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.
Friday, October 12, 2018
News
Veterans Clinic Petitions for More Inclusive VA Motto
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic delivered a petition for rulemaking requesting that the Department of Veterans Affairs replace its current outdated and exclusionary motto with one that is inclusive of women.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018
In The Press
Report re-energizes push to end solitary confinement in state
NJTV
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik was interviewed by NJTV about the recent survey by the Arthur Liman Center and the Association of State Correctional Administrators on solitary confinement.
Saturday, October 13, 2018
In The Press
Solitary confinement is an affront to human decency
The Washington Post
Findings contained in a recent survey by the Arthur Liman Center and the Association of State Correctional Administrators are cited in The Washington Post.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
In The Press
More than 4,000 mentally ill inmates held in solitary in US — report
The Guardian
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik is quoted in a Guardian article about a new report by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law and the Association of State Correctional Administrators on the number of mentally ill prisoners being held in solitary confinement. Sonia Sotomayor ’79 is also quoted. A similar article appeared in Fortune.com.
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
In The Press
Academic highlight: Greenhouse and Siegel on the past, present and future of Roe v. Wade
ScotusBlog
A review on the chapter authored by Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law Reva Siegel ’86 and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL in the forthcoming book Reproductive Rights and Justice Stories.
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
In The Press
Public Thinker: Issa Kohler-Hausmann on Misdemeanors and Mass Incarceration
Public Books
Associate Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Sociology Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 is interviewed about her latest book Misdemeanorland: Criminal Courts and Social Control in an Age of Broken Windows Policing.
Thursday, August 30, 2018
In The Press
Government Gives Migrant Children Shipped to Connecticut Legal Immigration Status
NBC CT
Aseem Mehta ’20 is quoted in a story about two children represented by the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic who have now been granted temporary legal immigration status. Senator Richard Blumenthal ’73 is mentioned.
Alumni & Student Profiles
Kaitlin Caruso
Senior Counsel for Strategic Advocacy and Chair of the Strategic Advocacy Committee, New York City Law Department
1L year is really hard.…You’re just grinding all the time. And when you come out the other end, you realize that you’ve got skills to make changes in the world. And that feeling is so cool.”
Rebecca Wexler
Class of 2016