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
Project’s Brief Says Consumer Protection Law Applies to Facebook
The Tech Accountability & Competition (TAC) Project filed its first amicus brief in D.C. Superior Court arguing that a consumer protection law applies to the relationship between Facebook and its users.
Introducing MFIA’s Student Directors for 2021-22
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic has two new student directors: Jackson Busch ’22 and Emily Wang ’22.
Spreading Joy
Dean Heather K. Gerken launched the Joy Fund at the beginning of the fall term as part of her efforts to build upon the joy of being back together again in person and ease weariness from the pandemic.
Clinic Sues Coast Guard Academy for Banning Cadets as Parents
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Coast Guard Academy over its policy of prohibiting cadets from being parents.
MFIA Clinic Files Suit on Behalf of Georgia Election Workers
The Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic filed a defamation lawsuit on Dec. 2, 2021 on behalf of two women who served as election workers in Fulton County, Georgia during the 2020 election.
Seven Yale Law Students Selected as Kerry Fellows
The Kerry Initiative announced seven Yale Law School students have been named Kerry Fellows for the 2021–2022 academic year.
Students Named Fellows by the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law & Policy
A.J. Hudson LAW ’23 and Saylor Soinski ’23 were among the six Emerging Scholars Fellows announced by the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy.
New Federal Suit Filed Against VA on Behalf of Veterans Exposed to Radiation at Palomares Nuclear Cleanup
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School represents a U.S. Air Force veteran who was exposed to radiation at the 1966 nuclear disaster cleanup in Palomares, Spain.
Clinics Mobilize to Provide Assistance During the Pandemic
The Housing Clinic and the Community and Economic Development Clinic have worked throughout the pandemic to ameliorate the risks to tenants and small business owners.
Student-Led Group Takes a Broad View of National Security
Inspired by a faculty member’s article, students formed a reading group to examine national security from new perspectives.