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Located in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale Law School is one of the world’s premier law schools. It offers an unmatched environment of excellence and educational intimacy in the form of world renowned faculty, small classes, limitless opportunities for clinical training, and strong encouragement of public service.
- Studying Law at Yale
Yale Law School is one of the world’s premier law schools,...
- Our Faculty
At Yale, I treasured being part of a close community of...
- Centers & Workshops
The vibrant programming and critical scholarly work of the...
- Student Life
Yale Law School students are at the center of a vibrant...
- Admissions & Financial Aid
Yale Law School offers roughly 30 clinics that provide...
- News & Events
A student perspective on YLS’s support for the BALSA and...
- JD Admissions
At Yale Law School, students immerse themselves in big...
- Graduate Admissions
A Yale Law Journal article by Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe...
- Studying Law at Yale
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. Its yield rate of 87% is also consistently the highest of any law school in the United States.
At Yale Law School, students immerse themselves in big ideas, work closely with leading scholars, and gain incredible hands-on experience serving clients and communities in New Haven, across the country, and around the world.
Being involved with the law school clinics is a unique opportunity to put in class training to use. It’s an amazing way to learn how to be a lawyer, not just to learn the law. Aisha Saad | Class of 2018
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Yale Law School views civic and intellectual engagement outside of the classroom as vital to maintaining a healthy and vibrant academic community. To that end, the Law School encourages students to take advantage of Yale’s extensive academic, extracurricular, and social offerings.
With almost 200 courses taught by world-renowned faculty and a thriving network of legal clinics and intellectual centers, Yale Law School provides rich and challenging ways to gain the skills necessary to make an impact in the world at large. Learn more about the JD program at Yale Law School.
