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  • Two centuries of legal education

    Banners are up on Alexander Walk to mark the yearlong celebration of the Law School's bicentennial. Happy 200th, YLS! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 7 2024 04:44am

  • Bright side

    It was pretty gray yesterday after a big storm passed through. But this colorful umbrella cheered us up. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 19 2023 04:00am

  • Walkable

    There was moderate pedestrian traffic on Alexander Walk—aka Wall Street—at the lunch hour yesterday. Those reclaimed streets make it... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 12 2023 08:00am

  • It's a party in the YLS

    Orientation for first-year law students began yesterday, and the Law School made a gateway of balloons to welcome them. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 16 2022 08:00am

  • Legal avenue

    Just in time for the new semester, the conversion of Wall Street in front of the Sterling Law Building to a pedestrian walkway is now complete. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 27 2020 08:02am

  • Timely

    Some of the stone carvings on the Sterling Law Building have taken on a new and disturbing resonance lately. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 18 2020 09:02am

  • If the stores are all closed

    Working from home: Law School professor Ian Ayres ’81, ’86JD, plays “Stairway to Heaven” in a video lecture for his... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 21 2020 08:04am

  • The long way

    Workers have begun converting another block of Wall Street into a pedestrian path. In the meantime, some pedestrians will get extra exercise on... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 11 2020 08:01am

  • Big entrance

    Ain't no party like a Law School party, ’cause a Law School party is actually an orientation. YLS welcomed 212 new JD students yesterday with... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 20 2019 01:38pm

  • Hall of justice

    The main hallway of the Sterling Law Building is always bustling just after lunch time. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 7 2019 08:45am

  • Legal entry

    Who says law school isn’t fun? YLS broke out the party decorations for registration of first-year law students yesterday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 23 2018 08:40am

  • Judge for yourself

    One of the many legal-themed carvings on the Sterling Law Buildings—we’re not sure, but we’re guessing it’s Justice Stone. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 29 2018 01:10pm

  • Swing shift

    Were you one of the thousands of Yalies who lived in the Tower Parkway “swing dorm” during 15 years of residence hall renovations? After... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 13 2018 10:20am

  • Fresh powder

    We got a dusting of snow this morning, just enough to make the Law School courtyard a little more picturesque. Read on
    Mark Branch ’86 | December 14 2017 10:53am

  • Non-billable hour

    It's a beautiful day to while away the lunch hour in the courtyard of the Sterling Law Building. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 14 2017 02:06pm

  • Flower power

    The Sterling Law Building: architecture by James Gamble Rogers, landscaping by Dr. Seuss. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 2 2017 08:38am

  • Yesterday

    The rain has returned this morning, so we’ll just pretend it’s yesterday, when we snapped this sunny lunchtime scene in the Law School... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 31 2017 08:50am

  • The room where it happened

    Tonight, Hillary Rodham Clinton ’73JD will accept her party’s nomination for president of the United States—the first woman and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 28 2016 08:53am

  • Legal luminaries

    In a church, you might expect to see depictions of saints in the stained glass panels of a window like this one. But the grand stairway of the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 14 2016 09:01am