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
Clinic Releases Report on Preserving Parental Rights for Incarcerated Parents
The Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization and Connecticut Voices for Children released a report that examines the collateral consequences of the Adoption and Safe Families Act on children with incarcerated parents.
Supermax Prison Closure Marks Success for Lowenstein Clinic Partners
Connecticut's supermax prison closure is a success for the Lowenstein Clinic, which has supported efforts against the prison and Connecticut’s use of solitary confinement for the past decade.
Parents and LGBTQ Advocates Testify in Support of the CT Parentage Act
Professor Douglas NeJaime and several law students testified before the CT Judiciary Committee in support of the Connecticut Parentage Act.
MFIA and ROLC Succeed in Procuring Overseas U.S. Troop Levels from Pentagon
Two Yale Law School clinics worked to compel the Department of Defense to release U.S. troop strength levels since 2017 in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.
Sherry Tanious ’21 Coauthors Paper on Technological Change and the Workplace
Sherry Tanious ’21 Coauthors Paper on Technological Change and the Workplace
YLS Students Aid in Immigration Policy Tracking Project
Yale Law School students have worked on the Immigration Policy Tracking project, the most comprehensive compilation of every known Trump-era immigration policy.
New Haven Independent