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Exploring the politics of crime and punishment

December 4, 2024

A recent Yale conference gathered scholars to share research and grapple with how to apply academic inquiries toward practical ways to enhance justice.

Yale Law School awards 88 Hurst Horizon Scholarships for 2024–25

November 19, 2024

Now in its third year, the Yale Law School scholarship program has grown rapidly to comprise 88 students across the J.D. classes of 2025, 2026, and 2027.

Faculty Innovation Awards honor campus entrepreneurs

November 8, 2024

Seventeen Yale faculty members were recently honored for leveraging their research to launch startup companies that target the world’s most pressing challenges.

Climate change is reshaping portfolio investment strategies

November 7, 2024

A Yale study finds that influence from beneficiaries and stakeholders are driving strategic shifts towards climate priorities, but operational hurdles remain.

Yale Divinity alum stands up for exploited immigrants, child laborers

November 5, 2024

Steeped in the immigrant experience himself, Dax Crocker ’17 M.Div., ’18 S.T.M. is a community organizer in the fishing port of New Bedford, Massachusetts.

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.