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.
Thursday, July 25, 2019
News
Curtis-Liman Clinical Fellowship Established to Honor Denny Curtis ’66
The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law and the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School announce the creation of a new clinical fellowship, to begin in 2020, in honor of Professor Denny Curtis ’66, co-founder of the Law School’s clinical program.
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Friday, August 2, 2019
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Event
Information Session: Gruber Global Justice and Women's Rights Fellowships
12:10PM
SLB, Room TBD
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
50:15
Monday, November 5, 2018
1:12:15
Thursday, October 25, 2018
21:32
Monday, August 19, 2019
In The Press
How High are Infrastructure Costs? Analyzing Interstate Construction Spending
The Brookings Institution
Monday, August 19, 2019
In The Press
How High are Infrastructure Costs? Analyzing Interstate Construction Spending
The Brookings Institution
Friday, August 16, 2019
In The Press
Claims: Migrant Children Molested in U.S.-Funded Foster Care
The Associated Press
Aseem Mehta ’20, a student with the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Clinic, is quoted about a settlement in a case of a migrant child held in government custody.
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
In The Press
The Power of the Public Option: A Q&A With Ganesh Sitaraman and Anne Alstott
The American Prospect
Jacquin D. Bierman Professor of Law Anne L. Alstott ’87 and coauthor Ganesh Sitaraman are interviewed about their new book.
Monday, August 5, 2019
In The Press
A Public Option For Everything?
WGBH
Jacquin D. Bierman Professor of Law Anne L. Alstott ’87 and coauthor Ganesh Sitaraman are interviewed about their new book.
Thursday, August 1, 2019
In The Press
What About Rochester?
Project Syndicate
The new book by Jacquin D. Bierman Professor Anne L. Alstott ’87 and Ganesh Sitaraman is discussed in an article on how to promote economic growth in mid-sized cities.
Alumni & Student Profiles
Kaitlin Caruso
Senior Counsel for Strategic Advocacy and Chair of the Strategic Advocacy Committee, New York City Law Department
Yale is the one place where going to law school doesn’t mean sitting on the sidelines; it means making headlines.”
Heather Gerken
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law