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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The Methane Majors: A Q&A with LEAP’s Daina Bray and Thomas Poston ’24
A new study by Daina Bray and Thomas Poston ’24 of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program examines lawsuits against the largest animal agriculture firms over their contributions to climate change.
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First-of-Its-Kind Challenge to Racial Discrimination in Veterans Benefits Brought by Clinic Moves Forward
A federal judge issued a landmark decision allowing a lawsuit to proceed against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for racial discrimination in veterans benefits stretching back to World War II. The Yale Law School Veterans Legal Services Clinic helps represent the plaintiffs.
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Amicus Brief Offers History of Habitual Criminal Laws and Their Origins
An amicus brief filed by Clinical Lecturer in Law Daniel Loehr with the help of Yale Law School students offers a history of habitual criminal laws in the United States.
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Law School Team Advances to International Rounds of World’s Largest Moot Court Competition
A team from Yale Law School will advance to the international rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition where they will take on opponents from roughly 700 law schools in 100 countries and jurisdictions.
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Three Yale Students Named Wyss Scholars
Law student Taylor Wurts ’25 was among three students at Yale recognized for their work on a range of conservation issues. At LEAP, Wurts is an Advanced CAFE Lab student and RA with LEAP’s Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Litigation Initiative.
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Connecticut Supreme Court Sides with MFIA Clinic in Police Records Case
The ruling makes it harder for police to withhold records in cold cases in Connecticut.
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Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Stuart Babcock ’24 on Establishing Wildlife Trusts
Stuart Babcock ’24 discusses his research on the feasibility of establishing wildlife trusts in the U.S. using existing legal statutes.
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Yale Law Team Wins First Place in Immigration Moot Court Competition
A Yale Law School team took the top prize in New York University’s National Immigration Law Competition and students said their clinic experience made all the difference.