Law School introduces PhD in law
Yale Law School has introduced a new PhD in law and will begin accepting applications in fall 2012. The PhD in law will prepare students for a career in law teaching and legal scholarship. It is open to those who have earned a JD degree from an American law school. Yale will continue to offer its JSD and LLM law teaching degrees, which are designed primarily for students who received their initial legal education outside the US. PhD students will be entitled to a waiver of the cost of tuition and will receive a stipend to cover their living expenses. The first class of PhD students will begin their studies in the fall of 2013. (For a Yale Alumni Magazine report, see page 20.)
YLS faculty adds two professors
Fiona Doherty ’99JD has joined the Yale Law faculty as a clinical associate professor of law. She teaches the Criminal Defense Project, Veterans Legal Services Clinic, and Liman Public Interest Workshop. She previously served as an assistant federal defender with the Federal Defenders of New York, and before that, she was senior counsel at Human Rights First in New York City.
Gideon Yaffe comes to the YLS faculty as a professor of law and professor of philosophy. He previously served as a professor of philosophy and law at the University of Southern California. His research interests include the philosophy of law, particularly criminal law; the study of metaphysics including causation, free will, and personal identity; and the study of intention and the theory of action.
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