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, March 02, 2018
News
Clinic Files Class Action On Behalf of Marine Corps Vets with PTSD
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of thousands of Navy and Marine Corps veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who developed post-traumatic stress disorder and received less-than-honorable discharges.
Friday, June 1, 2018
Thursday, February 15, 2018
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Wednesday, July 11, 2018
In The Press
Federal judge delays decision on reuniting children with parents in immigration case
CT Mirror
Clinical Associate Professor of Law Marisol Orihuela ’08 is quoted in a story about a hearing on whether to reunite two children being held in Connecticut with their parents after being separated at the U.S. border. The children are being represented by the Connecticut Legal Services and the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School.
Monday, July 9, 2018
In The Press
Immigrant Children In Connecticut Sue After Being Separated From Parents
WNPR
The Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic’s case on behalf of two children, taken from their parents at the U.S.- Mexico border and sent to a Connecticut facility, suing the federal government is discussed.
Saturday, July 7, 2018
In The Press
Two Children Held In Connecticut After Separation From Parents At Border Sue Government
The Hartford Courant
Clinical Associate Professor of Law Marisol Orihuela ’08 is quoted in an article about two children, taken from their parents at the U.S.- Mexico border and sent to a Connecticut facility, who are suing the federal government with the help of the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic.
Friday, July 6, 2018
In The Press
Two immigrant children in Connecticut sue over family separations
CT Mirror
A report on two children, taken from their parents at the U.S.- Mexico border and sent to a Connecticut facility, who are suing the federal government with the help of the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic.
Thursday, July 5, 2018
In The Press
The Muslim ban expands the cruel policy of family separation—A Commentary by Rachel Brown ’20 and Georgia Travers ’19
The Washington Post
Rachel Brown ’20 and Georgia Travers ’19 are students at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
In The Press
The Muslim Ban Expands the Cruel Policy of Family Separation— A Commentary by Rachel Brown '20 and Georgia Travers '19
The Washington Post
Rachel Brown '20 and Georgia Travers '19 are students at Yale Law School and co-authors of the report “Window Dressing the Muslim Ban: Reports of Waivers and Mass Denials From Yemeni-American Families Stuck in Limbo.”
Alumni & Student Profiles
Beverly Jones
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, New York, NY
We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice.”
Sonia Sotomayor
Class of 1979