yale phd in law

Law School 2024 – 2025

Admissions, expenses, and financial aid, the degree of juris doctor (j.d.).

The small size of Yale Law School—approximately 200 in each entering class—requires an extremely selective admissions process. Admission is subject to approval by the dean, pursuant to policies promulgated by the faculty of the school and the Corporation of Yale University. Overall, the Law School seeks the most promising students in terms of professional and academic distinction. Students are considered for admission regardless of financial need.

To apply for the class entering in August 2025, an applicant must apply through the Credential Assembly Service of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) and:

• Have received before registration a bachelor’s degree (or the equivalent) from an approved undergraduate institution,
• Take the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT or LSAT-Flex) or take the Graduate Record Examinations General Test (GRE or GRE General Test at Home),
• Complete and electronically submit an application by February 15, 2025,
• Submit transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate schools attended,
• Submit at least two letters of recommendation, and
• Pay the nonrefundable application fee of $85 (or receive a fee waiver).

Admitted applicants must submit the Intent to Enroll form to secure their place in the next entering class and must adhere to its requirements. Failure to follow the Intent to Enroll form may result in revocation of an offer of admission. Admitted students may request a deferral of their enrollment after submitting their Intent to Enroll form, and such requests will be considered and may be granted. Admitted and deferred students must adhere to all of the conditions set forth in the Deferral Request Policy.

Any applicant who has been expelled from any law, undergraduate, graduate, or professional school for deficiency in scholarship or because of misconduct is ineligible for admission. Any material misstatements on the application form or any form of application dishonesty (including fraudulent practices relating to the LSAT or GRE) will be considered disqualifying misconduct by the admissions committee.

Incoming first-term students must submit no later than October 15 of their first term a final, official transcript from the institution that awarded their undergraduate degree. Students who fail to do so will be withdrawn from the Law School.

All incoming J.D. students must start in the fall term. The Law School does not have an evening division, nor is there a summer session. Yale Law School offers no online or correspondence courses.

Any requests for exceptions to the admissions and application requirements stated above should be addressed by email to admissions.law@yale.edu or in writing to the Admissions Office, Yale Law School, PO Box 208215, New Haven CT 06520-8215. For additional information about admissions policies and procedures please refer to the website https://law.yale.edu/admissions/jd-admissions .

Transfer Students/Advanced Standing

Students who have completed one year of full-time course work (or the equivalent) in residence in a J.D. program of another U.S. law school approved by the American Bar Association may apply to transfer to Yale; at least two years (four terms) of course work must be done at Yale Law School. Typically, the completion of 29 law school units is equivalent to the completion of one year of coursework. Upon admission, the registrar will determine the number of units that will transfer to Yale Law School. An offer of admission may be revoked if upon the Registrar’s review an admitted student does not have sufficient equivalent law school units to be considered a second-year student. A maximum of 28 units will be transferred toward the J.D. requirements at Yale Law School. Transfer students are not eligible to petition for joint-degree status.

Applicants in special programs in American Bar Association-approved U.S. law schools who have completed the first year of law school while completing the requirements for a bachelor’s degree may be considered for transfer. To be considered, an applicant must have received a bachelor’s degree (or the equivalent) before matriculating at Yale Law School.

To apply for the second-year class entering in August 2025, an applicant must apply through the Credential Assembly Service of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) and:

• Complete and electronically submit an application by approximately June 15, 2025 (exact date to be determined),
• Submit transcripts from all undergraduate, graduate, and law schools attended,
• Submit at least two letters of recommendation from law school professors, and

Applicants from foreign law schools should apply for admission to the first year of the J.D. program. Though granted only in rare circumstances, requests for advanced standing based on work done outside the United States should be made after admission to the first-year program.

Visiting Students

In special circumstances, a student enrolled in a J.D. program at another U.S. law school approved by the American Bar Association may apply for admission on a full-time, nondegree basis. Visiting students may attend for one or two terms and earn credit toward a degree at their home institutions. The admissions committee considers past academic performance as well as applicants’ special circumstances when rendering decisions on such requests.

A visiting student application form may be obtained by sending an email to admissions.law@yale.edu . A completed application for visiting students contains the same materials required for transfer applicants. Additionally, a visiting application must include a cover letter explaining the applicant’s reason for visiting and a letter from the applicant’s law school granting permission to visit and indicating any conditions imposed on the credits earned at Yale Law School.

Visiting students must pay full tuition to Yale Law School and are eligible to apply for federal and supplemental loans but are not eligible for Yale Law School scholarships/grants. Visiting students may have limited or restricted access to participation in student-run journals and may have a lower priority than Yale Law students in limited-enrollment courses.

Financing Law School

Quality legal education is expensive, and the Law School draws on the university, alumni, and friends to keep annual tuition well below the per student cost of education. Through a combination of loans, grants, and postgraduate loan forgiveness programs, the school seeks to reduce further the burden of education costs on those students demonstrating financial need. Approximately three-quarters of the student body receives some form of financial assistance. Extensive assistance to meet the cost of loan repayment for graduates is provided through the Career Options Assistance Program. Yale Law School is also an approved program for educational benefits from the Veterans Administration.

