NEW YORK — The Ford Foundation has settled on its next leader. Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken will succeed Darren Walker as the president of one of the largest U.S. charitable organizations ...

The Ford Foundation has announced Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken as its next president. Gerken, a leading expert on constitutional law and democracy, will succeed Darren Walker, who has led the ...

The Chairman of the board of trustees of the Ford Foundation, Francisco Cigarroa, has announced that Heather Gerken will ...

Darren Walker needed to be convinced of his new book's relevance. The outgoing Ford Foundation president feared that “The ...

The New York-based Ford Foundation, a significant funder in Detroit, has named Heather Gerken, dean of Yale Law School, as its next president. Gerken brings a strong legal background, focused on ...

Heather Gerken has been appointed for a second term as dean of Yale Law School, University President Peter Salovey announced last week. Gerken has served as Dean for the past five years and is set to ...

Gerken will head up the No. 1-ranked law school through 2027 She became Yale Law's first female dean in 2017 (Reuters) - Yale University said Wednesday that it has reappointed Heather Gerken to ...

Yale Law Dean Heather Gerken talks with Rakim H. D. Brooks in 2019 at Yale's Alumni weekend.

This week's Ahead of the Curve looks at a new essay from Yale Law School dean Heather Gerken on why the debate between theory and practice in legal education is misguided, and how to marry the two.

Professor Heather Gerken was recently selected to be the next dean of Yale Law School. She will be the first woman to lead the nation’s highest-ranked law school.

A charismatic, progressive young Yale law professor named Heather Gerken has a bold new vision for improving democracy: make politics local and competitive, or what she calls “federalism all the ...