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
Friday, August 11, 2017
News
Two Former Liman Fellows Return to YLS as Faculty Members
This fall, Yale Law School’s new cohort of faculty includes two members of the Liman community, Marisol Orihuela, a 2008–2009 Liman Fellow, and Monica Bell, a 2010–2011 Liman Fellow.Wednesday, August 02, 2017
In The Press
Policing: A Public Good Gone Bad—A Commentary by Tracey L. Meares
Boston Review
Tracey L. Meares is the Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School.
Monday, July 31, 2017
In The Press
The ‘Criminal Justice Tax’ on America’s Troubled Neighborhoods
The Crime Report
Associate Professor of Law Monica Bell ’09 is quoted in an article about the effect of aggressive policing on minority neighborhoods.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
In The Press
Three New Books Discuss How to Confront and Reform Racist Policing
The New York Times
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey Meares and Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Tom Tyler are mentioned in a book review of “Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment” in which they have an essay.
Monday, July 17, 2017
In The Press
How Black Leaders Unwittingly Contributed to The Era Of Mass Incarceration
National Public Radio/ Fresh Air
Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 was interviewed about his book, “Locking Up Our Own: Crime And Punishment In Black America.”
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Event
Moving Justice Forward Conference - Keynote Address
4:00PM
Yale Law School Auditorium, 127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT 06520
Event
Moving Justice Forward: Overview, Session I - Transform the Goal, Practitioner Response
8:00AM
Yale Law School
Event
Moving Justice Forward: Overview, Session II: Transform the Focus, Practitioner Response
8:00AM
Yale Law School
Monday, August 14, 2017
In The Press
'Tough-On-Crime' Policies Came From Conservative Demagogues, Also Black Leaders, Says Expert
International Business Times
Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 was interviewed about his book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.
Thursday, August 3, 2017
In The Press
Top Navy lawyer accused of interfering in 2 cases
The San Diego Union Tribune
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about a top Navy lawyer accused of unlawfully meddling in criminal cases targeting America’s elite commandos.
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
In The Press
Policing: A Public Good Gone Bad—A Commentary by Tracey L. Meares
Boston Review
Tracey L. Meares is the Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
In The Press
Mr. President, roughing up suspects is never OK
USA Today
Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Tom Tyler is quoted in an article about President Trump’s remarks to police on Long Island.
Monday, July 31, 2017
In The Press
The ‘Criminal Justice Tax’ on America’s Troubled Neighborhoods
The Crime Report
Associate Professor of Law Monica Bell ’09 is quoted in an article about the effect of aggressive policing on minority neighborhoods.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
In The Press
Three New Books Discuss How to Confront and Reform Racist Policing
The New York Times
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey Meares and Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Tom Tyler are mentioned in a book review of “Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment” in which they have an essay.
Alumni Profiles
Emma Alpert
Current Senior Staff Attorney and 2009-2010 YLS Public Interest Fellow, Brooklyn Defender Services Family Defense Practice, Brooklyn, NY
You can make a difference… The history of the last 40 years happened because people like you entered the fray and chipped away at problems that they were told were politically impossible to fix.”
Michael Posner
Honorary Doctor of Laws, 2014 Commencement Address