Tuition and Expenses

Tuition, including mandatory fees, in 2024–2025 is $38,184 per term. The total yearly fee is $76,369, not including other necessary expenses such as books, food, housing, hospitalization insurance fees, etc. Tuition and fees are payable before the beginning of each term at the University Office of Student Financial Services.

Previously deferred students who paid tuition deposits when they committed to enroll will have those deposits credited to their student account. Should a previously deferred student withdraw before registration in the fall, all previously paid tuition deposits will be forfeited.

Students will be charged a special roster fee of $175 per term to be maintained on the school records during periods of nonattendance.

Tuition Rebate and Refund Policy

On the basis of the federal regulations governing the return of federal student aid (Title IV) funds for withdrawn students, the rebate and refund of tuition is subject to the following policy:

• For purposes of determining the refund of Title IV funds, any student who withdraws from the Law School for any reason during the first 60 percent of the term will be subject to a pro rata schedule that will be used to determine the amount of Title IV funds a student has earned at the time of withdrawal. Funds are earned according to the percentage of the term completed. A student who withdraws after the 60 percent point has earned 100 percent of the Title IV funds. In 2024–2025, the last days for refunding federal student aid funds will be November 4, 2024, in the fall term and March 31, 2025, in the spring term.
• 100 percent of tuition will be rebated for withdrawals that occur on or before the end of the first 10 percent of the term: September 8, 2024, in the fall term and January 25, 2025, in the spring term.
• A rebate of one-half (50 percent) of tuition will be granted for withdrawals that occur after the first 10 percent but on or before the last day of the first quarter of the term: September 25, 2024, in the fall term and February 11, 2025, in the spring term.
• A rebate of one-quarter (25 percent) of tuition will be granted for withdrawals that occur after the first quarter of a term but on or before the day of midterm: October 24, 2024, in the fall term and March 11, 2025, in the spring term.
• Students who withdraw for any reason after midterm will not receive a rebate of any portion of tuition.
• The death of a student shall cancel charges for tuition as of the date of death, and the bursar will adjust the tuition on a pro rata basis.
• If the student has received student loans or other forms of financial aid, funds will be returned in the order prescribed by federal regulations; namely, first to Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans, if any; then to Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loans; next to any other federal, state, private, or institutional scholarships and loans; and finally, any remaining balance to the student.
• Recipients of federal and/or institutional loans who withdraw are required to have an exit interview before leaving Yale. Students leaving Yale receive an exit packet from Student Financial Services with instructions on completing this process.

The estimated minimum amounts required for all expenses for the academic year, including tuition, are stated in the section on financial aid, below.

Student Accounts and Billing

Student accounts, billing, and related services are administered through the Office of Student Accounts, located at 246 Church Street. The office’s website is https://student-accounts.yale.edu .

The Student Account is a record of all the direct charges for a student’s Yale education such as tuition, room, board, fees, and other academically related items assessed by offices throughout the university. It is also a record of all payments, financial aid, and other credits applied toward these charges.

Students and student-designated proxies can view all activity posted to their Student Account in real time through the university’s online billing and payment system, YalePay ( https://student-accounts.yale.edu/yalepay ). At the beginning of each month, email reminders to log in to YalePay to review the Student Account activity are sent to all students at their official Yale email address and to all student-designated YalePay proxies. Payment is due by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on the last day of the month.

Yale does not mail paper bills or generate monthly statements. Students and their authorized proxies can generate their own account statements in YalePay in pdf form to print or save. The statements can be generated by term or for a date range and can be submitted to employers, 401K plans, 529/College Savings Plans, scholarship agencies, or other organizations for documentation of the charges.

Students can grant others proxy access to YalePay to view student account activity, set up payment plans, and make online payments. For more information, see Proxy Access and Authorization ( https://student-accounts.yale.edu/understanding-your-bill/your-student-account ).

The Office of Student Accounts will impose late fees of $125 per month (up to a total of $375 per term) if any part of the term bill, less Yale-administered loans and scholarships that have been applied for on a timely basis, is not paid when due. Students who have not paid their student account term charges by the due date will also be placed on Financial Hold. The hold will remain until the term charges have been paid in full. While on Financial Hold, the university will not provide diplomas and reserves the right to withhold registration or withdraw the student for financial reasons.

Payment Options

There are a variety of options offered for making payments toward a student’s Student Account. Please note:

• All bills must be paid in U.S. currency.
• Yale does not accept credit or debit cards for Student Account payments.
• Payments made to a Student Account in excess of the balance due (net of pending financial aid credits) are not allowed on the Student Account. Yale reserves the right to return any overpayments.

Online Payments through YalePay

Yale’s recommended method of payment is online through YalePay ( https://student-accounts.yale.edu/yalepay ). Online payments are easy and convenient and can be made by anyone with a U.S. checking or savings account. There is no charge to use this service. Bank information is password-protected and secure, and there is a printable confirmation receipt. Payments are immediately posted to the Student Account, which allows students to make payments at any time up to 4 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date of the bill, from any location, and avoid late fees.

For those who choose to pay by check, a remittance advice and mailing instructions are available on YalePay. Checks should be made payable to Yale University, in U.S. dollars, and drawn on a U.S. bank. To avoid late fees, please allow for adequate mailing time to ensure that payment is received by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.

