Public Interest Law
About Public Interest Law
Yale Law School has a strong tradition of service in the public interest. In addition to the rich curricular offerings, approximately 80 percent of students take part in a clinic during their time at the Law School.
Public Interest Activities
Most YLS students perform public service in activities ranging from legal research and writing to outreach in the New Haven public schools. A number of YLS centers and projects offer fellowships and other opportunities for public service.
Public Interest Career Services
Public Interest Career Services are available through the Career Development Office, which offers specialized counseling, as well as a wide array of services, programs, events, and resources for public interest minded students and alumni in all stages of their career development.
Wednesday, March 04, 2020
News
SFALP Clinic Takes the Fight Beyond the Courtroom
In the past year, the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project has expanded its practice to include helping the City Attorney’s Office draft public comments, with the goal of challenging problematic proposed federal regulations before they become law.Tuesday, April 07, 2020
Monday, March 30, 2020
In The Press
Protecting Prisoners in Pandemics Is a Constitutional Must — A Commentary by Judith Resnik
Bloomberg Law
Judith Resnik is the Arthur Liman Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Monday, November 11, 2019
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Monday, March 30, 2020
In The Press
Protecting Prisoners in Pandemics Is a Constitutional Must — A Commentary by Judith Resnik
Bloomberg Law
Judith Resnik is the Arthur Liman Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 19, 2020
In The Press
U.S. Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking to Avert 2020 Census Undercount
Reuters
Nikita Lalwani ’20 is quoted in by Reuters on the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic on behalf of a nonprofit group alleging that federal cost-cutting threatened undercounts of blacks, Hispanics, immigrants and the homeless in the 2020 Census.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
In The Press
For Many Who Cleaned Up a Nuclear Mess, a Key Ruling Comes Too Late
The New York Times
The work of the Veterans Legal Services Clinic is mentioned in a New York Times article about the Clinic’s success on behalf of elderly veterans denied disability benefits for illnesses they suffered as a result of their work cleaning up a 1966 nuclear bomb disaster in Spain.
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
In The Press
Lamont to propose millions for affordable housing construction
Walter E. Meyer Professor Emeritus of Property and Urban Law Robert Ellickson ’66 is quoted in the CT Mirror about efforts to provide affordable housing in Connecticut.
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
In The Press
Protect Veterans From Fraud
The New York Times
A report by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic is mentioned in a New York Times editorial.
Thursday, December 19, 2019
In The Press
Yale Law Students Help Nearly 1,600 Veterans Win Class Certification for Radiation Exposure
Connecticut Law Tribune
Meghan Brooks ’19, Lily Halperin ’21, and John Super ’20 are quoted in the Connecticut Law Tribune on the victory in a class action suit challenging the Veterans Affairs’ refusal to provide disability compensation to veterans exposed to ionizing radiation.
Alumni & Student Profiles
Today is a wonderful time to be blessed with legal training and to be able to go out and take on the enormous challenges of a difficult world — with an aspiration to lead tempered by humility at the complexity, difficulty, discipline, and self-sacrifice inherent in the task.”
Ben W. Heineman, Jr.
Class of 1971