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MFIA Research Fuels New Connecticut Law Regulating State Use of Algorithms
A landmark law to regulate use of artificial intelligence by Connecticut state government draws from research by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School.
Clinic Aims to Co-Create New Approach to Environmental Justice
A Law School clinic has partnered with the Yale School of Public Health and the Yale Child Study Center to build out a new model of environmental justice practice through work with partners in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Clinic Releases Guide for People Seeking Sentence Modifications
A new guide by Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic student Jammie Walker ’24 details the sentence modification process in Connecticut and and outlines ways to empower incarcerated individuals, their friends, and their families to work alongside attorneys.
Professor Pottenger Receives Posthumous Award
J.L. Pottenger Jr. ’75 was posthumously awarded the 2023 William Pincus Award from the American Association of Law Schools at its recent conference.
Clinic Mobilizes to Confront Suspension in Commutations
Students in the Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic (CMIC) have responded to a pause in commutations by the state of Connecticut with multipronged efforts to build a coalition of local and national advocates to defend the commutation process.
Craig Newmark Philanthropies Supports MFIA Clinic for a Fourth Year
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) announced that it will continue its partnership with Craig Newmark Philanthropies for a fourth year. Newmark’s $150,000 gift will advance the clinic’s core mission of defending the rights of journalists and promoting government accountability.
Clinic Lawsuit Seeks Disclosure of Toxic Conditions at Uzbek Air Base
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School represents plaintiffs in a case seeking records of toxic conditions at an air base in Uzbekistan affecting American troops who served there.
Veterans Groups Urge Supreme Court to Preserve Class Actions
Multiple national veterans’ organizations, law professors, and stakeholders filed amicus briefs in support of a petition by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic to take up a case to preserve the possibility of collective action by groups of veterans in the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
SFALP Files New Case Against Direct Marketing Company
Students in the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project clinic worked with the San Francisco City Attorney on a case against a direct marketing company accused of impersonating government actors in order to trick small businesses into buying its products.