The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy
The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School is the first of its kind to focus on the governance, business and practice of health care in the United States. The Center brings together leading experts and practitioners from the public and private sectors to address cutting-edge questions of health law and policy, and to train the next generation of top health lawyers, industry leaders, policymakers and academics.
The Global Health Justice Partnership
The Global Health Justice Partnership (GHJP), hosted by Yale Law School and Yale School of Public Health (YSPH), was established in 2012 to promote interdisciplinary, innovative, and effective responses to global health disparities. It is a transformative collaboration that integrates different fields in order to make critical policy interventions.
Courses, Events, and Activities
The wide range of health-related programming at Yale Law School reflects the many important ways in which law and policy affect individual and public health, the health care industry, and health governance, both in the United States and abroad.
Tuesday, April 06, 2021
News
WIRAC Class Action Reaches Settlement in Landmark COVID-19 Case for Immigrants
Students in the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) at Yale Law School, along with partner organizations, represented plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit challenging conditions at the Bristol County House of Correction.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Friday, February 26, 2021
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Monday, March 22, 2021
In March, Professor Douglas NeJaime and several students testified before the Joint Judiciary Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly in support of the Connecticut Parentage Act.
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
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Monday, May 10, 2021
In The Press
Connecticut Offering $280M to Nursing Homes to Avoid Strikes
The Associated Press
Aaron Bryce Lee ’23 is quoted in The Associated Press about a report prepared by the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic about the effect of COVID-19 on nursing home staff and residents.
Monday, May 3, 2021
In The Press
The Health 202: Whether to Waive Coronavirus Vaccine Patents Will Be Front and Center This Week
The Washington Post
Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director of the Global Health Justice Partnership Amy Kapczynski ’03 is quoted in The Washington Post about coronavirus vaccine patent waivers.
Monday, May 3, 2021
In The Press
Legal Historian John Fabian Witt Discusses New Book on Epidemics and Law
ABA Journal
Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law John Fabian Witt ’99 was interviewed for the ABA Journal about his book American Contagions: Epidemics and the Law from Smallpox to COVID-19.
Friday, April 30, 2021
In The Press
Lawsuit Over Solitary Confinement in Limbo as State Pushes for Mediation
CT Mirror
The Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic is mentioned in a CT Mirror article about a lawsuit that seeks to prohibit the use of in-cell shackling and solitary confinement of individuals with mental illnesses.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
In The Press
Court Orders Army to Review Thousands of ‘Bad Paper’ Discharges
Stars and Stripes
Adam Henderson ’23 is quoted, and Andrew DeGuglielmo ’21 and the Veterans Legal Services Clinic are mentioned, in Stars and Stripes about a lawsuit settlement this week requiring the U.S. Army to review and potentially upgrade thousands of other-than-honorable discharges.
Monday, April 26, 2021
In The Press
Legislators Hear Debate on Extending Smoking Bans to Casinos
The Day
William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 is quoted in The Day about extending the smoking ban in public places to include CT casinos, which are exempt from statewide smoking prohibitions.
Alumni & Student Profiles
Neena K. Chaudhry
Director of Education and Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center, Washington, DC
I will remember most about my time here the wonderful conversations and interactions with my peers and with my professors. This is a wonderful community, very welcoming, and an amazing place to have studied the law.”
Allison Turbiville
Class of 2015