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Thursday, December 15, 2022
News
Liman Center Project to Help Incarcerated People Know Their Rights
The Liman Center and partners are updating a student-authored legal manual on prisoners rights in Connecticut first published in 1997.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Thursday, January 19, 2023
In The Press
Texas Prisoners Continue Hunger Strike in Protest Against Solitary Confinement
The Guardian
A news story on a protest against solitary confinement in a Texas prison cites a report on solitary confinement by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law.
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Sam Davis ’20, shown in court, is a Liman Fellow at the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation.
Thursday, December 15, 2022
The original Connecticut Prisoners’ Rights manual from 1997.
Monday, November 14, 2022
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik speaks at the conference honoring the 40th anniversary of her influential paper “Managerial Judges.”
Thursday, October 27, 2022
The symposium Incarceration and Imagination explored writing inside and outside of prison walls.
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Forrest Dunbar ’12 holds the gavel during his first of two stints as Chair of the Anchorage Assembly.
Saturday, January 7, 2023
In The Press
What Went Unsaid in the Chief Justice’s Report on the Judiciary — A Commentary by Judith Resnik and Nancy Gertner ’71
The New York Times
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. Nancy Gertner, a retired Federal District Court Judge, is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School.
Thursday, September 15, 2022
In The Press
New Data Show How Often Alabama Uses Solitary Confinement
WBHM
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik comments in a news story about the use of solitary confinement in Alabama, where roughly five percent of prisoners are housed in solitary confinement for more than 15 days a year.
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
In The Press
Nearly 50,000 People Held in Solitary Confinement in U.S., Report Says
The Guardian
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik comments on the declining use solitary confinement in a news story on a report by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law.
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
In The Press
New Report Details Solitary Decline
The New Haven Independent
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik comments on the declining use solitary confinement in a news story on a report by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law and the use of solitary confinement in Connecticut.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
In The Press
It Is Time to Repeal Connecticut’s Incarceration Lien — A Commentary by Jenny Carroll, Mila Reed Guevara ’23, and Ryanne Bamieh ’23
The Connecticut Mirror
Jenny Carroll is the Director of the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law and a Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Mila Reed Guevara and Ryanne Bamieh are members of the class of 2023 at Yale Law School.
Sunday, March 27, 2022
In The Press
Connecticut Residents, Lawmakers Testify on Criminal Justice Bills
Yale Daily News
Liman Center Director Jenny Carroll explains the harms of Connecticut’s incarceration lien and Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik comments on a measure to limit the use of solitary confinement.