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
YLS Clinic Challenges Trump’s Order Banning Refugees From Entering the U.S.
In the early morning of January 28, 2017, the Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) at Yale Law School joined the nation’s leading civil rights groups in filing the first legal challenge to the Trump Administration’s executive order banning refugees and other immigrants from certain countries from entering the United States.
Coalition of Students Unite Against ACA Repeal
A group of medical students recently organized a campaign advocating against a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, creating a petition signed by more than 4600 medical students from 150 medical schools across the country.
Students Urge CDC to Modify Proposed Quarantine Regulations
A new Health Affairs commentary written by two Yale Law students identifies dangerous shortcomings of the proposed CDC quarantine regulations.
Four Alums, Two Students Receive 2017 Skadden Fellowships
The Skadden Public Interest Fellowship recipients for 2017 include six members of the Yale Law School community: Will Bloom ’17, Brian Highsmith ’17, Cara McClellen ’15, Julia Solorzano ’16, Dorothy Tegeler ’16, and Julie Veroff ’15.
Students Attend Monsanto Tribunal
Students from the Environmental Protection Clinic recently traveled to The Hague, Netherlands to attend the Monsanto Tribunal, an international civil society initiative aimed at holding the agrochemical company Monsanto accountable for alleged human rights violations, crimes against humanity, and for ecocide.
ASCA, Liman Program Release New Report on Restrictive Housing
A new report, jointly authored by the Association of State Correctional Administrators (ASCA) and the Arthur Liman Program at Yale Law School, reflects a profound change in the national discussion about the use of what correctional officials call “restrictive housing” and what is popularly known as “solitary confinement.”
CT Veteran Charged For "Homosexuality" in 1948 Sues U.S. Air Force
On November 18, 2016, Air Force veteran H. Edward Spires filed a federal lawsuit against the Secretary of the Air Force seeking to upgrade his discharge status from “undesirable” to honorable.
Justice Liu ’98 and Students Present Extensive Study on Asian American Lawyers
Yale Law School students Eric Chung ’17, Xiaonan April Hu ’17, and Christine Kwon ’17 recently joined California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu ’98 to present initial findings from their multi-year research study “A Portrait of Asian Americans in the Law.
Passion for Food Law Grows at Yale Law School
With a growing interest in food law and policy at YLS, students and the administration are creating more opportunities to engage in this emerging area of law.
Doctoral Scholarship Conference Will Be Held November 11–12
The Doctoral Scholarship Conference provides a platform for doctoral students and recent graduates to present, share, and debate their scholarly work.