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Barkan Draws Attention to the Impact of Tax Bill with Emotional Plea to Senator
Ady Barkan ’10, an activist with the Center for Public Democracy in California, encountered Senator Jeff Flake on a flight and engaged in a moving conversation as he urged the Senator to vote against the bill.
Shebaya ’12 Creates Immediate Impact in Marginalized Communities
The DC Bar association recently highlighted the work of Yale Law School alumna Sirene Shebaya ’12 with the advocacy group Muslim Advocates.

Two Former Liman Fellows Return to YLS as Faculty Members
This fall, Yale Law School’s new cohort of faculty includes two members of the Liman community, Marisol Orihuela, a 2008–2009 Liman Fellow, and Monica Bell, a 2010–2011 Liman Fellow.

2017–2018 Liman Fellows Announced
The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law announced the selection of nine new Fellows for 2017–2018 and the provision of extensions to four current Fellows.

New Public Interest Fellowship Honors Professors Resnik and Curtis
A new fellowship honors Professors Judith Resnik and Dennis E. Curtis ’66 for their commitment to public interest law.

Liman at 20: Public Interest(s): Launching The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law
After two decades of promoting equal access to justice through fellowships, research, seminars, and programs, the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program has been re-established as the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law.

In Conversation with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’79
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor ’79 visited Yale Law School April 6-7, 2017, to participate in the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program’s 20th Anniversary Liman Colloquium, “Liman at 20: Public Interest(s).”

Former Liman Fellow Named 2017-2018 Luce Scholar
Joshua (Josh) M. Feinzig, a Yale College Class of 2016 graduate and former Arthur Liman Public Interest Fellow, will travel to Asia next year as a Luce Scholar.

Replica Solitary Confinement Cell Coming to New Haven
The Liman Program and the Schell Center are part of a coalition bringing a replica solitary confinement cell to New Haven.
Liman Fellow Named 2018 Schwarzman Scholar
Max Goldberg, a senior at Yale College and former Liman Fellow, was one of eight Schwarzman Fellows named for 2018.