Heather K. Gerken, the dean of Yale Law School, will run the powerful philanthropy, known for pushing for social justice.

Rick Pildes covered the exciting news that Heather Gerken is going to head the Ford Foundation, after a successful stint as Yale Law School dean. And even better, as the NYT headline puts it, Ford ...

The Ford Foundation has announced Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken as its next president. Gerken, a leading expert on ...

Ford Foundation, one of the nation's largest philanthropies, names dean of Yale Law School to head it. Here's why.

Akhil Reed Amar is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, where he teaches constitutional law in ...

During her tenure as dean, Gerken has focused on increasing the diversity within the law school. She launched two pipeline–to ...

Heather Gerken, Yale Law School’s first woman dean, is stepping down after serving as dean for eight years to become president of the Ford Foundation.

Yale Law School’s public statements on the shout-down have been misleading, at best. According to Yale, the students who shouted down the Federalist Society panel ought not to be punished ...

Yale Law School's Hurst Horizon Scholarship will erase tuition and pay for college fees and health care costs for law students with the greatest financial need.

Yale Law School’s decision to stop cooperating with U.S. News’s rankings landed like a thunderclap. New records show what deans thought about the “revolution.” ...

Yale Law School is No. 1 in the US with just a 7.3% acceptance rate. It's worth it. 99% of Yale Law School alumni express job satisfaction a decade post-graduation. To get accepted, knock your ...

Law and Order. I’m a Conservative Who Got Heckled at Yale Law School. But Not by Who You Think. The anti-free speech culture we see at law schools today permeates the legal world, and on both ...