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
Friday, July 01, 2022
News
Q&A: Professor Gohara on Reforms in Sentencing and Parole
Clinical Professor of Law Miriam Gohara discusses her work, including the Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic and the Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
In The Press
It Is Time to Repeal Connecticut’s Incarceration Lien —A Commentary by Jenny Carroll, Mila Reed Guevara ’23, and Ryanne Bamieh ’23
The Connecticut Mirror
Jenny Carroll is the Director of the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law and a Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Mila Reed Guevara and Ryanne Bamieh are members of the class of 2023 at Yale Law School.
Friday, July 1, 2022
Clinical Professor Miriam Gohara received tenure this month and leads the Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic and the Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic. She teaches and writes about capital and non-capital sentencing, incarceration, and the historical and social forces implicated in culpability and punishment. Gohara recently discussed her work.
Thursday, June 16, 2022
James Mooney ’19 is a Liman Fellow at the ACLU of Illinois.
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Marchers in Washington, D.C. protest to end gun violence in 2021.
Thursday, May 26, 2022
State Rep. Patrick Callahan, Liman Center Director Jenny Carroll, Ryanne Bamieh ’23, and Mila Reed-Guevara ’23 are shown at the Connecticut State Capitol for a meeting to discuss the repeal of Connecticut’s incarceration lien, under which the state can claim money from people who have served time in jail and prison. The Liman Center and partners helped pass a law that places limits on the lien.
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Police in Chicago in June 2020
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
A still from a new short film documenting the experiences of those impacted by Connecticut’s incarceration lien law.
Monday, March 1, 2021
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022
In The Press
They Were Released from Prison Because of COVID. Their Freedom Didn’t Last Long.
USA Today
Clinical Associate Professor of Law Marisol Orihuela ’08 is quoted about the revocation of incarcerated individuals’ pandemic-related home confinement due to minor offenses.
Sunday, July 10, 2022
In The Press
Dwayne Betts and His Mission Beyond Prison
CBS Sunday Morning
Clinical Lecturer in Law Dwayne Betts ’16 was interviewed about his work as Founder and Director of Freedom Reads, a project of The Justice Collaboratory.
Monday, May 23, 2022
In The Press
Two Law Professors Hope to Keep Prisons from Reclaiming Pandemic Parolees
WSHU
Clinical Associate Professor Marisol Orihuela ’08 spoke about inmates whose pandemic-related home confinement was revoked due to minor offenses.
Monday, May 16, 2022
In The Press
Some U.S. Inmates Released Under COVID Protocols Challenge Orders to Return to Prison
Reuters
Associate Clinical Professor Marisol Orihuela ’08 is quoted in a news report about a lawsuit filed against the Danbury federal prison by three women who claim their home confinement was revoked without due process.
Thursday, May 5, 2022
In The Press
Danbury Prison Inmates File Lawsuit over Home Confinement Getting Revoked
Danbury News-Times
Clinical Associate Professor Marisol Orihuela ’08 is quoted about a lawsuit filed against the Danbury federal prison by three women who claim their home confinement was revoked without due process.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
In The Press
It Is Time to Repeal Connecticut’s Incarceration Lien —A Commentary by Jenny Carroll, Mila Reed Guevara ’23, and Ryanne Bamieh ’23
The Connecticut Mirror
Jenny Carroll is the Director of the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law and a Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Mila Reed Guevara and Ryanne Bamieh are members of the class of 2023 at Yale Law School.
Alumni Profiles
One of the things that makes this job magic is the students. They’re unbelievably smart, the best lawyers you can imagine. But they care so deeply. And what always amazes me is they’re unfailingly modest about what they do.”
Heather Gerken
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law