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Fight for climate justice targets meat and dairy companies

September 16, 2024

Daina Bray of Yale Law School’s Law, Ethics, and Animals Program explains how litigation against meat and dairy could impact methane emissions.

Health equity advocate Daniel Dawes joins Yale School of Nursing

September 12, 2024

Dawes, an internationally recognized leader in the health equity movement, will help advance academic programs and partnerships as Presidential Visiting Fellow.

New law students urged to find own path, embody values of legal profession

August 26, 2024

In her remarks welcoming the school’s latest class Aug. 20, Yale Law School Dean Heather K. Gerken stressed the importance of preserving community and humanity.

Yale Law School Dean Gerken speaks at ABA Democracy Summit

August 22, 2024

At the American Bar Association’s recent conference in Chicago, Dean Heather K. Gerken addressed the role of legal educators in bridging divides.

Call for applications: CBEY 2050 Fellows Discussion Group

August 13, 2024

Multidisciplinary group of Yale graduate and professional students gathers monthly to imagine a regenerative and responsible economy. Applications due Sept. 2.

Mainstreaming nature in U.S. policy

August 2, 2024

Including considerations about the natural world in federal policymaking is good governance, Yale environmental economist Eli Fenichel argues.

Fiona Doherty appointed Nathan Baker Clinical Professor of Law

July 30, 2024

Doherty is a legal scholar and law professor who founded a Yale-based criminal justice clinic which represents people in criminal cases in New Haven.

John Morley appointed the Augustus E. Lines Professor of Law

July 30, 2024

Morley, a member of the Yale Law School faculty since 2013, is a leading expert on business organization, investment management, and trusts and estates.

Schleicher appointed the Meyer Research Professor of Property and Urban Law

July 30, 2024

David Schleicher is an expert in local government law, land use, federalism, state and local finance, and urban development.

Breaking down barriers to law

July 24, 2024

Yale Law School’s Launchpad Scholars Program recently welcomed its first cohort to campus for a week of mock classes, visits to legal employers, and networking.