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Yale Law School Case Integral To Supreme Court Argument Over DACA
WIRAC Heads to Supreme Court in Suit Defending DACA
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case brought by the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) and co-counsel, along with other related cases, challenging the Trump Administration’s recission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
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Veterans’ Suit Over ‘Bad Paper’ Discharges Moves Forward
Federal Court Rejects Motion to Dismiss in Veterans Clinic Class Action
A federal judge denied the Secretary of the Navy’s request to dismiss a nationwide class action lawsuit on behalf of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan Navy and Marine Corps veterans.
SFALP Students Assist in Blocking ‘Public Charge’ Rule
Students from the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project at Yale Law School (SFALP) assisted in securing a major ruling with nationwide ramifications for immigrant families.
Seven Yale Law Students Named 2019–2020 Kerry Fellows
Seven Yale Law School students are among the 20 newly named Kerry Fellows who will work with former Secretary of State John Kerry on pressing global challenges as part of Yale University’s Kerry Initiative.