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
Federal Court Approves Nationwide Class Action by Army Veterans with PTSD
A federal judge has certified a nationwide class-action lawsuit seeking relief for over 50,000 Iraq and Afghanistan Army veterans who developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), or other mental health conditions in service.
MFIA Clinic Seeks Records in Pentagon Papers Case
Acting on behalf of Harvard historian and author Jill Lepore, the Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School has petitioned the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to unseal the records of two 1971 Boston grand juries convened to investigate the leak and publication of the Pentagon Papers.
SFALP Members Publish Essay on The Reach of Local Power in the Yale Law Journal Forum
Two SFALP members have teamed up to defend localities’ power to bring broad-based consumer protection suits
MFIA Clinic Files Lawsuit Against CIA
Acting for two investigative journalists, the Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic has sued the Central Intelligence Agency for silencing the top FBI interrogator of Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah. The lawsuit alleges a CIA effort to mislead the American public about the effectiveness of torture.
Clinic Students Testify to Protect Access to New Haven Reproductive Health Care
On November 28, 2018, three Law School students from the Reproductive Rights and Justice Project (RRJP) clinic testified at a hearing about the dangers to reproductive health care access posed by a proposal by Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH).
New Haven Register
State wants details of Yale clinic deal
Federal Court Approves Nationwide Class Action For Veterans with PTSD
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic secured
Court Orders Disclosure of Information About Veterans Exposed to Radiation
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic secured an order with the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims granting limited discovery in a case involving Veterans exposed to radiation.