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
The Washington Post
Should We Seize Russian Funds to Pay for the War in Ukraine? — A Commentary by Oona A. Hathaway ’97, Maggie Mills ’24, and Thomas Poston ’24
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Housing Clinic Files SCOTUS Brief on Behalf of Consumers in USDA v. Kirtz
The Housing Clinic has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in a case regarding the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Students Share Summer Experiences in Health Law Jobs
On Nov. 7, five students from the Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS) spoke about their summer jobs in health law at a panel for first-year students. Panelists shared their job search stories and offered advice to 1Ls interested in pursuing health law jobs for summer and beyond. Hannah Eichner ’24 described her 1L summer job at Legal Aid in North Carolina, where she worked on Medicaid appeals. She also discussed her 2L summer, which she spent working at a medical-legal partnership at Bread for the City in Washington, D.C. Bea Brown ’25 spent her 1L summer at the Center for Reproductive...
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For Veterans Day, Students Reflect on Their Military Service
Four current Yale Law School students share their stories about serving in the military and what brought them to law school.
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Around the Country, Liman Fellows Work for Democracy
Heading into Election Day, the Liman Center takes a snapshot of Liman Fellows’ work to advance democracy, from running for office to protecting fair elections to advancing voting rights.
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MFIA Wins Access to Records Showing if Maine Jail Recorded Attorney-Client Calls
After a two-year legal fight by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) a court determined that a county jail’s call log is a public record.