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, December 12, 2018
News
Yale Clinic Honored for Launching Legal Food Hub
The Conservation Law Foundation honored the Yale Law School Ludwig Center for Community and Economic Development on December 4, 2018, for its work establishing the Connecticut Legal Food Hub.Tuesday, December 11, 2018
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Monday, November 5, 2018
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Thursday, October 25, 2018
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Sunday, December 9, 2018
In The Press
The Real-Life Heroine Who Inspired a Character on ‘Boardwalk Empire’
The New York Times Book Review
Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster, the new book by William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law Stephen Carter ’79, is reviewed in the New York Times Book Review.
Thursday, November 29, 2018
In The Press
State wants details of Yale clinic deal
New Haven Register
Ahmad Maaz ’20 is quoted, and Sarah June Bever-Chritton ’20 and Rachel Kogan’19 mentioned, in a New Haven Register article about a proposed collaboration between Yale New Haven Hospital and two local federally qualified health clinics.
Monday, November 26, 2018
In The Press
Clinic plan could jeoparduze abortion access—A Commentary by Rachel Kogan ’19
The Hartford Courant
Yale Law School student Rachel Kogan ’19 has an op/ed in the Hartford Courant.
Monday, November 12, 2018
In The Press
Law students launch service group
Yale Daily News
Law School students James Campbell ’20, Abigail Pershing ’20, Matthew Linsley ’21, and Carl Jiang ’20 are quoted in the Yale Daily News about a new student organization, the Yale Law Student National Service Forum.
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.
Alumni & Student Profiles
Monica Maldonado
Assistant Dean, Yale Law School; formerly Assistant County Attorney, Miami-Dade County Attorney’s Office
Law is service if you do it with honor and integrity and a sense of passion…”
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Class of 1979