Yale Law School

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| name = Yale Law School

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| parent = Yale University

| established = {{Start date and age|1824}}

| type = Private law school

| endowment = $4 billion

| parent endowment = $42.3 billion{{Cite web|url=https://news.yale.edu/2021/10/14/yale-endowment-earns-402-investment-return-fiscal-2021|title=Yale endowment earns 40.2% investment return in fiscal 2021|date=2021-10-14|website=YaleNews|language=en|access-date=2021-10-15}}

| dean = Heather K. Gerken

| city = New Haven

| state = Connecticut

| country = US

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| ranking = 1st (tie) (2025)[https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/yale-university-03027']

| bar pass rate = 99%

| website = {{URL|law.yale.edu|Yale Law}}

| aba profile = [https://law.yale.edu/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/std509inforeport.pdf Standard 509 Report]

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Yale Law School (YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1824. The 2020–21 acceptance rate was 4%, the lowest of any law school in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://law.yale.edu/admissions/profiles-statistics|title=Profile Statistics}} Its yield rate is often the highest of any law school in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://law.yale.edu/admissions/profiles-statistics/entering-class-profile|title=Entering Class Profile – Yale Law School|website=law.yale.edu}}

Each class in Yale Law's three-year J.D. program enrolls approximately 200 students. Yale's flagship law review is the Yale Law Journal, one of the most highly cited legal publications in the United States. According to Yale Law School's ABA-required disclosures, 83% of the Class of 2019 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required or JD-advantage employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners.{{cite web |title=Class of 2019 Employment |url=https://law.yale.edu/student-life/career-development/employment-data/class-2019-employment |access-date=11 June 2021 |publisher=Yale Law School}}

Yale Law alumni include many prominent figures in law and politics, including U.S. presidents Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton, U.S. vice president JD Vance, U.S. secretaries of state Cyrus Vance and Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretaries of the treasury Henry H. Fowler and Robert Rubin, and nine U.S. attorneys general. Other alumni also include current U.S. Supreme Court justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor and Brett Kavanaugh, as well as multiple former justices, including Abe Fortas, Potter Stewart and Byron White; several heads of state, including German president Karl Carstens, Philippine president Jose P. Laurel, and Malawi president Peter Mutharika; U.S. senators, governors, and officials; and the current deans of three of the top fourteen-ranked law schools in the United States: Penn, Northwestern, and Georgetown.

History

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= Early days =

The school began in the early 1800s in the New Haven law office of Seth P. Staples, who began training lawyers. By 1810, Staples was operating a law school. He took on a former student, Samuel J. Hitchcock as a law partner, and Hitchcock became the proprietor of the New Haven Law School, joined by David Daggett in 1824. The Yale Law School shield (shown at the upper right of this page) shows staples and a rampant dog, representing Seth Staples and David Daggett. The school's affiliation with Yale began in the mid-1820s and in 1843, the school's students began receiving Yale degrees.{{cite web|url=https://www.law.yale.edu/about-yale-law-school/glance/our-history |title=Our History – Yale Law School |publisher=Law.yale.edu |access-date=2016-02-08}}

Daggett went on to serve as mayor of New Haven, a U.S. Senator, and a judge on Connecticut's highest court. An opponent of education for African Americans and a supporter of colonization, he helped lead opposition to the establishment of a college for African Americans in New Haven and presided over the trial of a woman who ran a boarding school for African American girls.{{Cite web|url=http://www.yaleslavery.org/WhoYaleHonors/daggett.html|title = David Daggett}}

= 21st century =

The law school's 15th dean, Harold Koh (2004–2009), made human rights a focus of the law school's work, building on a tradition that had developed over the previous two decades. On March 23, 2009, the White House announced the appointment of Koh to the United States Department of State as the Legal Adviser of the Department of State. Robert C. Post was selected to replace him as dean of the law school.[http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2009/06/22/robert-post-law-77-named-law-school-dean/ Robert Post LAW ’77 named Law School dean | Yale Daily News]. Yale Daily News (2009-06-22). Retrieved on 2013-08-12.

In 2022, two federal appeals judges, James C. Ho and Elizabeth L. Branch, stopped hiring Yale Law graduates as clerks because of concerns the school suppresses conservative views.{{cite journal | last = Cassens Weiss | first = Debra | date = October 14, 2022 | title = Yale Law School touts dedication to a 'vibrant intellectual environment' after complaints of cancel culture | url = https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/yale-law-touts-dedication-to-a-vibrant-intellectual-environment-after-complaints-of-cancel-culture | journal = ABA Journal}}{{cite news | last1 = Sloan | first1 = Karen | last2 = Raymond | first2 = Nate | date = October 12, 2022 | title = Yale Law trumpets free speech stance amid judge's clerk-boycott push | url = https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/yale-law-trumpets-free-speech-stance-amid-judges-clerk-boycott-push-2022-10-12/ | work = Reuters}} The school responded by initiating actions to "reaffirm its commitment to free speech", which included an orientation about "free expression" and "respectful engagement", the appointment of a new dean to help law students "resolve disagreements", and a prohibition on secret recordings and disruption of campus events.

