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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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.
Sonia Sotomayor Receives Yale Law Women Alumnae Achievement Award
The Yale Law Women presented its Alumnae Achievement Award to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’79 on October 26.
UN Investigators for Sri Lanka, Show Your Work!
Rebecca Wexler, JD candidate 2016, publishes an opinion article in Sri Lanka's main human rights journal, Groundviews, calling on UN investigators to use open tools and methods for their investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka. Last week, Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, announced that he would not grant entry visas to U.N. human rights investigators looking into allegations of mass killings. By prohibiting entry to U.N. human rights investigators, Mr. Rajapaksa has ensured that the U.N. investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka will be a remote one, and dependent on digital...
Dean Robert C. Post ’77 Welcomes the Class of 2017
Dean Robert C. Post ’77 welcomed the Class of 2017 on Wednesday, August 27, 2014. The incoming class includes a diverse group of students coming from 8 different countries, 36 different states, and 77 different undergraduate institutions.
New York City Council Expected to Approve 2 Plans Aiding Immigrants
Lindsay Nash, Liman Fellow 2010-11 and 2012-13 A long-sought initiative that would provide municipal identification cards to all New Yorkers, including those without legal immigration status, has been finalized, and will come before the City Council for a vote this week, officials said. Undocumented immigrants could use the cards as proof of residence, and to check out library books, sign leases and open bank accounts, among other benefits.
Accelerated JD-MBA Degree Program Turns Five
The three-year JD-MBA degree, a joint program of the Law School and the Yale School of Management, graduated its fifth class in May 2014.
Soros Fellowships Awarded to Three YLS Students
Two current Yale Law School students and one incoming student have been named Paul & Daisy Soros New American Fellows for 2014.
National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition Puts Theory into Practice
Halley Epstein, YLS ’14, and Sarah Langberg, YLS/FES ’14, participated in this year’s National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition at Pace Law School in White Plains, N.Y., and made it through to the semifinal round—one of the top nine teams out of the 76 competing—and the only team without a coach to advance to the penultimate round.
Yale Law Students Chosen for Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics
Rose Goldberg ’15 and Devorah Toren ’16 have been selected by Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics to participate in a two-week program for future law professionals this summer.