A filing cabinet with an open drawer, revealing colorful hanging file folders

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.

justice scales

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.

Rows of desks and chairs in a school classroom

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.

An aerial view of New Haven, Connecticut

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.

stained glass at Yale Law School

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.

A man and a woman standing in front of a house hold a framed photo of a young man

In a scene from the documentary Pay or Die, James Holt Jr. and Nicole Smith Holt hold a photo of their late son, Alec. Alec Holt died at age 26 — weeks after aging out of his parents’ health insurance — when he rationed insulin because he could not afford its $1,300 monthly cost. Students in DocProject, a program of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School, provided legal review for the film. (Photo: Scott Alexander Ruderman)

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.

Connecticut State Capitol building on a large lawn with a single tree

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.

David Robinson ’12

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. 

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