Academics

= Culture =

File:Yale Law School courtyard.JPG, erected in 1931. Modeled after the English Inns of Court, the building is located at the center of Yale's campus and contains a law library, a dining hall, and a courtyard.]]The institution is known for its scholarly orientation; a relatively large number of its graduates (9%) choose careers in academia within five years of graduation, while a relatively low number (46%) choose to work in law firms five years after graduation.[https://www.law.yale.edu/student-life/career-development/employment-data/5th-year-career-development-survey] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218024134/https://www.law.yale.edu/student-life/career-development/employment-data/5th-year-career-development-survey|date=December 18, 2015}} Another feature of Yale Law's culture since the 1930s, among both faculty and student graduates, has been an emphasis on the importance of spending at least a few years in government service.[https://www.law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/yale-law-school-expands-public-interest-program-financial-support-graduates Statement of Dean Harold H. Koh], "Yale Law School Expands Public Interest Program, Financial Support for Graduates," April 14, 2008. A similar emphasis has long been placed on service as a judicial law clerk upon graduation.[http://www.top-law-schools.com/yale-law-school.html Top-law-schools].com. Its 4.5:1 student-to-faculty ratio is the lowest among U.S. law schools.{{cite web |author=Yale University |title=Yale University | Best Law School | US News |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/yale-university-03027 |access-date=2024-03-25 |publisher=Grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com}}

Yale Law does not have a traditional grading system, a consequence of student unrest in the late 1960s.Kalman, Laura, Yale Law School and the Sixties: Revolt and Reverberations (Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 2005) Instead, it grades first-semester first-year students on a simple Credit/No Credit system. For their remaining two-and-a-half years, students are graded on an Honors/Pass/Low Pass/Fail system. Similarly, the school does not rank its students. It is also notable for having only a single semester of required classes (plus two additional writing requirements), instead of the full year most U.S. schools require. Unusually, and as a result of unique Connecticut State court rules, Yale Law allows first-year students to represent clients through one of its numerous clinics; other law schools typically offer this opportunity only to second- and third-year students.

Students publish nine law journals that, unlike those at most other schools, mostly accept student editors without a competition. The only exception is YLS's flagship journal, the Yale Law Journal, which holds a two-part admissions competition each spring, consisting of a four- or five-hour "bluebooking exam," followed by a traditional writing competition. Although the Journal identifies a target maximum number of members to accept each year, it is not a firm number. Other leading student-edited publications include the Yale Journal on Regulation, the Yale Law & Policy Review, and the Yale Journal of International Law.

In November 2013, it was announced that a $25 million donation would bring student dormitory living back onto campus, with renovations to begin in 2018.{{cite news|title=Yale Law Will Bring Back Dorms Thanks To $25M Donation|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/07/yale-law-dorms-donation_n_4234910.html|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=8 November 2013|first=Tyler|last=Kingkade|date=2013-11-07}}

