Thursday, July 18, 2019
Students Help Pass HIV Drug Law for Youth
Two students in the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy's Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP), Hannah Hussey ’20 and Owen Monkemeier ’19, spent the spring semester successfully advocating for the passage of a new Connecticut law making HIV-preventing drugs available to some of the state’s most vulnerable youth. Hussey and Monkemeier participated in the pediatric MLP, a collaboration between the Center for Children’s Advocacy and Yale New Haven Hospital.
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Clinic Helps Obtain $305 Million Settlement in Lead Paint Litigation
After 20 years, Yale Law School clinic students helped San Francisco and nine other localities achieve a landmark victory in their litigation against lead paint companies with a $305 million settlement.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Defense Department Ordered to Turn Over Documents on Military Sexual Assault
On July 12, 2019, a U.S. District Court in Connecticut ordered the government to disclose key documents related to bias in the military justice system, in a lawsuit brought by Protect our Defenders and the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center. The plaintiffs are represented by the Veterans Legal Service Clinic at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Court Agrees with Ethics Bureau that Judge in Terrorism Case Acted Improperly
A federal appeals court agreed with the Ethics Bureau at Yale that the military judge in the USS Cole bombing case acted improperly, ruling that years of proceedings under that judge must be thrown out.
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Nonprofit wins grant to support Hartford residents leaving failed subsidized housing projects
Hartford Courant
The Yale Law School Housing Clinic is mentioned in an article about a project to help former residents of two subsidized apartment complexes in Hartford find decent housing. The clinic will provide pro bono services for the program.
Thursday, June 27, 2019
Studying Criminal Justice from the Inside Out
Students get a deeply personal and powerful look at the criminal justice system by learning side-by-side with classmates inside a prison
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
WIRAC Reaches Major Settlement on Behalf of Asylum-Seeking Family
The Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) at Yale Law School announced the settlement of one of the first cases in the nation to seek damages against the Department of Homeland Security for their practice of family detention.
Monday, June 3, 2019
Immigrant Rights Clinic Secures Deferred Action for Client Who Spent 19 Months in Sanctuary
Sujitno Sajuti, a client of the Immigrant Rights Clinic, departed the Unitarian Universalist Church in Meriden, Connecticut on May 31, 2019, ending 19 months in sanctuary for the 70-year-old immigrant.
Friday, May 31, 2019
Reproductive Rights Clinic Wins Injunction for Baltimore Family Planning Providers
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Trump administration’s regulations restricting contraceptive services under the federal Title X program, ruling on a suit brought by the city of Baltimore with assistance from the Yale Law School’s Reproductive Rights and Justice Project.
Monday, May 20, 2019
Yale Law School Commencement 2019—Working Together and For One Another
On May 20, 2019, Yale Law School celebrated 240 degree candidates at Commencement.