Welcome to Yale Law School’s Student Laptop Program ’08. Yale Law School Information Technology Services seeks to provide students with a standard for hardware and software to ensure maximum compatibility, support, and connectivity within its network. Here you will find information on the special arrangements Yale Law School has made with vendors in an effort to give our students quality choices and provide the best deals possible.

If you will be purchasing a laptop and are not comfortable setting up networking, installing software, or dealing with computer technical support hotlines, we encourage you to purchase a pre-configured bundle from Lenovo.  Through an agreement between Yale University and Lenovo, we provide on-site assistance for warranty service on Lenovo Thinkpad laptops and stock a number of Lenovo parts that we can loan out. Apple computers are also supported by our office, but we do not provide hardware support for Apple computers. We support all other laptop brands on a “best effort” basis.

PLEASE NOTE: Other than Adobe Acrobat, it is not necessary to purchase additional software. Once you are registered for classes, IT Services will make available from the YLS Library Circulation desk copies of Microsoft Office, Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition, and Eudora. You can also download Yale-approved software once you have received and activated your NetID.

• Lenovo ThinkPad laptops pre-configured with the YLS software package are available for purchase by visiting www.lenovo.com/shop/deals/yalelaw
• Purchase Apple Computers through Yale's E-portal (will open in a new window, note that an active NetID is required)

Please contact Kevin Bailey at 203-432-4045 or Gerard Armoogam at 203-432-3279 if you have any questions about our laptop recommendations.