VOIR DIRE

Selected paintings from 40 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

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." 

Daniel Esty J.D.

Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy

October 11, 2025, painting #4

oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches

Ian Ayres J.D., Ph.D.

Ruebhausen Professor of Law and Management

November 7, 2024, painting #9

Oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches

"It looks like a Bedouin." 

Kate Stith J.D., M.P.P.

Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law

January 22, 2025, painting #1

Oil on canvas, 18 x 14 inches

"This is young Kate at a crossroads. That's when I turned away from music and went into law."

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."