Cash and check payments are also accepted at the Office of Student Accounts, located at 246 Church Street and open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Yale University partners with Flywire, a leading provider of international payment solutions, to provide a fast and secure way to make international payments to a Student Account within YalePay. Students and authorized proxies can initiate international payments from the Make Payment tab in YalePay by selecting “International Payment via Flywire” as the payment method, and then selecting the country from which payment will be made to see available payment methods. International payment via Flywire allows students and authorized proxies to save on bank fees and exchange rates, track the payment online from start to finish, and have access to 24/7 multilingual customer support. For more information on making international payments via Flywire, see International Payments Made Easy at https://student-accounts.yale.edu/paying-your-bill/payment-options .

A processing charge of $25 will be assessed for payments rejected for any reason by the bank on which they were drawn. In addition, for every returned ACH payment due to insufficient funds made through YalePay, Flywire will charge a penalty fee of $30 per occurrence. Furthermore, the following penalties may apply if a payment is rejected:

• If the payment was for a term bill, late fees of $125 per month will be charged for the period the bill was unpaid, as noted above.
• If the payment was for a term bill to permit registration, the student’s registration may be revoked.
• If the payment was given to settle an unpaid balance in order to receive a diploma, the university may refer the account to an attorney for collection.

Yale Payment Plan

A Yale Payment Plan provides parents and students with the option to pay education expenses monthly. It is designed to relieve the pressure of lump-sum payments by allowing families to spread payments over a period of months without incurring any interest charges. Participation is optional and elected on a term basis. The cost to sign up is $50 per term.

Depending on the date of enrollment, students may be eligible for up to five installments for the fall and spring terms. Payment Plan installments will be automatically deducted on the 5th of each month from the bank account specified when enrolling in the plan. For enrollment deadlines and additional details concerning the Yale Payment Plan, see https://student-accounts.yale.edu/paying-your-bill/yale-payment-plan .

Bill Payment and Pending Military Benefits

Yale will not impose any penalty, including the assessment of late fees, the denial of access to classes, libraries, or other facilities, or the requirement that a student borrow additional funds, on any student because of the student’s inability to meet their financial obligations to the institution, when the delay is due to the delayed disbursement of funding from VA under chapter 31 or 33.

Yale will permit a student to attend or participate in their course of education during the period beginning on the date on which the student provides to Yale a certificate of eligibility for entitlement to educational assistance under chapter 31 or 33 and ending on the earlier of the following dates: (1) the date on which payment from VA is made to Yale; (2) ninety days after the date Yale certifies tuition and fees following the receipt of the certificate of eligibility.

Interruption or Temporary Suspension of University Services or Programs

Certain events that are beyond the university’s control may cause or require the interruption or temporary suspension of some or all services and programs customarily furnished by the university. These events include, but are not limited to, epidemics or other public health emergencies; storms, floods, earthquakes, or other natural disasters; war, terrorism, rioting, or other acts of violence; loss of power, water, or other utility services; and protest disruptions, strikes, work stoppages, or job actions. In the face of such events, the university may, at its sole discretion, provide substitute services and programs, suspend services and programs, or issue appropriate refunds. Such decisions shall be made at the sole discretion of the university.

Financial Aid

Applicants for financial aid who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which is available online at https://fafsa.ed.gov . A Financial Aid Application and Scholarship Tool (FAAST) application is also required from all applicants for financial aid and is available online at https://faast.law.yale.edu . Applications should be submitted by April 15 for continuing students. Admitted students should submit their FAFSA and FAAST as soon as possible after admittance.

The estimated budget for a single student for local transportation, books, and all living costs for the academic year 2024–2025 is $27,211. Individual cases may, of course, vary from these estimates, but all financial aid need determinations are based on these estimates.

Among the goals of the aid policy are allocating grant resources to the neediest students and balancing graduates’ educational indebtedness. The Law School therefore uses a formula that increases the proportion of grant as total need increases. Students whose total need is relatively low will normally receive only loan assistance. While the formula varies each year, in 2024–2025 students are expected to meet $56,700–$58,850 (depending on their class year) of need with loans, typically relying on federally guaranteed loans to the maximum extent possible. The remainder of each award above the required loan portion is ordinarily met through grants from the Law School. J.D. students with the highest level of financial need will be awarded a full-tuition scholarship through the Soledad ’92 and Robert Hurst Horizon Scholarship Program.

In calculating individual financial aid awards, the student’s financial resources—including student assets, summer and term-time employment, and spouse’s and parents’ contribution—are taken into account. The Law School treats students who are twenty-nine years old or older as of December 31 of the academic year for which aid is sought as financially independent from their parents. For students twenty-seven and twenty-eight years old as of December 31, only one-half of the calculated parental contribution will be treated as a resource.

A handbook containing detailed information on financial aid policies is available from the Financial Aid Office website, https://law.yale.edu/financialaid . The director and staff of the office are available to discuss financial aid matters with students.

Summer Public Interest Fellowship

The Summer Public Interest Fellowship (SPIF) program provides funds to Yale students working at public interest, government, and nonprofit organizations. In the summer of 2023, the Law School provided fellowships for more than 130 students in the United States and around the world.