= Rankings =

Yale Law has been ranked the number one law school in the United States by U.S. News & World Report between 1990 and 2025. It was tied with Stanford in 2025.[http://www.top-law-schools.com/yale-law-school.html 2009 Top-law-schools.com] ("Since US News began ranking schools, Yale Law School has always held the #1 position...."). See also [http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/its_official_yale_law_school_tops_us_news_rankings ABA Journal] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120716225349/http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/its_official_yale_law_school_tops_us_news_rankings|date=2012-07-16}}, "It's Official: Yale Law School Tops US News Rankings," Apr. 23, 2009 (2010 rankings). usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings April 8, 2025 (2024-2025 rankings) Since 2020, Yale Law School has held the top spot as the world’s best law school, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).{{Cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/gras/2024/RS0503 |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=www.shanghairanking.com}} Among U.S. law schools, Yale has the lowest acceptance rate and the highest yield rate—whereas less than 5% of applicants are admitted, about 80% of those who are accepted ultimately enroll, either in the Fall following their acceptance or after a deferral.{{cite web|url=https://www.law.yale.edu/admissions/profiles-statistics/entering-class-profile|title=Entering Class Profile – Yale Law School|website=www.law.yale.edu}}{{cite web|url=http://tippingthescales.com/2016/03/yale-crowned-top-law-school-2017-u-s-news-ranking/|title=Yale Crowned Top Law School In 2017 U.S. News Ranking|date=16 March 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/the-short-list-grad-school/articles/2013/03/19/10-most-popular-law-schools-2|title=10 Law Schools Where the Most Accepted Students Enroll|access-date=2019-09-27}} Since its inception in 2018, with Yale Law School securing the top position, the Fortuna Ranking of US Law School Rankings has consistently placed Yale at #1, while Harvard and Stanford have maintained their positions as #2 and #3 respectively in the latest 2023-2024 ranking. The school also saw a greater percentage of its students go on to become Supreme Court clerks between the 2000 and 2010 terms than any other law school, more than double the percentage of the second-highest law school (Harvard Law School).[http://www.leiterrankings.com/new/2010_SCClerkshipPlacement.shtml Leiter Rankings: Clerkship Placement]. However, because of its greater size, approximately 2.5 times that of Yale, Harvard had a greater total number of Supreme Court clerks—approximately 25% more. Id. Additionally, a 2010 survey of "scholarly impact," measured by per capita citations to faculty scholarship, found Yale's faculty to be the most cited law school faculty in the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.leiterrankings.com/new/2010_scholarlyimpact.shtml|title=Brian Leiter Law School Faculty Moves, 1995–2004}}

In November 2022, Yale made a voluntary decision to pull out of the U.S. News & World Report Best Law Schools rankings. Describing their methodology as "profoundly flawed," Yale claimed that the rankings discourage low-income applicants and "fail to advance the legal profession" by devaluing programs that encourage public interest profession rather than high-paying corporate jobs. Yale's decision was followed by Harvard Law School, which also withdrew from the rankings.{{Cite web |last=Korn |first=Melissa |title=WSJ News Exclusive {{!}} Yale and Harvard Law Schools Abandon U.S. News Rankings |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/yale-law-school-abandons-u-s-news-rankings-citing-flawed-methodology-11668607649 |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}}

= Admissions =

File:Yale-Law-School-Judge-Ornament.jpg]]Yale Law School enrolls about 200 new students a year, creating one of the smallest classes among top U.S. law schools. Its small class size and prestige combine to make its admissions process the most competitive in the United States. In 2023, the median GPA for the entering class was 3.96, and the median LSAT score was 175.{{Cite web |title=Yale Law School by the Numbers {{!}} Yale Law School |url=https://law.yale.edu/admissions-financial-aid/jd-admissions/yale-law-school-numbers |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=law.yale.edu |language=en}}

After an initial round of screening by the admissions department, approximately 25% of applications are independently evaluated by three different faculty members. Each application is scored from 2–4 at the discretion of the reader. All applicants with a perfect 12 (i.e., a 4 from all three faculty members) are admitted, upon which they are immediately notified by the school. There are also 50–80 outstanding students admitted each year without going through this review process.{{cite web

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The LL.M. Program and the Visiting Researchers Program at Yale Law are amongst the smallest and most selective graduate law programs in the United States. Yale Law admits around 25 LL.M. students and around 10 visiting researchers every year.{{cite web|url=http://www.yale.edu/printer/bulletin/pdffiles/law.pdf?|title=– p. 141}} These programs are usually limited to those students who intend to pursue a career in legal academia.

At this distinctive law school, admission to the J.S.D. program is exclusive to candidates who have attained exceptional standing in obtaining their LL.M. degree at Yale Law School and exhibit the promise of delivering outstanding scholarly contributions.{{Cite web |title=J.S.D. Admission {{!}} Yale Law School |url=https://law.yale.edu/studying-law-yale/degree-programs/graduate-programs/jsd-program/jsd-admission |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=law.yale.edu |language=en}}

Yale Law admitted only men until 1918.Stevens, Robert Bocking. Law school: legal education in America from the 1850s to the 1980s p. 84. [https://books.google.com/books?id=VDmnpQf8KjsC&dq=%22yale+law+school%22+began+admitting+women&pg=PA84 Link to page in Google Book Search.]

