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
New Haven Independent
Urban Housing Lauded; Suburbs Challenged
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Clinic Students Help Civil Rights Advocates Demand Zoning Changes to Support Fair Housing
Open Communities Alliance has submitted an application to the Woodbridge Planning and Zoning Commission calling for changes to the town’s discriminatory zoning policies.
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MFIA Clinic Files FOIA Case on Behalf of Insider Inc.
The Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic at Yale Law School filed a lawsuit 0 on behalf of Insider Inc. and reporter Angela Wang.
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Students Create Supreme Court Reform Website
A new website created by several Yale Law students provides a way to learn about the history of the Supreme Court and includes detailed reform options.
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Lighting Up the Path to Law School
The Law School Access Program aims to serve first-generation, low-income, and under-represented minority students from New Haven by lighting up the pathway to successfully applying to law school and launching their legal careers.
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Camila Bustos ’21 Awarded Switzer Fellowship
Camila Bustos ’21 is among 20 environmental scholars nationwide to be named a 2020 Switzer Environmental Fellow.
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MFIA Clinic Files Appeal in Case on Public Right to Witness Executions
The Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic has appealed the dismissal of its Virginia lawsuit asserting a constitutional right to witness executions.