Amy Kapczynski
Associate Professor of Law
Amy Kapczynski is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She joined the Yale Law faculty in January 2012. In 2010-2011, she served as a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School and Irving S. Ribicoff Fellow in Law. She was previously an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall). Her research interests center on international law, intellectual property, and global health. She helped lead efforts that resulted in Yale University and Bristol-Myers Squibb permitting generic competition and providing steep price discounts for an important anti-AIDS drug in South Africa. Drawing on this experience, she co-founded Universities Allied for Essential Medicines with other students in 2002. She received her A.B. from Princeton University, M. Phil. from Cambridge University, M.A. from Queen Mary and Westfield College at University of London, and J.D. from Yale Law School. At Yale Law School, she was Articles Editor of The Yale Law Journal and co-founder and Advocacy Director of the Yale AIDS Network. She was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship at Yale Law School and the Yale School of Public Health.
Education
J.D., Yale Law School, 2003
M.A., Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, 1998
M. Phil., Cambridge University, 1997
A.B., Princeton University, 1996
Courses Taught
International Intellectual Property Law
Law and Social Movements
Property