= Clinical programs =

Yale Law School houses over two dozen clinics that allow students to represent clients in real-world legal problems. Participation in clinics is common among Yale Law students, with over 80% of degree candidates participating in clinical activities prior to graduation.{{cite web|url=https://law.yale.edu/studying-law-yale/clinical-and-experiential-learning|title=Clinical and Experiential Learning – Yale Law School}}

Yale Law's clinics cover a wide range of issue areas and legal fields. Students represent clients before courts at all levels of the federal judiciary, state courts in Connecticut and other states, international tribunals and adjudicative bodies, administrative processes, and private arbitration. Yale Law School has greatly expanded its clinical programs in recent years, adding eight new clinics during the 2016–2017 academic year.{{cite web|url=https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/new-clinics-debut-yale-law-school|title=New Clinics Debut at Yale Law School}}

= Summer school with Paris-Panthéon-Assas University =

Yale Law School signed in June 2011 an Agreement for Collaborative Activities to create an environment for long-term joint research, exchange and programming activities, with Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, the direct inheritor of the Faculty of Law of Paris and acting law school of the Sorbonne University.{{Cite web|url=https://news.yale.edu/2012/06/11/lecture-law-school-dean-first-event-yale-collaboration-french-universities|title=Lecture by law school dean is first event in Yale collaboration with French universities|first=Shana N.|last=Schneider|date=June 11, 2012|website=YaleNews}} They organize, together with the ESSEC Business School, a summer school in law and economics, the Yale-Paris II-Essec Summer School.{{Cite web|url=https://studyabroad.yale.edu/programs/yale-summer-session-paris-private-law|title=Yale Summer Session in Paris: Private Law and Contract Enforcement in the United States and France | Study Abroad | Yale University}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.u-paris2.fr/fr/formations/offre-de-formation/certificat/certificate-private-law-and-economics-yale-paris-ii-essec|title=Yale-Paris II-Essec Summer School}}

= Centers and workshops =

The Paul Tsai China Center
Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law
Center for Global Legal Challenges
Cultural Cognition Project
Debating Law and Religion Series
Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy
Yale Law School Center for Global Legal Challenges
Global Health Justice Partnership
Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women's Rights
Human Rights Workshop: Current Issues & Events
Information Society Project
The Justice Collaboratory
Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization
Knight Law & Media Program
Yale Law School Latin American Legal Studies
Yale Center for Law and Philosophy
Law, Economics & Organization Workshop
Law, Ethics, & Animals Program
Legal History Forum
Legal Theory Workshop
The Arthur Liman Public Interest Program
Middle East Legal Studies Seminar
John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Public Policy
Yale Law School Center for the Study of Private Law
Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop
Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice
Robina Foundation Human Rights Fellowship Initiative
Solomon Center for Health Law & Policy
The Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fund
Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights
Workshop on Chinese Legal Reform
Tech Accountability & Competition Project

{{cite web|url=https://www.law.yale.edu/centers-workshops|title=Centers & Workshops – Yale Law School}}

= Cost and employment =

The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Yale Law School for the 2021–2022 academic year is $93,923.{{cite web|url=https://www.lsd.law/Yale-Law-School |title=Yale Law School Stats}} In 2015, the Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance (including cost of living) for three years is $289,879.{{cite web |url=http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/yale/costs/2015/ |title=Yale University Expense Profile |access-date=2016-02-08 |archive-date=2016-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209064748/http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/yale/costs/2015/ |url-status=dead }} According to Law School Data, the average student who borrowed money to attend Yale Law School in the graduating class of 2022 graduated with $143,437 in debt.

The annual total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, mandatory university health insurance, and living expenses) at Yale Law School for the 2021–2022 academic year is $93,821.{{Cite web|url=https://law.yale.edu/admissions/cost-financial-aid/cost-attendance|title=Cost of Attendance – Yale Law School}}

According to Yale Law School's official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 78.8% of the Class of 2013 accepted full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo-practitioners.{{cite web|url=https://www.law.yale.edu/student-life/career-development/employment-data/class-2014-employment|title=Class of 2014 Employment|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131012011/https://www.law.yale.edu/student-life/career-development/employment-data/class-2014-employment|archive-date=2016-01-31|access-date=2018-12-27}} Yale Law School's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 8.4%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2013 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.{{cite web|url=http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/yale/ |title=Yale University Profile}}

The median salary for a class of 2021 graduate 10 months after graduation was $94,000.{{cite web|title = Class of 2021 Employment – Yale Law School|url = https://law.yale.edu/student-life/career-development/employment-data/class-2021-employment|website = www.law.yale.edu|access-date = 2022-07-12}} and the mean salary for a class of 2021 graduate 10 months after graduation was $136,943.{{cite web|title = Class of 2021 Employment – Yale Law School|url = https://law.yale.edu/student-life/career-development/employment-data/class-2021-employment|website = www.law.yale.edu|access-date = 2022-07-12}}

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The law school was ranked #17 of all law schools nationwide by the National Law Journal in terms of sending the highest percentage of 2015 graduates to the largest 100 law firms in the US (23.58%).{{cite web|url=http://www.nationallawjournal.com/home/id=1202751499299|title=The Top 50 Go-To Law Schools}}

