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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.”

Yale Law School’s growing veteran community is guided by mottos of service

September 25, 2024

Four first-year YLS students discuss their military careers, their goals for their time in New Haven, and the mottos that inspire their approach to service.

How to dismantle the mass incarceration system

September 25, 2024

Yale Law School’s James Forman Jr. discusses what it will take to reform the criminal justice system and where reforms are already making a difference.

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.