YJIL publishes a Winter and Summer issue each year, with each issue typically including up to three articles and two student notes. The journal also regularly includes book reviews and short academic commentaries on recent developments in international law, both of which are written by YJIL members.

In addition to being a publication, YJIL serves in partnership with the Forum on the Practice of International Law (FPIL) as Yale’s extracurricular and professional organization for students interested in pursuing careers in international law. To that end, YJIL and FPIL periodically convene panels, workshops, and talks on diverse topics with guests including Yale faculty, practicing international lawyers, distinguished alumni, and other campus visitors. In past years, YJIL has also held a “works in progress” series at which Yale J.D. and graduate law students present papers to their colleagues with a faculty respondent who provides feedback and constructive criticism.

YJIL members also have fun! The transition board dinner, March 2008.