The San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP) is a clinical partnership between Yale Law School and the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office.
Former Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken founded the clinic together with then-Deputy City Attorney Kathleen Morris in 2006. Dean Gerken was the only law school dean in the country to run a clinic while serving as Dean, which she did from 2017 until her retirement from the law school in 2025.
The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is a national model for public law offices, bringing landmark cases to protect and expand the rights of San Franciscans while providing high quality legal counsel to more than 100 city departments, boards and commissions. David Chiu, Yvonne Meré, and Sara Eisenberg work closely with SFALP Director Emma Sokoloff-Rubin to oversee students’ work with deputy city attorneys.
