How We Are Involved
About the Program
Yale Law School offers a rich academic experience studying criminal law through many different lenses. In addition to a variety of courses, students can collaborate with faculty on empirical research, work on reform efforts, and gain hands-on experience through work with clinics and student organizations.
Faculty
Yale Law Report Feature, 2016
Centers & Programs
Two vibrant centers at the Law School create a myriad of ways for students to get involved in criminal justice reform work that is having a profound impact across the country.
Justice Collaboratory
Experiential Learning
Several clinics and student organizations play an important role in introducing students to the state and federal criminal justice systems and affording the students an opportunity to represent individual clients and pursue systemic reforms.
Beshar/Lehner Gender Violence Clinic
Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic
Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic
Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic
Strategic Advocacy Clinic
Friday, October 16, 2020
News
New Law School Workshop Explores Impact of COVID Across All Aspects of Law and Policy
The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy has convened a weekly interdisciplinary workshop with leading experts from law, policy, economics, health, and governance to address issues related to all aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic.Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Monday, August 03, 2020
In The Press
How the rise of anti-crime politics caused lasting harm to Black Americans
J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law James Forman was interviewed by City Metric about current crime trends, and the effect of policing policies on the Black community.
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Friday, October 16, 2020
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Monday, September 21, 2020
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
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Saturday, November 7, 2020
In The Press
Across The Country, Voters Approve More Civilian Oversight For Police
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey R. Meares was interviewed on NPR about police reform measures that were approved by communities across the country in last week’s election.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
In The Press
Ballots Behind Bars: Voting Presents Challenges In Connecticut Jails
WNPR
Clinical Lecturer in Law Zal Shroff is quoted, and the Liman Center mentioned, in a WNPR article about outreach to eligible voters currently detained in Connecticut jails.
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
In The Press
Solitary Confinement and Mental Illness: It’s Time to Stop the Harm
Crime Report
A study by the Liman Center is cited in a Crime Report article about solitary confinement and mental illness.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
In The Press
The Dystopian Police State the Trump Administration Wants
The New York Times
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory Tracey L. Meares is quoted in a New York Times commentary about possible changes to policing.
Friday, October 16, 2020
In The Press
The Complicated Role Of Black Leaders In Shaping The Criminal Justice System
NPR / Code Switch
J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law Professor James Forman Jr., ’92 speaks with NPR’s Code Switch about Sen. Kamala Harris’s past as a prosecutor and his book Locking Up Our Own.
Thursday, October 15, 2020
In The Press
Can Politics Handle Police Reform in 2020? An Expert Roundtable
Politico
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory Tracey Meares took part in a Politico roundtable discussion about police reform.
Alumni Profiles
Nola Heller
Chief of the Violent and Organized Crime Unit at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York
This place has always been imbued with a restless spirit, the assumption that being the finest law school in the world is never enough, and a deep belief that you, our students, can do anything.”
Heather Gerken
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law