This page highlights notable accomplishments and activities of current students –  including clinic cases, honors, awards, student events, media mentions, books published, fellowships received, and community service.  If you are a current student, we encourage you to submit story ideas and photos for inclusion on this page. If you have recently published an op-ed, were cited or quoted in the media, or published a paper, please tell us about it here. Student prizes are awarded annually.

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

New ISP White Paper Collection Discusses a Healthy Digital Public Sphere

The Information Society Project has launched the second collection of essays in its Digital Public Sphere series. 

From left to right: Rubin Danberg Biggs ’23, Demi Moore ’24, Nathan Cummings ’23, Mira Netsky ’23, Ian Miller ’24, Nathan Baker Clinical Professor of Law J.L. Pottenger Jr. ’75, Open Communities Alliance Executive Director Erin Boggs, Garden Homes Fund trustee Richard Freedman, Clinical Professor of Law Anika Singh Lemar, attorney Thomas Silverstein of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and Open Communities Alliance board co-chair Constance L. Royster.

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Clinics File Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenging Exclusionary Zoning in Connecticut

A new lawsuit brought by Yale Law School clinics challenges the zoning policies of Woodbridge, Connecticut.

Dean Heather K. Gerken and some of her SFALP clinic students in 2022.

Dean Heather K. Gerken and some of her SFALP clinic students in 2022.

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

SFALP, the Opioid Epidemic, and Public Impact

The San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Clinic run by Dean Heather K. Gerken has been at the forefront of one of the largest complex litigations in the nation.

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

MFIA Case Against State Department FOIA Violations Moves Forward

In a case brought by the Media Freedom and Information Access clinic, a court denied a motion to dismiss a claim that the State Department's delayed responses to Freedom of Information Act requests form a pattern.

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

CT Families Sue Officials for Forcible Family Separation at U.S.-Mexico Border

The Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School is suing the federal government and four former government officials on behalf of two families in which parents and children were forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Civil Rights Group Sues Woodbridge for Allegedly Violating Housing Laws

Connecticut Public Radio

Mira Netsky ’23 comments on a lawsuit civil rights attorneys and housing advocates are bringing against the town of Woodbridge, Connecticut. The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization is part of the legal team.

Friday, August 26, 2022

Law Clinics Win Battle Over 2016 FOIA Amendment's Meaning

Law360

Floyd Abrams Clinical Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law David A. Schulz ’78 discusses a case brought by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic in which a court ruled that the FDA cannot withhold commercial information from the public soley because a company considers it confidential.

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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Court Sides with Clinics on Freedom of Information Act Exemptions

A court agreed with the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic that the FDA cannot withhold information about a drug’s approval solely because the drugmaker considers it confidential. An exemption to the law is not meant to protect confidentiality for the sake of confidentiality, the court ruled.

Friday, August 19, 2022

Yale Students See Work On Opioid Case As Broadly Important

Law360

Layla Malamut ’23 and Laila Robbins ’24 discuss the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project’s win in a major opioid case against Walgreens.

New students, shown leaving Sterling Law Building, were welcomed to campus at convocation Aug. 16, the first day of new student orientation for the class of 2025 and incoming graduate students.

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

YLS Welcomes a Remarkable New Class to New Haven

Dean Heather K. Gerken, speaking at convocation, encouraged students to get to know one another and take advantage of Yale Law School’s vast opportunities and rich academic community.

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