The Law School is renowned as a center for scholarship in constitutional law and prominent scholars are well-represented on the School’s faculty. Opportunities to study, research, and write on aspects of constitutional law are plentiful — through lecture series, special events, courses, and more.
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Activities
A variety of the Law School’s centers and workshops2, lecture series, and special events deal specifically with constitutional law issues.
Special events like the Global Constitutionalism Seminar3 offer an opportunity for students to sit in on discussions with some of the world’s foremost jurists from around the world.
Student organizations like chapters of the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society often provide spirited debate during public events held at the Law School.
Students can also experience the Constitution in action through work at law firms, volunteer opportunities, and working in the Law School’s clinical programs4.
Publications & Journals
Yale Law School faculty members produce some of the widely cited work on constitutional theory and student-run journals run offer articles by prominent scholars, practitioners, and students on the theory and practice of constitutional law.
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