GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
PROFILE: Fausto Ximenes, the World Fellow who champions Timor-Leste, Asia’s youngest democracy

World Fellow Fausto Ximenes wants to put the tools for development back in the hands of local communities in Timor-Leste.

Yale Law School welcomes second class of Launchpad Scholars

With a cohort of 25, the Launchpad Scholars program seeks to build on the success of last year’s class with increased social events and aid with personal statements.

New Law School Center for Jewish and Israeli Law to pioneer research

On Sept. 3, the Howard Wexler Brodie Center for Jewish and Israeli Law hosted Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court Daphne Barak-Erez for its inaugural event.

Former UK Prime Minister Theresa May to join Jackson School in the spring

Theresa May, the U.K. Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019, has been named inaugural senior fellow of the Jackson School’s Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment.

Graduate Student Senate proposes policies for lifestyle improvement in a new year

This academic year, the senate plans to focus on food insecurity, Yale-subsidized transportation and access to period products.

One year after establishment, Digital Ethics Center researchers reflect on its progress

In its first year, the DEC has produced research on a variety of topics and formed relationships with programs both within and beyond Yale. The center’s leaders now hope to engage with the Yale and New Haven community.

Law School clinic’s discrimination case on behalf of Black veterans proceeds 

Judge Stefan Underhill LAW ’84 permitted Monk v. United States — a case accusing the Department of Veteran Affairs of racial discrimination against Black veterans — to proceed, marking a rare instance in which a case seeking to redress historical discrimination overcame a motion to dismiss.

School of Management Dean Charles reappointed

In an interview with the News, Dean Kerwin Charles discussed goals and strategies for his second term at the School of Management.

Former Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta ’96 visits Law School

At an event co-hosted by five Yale Law School student organizations, former Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta ’96 spoke in the Sterling Law Building on April 11.

Reddit COO speaks at School of Management

Amid Reddit’s initial public offering, Chief Operating Officer Jen Wong ’96 spoke at the SOM about her views on AI, anonymity and content moderation.

Yale Law clinical lecturer files amicus brief on Colorado’s habitual criminal law

With the support of research assistants Balen Essak-Hernandez LAW ’25 and Courtney Perales LAW ’25, law professor Daniel Loehr filed an amicus brief in a case before the Colorado Supreme Court arguing that the states’ habitual criminal law is rooted from the eugenics movement.