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
Court Agrees with Ethics Bureau that Judge in Terrorism Case Acted Improperly
A federal appeals court agreed with the Ethics Bureau at Yale that the military judge in the USS Cole bombing case acted improperly, ruling that years of proceedings under that judge must be thrown out.
Studying Criminal Justice from the Inside Out
Students get a deeply personal and powerful look at the criminal justice system by learning side-by-side with classmates inside a prison
WIRAC Reaches Major Settlement on Behalf of Asylum-Seeking Family
The Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) at Yale Law School announced the settlement of one of the first cases in the nation to seek damages against the Department of Homeland Security for their practice of family detention.
Immigrant Rights Clinic Secures Deferred Action for Client Who Spent 19 Months in Sanctuary
Sujitno Sajuti, a client of the Immigrant Rights Clinic, departed the Unitarian Universalist Church in Meriden, Connecticut on May 31, 2019, ending 19 months in sanctuary for the 70-year-old immigrant.
Reproductive Rights Clinic Wins Injunction for Baltimore Family Planning Providers
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Trump administration’s regulations restricting contraceptive services under the federal Title X program, ruling on a suit brought by the city of Baltimore with assistance from the Yale Law School’s Reproductive Rights and Justice Project.
Yale Law School Commencement 2019—Working Together and For One Another
On May 20, 2019, Yale Law School celebrated 240 degree candidates at Commencement.
Clinic Asks U.N. Special Rapporteur to Declare CT Department of Correction “Tortures”
Yale Law School’s Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic filed an allegation letter to the United Nations documenting the use of solitary confinement and other abusive practices by the Connecticut Department of Correction, arguing that such practices constitute torture under international law.
Federal Court Refuses to Delay Prison Gerrymandering Suit
The Yale Law School Rule of Law Clinic, representing the NAACP and others, won an important ruling that opens a path to a possible trial challenging the State of Connecticut’s practice known as prison gerrymandering.
Two Law School Students Named Associate World Fellows
Nikita Lalwani ’20 and Geng Ngarmboonanant ’21 have been named Associate World Fellows for 2019 by the Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program at Yale University.