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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Defense lawyers contended the government is denying their client his right to a fair trial by repeatedly trashing him in the ...

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.

A graduate student with disabilities isn’t entitled to a preliminary injunction stopping Yale Law School from discharging her ...

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Congratulations to Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken on this new phase of her career. See this NYT story.