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Becca Heller ’10 "A Travel Ban's Foe"
Becca Heller ’10, a founder of the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), has been ahead of the curve helping refugees to prepare for the implications of the Executive Order restricting travel.
Hugh B. Price ’66 to Discuss "This African-American Life"
On Tuesday, May 23, 2017, Hugh B. Price ’66 will discuss his new memoir, This African-American Life, with PBS News journalist Duarte Geraldino at the New-York Historical Society.
Ricks ’90 Receives Rutgers University's Award for Civic Engagement
Sarah Ricks ’90, Clinical Professor of Law at Rutgers Law, has been selected for the Chancellor’s Award for Civic Engagement.
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Professor Eskridge Joins Amicus Brief in Travel Ban Case
Professor William Eskridge Jr. ’78 joined a group of 50 legal scholars to file an amicus brief in federal court in the case of IRAP v. Trump.
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SFALP Case on Sanctuary Cities Wins Major Victory in Court
A federal judge in California temporarily blocked the Trump administration from denying funding to sanctuary cities, a victory for Yale Law clinic students who aided the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office in filing the case.
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MFIA Clinic, ACLU Sue LAPD Over Access to Public Documents
The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic filed a lawsuit on April 25, 2017 against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) alleging flagrant violations of the California Public Records Act (CPRA).
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Aaron-Andrew Bruhl ’03 Honored with Award from William & Mary
Aaron-Andrew Bruhl '03 is among 20 professors from William & Mary to receive the 2017 Plumeri Award for Faculty Excellence.
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John Fabian Witt named next head of Davenport College
John Fabian Witt, the Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law and professor of history, has been named Davenport’s next head of college.
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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.
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Professor Forman Publishes New Book, Locking Up Our Own
In his new book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, Professor James Forman Jr. ’92 explores the complex relationship between race, class, and the American criminal justice in a new and original light.