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MFIA Clinic Helps Launch Free Expression Legal Network
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) announced the launch of the Free Expression Legal Network (FELN) a coalition of law school clinicians and academic non-clinicians who provide pro bono legal support for public interest journalism.
The Origins of the MFIA Clinic
Read about the origins of the Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic.
MFIA’s Tenth Year: Victories, New Beginnings, and Evolution
Learn about the work of the MFIA Clinic since the start of 2019, and what the Clinic will be working on this fall.
MFIA To Host Conference on Accountability and the Trump Presidency
The Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic at Yale Law School will host its annual Access and Accountability Conference on October 4–5, 2019.
MFIA Voices: Incoming and Outgoing Student Directors
Incoming and outgoing student directors discuss their time working in the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic.
MFIA’s Stand Against “Secret Law” Unseals Court Opinion
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) at Yale Law School prevailed against “secret law" by convincing an appeals court to unseal portions of an opinion issued last year in a case that involves national security and has implications for Fifth Amendment rights.
MFIA Argues Against Iowa Law that Criminalizes Undercover Reporting
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit urging that an Iowa law criminalizing the use of deception to gain access to agricultural facilities violates the First Amendment.