Inside Yale Law School with Dean Heather K. Gerken

Clinical Professor of Law Anika Singh Lemar talks about the struggle to build more affordable housing in Connecticut and the three clinics she leads at the Law School that work on housing issues. She also discusses her ideas about making it easier to build housing. https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/podcast-anika-singh-lemar-confronts-connecticuts-housing-crisis

Clinical Professor of Law Marisol Orihuela talks about leading a new clinic focused on mental health justice, how mental health and criminal justice are intertwined, and the importance of decompressing during stressful times. Episode webpage and transcript

Professor Keith Whittington discusses the heightened interest in academic freedom and free speech issues on university campuses and his work leading a new center at Yale Law School focused on these topics. He also delves into his recent books, including one on the impeachment power, and his worries about attacks on higher education. Episode webpage and transcript

Professor Stephen Carter discusses the delight he still finds in teaching after 40 years. A prolific writer, Carter also shares his approach to writing fiction and nonfiction and reflects on lessons learned while clerking for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Episode webpage and transcript: https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/podcast-professor-stephen-carter-still-writing-his-story

Clinical Professor Muneer Ahmad explains why students are indispensable to the work of the Law School’s clinics. He discusses the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic, including the extraordinary 24-hour period in which the clinic won a nationwide injunction against the Trump administration’s Muslim travel ban. Episode website and transcript.

Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh’s family history is deeply intertwined with Yale Law School. For our bicentennial in 2024, Koh shares his family’s story and reflects on his tenure as Dean from 2004 to 2009, including his work to broaden the school’s focus to make Yale a global law school. Episode website and transcript.

Robert Post, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School, reflects on his tenure as Dean and discusses his quest to write the definitive history of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice William Howard Taft. Topics include the evolution of law school clinics, teaching constitutional law in a polarized society, embracing failure, and reflecting on the institution's 200-year history.

Guido Calabresi, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale Law School, reflects on his tenure as Dean, restoring the law school building, starting the loan forgiveness program, and the importance of striving for improvement.

Professor Amy Kapczynski discusses her work on global health and justice issues and explains how intellectual property law can improve access to lifesaving AIDS drugs. She also shares lessons learned from the COVID pandemic and her love of teaching. Episode website and transcript.

Professor James Forman Jr. discusses his criminal justice work and his Pulitzer-Prize winning book Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. He also describes the Law School Access Program, an innovative pipeline program for people from the New Haven area who are underrepresented in the law. Episode webpage and transcript: https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/podcast-professor-james-forman-jr-taking-action-starts-close-home