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, 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
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.
Beshar/Lehner Gender Violence Clinic
Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic
Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic
Friday, October 11, 2019
News
Associate Professor Kohler-Hausmann Secures Important Ruling in Class Action Lawsuit
Associate Professor of Law Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 and partners won a major ruling in federal court last month for the constitutional rights of people sentenced to life in prison for crimes committed as children.Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Friday, October 11, 2019
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Event
Re-imagining Jury Duty & Bail Reform in the 21st Century
2:00PM
Dwight Hall - 67 High Street, New Haven, CT
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
59:57
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
1:57:41
Friday, November 15, 2019
In The Press
Sense of ‘hopelessness’ rises among Alabama prisoners as new rules, leadership changes, limit opportunities for parole
The Appeal
Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization Fiona Doherty ’99 is quoted in an article in The Appeal about new rules around parole in Alabama.
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
In The Press
The Supreme Court Needs to Change the Way It Thinks About Justice for Children — A Commentary by Gideon Yaffe
Slate
Gideon Yaffe is the Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence.
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
In The Press
Community Policing
WSHU
WSHU covers a study of New Haven's community policing policy, a field experiment funded in part by the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
In The Press
Second Circuit Green-Lights NAACP Lawsuit Over ‘Prisoner Gerrymandering’
Law.com
Law.com reports that a lawsuit filed by the NAACP over prison gerrymandering in Connecticut can move ahead. The plaintiffs are represented in part by the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic. Clinic director and William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 and Alaa Chaker ’20 are mentioned.
Friday, August 30, 2019
In The Press
The brain, the criminal and the courts
Knowable Magazine
Research by Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence Gideon Yaffe about neuroscience and the law is mentioned in Knowable Magazine.
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
In The Press
Obamas, Policing, and Gun Violence
Martha’s Vineyard Times
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey L. Meares covers various topics in this profile, including a project on gun violence with Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy Abbe R. Gluck ’00.
Alumni Profiles
The breadth and depth of public interest opportunities at Yale Law School are incredible, and the unique curriculum allows us to dive in as first-year students.”
Stephanie Kim
Class of 2014