This Essay examines the overlooked long-term costs generated by restricted charitable gifts to the government. It reveals that gift compliance disputes are surprisingly frequent and costly to litigate ...

The Yale Law Journal is thrilled to announce Volume 134’s Emerging Scholar of the Year: Kate Redburn. The Yale Law Journal’s Emerging Scholar of the Year Award celebrates the achievements of ...

The Yale Law Journal is excited to announce its ninth annual Student Essay Competition. The Journal’s Student Essay Competition challenges the next generation of legal scholars and practitioners to ...

This Collection analyzes legal, social, and political dimensions of drug decriminalization in the context of current debates. The Essays explore issues related to state drug-policy reform, federal ...

This Collection examines the relationship between procedure and fairness. The Essays analyze rural criminal defense challenges, administrative rulemaking responsibilities, and the role of technology ...

Judicial reasoning about police expertise has toggled between two distinct conceptions of expertise itself: as a professional virtue or a professional technology. Taking stock of both views offers new ...

In civil litigation, police most commonly appear as defendants. But police also act as plaintiffs, suing the individuals they police. This Article argues that these plaintiff police claims cause ...

This Collection features the winners of the annual Yale Law Journal Student Essay Competition. This year’s topic was “Emerging Issues in Criminal Law.” The three winning Essays explore a range of ...

This Collection critically examines legal issues in the U.S. territories and explores pathways for reform. These four Essays challenge the emerging “Law of the Territories” framework, document the ABA ...

This Collection explores how to better protect workers against the harms of an expanding gig economy and an increasingly automated workplace. It offers three distinct and interconnected perspectives ...

In this Exchange, Daniel S. Harawa and Michael R. Ulrich examine the implications of United States v. Rahimi for the future of Second Amendment rights. Together, these pieces reveal how Rahimi exposes ...

The Yale Law Journal is thrilled to announce Volume 133’s Emerging Scholar of the Year: Robyn Powell. The Yale Law Journal’s Emerging Scholar of the Year Award celebrates the achievements of ...