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, June 02, 2021
News
Clinic Celebrates a New Parentage Law
A Yale Law School clinic has worked for three years to successfully modernize Connecticut’s parentage laws.
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed the Connecticut Parentage Act into law on June 1, 2021. Photos by Brian O’Connor.
Monday, July 27, 2020
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Monday, June 7, 2021
In The Press
How Communities Of Color Are Hurt Most By Climate Change
Forbes
Professor of Law Gerald Torres ’77 is quoted on how climate change disproportionally affects people of color.
Friday, May 28, 2021
In The Press
The Most Powerful Court in the U.S. Is About to Decide the Fate of the Most Vulnerable Children
TIME
Anne Urowsky Professor of Law Douglas NeJaime is quoted about a lawsuit before the Supreme Court against the city of Philadelphia, which is being sued after ending a contract with a faith-based agency that will not certify same-sex couples as foster parents.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
In The Press
Eligible Voters in CT Jails Need Access to Their Ballots — A Commentary by Anna VanCleave et al.
New Haven Register
Anna VanCleave is Director of The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law at Yale Law School. Zal Shroff is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and Senior Liman Fellow in Residence at Yale Law School. Natalie Kirchhoff is a member of the class of 2023 at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
In The Press
Suburb Housing Quest Enters New Phase
New Haven Independent
Karen Anderson ’21 is quoted and the Community and Economic Development Clinic is mentioned in a New Haven Independent report on efforts to challenge zoning restrictions in Woodbridge, Connecticut.
Monday, March 29, 2021
In The Press
Make the Infrastructure Bill Tell Us Cost of Each Bridge, Road, and Train — A Commentary by Zachary Liscow ’15 and Leah Brooks
The Hill
Zachary Liscow is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Leah Brooks is an Associate Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the George Washington University.
Monday, March 29, 2021
In The Press
A Fight over Housing Segregation is Dividing One of America’s Most Liberal States
Vox
A commentary by Professor of Law David Schleicher is cited in Vox about Connecticut residential zoning restrictions.
Alumni & Student Profiles
Emma Alpert
Current Senior Staff Attorney and 2009-2010 YLS Public Interest Fellow, Brooklyn Defender Services Family Defense Practice, Brooklyn, NY
Neena K. Chaudhry
Director of Education and Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center, Washington, DC
Kaitlin Caruso
Senior Counsel for Strategic Advocacy and Chair of the Strategic Advocacy Committee, New York City Law Department
At heart, Yale Law School is about a distinctive culture of intellectual curiosity about the law. We think good ideas matter. Our faculty and, most of all, our students live this idea every day.”
John Fabian Witt
Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law; Class of 1999