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
Thursday, March 16, 2023
News
Panel Brings Manhattan Felony Alternative-to-Incarceration Court to Yale Law School
The audience learned about an innovative alternative sentencing program at a recent panel co-sponsored by the Liman Center.
Tuesday, November 01, 2022
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Liman Fellow-in-Residence Grace Li (at left under screen) and two panelists from the Manhattan Alternative-to-Incarceration (ATI) Court, Judge Ellen N. Biben and Joe Barrett, discuss the alternative sentencing program at an event co-sponsored by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law.
Monday, February 27, 2023
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Sam Davis ’20, shown in court, is a Liman Fellow at the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation.
Event
Criminal Liability in Transitional Justice: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead
6:10PM
Private Location (sign in to display)
Thursday, March 2, 2023
In The Press
Can Police Police Their Own? NYPD as a Case Study.
The Christian Science Monitor
Clinical Lecturer in Law and the Policing, Law, and Policy Director of the Justice Collaboratory Jorge X. Camacho ’10 tells why understanding the New York Police Department can help explain policing in the U.S.
Monday, February 27, 2023
In The Press
Real Solutions to the Policing Culture Problem — A Commentary by Jorge X. Camacho ’10 and Caroline Nobo
The Hill
Jorge X. Camacho ’10 is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and the Policing, Law, and Policy Director of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School. Caroline Nobo is a Research Scholar in Law and Executive Director of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School.
Thursday, February 9, 2023
In The Press
When Elite Cops Go Rogue
Business Insider
Clinical Lecturer in Law and the Policing, Law, and Policy Director of the Justice Collaboratory Jorge X. Camacho ’10 discusses elite police units.
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
In The Press
Tyre Nichols Case: Does Diversity in Policing Address Police Brutality?
ABC News
J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law James Forman Jr. comments on the pattern of violent behavior seen in specialized police units.
Monday, January 30, 2023
In The Press
Tyre Nichols Beating Opens a Complex Conversation on Race and Policing
The New York Times
J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law James Forman Jr. comments on the role that police officers’ race plays when acts of violence are committed by police.
Monday, January 30, 2023
In The Press
Ben Crump Applauded ‘Swift Justice’ in Tyre Nichols Killing. Experts Say the Speed Was ‘Unusual.’
USA Today
Clinical Lecturer in Law and the Policing, Law, and Policy Director of the Justice Collaboratory Jorge X. Camacho ’10 comments on how quickly charges were filed in the death of Tyre Nichols compared to similar cases.
Alumni Profiles
Yale is just big enough that there’s always somebody working on something new that I have never heard about or thought about or learned about. But it’s small enough that there are plenty of friendly faces in the hallway, no matter where I am.”
Richie Frohlichstein
Class of 2018