Thursday, March 9, 2023
SFALP Files New Case Against Direct Marketing Company
Students in the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project clinic worked with the San Francisco City Attorney on a case against a direct marketing company accused of impersonating government actors in order to trick small businesses into buying its products.
Saturday, March 4, 2023
CT Government AI Use Is Extensive, Raising Equity and Privacy Concerns. Here’s What a Proposed Bill Would Do.
The Hartford Courant
Danny Haidar ’24 discusses what the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic found while studying artificial intelligence used by Connecticut state government.
Friday, March 3, 2023
Clinic Campaigns to Improve Equity in Access to Fertility Care in Connecticut
Law students in the Reproductive Rights and Justice Project clinic have worked to advocate for legislation that would make Connecticut the first state in the nation to provide access to fertility care through its Medicaid program.
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Benefits Denied: Older Black Veterans Battle for GI Education and Housing Compensation, Disability Payments
NBC Los Angeles
A report about the history of Black veterans being denied veterans benefits and efforts to address the issue includes the story of Conley Monk Jr., who is represented by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic.
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Antitrust Group, Economists Back DOJ, AGs Against Google
Law360
Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law David Dinielli comments on amicus briefs supporting antitrust enforcement actions against Google. The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic’s Tech Accountability & Competition Project filed the briefs on behalf of a group of behavioral economists.
Monday, February 20, 2023
Protecting Veterans
At the Veterans Legal Services Clinic, students focus on marginalized veteran populations and think strategically with them about how best to address their legal problems.
Friday, February 17, 2023
A Right to Be Heard: A Letter to a Journalist Helped Set a Prisoner Free, Sparking a Project That Has Benefited Many Inmates
The Hartford Courant
Emily Bazelon ’00, Law and Racial Justice Center Executive Director Kayla Vinson, and Johnathan Terry ’23 discuss the Prison Letters Project.
Thursday, February 16, 2023
Yale Law School Expands Full-Tuition Scholarships for Students
Yale Law School announced today that it will expand its groundbreaking Hurst Horizon Scholarship Program, ensuring that more students with significant financial need will be able to attend the law school tuition-free.
Thursday, February 16, 2023
Reimagining Paratransit Requires Federal Leadership and Funding — A Commentary by Edward Friedman ’24
City & State New York
Thursday, February 2, 2023
MFIA Challenges West Point and Its Sports Association for Flouting Transparency Laws
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) is suing West Point and the nonprofit entity that runs its athletics programs on behalf of a sports journalist for failing to disclose records about lucrative contracts and licensing agreements under the Freedom of Information Act.