People

= Deans =

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1873–1903 Francis Wayland III{{cite web|title=Deans of the Law School|url=http://www.law.yale.edu/about/deansofYLS.htm|publisher=Yale Law|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613222643/http://www.law.yale.edu/about/deansofYLS.htm|archive-date=2010-06-13}}
1903–1916 Henry Wade Rogers
1916–1927 Thomas Walter Swan
1927–1929 Robert Maynard Hutchins
1929–1939 Charles Edward Clark
1940–1946 Ashbel Green Gulliver{{Cite web |title=Our History {{!}} Yale Law School |url=https://law.yale.edu/about-yale-law-school/glance/our-history |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=law.yale.edu |language=en}}
1946–1954 Wesley Alba Sturges
1954–1955 Harry Shulman
1955–1965 Eugene Victor Rostow
1965–1970 Louis Heilprin Pollak
1970–1975 Abraham Samuel Goldstein
1975–1985 Harry Hillel Wellington
1985–1994 Guido Calabresi
1994–2004 Anthony Kronman
2004–2009 Harold Hongju Koh
2009–2017 Robert C. Post
2017–present Heather K. Gerken

= Current notable faculty =

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Bruce Ackerman, constitutional and political science scholar, op-ed writer, and Sterling Professor.
Akhil Reed Amar, leading constitutional law scholar, writer and consultant to the television show The West Wing, and Sterling Professor.
Ian Ayres, law and economics scholar, author of Why Not? and frequent commentator on NPR's Marketplace program.
Jack Balkin, First Amendment scholar, legal blogger, founder and director of the Yale Information Society Project.
Aharon Barak, former president of the Israeli Supreme Court from 1995 to 2006.
Stephen Bright, human rights attorney and former director of the Southern Center for Human Rights.
Lea Brilmayer, expert in international law, conflict of laws, and personal jurisdiction.
Guido Calabresi, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Sterling Professor, and former dean of Yale Law School.
Lincoln Caplan, author, journalist, Truman Capote Visiting Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law.
Stephen L. Carter, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law and author of a number of books, including the novel The Emperor of Ocean Park.
Amy Chua, international affairs scholar and author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability.
Mirjan Damaška, Sterling Professor, comparative criminal law scholar, and advisor to various international tribunals, including the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Court of Justice.
Drew S. Days, III, former United States Solicitor General.
Justin Driver, constitutional and education law scholar.
Robert Ellickson, property and land use law scholar.
William Eskridge, constitutional law scholar, legislation and statutory interpretation scholar, and one of the most cited law professors in the U.S.
Daniel C. Esty, environmental law and policy expert, former Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy.
Owen M. Fiss, liberalism and free speech scholar and Sterling Professor.
James Forman Jr., leading criminal law scholar and Pulitzer Prize recipient.
Heather K. Gerken, election law, federalism, and constitutional law scholar.
Linda Greenhouse, Pulitzer Prize winning author and New York Times correspondent covering the Supreme Court of the United States for more than 30 years.
Henry B. Hansmann, law and economics scholar, and leading theorist on organizational ownership and design.
Christine Jolls, law and behavioral economics scholar, employment law scholar.
Dan M. Kahan, criminal law and evidence scholar, director of the Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic.
Harold Hongju Koh, international law expert, former dean of the law school, former Legal Adviser of the Department of State, and Sterling Professor.
Anthony Kronman, Sterling Professor and leading scholar on contracts, bankruptcy, jurisprudence, social theory, and professional responsibility.
John Langbein, legal historian and trusts and estates scholar.
Jonathan R. Macey, corporate/banking law scholar.
Daniel Markovits, law and philosophy scholar.
Jerry L. Mashaw, administrative law scholar and Sterling Professor.
John D. Morley, corporate and business law scholar.
Robert C. Post, constitutional law scholar with a particular focus on the First Amendment and equal protection.
Jed Rubenfeld, constitutional theorist and criminal law scholar.
Roberta Romano, corporate law scholar, and first female Sterling Professor at Yale Law School.
Reva Siegel, constitutional law scholar with a particular focus on social movements and equality.
Scott J. Shapiro, legal philosopher.
Kate Stith, constitutional law and criminal procedure expert.
James Q. Whitman, comparative law scholar and legal historian.
Ralph K. Winter, Jr., senior circuit judge and former chief judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Michael Wishnie, clinical professor, expert on immigration.
John Fabian Witt, legal historian.
Stephen Wizner, William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law.
Taisu Zhang, legal historian and comparative law scholar.