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Law, Ethics & Animals Program celebrates five years — and looks forward

October 31, 2024

The Yale Law School program works to elevate the standing of nonhuman animals within the teaching and research activities at Yale and around the world.

Welcoming the next generation of legal professionals

October 22, 2024

Yale Law School’s Launchpad Scholars Program gives promising students from all backgrounds the skills they need to thrive in any law school of their choosing.

Can we do business in space?

October 21, 2024

In this Yale Insights collection, Yale alumni and other leaders talk about how finance, law, and other day-to-day details of business get translated into space.

Service matters: How Yale Law School clinics change the world

October 18, 2024

For nearly a century, Yale law clinics — in which students work on real cases — have made a positive difference to aspiring lawyers.

Fellowship helps teach Yalies ‘how much impact they can have’

October 17, 2024

Yale’s Millstone Fellowship provides students with financial support take summer internships and build networks in pursuit of careers in public service.

How marine farming is ‘dewilding’ the ocean and its inhabitants

October 17, 2024

In a Q&A, Laurie Sellars of Yale’s Law, Ethics & Animals Program discusses how the cultivation of aquatic organisms in the ocean generates a suite of...

Yale Law alum’s idea on childcare drives the conversation, 25 years later

October 15, 2024

Jessica Sager ’99 J.D., just finishing law school, saw family childcare as a solution to a national problem.

Who makes the rules for the new space economy?

October 15, 2024

International law expert Gershon Hasin ’21 J.S.D. explains how the rules for new contexts are established in law — and the pitfalls we can already foresee.

New YLS center seeks to safeguard and promote academic freedom, free speech

October 2, 2024

Led by Yale Law School professor Keith Whittington, The Center for Academic Freedom and Free Speech launched at the start of the 2024–2025 academic year.

Taxes, inequality, and the stakes of the coming election

September 30, 2024

Led by Yale political economist Jacob Hacker, a conference earlier this month explored “the most important tax reform moment that we’ve had since the late 80s.”