Student eligibility is based on financial need. Those who do not meet the needs test may still be able to receive SPIF funding or loans. In 2024 students are eligible to receive up to $8,000 through SPIF.

Career Options Assistance Program

Yale Law School has long encouraged its graduates to consider the broad spectrum of careers available to them. In 1989 the school established the Career Options Assistance Program (COAP) to mitigate the influence of educational debts on the career choices of its graduates. COAP is one of the most distinctive, generous, and flexible loan forgiveness programs available at any law school.

COAP provides grants to cover the shortfall between graduates’ educational loan payments and the amounts graduates can afford to pay from relatively modest incomes. Unlike many other loan forgiveness programs, eligibility is based upon compensation levels, not type of employment. COAP participants work in local, state, and federal government; nonprofit organizations serving the public interest; academia; and private practice; among other areas. COAP assistance is also available to judicial clerks in the form of loans. In order to be eligible, participants must provide certification that their employer complies with Yale’s Non-Discrimination Policy, available at https://law.yale.edu/sites/default/files/area/department/cdo/document/nondiscrimination_policy_2_12_20.pdf .

COAP grants are calculated on the basis of the participant’s income, indebtedness, and an imputed loan repayment schedule. Participants’ gross income is adjusted with regard to spouses, dependents, and assets, and for graduates whose adjusted income is less than a certain “threshold” level, COAP covers the entire calculated repayment for qualified educational loans. Those with adjusted incomes over the threshold are expected to contribute a percentage of their income in excess of that amount toward repayment. Provisions are made for parental leave and for part-time work.

For further information, please contact the Financial Aid Office at financialaid.law@yale.edu .

The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Law (Ph.D.)

Applicants for this program must apply through the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at https://gsas.yale.edu/admissions/degree-program-application-process . General information about the program can be found at https://law.yale.edu/phd .

The Degrees of Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D.) and Master of Laws (LL.M.)

A J.S.D. applicant must:

• Show promise of superior scholarship. Admission to the J.S.D. program is highly selective. It does not follow automatically from admission to the LL.M. program or from the award of the LL.M. degree, but rests entirely on the graduate committee’s independent judgment of an applicant’s qualifications. The Yale LL.M. degree must ordinarily have been awarded within the five years preceding the student’s J.S.D. application.

(a) a completed J.S.D. application form, plus a letter of application;

(b) a dissertation proposal;

(c) statements of contingent approval of three committee members willing to serve as supervisor and readers. The committee should be composed of at least two members of the Yale Law School faculty, one of whom must be the chair. A full-time faculty member of Yale University may serve as a second reader;

(d) letters of recommendation from two members of the Yale Law School faculty;

(e) a writing sample, which would ordinarily be a paper written as an LL.M. student;

(f) a current résumé or curriculum vitae;

(g) their LL.M. transcript.

The application and supporting materials should be submitted to the J.S.D. program by March 27, 2025. All J.S.D. admission decisions are typically announced in late April. Applicants who have been denied admission three times may not file further applications.

An LL.M. applicant must:

• If from the United States, have graduated, or expect to graduate, with high rank from a law school that is a member of the Association of American Law Schools or approved by the American Bar Association. If from another country, ordinarily have graduated, or expect to graduate, with high rank from a law school or law faculty with standards substantially equivalent to those of U.S. law schools. All offers of admission are contingent upon graduation. The Law School reserves the right to review or revoke admission if applicants fail to graduate with their degree cohort. As a general rule, admission is not available to persons who have already obtained the LL.M. degree or an equivalent degree from another law school in the United States.

(a) a completed online application to Yale Law School along with the required essays;

(b) a current résumé or curriculum vitae;

(c) original or certified copies of all academic transcripts, from studies both in law and in other fields (or, in the case of international students, the nearest equivalent record of courses, grades, and rank). If transcripts are not in English, the originals must be accompanied by a certified English translation. Final official transcripts may be certified electronic transcripts or traditional paper transcripts. In either case, they must be sent to the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) directly, following LSAC submission instructions;

(d) at least two and no more than four letters of recommendation from law professors or other references commenting in detail on the academic and professional qualifications of the applicant (letters must be in English or accompanied by an English translation).

• Take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), administered at centers throughout the world by the Educational Testing Service, no later than November 1, 2024, unless the applicant is a native speaker of English or the applicant’s undergraduate education or first law degree was completed at an institution where English is the language of instruction. The admissions committee requires a minimum score of 100 on the Internet-based TOEFL test. Yale Law School does not accept the IELTS examination. Official documentation of language of instruction is required.
• Pay a nonrefundable application fee of $75 (USD).

Application forms may be accessed online at https://law.yale.edu/llm-admissions . Early filing is recommended. On occasion, the Admissions Committee may also reach out to individual candidates directly for additional information when the committee feels this would be helpful in its deliberations. The LL.M. application and all supporting documents must be submitted through the LSAC. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that all required documents are received by the LSAC in a timely manner. Incomplete applications will not be considered for admission. Fees are nonrefundable in the event that an application is not complete. LL.M. admission decisions are typically announced in mid-March. Previous applicants who were not admitted to the LL.M. program must submit a completely new application and pay the application fee. Applicants who have been denied admission three times may not file further applications.

