We're so grateful for your participation in Giving Day 2025.
The outpouring of support on Giving Day 2025 was a powerful display of pride by law school alumni, students, and friends committed to ensuring YLS continues to thrive. Gifts made on Giving Day have a direct and immediate impact on the scholarships and financial aid that make a YLS education accessible, the broad array of clinical and research opportunities, and the ability to recruit world-class faculty renowned in their fields.
Your gift is more than a donation to the Law School; it’s an investment in the next generation’s potential, education, and future, and for that we are most grateful.
While our 2025 Giving Day has officially ended, your support continues to make a difference year-round. To make a gift or learn more about giving to Yale Law School, please visit our site.
📊 Leaderboards & Donors
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| Class Year | Donors | Raised ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7 | $1,160 |
| 1985 | 5 | $27,150 |
| 2005 | 9 | $1,200 |
| 2020 | 3 | $2,150 |
| 2010 | 3 | $400 |
| 1990 | 8 | $14,000 |
| 1995 | 20 | $9,968 |
| 2015 | 7 | $2,300 |
| 1975 | 0 | $0 |
| 1980 | 4 | $40,350 |
| 1965 | 1 | $100 |
| Member Type | Donors | Goal (Donors) | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Committee Member | 43 | 60 | 71.7% |
| Fund Board Member | 31 | 37 | 83.8% |
| Areas of Support | Donors | Raised ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) | 18 | $45,605 |
| Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic | 31 | $53,868 |
| Veterans Legal Services Clinic | 13 | $52,075 |
| Heather K. Gerken Faculty Fund | 25 | $47,410 |
| The Tsai Leadership Program | 7 | $96,500 |
| Brodie Center for Jewish and Israeli Law | 4 | $40,550 |
| Law and Racial Justice Center | 8 | $1,820 |
| Free Exercise Clinic | 47 | $286,535 |
| Center for Academic Freedom and Free Speech (CAFFS) | 15 | $2,385 |
| The Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic (GRLC) | 83 | $874,086 |
| Entrepreneurship and Innovation Clinic | 0 | $0 |
| Yale Law School Fund Designations | Donors | Raised ($) |
|---|---|---|
| YLS Fund - Student Resilience and Retention Fund | 29 | $27,660 |
| YLS Fund - Financial Aid and Access Fund | 43 | $6,260 |
| YLS Fund - Graduate and Advanced Degree Programs Fund | 3 | $3,250 |
| YLS Fund - Lillian Goldman Law Library Fund | 4 | $250 |
| YLS Fund - Unrestricted | 60 | $152,896 |
| YLS Fund - Yale Law School Life Fund | 0 | $0 |
| YLS Fund - Clinical and Experiential Learning Fund | 0 | $0 |
Over 300 Yale Law School students took part in a Giving Day lunch in Ruttenberg Dining Hall today in celebration of alumni investing in their potential, their educations and their futures!
We’re thrilled to announce that an anonymous donor and Ed Shaw, YLS Class of 1969, have just stepped forward with an $850,000 challenge to the Yale Law School community in support of Giving Day today!
Inspired by the generosity of YLS donors during Giving Day today, they will contribute $850,000 dollars to the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic (GRLC) when 50 additional gifts are made to the GLRC in support of the work of Former YLS Dean Harold Koh, Professor Mike Wishnie and current YLS students.
The GLRC was recently reactivated after a period of dormancy in response to the desire of Yale Law School students to aid in defending the rule of law.
Please join our anonymous donor and Ed Shaw ’69 in supporting the clinic with a gift now!
334 days ago by Jennifer Gamache