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
Dena Adler ’17 Awarded Switzer Environmental Fellowship
Dena Adler ’17 has been awarded a 2016 Switzer Environmental Fellowship, a program of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation.
Federal Judge Finds in Favor of Veteran in Harassment Complaint Case
The Department of Defense wrongly refused to search and produce sexual harassment complaints against a senior officer in the Connecticut Army National Guard, a federal judge has ruled.
Clinic Study Concludes that U.S. Family Immigration Detention Violates International Law
A paper released on June 20, 2016 by the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School concludes that the United States has violated its international obligations by detaining asylum seekers in jail-like facilities and by providing insufficient safeguards against return to persecution.
Clinic Reacts to SCOTUS Decision in Case of Death-Row Inmate
A death-row inmate will have a second chance at his appeal after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a prior ruling and remanded his case back down to the the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for further proceedings.
Students Encouraged to Make a Difference
More than 200 graduates of Yale Law School participated in commencement ceremonies on Monday afternoon at the William K. Lanman Center at Payne Whitney Gymnasium, surrounded by friends, family, and the Law School faculty. Watch the video, see photos, and read speeches.
Criminal Justice Clinic Client Has Prison Sentence Commuted by President Obama
On May 5, 2016, President Barack Obama granted a petition for clemency for a client of the Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic at Yale Law School.
Ethics Bureau Alumni Publish Essay on Equitable Tolling
A recently published essay written by three Yale Law graduates highlights the inequities that plague the courts' application of the federal Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA).
Vets Clinic Sues VA for Withholding Information on Toxic Water Disability Claims
On April 27, 2016, veterans groups The Few, The Proud, The Forgotten, and Vietnam Veterans of America filed suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to compel the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to produce records on the Camp Lejeune Subject Matter Expert (SME) program.
Report: Terrorism Watchlist Has Fast Growth and Influence on Policing
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today released Trapped in a Black Box: Growing Terrorist Watchlisting in Everyday Policing, a report prepared by the Civil Liberties and National Security Clinic at Yale Law School.
YLS Announces 37 Public Interest Fellowship Recipients for 2016-2017
Yale Law School is proud to congratulate the 37 students and recent graduates who have been named recipients of public interest fellowships for 2016-2017.