Expenses and Financial Aid

Tuition and estimated living expenses for graduate students in the LL.M. program in 2024–2025 are the same as for J.D. students (see Financing Law School, above). Tuition and fees for resident J.S.D. students in 2024–2025 are $28,933 and $2,325, respectively, for the academic year. To remain registered at Yale Law School, nonresident J.S.D. students are charged a $200 fee per term. An additional fee of $200 will be charged upon approval of a dissertation.

Grants and loan funds for tuition and living expenses are awarded by the Law School on the basis of the individual student’s demonstrated financial need, which includes an assessment of student assets and, if the student is twenty-eight years of age or younger, parental assets. Awards do not include funds for travel and research expenses. Applicants to the graduate programs are urged to apply to sources outside Yale Law School for support.

The Degree of Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.)

Applicants for this program must:

• Have a doctoral degree or be a doctoral candidate in a field other than law, unless the applicant is a working journalist. Journalists must have earned at least a bachelor’s degree.

(a) a completed application form available at https://law.yale.edu/graduate/msl_application.htm ;

(c) a letter describing the applicant’s professional experience and interest in the program;

(d) official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work (transcripts must be in English or accompanied by an English translation). Final official transcripts may be certified electronic transcripts or traditional paper transcripts. In either case, they must be sent to the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) directly from the issuing institution or its authorized agent following instructions for LSAC as to transcript submission;

(e) at least three and no more than five letters of recommendation from persons having knowledge of the candidate’s academic ability and professional promise (letters must be in English or accompanied by an English translation);

(f) three to five examples of professional work for those applying as journalists.

Previous applicants who were not admitted to the M.S.L. program must submit a completely new application and pay the application fee. Applicants who have been denied admission three times may not file further applications.

The letter of application, supporting materials, and the nonrefundable application fee of $75 must be submitted through LSAC by January 10, 2025. All M.S.L. admissions decisions are made and announced in March. Admission does not carry with it a commitment of financial support. Financial aid is awarded based on demonstrated financial need only, and the extent and conditions of any support will be individually arranged.

Fees for the M.S.L. program are the same as for the J.D. program. Financial aid for M.S.L. candidates is designed to supplement grants from outside sources, sabbatical salaries, and personal resources.

Grants and loan funds for tuition and living expenses are awarded by the Law School on the basis of the individual student’s demonstrated financial need, which includes an assessment of student assets and, if the student is twenty-eight years of age or younger, parental assets. Applicants to the graduate programs are urged to apply to sources outside Yale Law School for support.

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The PhD specialization in Accounting prepares students to become accounting scholars engaged in research and teaching at the highest levels in the general areas of financial information and contracting within and across organizations. 

Yale SOM’s specialization in accounting is designed to develop strong theoretical and empirical skills. There is a heavy emphasis on original research to form a base for sustained scholarship. Co-authored research, with both faculty and fellow PhD students, is encouraged and supported.

Yale’s accounting program is small (matriculating one to two students each year), and involves informal and spontaneous frequent interactions with faculty. The program maintains a 1:1 faculty-to-student ratio. Students interact with emerging research in a host of ways, from conferences held on campus to weekly seminars where faculty and fellow PhD students present and discuss their work.

Candidates tend to pursue a broad range of research interests, helped by courses in accounting as well as in various areas of management, Department of Economics, Yale Law School, and other parts of the University. They develop fruitful relationships with other Ph.d. students, especially from the Finance PhD program.

Examples of research submitted as dissertations by students in the program:

• Intended Benefits and Unintended Consequences of Improved Performance Disclosure
• Asymmetric Inefficiency in Market Response to Non-earnings 8-K Information
• Real Earnings Management in Nonprofit Organizations
• How Does More Frequent Reporting Reduce Information Asymmetry?
• Real Earnings Management in the Financial Industry
• Accruals and price crashes
• Customer-base concentration: Implications for firm performance and capital markets
• The Treatment of Special Items in Determining CEO Cash Compensation
• Strategic Decentralization, Bargaining, and Transfer Pricing in Supply Chain Efficiency
• Keynesian Beauty Contest, Accounting Disclosure, and Market Efficiency
• Labor Unions and Management’s Incentive to Signal Declining Profitability
• Investor Expectations, Earnings Management, and Asset Prices
• Limiting Outside Directors' Liability through Charter Provisions: An Empirical Analysis
• Nickels Not Pennies: Explanations and Implications of Granularity in Analysts’ EPS Forecasts
• Auditor’s Pre-Negotiation Information, Accuracy of Financial Reports and Consulting Services
• Taxes, Debt, and Firm Value: New Evidence

Examples of research co-authored with faculty and other students:

Publications.

