GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
BAALA SHAKYA
Graduate and professional students limited in federal borrowing capabilities

The new Republican tax-and-spending bill included a provision to reduce the amount of money graduate and professional students can borrow from the federal government.

August 29, 2025

HENRY LIU & ISOBEL MCCLURE
Yair Listokin named interim dean of Yale Law School

A search committee of seven YLS professors has been formed to review potential candidates to assume the Law School deanship long term.

July 20, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
Russia blacklists Yale, points to Jackson School-educated Kremlin critics

Citing Yale’s World Fellows Program and its training of Russian opposition leaders, Russian authorities designated Yale an “undesirable organization.”

July 14, 2025

HENRY LIU & ISOBEL MCCLURE
Heather Gerken departing Law School to lead Ford Foundation

Students and faculty praised the Yale Law School dean’s responses to challenges and controversies and reflected on her kindness and legacy.

July 2, 2025

HENRY LIU
Yale Law School fish tank to be removed, internal email says

The Lillian Goldman Law Library is expected to drain its wood-encased aquarium, which is more than two decades old, as early as Tuesday.

June 24, 2025

ORION KIM & DAVIS ZONG
Yale lab seeks new funders for research on kidnapped Ukrainian children

The School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab launched — and Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 shared — a web page soliciting donations, while members of Congress called for the Trump administration to restore funding.

June 12, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
1,433 students sign letter urging Yale to publicly resist Trump

Co-authored with the YCC and GSA, the letter calls on the University to defend academic freedom, institutional autonomy and the safety of students.

April 25, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA
Saman Haddad LAW ’26 and Rosa Grijalva GRD ’28 win GPSS presidency, vice presidency

Haddad and Grijalva emphasized the importance of the Graduate and Professional Student Senate’s advocacy work amid the current political climate.

April 23, 2025

CHRIS TILLEN
Yale Law Clinic represents 27 former senior government officials in amicus brief against Trump

On April 8, 27 policy and intelligence professionals filed an amicus brief supporting Perkins Coie in suing the Trump administration. The brief is represented by Yale Law School’s Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic and Susman Godfrey.

April 11, 2025

JAEHA JANG & ALYSSA CHANG
Jackson School announces 2025 World Fellows

The newest cohort of the World Fellows Program includes leaders from 16 nations.

April 2, 2025

CHRIS TILLEN
Yale Law School terminates scholar amid terrorist link allegations, cites “refusal to cooperate” 

Three weeks after first being put on administrative leave, Yale Law School is terminating Helyeh Doutaghi’s employment, citing her refusal to cooperate with the process. Allegations arose on March 2 that Doutaghi had connections to the Samidoun Network, a Canadian-designated terrorist organization.

March 28, 2025