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
Course Offerings
Yale Law Report Feature
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
The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law
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.
Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic
Juvenile Justice Clinic
Temporary Restraining Order Project
Prosecution Externship
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
News
ASCA and Liman Center Release Two New Reports on Solitary Confinement
The Association of State Correctional Administrators (ASCA) and the Liman Center at Yale Law School released two new reports on solitary confinement.Monday, October 29, 2018
In The Press
Misdemeanorland: Social Control and New York City's Lower-Level Courts
Center for Court Innovation
Associate Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Sociology Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 is interviewed about her book Misdemeanorland.
Thursday, October 25, 2018
In The Press
Down the Chain
The Nation
The book Misdemeanorland by Associate Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Sociology Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 is reviewed.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
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Monday, February 26, 2018
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Monday, October 29, 2018
In The Press
Misdemeanorland: Social Control and New York City's Lower-Level Courts
Center for Court Innovation
Associate Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Sociology Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 is interviewed about her book Misdemeanorland.
Thursday, October 25, 2018
In The Press
Down the Chain
The Nation
The book Misdemeanorland by Associate Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Sociology Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 is reviewed.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
In The Press
Report re-energizes push to end solitary confinement in state
NJTV
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik was interviewed by NJTV about the recent survey by the Arthur Liman Center and the Association of State Correctional Administrators on solitary confinement.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
In The Press
Could an Ex-Convict Become an Attorney? I Intended to Find Out.—A Commentary by Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16
The New York Times Magazine
YLS Ph.D. candidate Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16 has a commentary in The New York Times Magazine titled “Could an Ex-Convict Become an Attorney? I Intended to Find Out.”
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
In The Press
More than 4,000 mentally ill inmates held in solitary in US — report
The Guardian
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik is quoted in a Guardian article about a new report by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law and the Association of State Correctional Administrators on the number of mentally ill prisoners being held in solitary confinement. Sonia Sotomayor ’79 is also quoted. A similar article appeared in Fortune.com.
Monday, October 1, 2018
In The Press
Yale Law Professor James Forman discusses the myths of black criminality
Cavalier Daily: University of Virginia
Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 gave a talk in Charlottesville, VA titled “Claiming Your Power: American Racism and Radical Resistance.”
Alumni Profiles
Emma Alpert
Current Senior Staff Attorney and 2009-2010 YLS Public Interest Fellow, Brooklyn Defender Services Family Defense Practice, Brooklyn, NY
My degree was the symbol of a collective sacrifice, collective struggle, and my obligation as a recipient of that degree was to continue the struggle, continue the fight, to continue that profound purpose.”
Senator Cory Booker
Class of 1997