• Management of reported and forecast EPS, investor responses, and research implications (Management Science
• Placebo Tests of Conditional Conservatism (The Accounting Review)
• Orphans Deserve Attention: Financial Reporting in the Missing Months When Corporations Change Fiscal Year (The Accounting Review)
• Why do EPS forecast error and dispersion not vary with scale? Implications for analyst and managerial behavior (Journal of Accounting Research)
• More Evidence of Bias in the Differential Timeliness Measure of Conditional Conservatism (The Accounting Review)
• The Effect of Litigation Risk on Management Earnings Forecasts (Contemporary Accounting Research)
• Friction in Related Party Trade when a Rival is also a Customer (Management Science)
• The Joint Determination of Audit Fees, Non-audit Fees and Abnormal Accruals (Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting)

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Post by 09042014 » Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:46 pm

Dr. Dre wrote: Does anyone know if getting a PhD in law from Yale Law help in getting a tenured track position? Is it even worth it?

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Post by thelawdoctor » Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:51 pm

quakeroats wrote: No. Don't do it. A PhD can help, but it should be in another subject (Economics is probably the hotest one at the moment).

Post by jbagelboy » Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:01 pm

Post by quakeroats » Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:02 pm

thelawdoctor wrote: quakeroats wrote: No. Don't do it. A PhD can help, but it should be in another subject (Economics is probably the hotest one at the moment).

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Post by John_rizzy_rawls » Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:06 pm

thelawdoctor wrote: I think it is odd that Yale doesn't have a JD but is going to offer that.

Post by thelawdoctor » Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:41 pm

John_rizzy_rawls wrote: thelawdoctor wrote: I think it is odd that Yale doesn't have a JD but is going to offer that.

Post by Cobretti » Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:47 pm

thelawdoctor wrote: John_rizzy_rawls wrote: thelawdoctor wrote: I think it is odd that Yale doesn't have a JD but is going to offer that.

Post by jas1503 » Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:56 pm

Cobretti wrote: thelawdoctor wrote: John_rizzy_rawls wrote: thelawdoctor wrote: I think it is odd that Yale doesn't have a JD but is going to offer that.

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Post by untar614 » Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:25 pm

jas1503 wrote: Cobretti wrote: thelawdoctor wrote: John_rizzy_rawls wrote: You're thinking of Princeton, idiot.

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Alexandria wrote: Well, I'm betting on it. I'm starting in the program this fall. I might blog about it if people seem interested -- a law school friend suggested it to me. The faculty (particularly the ones who matter) are VERY invested in the program, and I feel like I will come out of it a much better scholar than I would have come out of a more traditional fellowship or VAP program. I also think they will be a big help when I'm on the market.

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A. Nony Mouse wrote: I think when she says she's starting the program in the fall, it means she's been accepted.

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jbagelboy wrote: A. Nony Mouse wrote: I think when she says she's starting the program in the fall, it means she's been accepted.

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Yale University, situated in New Haven, Connecticut, presents a fully funded Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program in Law, enriched with updated information and comprehensive details. This program not only affords a unique opportunity to engage in advanced study but also facilitates active participation in shaping the trajectory of legal academia. The Ph.D. in Law program serves as an exemplary pathway for those aspiring to forge careers in legal scholarship and law teaching.

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Prospective candidates for the Ph.D. in Law program at Yale University must meet stringent eligibility criteria. A strong academic background, typically with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) or its equivalent, is a prerequisite. Additionally, applicants are expected to demonstrate exceptional research capabilities and a clear commitment to advancing the field of law through scholarly pursuits.

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Accepted Ph.D. in Law candidates at Yale University are granted robust financial support. The package includes a full-tuition fellowship, ensuring that scholars can pursue their academic endeavors without the burden of tuition costs. In addition to this, recipients receive a living stipend, the amount of which is determined by the Graduate School. The financial support extends to encompass Yale Basic Health coverage, addressing the healthcare needs of students. Moreover, a Health Award is provided, covering expenses related to hospitalization and specialty coverage.

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Nondegree Study.  Qualified individuals who wish to study at the graduate level but not pursue a degree may be admitted to the Division of Special Registration (DSR) as “special students.” Admission to this program is for one term or one year only and carries with it no commitment for further study. These students are not eligible for financial aid or loans. Applicants interested should apply in the same fashion as for full-time study.

Interdisciplinary Study.  Students may apply for admission to only one department or program within the Graduate School per year. Students may take one or more courses in a related department, and are often advised by faculty members from more than one department during their dissertation research. Students in the Graduate School, may, with permission, take advantage of course or research opportunities in Yale College and in the professional schools.

Joint-degree Programs.  The Department of Economics offers a joint J.D./Ph.D. degree with the Yale Law School. Students must apply to and be admitted to the Yale Law School independently of the Graduate School. Applicants may apply to both schools at the same time or they may enter one school and apply to the second during their first year of study. A separate application is required for each school, and each makes its own admission decision. Students who apply simultaneously to two schools should indicate that they are doing so on both applications. For information on the Yale Law School see the following web site:  www.law.yale.edu/yls/admis-jdindex.htm .

Transfer Students.  The Yale Graduate School does not admit transfer students. The presumption is that students who receive a Yale doctoral degree do their studies at Yale. Students currently enrolled in a doctoral program elsewhere who wish to apply to a Yale doctoral program may do so through the normal admissions procedure. They must meet all the application requirements, including the deadline for submission. Some very successful students have entered the Yale program in this way. Such students may petition the Economics Department and Graduate School to waive a portion of the Ph.D. course requirement (normally a maximum of three courses) in recognition of previous graduate-level work done at Yale or elsewhere. All other requirements, including the comprehensive examination, the economic history requirement, the oral examination, and the econometrics paper, must be completed at Yale. Students who enter the program from another doctoral program receive the full six-year financial aid package.

