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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SFALP Clinic Takes the Fight Beyond the Courtroom
In the past year, the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project has expanded its practice to include helping the City Attorney’s Office draft public comments, with the goal of challenging problematic proposed federal regulations before they become law.
EBaY Win Vacates Murder Conviction
The Ethics Bureau at Yale (EBaY) helped vacate a decades-old murder conviction in California.
Q & A: Chris Ewell ’22 on Protecting Fisheries Observers on the High Seas
Law, Ethics and Animals Program (LEAP) Student Fellow Chris Ewell ’22 talks about the lack of protections observers onboard fishing boats in international waters face.
MFIA Clinic Wins Unsealing of Grand Jury Documents from Historic Pentagon Papers Case
The Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic at Yale Law School scored a major win when a Massachusetts district judge ordered the unsealing of documents from grand juries convened during the Pentagon Papers case.
Critical Race Theory Conference Slated for February 29
Yale Law School’s 2020 Critical Race Theory Conference will take place on Saturday, February 29, 2020 and explore the relationship between two modern social movements – reparations and prison abolition.
Two YLS Students Help Secure Funding for CT Drug Prison Treatment Program
Two Yale Law School students have worked to secure funding for drug treatment programs in Connecticut after nearly three years of advocacy.
The Power of People
A look at two examples of the valuable bonds that can develop between alumni and recent graduates and current students.
Yale Law Students Selected to Teach Undergraduate Seminars
Four students at Yale Law School have been selected to teach undergraduate seminars in the Spring 2020 semester: John Gonzalez ’20, Nikita Lalwani ’20, Josh Rubin ’20, and Becca Steinberg ’20.
The New York Times