GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
TINA LI
Law students, nonprofits advance domestic violence reform bill

Yale Law School’s Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic works to advance a bill reforming sentencing and commutation procedures for domestic violence victims.

November 14, 2024

ZOYA HAQ
How the Federalist Society shaped America’s judiciary

The Federalist Society, a conservative organization founded at Yale Law School, built a pipeline between law schools and top judgeships and influenced the selection of the past three Supreme Court justices.

November 4, 2024

HUDSON WARM
Before he was Trump’s running mate, JD Vance was a free thinker and “moderating influence” at Yale Law School

During his formative years at Yale Law, JD Vance was an independently thinking conservative and loyal friend who also felt “dislocation,” his classmates recall.

October 29, 2024

BAALA SHAKYA
New Yale GPSS outlines goals, talks with President McInnis

This year's Graduate and Professional Student Senators discuss meeting with University President Maurie McInnis, their goals and wins — including a new graduate student dining plan.

October 25, 2024

CHRIS TILLEN
Yale Law School introduces numerous AI-focused initiatives

Driven by faculty members, YLS focuses on AI developments in the legal field.

October 11, 2024

CHRIS TILLEN
Law School sees drop in diversity post-affirmative action

The Yale Law School class of 2027, the first admitted without affirmative action, saw a 12 percent decrease in the share of students of color.

October 4, 2024

ABBY NISSLEY
Yale Divinity School celebrates 2024 Alumni Award recipients

The four 2024 Alumni Award recipients were recognized for their work in theological education, pastoral competence, reconciliation and compassion.

October 3, 2024

KALINA BROOKFIELD
PROFILE: Fausto Ximenes, the World Fellow who champions Timor-Leste, Asia’s youngest democracy

World Fellow Fausto Ximenes wants to put the tools for development back in the hands of local communities in Timor-Leste.

September 30, 2024

CHRIS TILLEN & ASHER BOISKIN
Yale Law School welcomes second class of Launchpad Scholars

With a cohort of 25, the Launchpad Scholars program seeks to build on the success of last year’s class with increased social events and aid with personal statements.

September 27, 2024

CHRIS TILLEN
New Law School Center for Jewish and Israeli Law to pioneer research

On Sept. 3, the Howard Wexler Brodie Center for Jewish and Israeli Law hosted Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court Daphne Barak-Erez for its inaugural event.

September 17, 2024

ALI OTUZOGLU
Former UK Prime Minister Theresa May to join Jackson School in the spring

Theresa May, the U.K. Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019, has been named inaugural senior fellow of the Jackson School’s Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment.

September 13, 2024