Founded in 1982, the Yale Law & Policy Review (YLPR) is a semi-annual publication dedicated to publishing in-depth scholarly articles by law professors, as well as timely policy proposals and legal analyses by judges, policymakers, and practitioners. In recent issues, YLPR authors have addressed a wide range of issues at the intersection of law and policy including affirmative action, campaign finance reform, urban policing, education policy, and terrorism.
YLPR regularly publishes pieces by law professors, practitioners, and interest group leaders. YLPR also publishes at least one Policy Essay per volume, written by judges and policy makers themselves. Previous Policy Essays have been authored by Senators Bill Bradley, Bill Frist, Al Gore, Ted Kennedy, Joseph Lieberman, and Arlen Specter; Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Clarence Thomas; and federal and state court judges such as Hon. Harry Edwards, Hon. Judith Kaye, and Hon. Shira Sheindlin. YLPR has also published its interviews of Senator Russ Feingold, Ralph Neas, Marian Wright Edelman, and Jonathan Kozol.
Influential academic pieces published in YLPR include:
- Peter H. Schuck, Affirmative Action: Past, Present, and Future, 20 YALE L. & POL'Y REV. 1 (2002)
- Joseph P. Viteritti, Choosing Equality: Religious Freedom and Educational Opportunity Under Constitutional Federalism, 15 YALE L. & POL'Y REV. 113 (1996)
- Michael A. Rebell & Robert L. Hughes, Schools, Communities, and the Courts: A Dialogic Approach to Education Reform, 14 YALE L. & POL'Y REV. 99 (1996)
- Lisa M. Farabee, Marriage, Equal Protection, and New Judicial Federalism: A View from the States, 14 YALE L. & POL'Y REV. 237 (1996)
- Peter H. Schuck, Multi-Culturalism Redux: Science, Law, and Politics, 11 YALE L. & POL'Y REV. 1 (1993)
- Jamin Raskin & John Bonifaz, Equal Protection and the Wealth Primary, 11 YALE L. & POL'Y REV. 273 (1993)
- David Cole, First Amendment Antitrust: The End of Laissez-Faire in Campaign Finance, 9 YALE L. & POL'Y REV. 236 (1991)
- Daniel D. Polsby & Robert D. Popper, The Third Criterion: Compactness as a Procedural Safeguard Against Partisan Gerrymandering, 9 YALE L. & POL'Y REV. 301 (1991)
- Ellen Frankel Paul, Sexual Harassment as Sex Discrimination: A Defective Paradigm, 8 YALE L. & POL'Y REV. 333 (1990)
- Mary Taylor Danforth, Cells, Sales, and Royalties: The Patient's Right to a Portion of the Profits, 6 YALE L. & POL'Y REV. 179 (1988)
- Tahirih V. Lee, Court-Appointed Experts and Judicial Reluctance: A Proposal To Amend Rule 706 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, 6 YALE L. & POL'Y REV. 480 (1988)
- Clarence Thomas, Affirmative Action Goals and Timetables: Too Tough? Not Tough Enough!, 5 YALE L. & POL'Y REV. 402 (1987)
- Scott Burris, Fear Itself: AIDS, Herpes, and Public Health Decisions, 3 YALE L. & POL'Y REV. 479 (1985)