Monday, August 28, 2023
Following MFIA Suit, West Point Athletics Arm Begins Releasing Records
After a lawsuit filed by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, the entity that runs West Point’s sports programs has begun releasing previously financial and contractual records about the army’s sports program that it previously withheld.
Friday, August 18, 2023
MFIA Sues Allegheny County Jail over Gag Rules
The Media Freedom and Information Access clinic at Yale Law School has sued Allegheny County for preventing employees of a Pittsburgh jail from speaking to the press without permission.
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Pittsburgh Journalist Sues Allegheny County Over Jail 'Gag Order' Policies
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic has helped bring a lawsuit against Allegheny County by a journalist that claims a county jail “gag order” violates jail staff’s First Amendment right.
Saturday, July 1, 2023
From MIT to NPR: Law Grad Jeff Guo ’20 Finds a Home on the Radio With Planet Money
Journalist and lawyer Jeff Guo ’20 tells Yale Alumni Magazine about his time with the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic and how he came to cohost NPR’s Planet Money.
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
MFIA Wins Disclosure of Connecticut School Choice Lottery Algorithm
The state of Connecticut must disclose how magnet school placements are made after a win by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
ISP Launches Third Digital Public Sphere White Paper Collection
Today, the Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School published “Uniformity and Fragmentation in the Digital Public Sphere,” a collection of six essays that explores the increasing uniformity of the global digital public sphere.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
MFIA Welcomes 2023–24 Craig Newmark Fellow Tobin Raju
Tobin Raju will join the Media Freedom and Information Access clinic at Yale Law School as its Craig Newmark fellow for 2023–24.
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
DocProject Provides Legal Support for Film on Human Cost of Insulin Crisis
Students in DocProject provided legal review for Pay or Die, a new documentary about America’s insulin affordability crisis.
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
MFIA Research Fuels New Connecticut Law Regulating State Use of Algorithms
A landmark law to regulate use of artificial intelligence by Connecticut state government draws from research by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic Talks to OpenAI’s David Robinson ’12
David Robinson ’12, Head of Policy Planning at OpenAI, discusses his time with Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic and his work since.