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, January 15, 2020
News
Liman Center and LSO Announce Inaugural Curtis-Liman Clinical Fellow
The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law and the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School are pleased to announce that Alex Wang has been selected to be the first Curtis-Liman Clinical Fellow.Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Wednesday, January 08, 2020
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.
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Monday, January 13, 2020
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Event
Human Rights Workshop: Marbre Stahly-Butts '13, Executive Director, Law for Black Lives, "Reparations"
12:10PM
Calabresi Faculty Lounge
Monday, November 11, 2019
1:24:53
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
50:15
Monday, November 5, 2018
1:12:15
Thursday, October 25, 2018
21:32
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.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
In The Press
Dwight Group To Rehab Historic Building, Add Child Care
New Haven Independent
Clinical Lecturer in Law Emilee Gaebler and the Community and Economic Development Clinic are mentioned in a New Haven Independent article about plans for a long-empty building purchased by a neighborhood group.
Monday, December 9, 2019
In The Press
Court rules vets exposed to radiation from 1966 nuke disaster can sue for benefits
Air Force Times
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic is mentioned in an Air Force Times article about its recent 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.
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
In The Press
He’s a Serial Con Artist. His Word Might Soon Send a Man to His Death
New York Times Magazine
Liman Senior Fellow in Residence Laura Fernandez ’02 and former Liman Fellow Cyd Oppenheimer ’04 represent a man facing execution in Florida despite evidence of innocence. The article explores the troubling history of the con artist whose testimony led to the conviction and death sentence and the weakness of the state’s case against Fernandez’s and Oppenheimer’s client.
Friday, November 22, 2019
In The Press
How 2 Student Litigators Defeated a Veteran Attorney in Court
Connecticut Law Tribune
Nathan Baker Clinical Professor of Law Jay Pottenger, Jr. ’75 and Shannon Price ’20 are quoted, and Nathan Leys ’20 mentioned, in a Connecticut Law Tribune article about a recent victory involving a New Haven tenant who was living with an infestation of pests. The tenant is represented by students with the Housing Court Clinic.
Alumni & Student Profiles
Emma Alpert
Current Senior Staff Attorney and 2009-2010 YLS Public Interest Fellow, Brooklyn Defender Services Family Defense Practice, Brooklyn, NY
In their first semester, all entering students are required to take four courses, one of which must be taken in a small group of 15 or 16 students. Immediately every student in the class has the opportunity to develop a close relationship with one of their four teachers.”
Anthony Kronman
Class of 1975, Sterling Professor of Law and Former Dean