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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New York Dreamers Ask for End to DACA Termination
WIRAC students appeared in federal court on January 30, 2018 to ask a Judge to issue a ruling halting the Trump administration's decision to terminate DACA.
Financial Markets Clinic Tackles Real World Issues
The Financial Markets and Corporate Law Clinic explores theories of corporate finance in the context of emergent financial technologies and the creation of regulatory and public policy.
Students Decide the Case in Innovative Arbitration Clinic
In the Law School’s innovative Arbitration Project Clinic, students hear real cases and award damages in disputes over things such as the New Car Lemon Law Program.
GHJP Works to Address the Skyrocketing Cost of Medicines
As Yale Law School’s Global Health Justice Partnership works to reform prescription drug pricing, its ideas are having a national impact.
YLS Students Mobilized to Protect Clients From DACA Termination
Yale Law School students mobilized to protect their clients from the abrupt termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
MFIA Clinic Sues EPA Over Records
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic has sued the EPA over public records on behalf of the New York Times.
Veteran Sickened by Plutonium Brings Nationwide Class Action
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic is representing an Air Force Chief Master Sergeant who is challenging the refusal of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide disability compensation to veterans exposed to ionizing radiation
Environmental Justice Clinic Fights to End Discriminatory Dentistry Policies
The Environmental Justice Clinic at Yale Law School sent a letter on behalf of the Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice (CCEJ) urging the Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) to rescind its policy requiring dentists to use mercury-based dental amalgam in the molar fillings of Medicaid patients.
SFALP Case on Sanctuary Cities Secures Permanent National Injunction
A federal judge in California has permanently blocked the Trump administration from denying funding to sanctuary cities, a major victory for Yale Law clinic students who worked closely with the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office in filing the case.