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
Three Students, Three Alums Receive 2020 Skadden Fellowships
Six Law School alumni and current students have been awarded Skadden Public Interest Fellowship for 2020.
Court Certifies Class of Veterans Exposed to Radiation
The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims certified a class of elderly disabled veterans exposed to ionizing radiation while cleaning up a nuclear bomb disaster in Palomares, Spain, in 1966.
Muslim Law Students Association at YLS Joins Amicus Brief in Travel Ban Suit
The Muslim Law Students’ Association at Yale Law School is proud to join Muslim American bar and law student associations across the country as amici curiae in support of a continuing legal challenge to President Trump’s travel ban.
Rule of Law Clinic Files Suit to Prevent Undercount in 2020 Census
The Rule of Law Clinic filed a lawsuit on Nov. 26, 2019, in federal court in Manhattan challenging five structural deficiencies in the U.S. Census Bureau’s final operational plans for the 2020 Census.
Advanced Sentencing Clinic Hosts Parole Panel and Documentary Screening
On Monday, November 18, 2019, the Advanced Sentencing Clinic at Yale Law School hosted a screening of the Frontline documentary “Life on Parole,” which follows the lives of four individuals on parole in Connecticut.