Monday, May 22, 2023
Celebrating the Class of 2023 — Advancing the Cause of Justice
Members of the Yale Law School class of 2023 were celebrated during their Commencement ceremonies on May 22.
Friday, May 19, 2023
Alphonse Simon ’24 Helps Launch Nonprofit for Law School Applicants
Alphonse Simon ’24 helped launch Fighting for Fairness, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing equity in the law school admissions process.
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Biden’s Asylum App Is Basically Unusable — A Commentary by Jennifer Dilker ’25, Dylan Farrell-Bryan ’25, Rosalyn Dietrich Leban ’24, and Gabriela Torres-Lorenzotti ’25
Slate
Jennifer Dilker ’25, Dylan Farrell-Bryan ’25, Rosalyn Dietrich Leban ’24, and Gabriela Torres-Lorenzotti ’25 are members of Yale Law School’s Immigrant Justice Project (IJP), which organizes law students in support of immigrant communities in the New Haven area and around the country. Additional IJP members and contributors to this piece include Megan Handau ’25, Audrey Huynh ’25, María Mendoza ’25, and Neha Srinivasan ’25.
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Three Students Receive 2023 Susman Godfrey Prize
Yale Law School students Kevin Baisden ’25, Rachel Baker ’24, and Jonathan Epps ’24 have been chosen for the 2023 Susman Godfrey Prize.
Monday, May 8, 2023
Yale Law School Commencement to be Held May 22
Yale Law School will hold Commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2023 on May 22, 2023.
Friday, May 5, 2023
Team Finishes in Top 16 at Worldwide Moot Court Competition
Two students earned prizes for oral arguments in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, where Yale Law School's team was one of two top U.S. finishers
Friday, May 5, 2023
Clinic Mobilizes to Confront Suspension in Commutations
Students in the Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic (CMIC) have responded to a pause in commutations by the state of Connecticut with multipronged efforts to build a coalition of local and national advocates to defend the commutation process.
Friday, May 5, 2023
The Legal Authority to Create a Special Tribunal — A Commentary by Oona Hathaway ’97 et al.
Just Security
Oona A. Hathaway ’97 is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. Maggie Mills ’24 and Heather Zimmerman ’23 are students at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Barristers’ Union Prize Trial Finalists Argue Insider Trading Case
The 2023 Barristers’ Union Prize Trial took place on April 20, the first fully in-person Prize Trial since 2019.
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Two Students Receive 2023 Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Two Yale Law School students — the daughters of parents who immigrated to the United States from Somalia and India, respectively — have been named 2023 recipients of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.