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 red and gold flag of Bong County, Liberia, waves against the sky at sunrise](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/bong_county_liberia_flag.jpeg?itok=fTbPtFUv)
Liberian Environmental Defenders Freed But Clinic and Advocates’ Investigation Continues
Green Advocates International and the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic welcomed the recent release of Liberians imprisoned since protests against a Turkish mining company in 2018 but vowed to continue investigating irregularities in the related arrests and convictions.
![Debbie Rabinovich ’24, Sreya Pinnamaneni ’24, Manoela Saldanha ’25 standing in a classroom with below a screen showing the word "Intersections"](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/image_1_intersections_opening_remarks.jpg?itok=7EO2Hiuz)
Students Investigate Intersections of Art, Law, and Historical Memory
A group of students launched Yale Law School’s first conference on art, justice, and the law this spring.
![A filing cabinet with an open drawer, revealing colorful hanging file folders](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/records_in_filing_cabinet.jpg?itok=0cpnFlkI)
Following MFIA Suit, West Point Athletics Arm Begins Releasing Records
After a lawsuit filed by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, the entity that runs West Point’s sports programs has begun releasing previously financial and contractual records about the army’s sports program that it previously withheld.
![Students sitting in the Courtyard](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/smallgroups2023_1.jpg?itok=FzxU4SG3)
Yale Law School Welcomes Exceptional New Class of Students
Dean Heather K. Gerken welcomed Yale Law School’s newest students to campus on Aug. 23, speaking at convocation about the set of traditions they are inheriting that have sustained the academic community for nearly two centuries.
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MFIA Sues Allegheny County Jail over Gag Rules
The Media Freedom and Information Access clinic at Yale Law School has sued Allegheny County for preventing employees of a Pittsburgh jail from speaking to the press without permission.
![students in a conference room at Baker Hall](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/tsai_readinggroups.jpg?itok=IGP72g2O)
Leadership Program Reading Groups Confront Challenging Questions
Reading groups are an important component of The Tsai Leadership Program and have covered topics like leading in crisis, domestic extremism, identity, and failure.
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Clinics Sue Pentagon and VA Over Discriminatory Fertility Policies
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic and Reproductive Rights and Justice Project are challenging rules that exclude same-sex and unmarried couples, single veterans, and service members from eligibility for in vitro fertilization services.
![Maggie Wang ’25 with trees and a wood fence in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_285_160/public/images/news/maggie_wang_news.jpg?itok=h8LMGZOb)
LEAP Student Fellow Maggie Wang ’25 Named Emerging Scholar Fellow by Brooks Institute
LEAP Student Fellow Maggie Wang ’25 has been named an Emerging Scholar Fellow with the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy.