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Tuesday, July 17, 2018
News
WIRAC Helps Reunite Two Immigrant Families
Two families that had been forcibly separated and detained for weeks have been reunited after a successful legal challenge by Yale Law School’s Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) and Connecticut Legal Services.
Monday, July 16, 2018
Monday, July 16, 2018
In The Press
Defendants on Probation Can Be Jailed for Drug Relapse, Court Rules
The New York Times
Clinical Professor of Law Fiona Doherty ’99 is quoted in an article about the impact of probation on substance abusers.
Monday, July 16, 2018
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
In The Press
Immigrant Children, Parents Reunified In Connecticut, But What's Next?
The Hartford Courant
Clinical Professor of Law Muneer Ahmad and Clinical Associate Professor of Law Marisol Orihuela ’08 are quoted in a report on the reunification of two children and their parents who had been separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. The children were represented by the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic and CT Legal Services.
Monday, July 16, 2018
In The Press
Prosecutor: 2 immigrant children to be reunited with parents
CT Post
Hannah Schoen ’19 is quoted in a story about the release of two children being held in Connecticut and a reunion with their parents after being separated at the U.S. border. The children are being represented by the Connecticut Legal Services and the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School.
Monday, July 16, 2018
In The Press
Pioneering Judges Keep A Closer Eye On Class Action Deals
Law360
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik is quoted in an article about judges who are tracking settlements in the wake of class action rulings.
Monday, July 16, 2018
In The Press
Defendants on Probation Can Be Jailed for Drug Relapse, Court Rules
The New York Times
Clinical Professor of Law Fiona Doherty ’99 is quoted in an article about the impact of probation on substance abusers.
Sunday, July 15, 2018
In The Press
Editorial: Connecticut should end practice of ‘prison gerrymandering’
New Haven Register
Ashley Hall ’19 is quoted in an editorial in support of a lawsuit filed last month by the NAACP and the Rule of Law Clinic charging the Connecticut with prison gerrymandering.
Friday, July 13, 2018
In The Press
UPDATED: Detention of Immigrant Children in Conn. Custody Ruled Unconstitutional
Law.com
A federal judge in Connecticut ruled that the separation of two children taken from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border is unconstitutional. The case was argued in court by Clinical Associate Professor of Law Marisol Orihuela ’08. Hannah Schoen ’19 and Carolyn O’Connor ’18, with the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic, are quoted.
Yale is in its own league in terms of an academic institution.”
Asaf Lubin ’15 LLM