Friday, November 20, 2020
Nestlé & Cargill v. Doe Series: History and Foreign Policy Support Corporate Liability Under ATS
Just Security
Mark Stevens ’21, Alisa White ’22, Hirsa Amin ’21, Key’Toya Burrell ’21, Wynne Muscatine Graham ’22, Michael Loughlin ’21 are students in the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic. Phil Spector is a Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, November 20, 2020
MFIA Clinic Collaboration Calls for Smooth Presidential Transition Amidst Escalating Pandemic
The Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic at Yale Law School and other organizations submitted a letter signed by almost 200 public health experts urging the ascertainment of the presidential election.
Thursday, November 19, 2020
LSO and Partners Fight Housing Segregation in Hartford
Students in the Housing Clinic, along with other organizations, filed a lawsuit challenging government decisions and failures that caused the perpetuation of segregation in the North End of Hartford.
Thursday, November 19, 2020
A Group of Yale Law Students Just Clinched a Government Settlement for Military Vets
Law.com
Andy DeGuglielmo ’21 is quoted and the Veterans Legal Services Clinic is mentioned in a Law.com article on the clinic’s recent major settlement on behalf of Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans with a less-than-fully-honorable discharge.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Veterans Clinic Secures Major Settlement in Army Class Action
The settlement ensures that the Army will reconsider thousands of decisions involving Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans with a less-than-fully-honorable discharge.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
HUD ‘perpetuating segregation,’ Hartford families claim in lawsuit
CT Mirror
The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization is mentioned in a CT Mirror story about policies that keep poor residents segregated in impoverished areas in Hartford.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Yale Law School helps bring settlement: Army must reconsider applications for discharge upgrades connected to PTSD
New Haven Register
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic is mentioned in a New Haven Register story about a major settlement in a class-action suit brought by two Connecticut veterans who challenged their discharge status.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
NY Judge Slams Feds For 'Ignoring' Justices' DACA Revival
Law360
William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93, Sol Goldman Clinical Professor of Law Muneer Ahmad, Clinical Associate Professor of Law Marisol Orihuela ’08, and students from the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic are mentioned in a Law360 article about new efforts by the Trump administration to curtail DACA.
Monday, November 16, 2020
COVID-19 and International Law Series: International Humanitarian Law – Treatment of Detainees
Just Security
Oona Hathaway ’97 is Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. Preston Lim and Mark Stevens are members of the Yale Law School class of 2021.
Sunday, November 15, 2020
Federal Court Sides with WIRAC and Partners in Latest DACA Case
On November 14, 2020, a federal court rejected the Trump administration’s latest attack on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in the Batalla Vidal v. Wolf lawsuit