Those interested in transferring to Yale might consider the Exchange Scholars Program as an alternative. At participating institutions, students may petition their own schools to enroll full-time at Yale for a term or for an academic year as exchange scholars. Participating universities include Berkeley, Brown, Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Stanford.

Further Graduate School Information.  A comprehensive description of academic rules and regulations of the Yale Graduate School will be made available to students when they are registered. The Programs and Policies booklet may be found on the Internet at the  Graduate School  website.

Length of Study.  Students are expected to complete the requirements for the degree in six years of registration. The first two years are generally spent taking courses full time; the third is spent preparing a dissertation prospectus within workshops and completing all requirements except the dissertation; the remaining years are spent pursuing and writing up a work of original research. The average length of time required to complete the program is five years. A small percentage finish in four years, although students are guaranteed registration for 6 years in which to finish their degree.

Residency Requirement.  Doctoral students in this program are required to be in residence in New Haven for at least three years.

Dissertation.  The doctoral dissertation is the climax of the graduate school experience. Every dissertation makes an original contribution to a student’s field of study by discovering significant new information, achieving a new synthesis of ideas, developing new methods or hypotheses, or applying established methods to new materials. A dissertation also demonstrates the student’s mastery of relevant resources and methods. Students work with two advisers throughout this process.

In the academic year 2023-24 tuition for full-time study is $48,300. This rate is expected to increase in subsequent years. Ph.D. candidates are charged four years of full tuition. Thereafter students are charged a modest continuing registration fee each term until the dissertation is submitted or the terminal date is passed.  For the 2023-24 academic year this fee is $790 per semester.

The Graduate School provides full tuition, health insurance and stipend fellowship for the first six years of study. Normally the Department of Economics provides additional stipend support. There is a combined award policy that applies to students who obtain outside fellowships. This policy gives students a financial incentive to obtain outside awards.

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Vast, persistent, and avoidable health inequalities by race, geography, class, gender identity, and sexual orientation are well documented. YSPH USHJ faculty realize that addressing these inequalities is both a critical challenge and a critical objective for public health researchers and practitioners. This U.S. Health and Justice (USHJ) Concentration is for students who want to not only research and understand health inequities but to be agents of change for a new generation.

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“The New Culture War” on American Campuses

Keith E. Whittington, the David Boies Professor of Law and Director of Yale Law School’s new Center for Academic Freedom and Free Speech, outlines a cultural shift in attitude towards academia in his recent book, You Can't Teach That!: The Battle over University Classrooms (Polity Press, 2024).

In the book’s introduction, Whittington describes the contentious attitude scholarly institutions are experiencing in today’s political landscape, noting that attacks on academic freedom aren’t new but what is distinct in this instance is the government’s response to the attackers.

“Conservatives have complained for decades about tenured radicals and political correctness on college campuses, but the willingness of politicians to do something about those complaints is a new and extraordinary development,” he writes. “We are at the beginning of a debate that could reshape the landscape of higher education in America.”

You Can't Teach That! starts with an outline of current threats facing higher education, specifically noting the Stop WOKE Act that aims to ban the use of critical race theory in schools and businesses in Florida, and contextualizes these issues with the victories seen throughout the 20th century for academic freedom on college campuses, such as the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure that ensured that teachers have freedom in their scholarship, classrooms, and personal viewpoints.

“Universities are on the frontlines of the new culture war, and we should understand the significance of what that means,” he writes.

Whittington emphasizes the importance of students being able to think and articulate their thoughts freely without fear of punishment, writing that it’s essential in fostering innovative ideas and new ways of thinking. He also stresses his concern with government censorship and its potential consequences.

Whittington shows how the Court’s existing First Amendment doctrine imposes meaningful constraints on how government officials can interfere in the teaching and scholarship of professors at public universities. Policies that attempt to suppress the expression of disfavored or controversial political and social ideas in university classrooms run afoul of the Court’s warning that the government cannot attempt to “cast a pall of orthodoxy over the classroom,” according to Whittington. The doctrinal framework and considerations for protecting the intellectual integrity of public universities are not well developed in the Court's current jurisprudence, however, and You Can't Teach That! provides a roadmap for navigating these challenges.

“We are at the beginning of a potentially far-reaching reconsideration of the role of universities in American life and of the authority of politicians to take action against controversial ideas being taught and discussed on college campuses,” he writes. “These efforts will test the willingness of courts to defend professors and universities from political interventions and challenge our understanding of how the First Amendment applies to university classrooms. Potentially at stake is whether American universities will continue to be some of the preeminent institutions of scholarly research and of higher education in the world.”

Whittington holds a B.A. and B.B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University. In addition to his published work in The Washington Post , The Wall Street Journal , The New York Times , The Atlantic , Reason , and Lawfare , he writes for The Volokh Conspiracy blog and hosts The Academic Freedom Podcast. His other works include Repugnant Laws: Judicial Review of Acts of Congress from the Founding to the Present (2019), Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech (2018), Constitutional Interpretation (1999), and Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy (2007).

