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, September 22, 2017
News
SFALP Case Sues Top Fossil Fuel Producers Over Climate Change Costs
The San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP) at Yale Law School is taking the world’s largest oil and gas companies to court.Tuesday, September 05, 2017
In The Press
Groups in NY seek legal challenge of Trump DACA rollback
Associated Press
Students with the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic are leading a legal challenge to President Trump’s proposed phase-out of DACA. Similar articles appeared in numerous other outlets.
Thursday, August 31, 2017
In The Press
Challenge That Blocked First Trump Travel Ban Is Settled
The New York Times
The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization is mentioned in an article about the settlement of the travel ban case that WIRAC worked on.
Friday, September 22, 2017
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Friday, September 15, 2017
In The Press
Experts: Veterans should ‘get out in the streets’ to protest government’s handling of ‘bad paper’
Stars and Stripes
William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 is quoted in an article about a presentation he took part in in Washington regarding the military’s and VA’s handling of other-than-honorable discharges.
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
In The Press
Yale Immigration Lawyer Doubts Congress Will Act On DACA
WNPR
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 was interviewed about whether Congress will act on DACA before the program ends in March of 2018.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
In The Press
Groups in NY seek legal challenge of Trump DACA rollback
Associated Press
Students with the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic are leading a legal challenge to President Trump’s proposed phase-out of DACA. Similar articles appeared in numerous other outlets.
Monday, September 4, 2017
In The Press
How the American Jim Crow System Inspired Hate and the Alt-Right
Atlanta Black Star
Hitler’s American Model, the latest book by Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law James Whitman ’88, is cited at length in a feature.
Friday, September 1, 2017
In The Press
Court Bans Ex-Cadet’s Lawsuit Against West Point Superiors
The New York Times
Shikha Garg ’19 is quoted in an article about the outcome of a case of a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy, represented by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic.
Thursday, August 31, 2017
In The Press
Challenge That Blocked First Trump Travel Ban Is Settled
The New York Times
The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization is mentioned in an article about the settlement of the travel ban case that WIRAC worked on.
Alumni & Student Profiles
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