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

NEW YORK (AP) — The Ford Foundation has settled on its next leader.

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

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

Yale Law Dean Heather Gerken is leaving that post to become the president of the Ford Foundation in November, the foundation announced Tuesday.

Students and faculty praised the Yale Law School dean’s responses to challenges and controversies and reflected on her ...

The Lillian Goldman Law Library is expected to drain its wood-encased aquarium, which is more than two decades old, as early ...

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 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 ...

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

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 ...