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.
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Abrams Institute Letter Objects to Science Advocacy Organization Subpoenas
The Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression at Yale Law School submitted a letter to the Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space & Technology, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), sharply criticizing subpoenas issued to nine science advocacy organizations.
Education Adequacy Project Clinic Wins 11-Year Legal Battle
After more than 11 years of litigation and an appeal to the Connecticut Supreme Court, the Yale Law School’s Education Adequacy Project (EAP) Clinic has won a sweeping landmark victory for its client, the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding (CCJEF).
Petition Seeks to Protect Zika-Affected Women and Families
More than six months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the spread of the Zika virus a public health emergency of international concern, two Brazilian organizations have filed a petition with the country’s Supreme Court demanding, as a matter of Constitutional rights, that the government expand health services and social supports for women, families, and children affected by the Zika epidemic.
NY Dreamer Challenges Nationwide Immigration Injunction
A first-of-its-kind lawsuit filed Thursday, August 25 opened up a new front in the defense of the Obama administration’s 2014 immigration relief initiatives, known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) and expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (expanded DACA).
SFALP Clinic Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
The San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP) looks back at the major achievements of the past decade.
Dean Post Welcomes New Students
Dean Robert C. Post ’77 welcomed the newest class of Yale Law Students to New Haven during convocation on Monday, August 22, 2016.
Ben Wallace ’16 Wins Top Gun National Mock Trial
Ben Wallace of Yale Law School won the Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition on June 5, 2016, in Waco, Texas.
Gregory Fleming ’88 Honored by Yale Law & Business Society
The Yale Law & Business Society honored Gregory J. Fleming ’88 with the 2016 Annual Alumni Award on June 30, 2016 in New York City.
YLS Team Sweeps Awards at French-language Moot Court Competition
Yale Law School sent a team of students in May 2016 to compete in the Charles Rousseau International Law Moot Court Competition (Concours de procès simulé en droit international Charles-Rousseau), the premier French-language moot court competition in public international law. The competition brought teams from 26 universities to Varadero, Cuba to litigate a fictional dispute before the International Court of Justice. The YLS team, entering the competition for the first time, was the only team from the United States, and one of the few teams from a non-francophone country or region. The YLS...
Yale Law Students Launch Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project
Conchita Cruz ’16, Swapna Reddy ’16, Dorothy Tegeler ’16, and Liz Willis ’17 co-founded ASAP in the Spring of 2015 to respond to the unmet legal needs of Central American refugee families.