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
Lowenstein Report on Myanmar Genocide Cited by New York Times
A Lowenstein Clinic paper analyzing whether genocide is occurring in Myanmar has been cited my numerous media outlets and human rights organizations.
Veterans Groups Sue VA for Data on Bias, Sexism
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic filed a lawsuit to compel the Department of Veterans Affairs to release data relating to military sexual trauma.
AL Residents Denounce EPA for Closing Civil Rights Investigations
Yale’s Environmental Justice Clinic represents residents of Alabama who are condemning the decision by the EPA to close two civil rights complaints filed against the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
Clinic Files Class Action On Behalf of Marine Corps Vets with PTSD
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of thousands of Navy and Marine Corps veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who developed post-traumatic stress disorder and received less-than-honorable discharges.
Students Attend Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program
Students from Yale Law School were selected to join their peers from 10 other leading U.S. law schools in Washington, D.C. last weekend to explore the future of public and private international law at the sixth annual Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program.
VA Defies Court Orders to Release Documents Sought by Poisoned Veterans
A federal Judge ordered the VA to explain why they have failed to release records in a case involving contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
EJC Clinic Client Reacts to NMED Policies
On February 23, NMED released its Public Participation and Limited English Proficiency (LEP) policies that outline the agency's plans to include New Mexican communities in the process for permitting industrial facilities.
MFIA Clinic Urges FISA Court of Review to Protect Public Access
On February 23, 2018, Yale's Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic (MFIA) and the ACLU filed a brief before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review (FISCR) urging the appellate court to recognize that judicial opinions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) should be public.