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.
News
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Clinic Helps Cadet Reach Settlement with Coast Guard Academy Over Policy Banning Parents
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic and partners have reached a settlement with the U.S. Coast Guard Academy on behalf of a former cadet challenging the academy’s policy of banning cadets from being parents.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.