Thursday, February 25, 2021
Appeal Brings Fair Rent To Court
New Haven Independent
Nathan Baker Clinical Professor of Law J.L. Pottenger, Jr. ’75 and Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law Richard L. Tenenbaum are mentioned, and Adam Kinkley ’21 is quoted, in a New Haven Independent article on developments in a landlord-tenant dispute involving a client represented by the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization.
Monday, February 22, 2021
New Report Details COVID-Related Threats to Indigenous Peoples and Environment
The Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School and the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) released a report documenting the erosion of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, damage to forest environments, and violence resulting from government responses to the pandemic and ensuing global recession.
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Disability rights group alleges abuse of people with mental illness at state’s maximum-security prison in suit against Department of Correction
The Hartford Courant
The Hartford Courant reports on a lawsuit brought by the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic and partners against the CT Department of Correction.
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Lowenstein Clinic Represents Disability Rights Group in CT Supermax Prison Lawsuit
The Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic and partner organizations filed a lawsuit against the Connecticut Department of Correction on February 4, 2021.
Monday, January 25, 2021
Innovative Gun Violence Course Generates Novel Journal Issue
The Solomon Center for Health Law & Policy and the Justice Collaboratory have teamed up to publish a groundbreaking special issue of The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (JLME) devoted to the gun violence epidemic.
Monday, January 25, 2021
Executions shouldn't be shrouded in secrecy — A Commentary by Anna Kaul ’21 and Sarah Lamsifer ’21
USA Today
Anna Kaul and Sarah Lamsifer are members of the Yale Law School class of 2021.
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Free Exercise Clinic Launches Interactive Workshop Series
This spring, Yale Law School’s Free Exercise Clinic is launching an interactive workshop, and has invited students and faculty in the religious liberty clinics at Harvard, Stanford and Texas to join each of the seven class sessions.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Sending a message
Uzoma Orchingwa ’22 has cofounded a nonprofit startup to challenge the for-profit prison telecom industry with an alternative to help people in prison communicate better with family and friends on the outside.
Friday, January 15, 2021
Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic Secures Historic Sentence Modification
The Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic helped win an unprecedented sentence modification for one of its clients.
Monday, January 11, 2021
In debut novel, Yale law student explores moral terrain
Yale News spoke to David Hopen ’23 about his debut novel, The Orchard.