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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Clinic Files Amicus Brief on Debt Collection
The Mortgage Foreclosure Litigation Clinic at Yale Law School (MFLC), along with its partners, has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA, which is scheduled for argument this Tuesday, April 18.
Clinic Explores Citizen Participation in Lawmaking at Parliamentary Conference
Members of Yale Law School’s Governance Innovation Clinic recently participated in ParlAmericas’s Second Annual Gathering of the Open Parliament Network.
Five Communities Demand EPA Respond to Civil Rights Complaints
Yale Law School’s new Environmental Justice Clinic, which launched in January, is representing the plaintiffs with co-counsel Earthjustice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Yale People: For law student, military built 'phenomenal' skills
Alex Frank '18 graduated from Duke University with a degree in physics and is currently a second-year Yale Law School student. He was profiled by Yale News.
Clinic Students Testify on Confinement
On Monday March 27, students from the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School travelled to the State Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut, to testify in favor of HB 7302, “An Act Concerning Isolated Confinement and Correctional Staff Training and Wellness.”
ACLU Director to Speak on Defending Liberty
David Cole, the National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, will speak on April 3 at 12:10 pm in Room 127. His lecture, “We’ll See You in Court—Defending Liberty in the Age of Trump,” will discuss the approaches of the ACLU during the current administration. The event, which is sponsored by the Yale Law School chapter of the American Constitution Society, will also be live streamed. During the first months of Donald Trump's presidency, the ACLU has emerged as one of the most prominent organizations challenging the administration's policies and proposals on a range of issues...
Two YLS Students Chosen for FASPE Program
Nina R. W. Cohen ’18 and Ama Ruth Francis ’18 are among 12 law students chosen by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) to participate in a two-week program in Germany and Poland.
Gruber Program Names 2017–18 Fellows
The Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women’s Rights at Yale Law School announced the 2017–2018 Peter and Patricia Gruber Fellows in Global Justice and Women’s Rights: Nicole Collins ’17 YSPH, Edwin Garcia ’17 FES, Olivia Horton ’17, Scout Katovich ’17, and Zain Rizvi ’17.
Schell Center Names 2017–18 Fellows
The Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights announced its fellows for the 2017–18 academic year.
Lowenstein Clinic Recommends Reforms to Liberia’s Concessions System
A paper released on March 14 by the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School addresses significant gaps under Liberian law regarding the oversight of large-scale agricultural concessions.