The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law
The Liman Center promotes access to justice and the fair treatment of individuals and groups seeking to use the legal system. Through research projects, teaching, fellowships, and colloquia, the Liman Center supports efforts to bring about a more just legal system.
Upcoming Event
Register for the event “Deaths in Custody” which will explore what has happened and can happen to halt the debilitation and death of people detained in jails, prisons, and detention centers.
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Tuesday, October 05, 2021
News
Attica at 50: Repression, Resistance, Resilience
The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law hosted a panel, “Then and Now: Fifty Years after Attica,” on the legacy of the prison uprising.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Monday, October 04, 2021
Wednesday, July 07, 2021
In The Press
‘My Concern Is Precedent’: Mixed Responses to DOC Promise to End Solitary Confinement
Boston Globe
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik comments in a news report on a move by Massachusetts to end the use of solitary confinement. The report cites research by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Monday, October 4, 2021
Senior Liman Scholar Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16 has been named a 2021 MacArthur Fellow. Photo: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
In The Press
YLS Liman Center Members Testify on Solitary Confinement in Pennsylvania
Yale Daily News
The Yale Daily News reported on testimony given by Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik before the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee on the use of solitary confinement. Liman Center Director Jenny Carroll is quoted, and Liman Center clinical fellow Skylar Albertson ’18, Sarita Benesch ’23, and Wynne Graham ’22 are mentioned.
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
In The Press
‘My Concern Is Precedent’: Mixed Responses to DOC Promise to End Solitary Confinement
Boston Globe
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik comments in a news report on a move by Massachusetts to end the use of solitary confinement. The report cites research by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
In The Press
Eligible Voters in CT Jails Need Access to Their Ballots — A Commentary by Anna VanCleave et al.
New Haven Register
Anna VanCleave is Director of The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law at Yale Law School. Zal Shroff is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and Senior Liman Fellow in Residence at Yale Law School. Natalie Kirchhoff is a member of the class of 2023 at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 25, 2021
In The Press
I Survived 18 Years in Solitary Confinement
The New York Times
Scholarship by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law is cited in a commentary in The New York Times about solitary confinement.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
In The Press
Unlocking Courts: Ending Arbitration Mandates and Gag Orders — A Commentary by Judith Resnik
Connecticut Post
Judith Resnik is the Arthur Liman Professor of Law at Yale Law School and the Founding Director of the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
In The Press
Ballots Behind Bars: Voting Presents Challenges In Connecticut Jails
WNPR
Clinical Lecturer in Law Zal Shroff is quoted, and the Liman Center mentioned, in a WNPR article about outreach to eligible voters currently detained in Connecticut jails.