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Announcing the 2020–2021 Liman Law Fellows

The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law announced the selection of incoming Fellows for 2020–2021 and extensions for three current Fellows.
Announcing the 2020–2021 Liman Law Fellows
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Liman Center Cited in Federal Report on Women in Prison

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Issues Landmark Report on Women in Prison, Cites Testimony from Liman Center and Professor Judith Resnik
Liman Center Cited in Federal Report on Women in Prison
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Liman Center and LSO Announce Inaugural Curtis-Liman Clinical Fellow

The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law and the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School are pleased to announce that Alex Wang has been selected to be the first Curtis-Liman Clinical Fellow.
Liman Center and LSO Announce Inaugural Curtis-Liman Clinical Fellow
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San Francisco Chronicle

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivers personal message to SF’s new DA, Chesa Boudin

Former Liman Fellow Chesa Boudin inaugurated as San Francisco District Attorney with a special video message from Justice Sotomayor ’79.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivers personal message to SF’s new DA, Chesa Boudin
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Former Liman Fellow Chesa Boudin ’11 Sworn in as District Attorney of San Francisco

Chesa Boudin '11, a former Liman Fellow, was sworn in as the District Attorney in San Francisco.
Former Liman Fellow Chesa Boudin ’11 Sworn in as District Attorney of San Francisco
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Slate

Don’t Let the London Bridge Attacks Destroy the Work of Its Victims — A Commentary by Josh Feinzig ’21

Josh Feinzig is a second-year law school at Yale Law School and a former Liman Summer FEllow.

Don’t Let the London Bridge Attacks Destroy the Work of Its Victims — A Commentary by Josh Feinzig ’21
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New York Times Magazine

He’s a Serial Con Artist. His Word Might Soon Send a Man to His Death

Liman Senior Fellow in Residence Laura Fernandez ’02 and former Liman Fellow Cyd Oppenheimer ’04 represent a man facing execution in Florida despite evidence of innocence. The article explores the troubling history of the con artist whose testimony led to the conviction and death sentence and the weakness of the state’s case against Fernandez’s and Oppenheimer’s client.

He’s a Serial Con Artist. His Word Might Soon Send a Man to His Death
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Yale News

Senior is first Yale student from Syria to win a Rhodes Scholarship

Yale College student Marwan Safar Jalani ’20, a 2018 Liman Summer Fellow at the The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law, is the first Yale student from Syria to win a Rhodes Scholarship.

Senior is first Yale student from Syria to win a Rhodes Scholarship
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NPR / All Things Considered

‘Felon’ Author Says, ‘Everybody Has To Tell Their Kids Something’

Former Liman Fellow Dwayne Betts ’16 discussed his latest book of poetry in an interview with NPR’s All Things Considered.


‘Felon’ Author Says, ‘Everybody Has To Tell Their Kids Something’
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JAMA Network Open

Association of Restrictive Housing During Incarceration With Mortality After Release

Liman Center report Reforming Restrictive Housing: The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell is referenced in an article.

Association of Restrictive Housing During Incarceration With Mortality After Release