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MFIA Boot Camp Trains Lawyers and Journalists on the Freedom of Information Act
The annual Freedom of Information Act boot camp was held by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) in February.
MFIA/CRIT Team Supports Johns Hopkins Investigation of FDA Oversight of Fentanyl Products
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health collaborated with attorneys and law students from published Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) and Yale’s Collaboration for Research Integrity and Transparency (CRIT), culminating in a new report about fentanyl in JAMA.
MFIA Clinic Files Lawsuit Against Coast Guard and DHS to Challenge Secret Arrests
Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic filed a lawsuit against the Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security to establish the public’s First Amendment right of access to basic information about people arrested and detained by the government.
MFIA Clinic Establishes New Ruttenberg Fellowship
Francesca Lina Procaccini has joined the Media and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) at Yale Law School as the new Ruttenberg Fellow.
MFIA Clinic Seeks Records in Pentagon Papers Case
Acting on behalf of Harvard historian and author Jill Lepore, the Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School has petitioned the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to unseal the records of two 1971 Boston grand juries convened to investigate the leak and publication of the Pentagon Papers.