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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Yale Law Women Celebrates Winners of 2015 Faculty & Staff Excellence Awards
Yale Law Women (YLW) celebrated the winners of the 2015 YLW Faculty & Staff Excellence Awards. At the lunchtime ceremony, YLW presented three awards: the Faculty Excellence Award, to Professor Abbe R. Gluck; the Staff Excellence Award, to Director of Financial Aid Jill C. Stone; and the Award for Outstanding Leadership to Ruth Swift ’15.
Yale Law School Teams Win Awards at Moot Court Competitions
Yale Law School’s moot court teams received awards and accolades at a number of recent competitions.
Yale Law Student Clarifies Record on State Expectations Ahead of King v. Burwell
On March 4th, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in King v. Burwell, the latest legal challenge the Affordable Care Act. Ahead of oral arguments, Christine Monahan '16, along with Georgetown University Research Professors Kevin Lucia and Sabrina Corlette, authored a blog post published by Health Affairs disputing claims that states opted out of running their own health insurance exchanges to deny their residents access to federal premium tax credits and thus avoid imposition of the ACA's individual and employer mandates.
From Farm to Fork to Landfill — Yale Law School Debuts Food Law and Policy Course
Yale Law School launches its first ever food law and policy class in response to strong student interest in this growing area of law.
The Legal Medium Symposium to Be Held February 28
On February 28, 2015, the Yale Journal of Law and Humanities will host a symposium titled The Legal Medium: New Encounters of Art and Law.
The 21st Annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference Scheduled for February 20–21
The 21st annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference (RebLaw) will be held on Friday, February 20th, and Saturday, February 21, 2015, at Yale Law School.
Lending Help
In the wake of the mortgage foreclosure crisis, a Yale Law School clinic fights for the rights of homeowners trying to stay afloat amidst complex and quickly evolving legal realities.
Yale Law Student Launches Art Exhibit Linking NYC to Tehran
A Yale Law student who founded an art collective focused on connecting people around the world recently launched a new project called “Portals,” which provides a direct audio/visual link between cities like New York City and New Haven to Tehran, Iran. Amar Bakshi ’15 is founder of Shared Studios, a multidisciplinary collective that is working on three global public art projects between 2014-2015: Portals, Channels, and Phonos. All three projects are part of a campaign to set up public interventions around the world to enable individuals to see, hear, and converse with people far away from —...
Three Yale Law School Alums, One Student Receive 2015 Skadden Fellowships
Four of the 2015 Skadden Public Interest Fellowships have been awarded to Yale Law School alumni and a student.
SFALP Students Assist in Filing Tax Fraud Case in California
Students from Yale Law School’s San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP) recently helped file a lawsuit against a tax-preparation company in Oakland, California.