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
A Message From Dean Heather Gerken About COVID-19
An update from Dean Heather K. Gerken about COVID-19 and Yale Law School.
Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic Files SCOTUS Brief in Congressional Subpoenas Matter
On March 4, 2020, the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic at Yale Law School filed an amicus brief in support of respondents at the United States Supreme Court in the consolidated cases of Trump v. Mazars USA and Trump v. Deutsche Bank AG, which the Court will hear on March 31, 2020.
Supreme Court Clinic Files Brief on Behalf of Innocent James Dailey
The Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School and Mayer Brown LLP filed a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of James Dailey, who has spent more than 30 years on Florida’s death row for a murder he did not commit.
Students Tackle Challenges in International Law as Salzburg Cutler Fellows
Students from Yale Law School were selected to join their peers from 13 other leading U.S. law schools in Washington, D.C. to explore the future of public and private international law at the eighth annual Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program.
SFALP Clinic Takes the Fight Beyond the Courtroom
In the past year, the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project has expanded its practice to include helping the City Attorney’s Office draft public comments, with the goal of challenging problematic proposed federal regulations before they become law.
EBaY Win Vacates Murder Conviction
The Ethics Bureau at Yale (EBaY) helped vacate a decades-old murder conviction in California.
Q & A: Chris Ewell ’22 on Protecting Fisheries Observers on the High Seas
Law, Ethics and Animals Program (LEAP) Student Fellow Chris Ewell ’22 talks about the lack of protections observers onboard fishing boats in international waters face.