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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Settlement Confirms National Guard Members in State Status May Unionize
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic represented plaintiffs in a case settled on May 17 that allows National Guard members on state active duty to organize and join labor unions.
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Two Law Students Receive 2022 Susman Godfrey Prize
Law School students Sydney Daniels ’24 and Fernando Rojas ’23 are two recipients of the 2022 Susman Godfrey Prize.
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Start-up Within a Clinic: the Tech Accountability & Competition Project at MFIA
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic’s Tech Accountability & Competition project is dedicated to reducing the harms caused by the excessive use of power in today’s digital marketplaces.
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LEAP Announces 10 Student Grant Program Recipients for 2022
The Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) announced recipients of the LEAP Student Grant Program in support of multidisciplinary projects in law, policy, art, science, historiography, investigative journalism, and more.
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Jade Chowning ’24 Receives Peggy Browning Fellowship
Yale Law School student Jade Chowning ’24 has been awarded a summer Peggy Browning Fellowship.
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Schell Center Announces 2022-23 Postgrad Fellows
The Schell Center announced the 2022-23 recipients of the Bernstein and Robina International Human Rights Fellowships.
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Law Student is Third Yalie to Win Selective Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Yale Law School student Alaa Hajyahia ’22 will study anthropology at the University of Cambridge as the recipient of a Gates Cambridge Scholarship.
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Yale Federalist Society Receives Awards
Yale Law School’s chapter of the Federalist Society (FedSoc) received the organization’s James Madison Award for Chapter of the Year for 2022. The award was presented at the National Student Symposium on March 5, 2022.
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Information on Commencement
Yale Law School held an Alumni Ceremony for the Classes of 2020 and 2021 on Saturday, May 14, 2022 and will hold Commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2022 on May 23, 2022.
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Vets Clinic Seeks Recognition of Substance Abuse Disorder for Discharge Relief
Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic represents a veteran in a case challenging challenging the Army Board for Correction of Military Records’ refusal to recognize substance use disorders as a mental health condition.