VOIR DIRE

Selected paintings from 42 sittings with Yale Law School faculty. Each canvas reveals a single arc of time from within the shifting experiences of a three-hour session. Whittlesey’s attention is on the mutually focused relationship established through her protocol.

Samuel Moyn Ph.D., J.D.

Kent Professor of Law and History

January 23, 2026, painting #8

Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches

Ruth Coffey M.Sc.

Lecturer in Law and 

Senior Research Scholar in Law

April 3, 2026

Oil on canvas, 12 x 9 inches

Anne L. Alstott J.D.

J. D. Bierman Professor in Taxation

March 16, 2026, painting #9

Oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches

"It's organic, and I see hope there." 

Daniel Esty J.D.

Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy

October 11, 2025, painting #4

oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches

Anika Singh Lemar J.D.

Clinical Professor of Law

October 7, 2025, painting #5

Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches

Robert Post J.D., Ph.D. 

Sterling Professor of Law 

and former Dean 2009-2017

September 23, 2024, painting #11

Oil on canvas, 28 x 22 inches

"It's so complete."