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Rebecca Kuang: The academic mind behind the best-selling novels

Doctoral candidate and author Rebecca Kuang, more commonly known by her pen name R.F. Kuang, spoke to the News about her experience at Yale.

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From “Babel” in 2022 to “Yellowface” in 2023, Rebecca Kuang GRD ’27, also known as R.F. Kuang, has topped the New York Times bestsellers list during her time at Yale’s graduate school. 

Kuang is a renowned figure on Yale’s campus, and her novels can be found on many dorm room bookshelves. Her avid fans include Isabel Matos ’28, who was eager to gush to the News about the author. 

“I think R.F. Kuang is literally brilliant,” she raved. “I think her writing is incredible.”

Kuang is pursuing a doctorate in the East Asian Languages and Literatures department and a doctoral certificate in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration. A Chinese American immigrant, Kuang’s academic and creative works synthesize Western literary themes with Chinese and Sinophone history. 

Kuang’s first novel, “The Poppy War,” was published in 2018. Now, six years later, Kuang has achieved outstanding success as an author while simultaneously pursuing her academic ambitions.

“I never left academia,” she said. “I’ve been writing at the same time as I’ve been a student since I was in college. I always wanted to be a professor, I love teaching. I love being in the classroom. So those have just been dual career paths that I’ve stuck to since I was 19.” 

Describing her thought process in choosing Yale, Kuang emphasized the crucial role of an advisor in a doctoral program. She raved about her advisor at Yale, professor of comparative literature Jing Tsu. 

“I’m very happy I ended up where I did,” she said. “Once you actually get to an institution, you find out so many more reasons why it’s the perfect home for you. I’m just so thrilled to have ended up at Yale. I couldn’t imagine things any other way.”

Now entering her fourth year of study, she has passed her onerous qualifying exams and has entered what she describes as the most fun phase of a doctoral degree. Her current focus lies in teaching in the ER&M and English departments and composing her dissertation. 

The Ethnicity Race and Migration Doctoral Certificate is a fairly new program at Yale, and Kuang will be among the first cohort of students to obtain the credential. ER&M professor Alicia Schmidt Camacho revealed that the demand for such a program grew as the department evolved from its founding in 1998. The department has worked with the graduate school to create a pathway for post-graduate students interested in its content. 

Camacho expressed particular excitement about working with Kuang this semester. 

“Her writing is historical in nature,” said Camacho. “Her speculative fiction reinterprets and asks us to confront a lot of significant historical periods and the tense and terse relationships that were formative of imperial relations and the movement of peoples.”

As part of her role as a teaching fellow for “ER&M 200: Introduction to Ethnicity, Race, and Migration,” Kuang will deliver a guest lecture in October on British and U.S. involvement in China and the U.S. Chinese exclusionist policies of the 19th century.  

Kuang’s studies extend beyond these specific subjects. She recalls a psychoanalysis course taught by professor Moira Fradinger GRD ’05, which gave her new insight into how she approaches character development in her own writing. 

“This constant synergy of information I’m picking up in my seminars and in the classes I teach and the questions I’m trying to answer in my books; they really go hand in hand,” Kuang said. “Everything is an endless process of inquiry and discovery and being open to new influences.”

Such new influences include Kuang’s diverse perspectives as a seasoned world traveler. She has lived abroad in China and Taiwan, and she makes it a point to establish a deep cultural understanding of every location she visits by engaging with its literature. 

Kuang describes entering a local bookshop in Portugal and discovering the poetry of Fernando Pessoa at the suggestion of her editor. She said she laments the United States’ lack of awareness of international art due to a lack of production and demand for translated literature.

Kuang has dabbled in translating, although she has discovered that she much prefers producing her own writing.

“Now I have to write a dissertation, so even less time to go around,” she said. “I am in search of lost time.”

Despite her workaholic nature and admittedly busy schedule, Kuang sets time aside to allow herself to exist outside her work. She adores the city of New Haven, relishing meals at Tibetan Kitchen and early morning runs through the cemetery. 

Most of all, Kuang is excited about the possibilities she will unlock upon obtaining her doctorate. She acknowledges the severe inequalities that elite universities like Yale and Oxford, both of which she attended, uphold. In her novel “Babel,” Kuang directly addresses Oxford University’s central role in the British imperial machine and its exploitation of its colonies. 

Nevertheless, Kuang stresses that her education and access to resources at Yale are instrumental in her mission to diversify and revolutionize the American publishing sphere. 

“Obsession of being a part of the institution and making that a part of your identity is exactly what perpetuates continuing educational inequality and the fact that these institutions really exist to set off a separate elite class that thereafter holds positions of power and finance, government and in the entertainment industries,” Kuang warned. 

Still, she asserted, “I would never regret my decisions to come to these places because they were eye-opening, and they also let me pursue all of these projects and learn so much, and then I’ll be able to leave the institution and to do so much with that.

Kuang’s next novel, “Katabasis , ” will feature two doctoral candidates’ descent into the metaphorical hellscape of academia to rescue their advisor and is slated to be released in 2025.