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.

Ian Ayres J.D., Ph.D.

Ruebhausen Professor of Law and Management

November 7, 2024, painting #9

Oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches

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

Robert Post J.D., Ph.D. 

Sterling Professor of Law and former Dean

September 23, 2024, painting #11

Oil on canvas, 28 x 22 inches

Harold Hongju Koh J.D., M.A.

Sterling Professor of  International Law and former Dean

December 15, 2024, painting #6

Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches

Heather Gerken J.D.

SterlingProfessor of Law and former Dean

October 25, 2024, painting #6

Oil on canvas, 28 x 22 inches

Gideon Yaffe Ph.D. 

Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence, Philosophy, and Psychology

March 28, 2025, painting #5

Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches