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
Lighting Up the Path to Law School
The Law School Access Program aims to serve first-generation, low-income, and under-represented minority students from New Haven by lighting up the pathway to successfully applying to law school and launching their legal careers.
Camila Bustos ’21 Awarded Switzer Fellowship
Camila Bustos ’21 is among 20 environmental scholars nationwide to be named a 2020 Switzer Environmental Fellow.
MFIA Clinic Files Appeal in Case on Public Right to Witness Executions
The Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic has appealed the dismissal of its Virginia lawsuit asserting a constitutional right to witness executions.
WIRAC Helps New York Undocumented Youth File Lawsuit Challenging DACA Memo
The Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic represents plaintiffs challenging the authority of a July 28, 2020 memo drastically altering the DACA program.
Welcoming the Class of 2023
Dean Heather Gerken welcomed the newest class of students to Yale Law School during convocation remarks delivered online on August 21, 2020.
Federal Court Greenlights New DACA Challenge
The Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) is representing plaintiffs in a case over new attempts to dismantle DACA.