of Chicago Law School presented "Polarization, Victimization, and Judicial Review" at the Brennan Center Jorde Symposium at Yale Law School on March 10, 2025.

Service in the Navy inspired Jarek Neczypor to continue advocating for other veterans as a law student. He describes his work with the Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic, and shares how Yale encourages students to “choose your own adventure” during their time in law school.

Sam Gregory, Executive Director of WITNESS, gave the Spring 2025 Gruber Distinguished Lecture on Global Justice titled “Fortifying Truth, Trust and Evidence in the Face of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology” on March 24, 2025.

Murad Idris of the University of Michigan gave a Kamel Center lecture on Feb. 27, 2025 titled "Qutb Postcolonial: Empire, Critique, and the World in the Political Thought of Sayyid Qutb, 1945-1954."

After coming to the U.S. at age 3, Trinh Q. Truong ’27 became her family’s translator and navigator. She shares how those experiences shaped her desire to become a lawyer and work on behalf of immigrants. She also discusses how the full-tuition Hurst Horizon Scholarship is helping her pursue her goals.