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

Liman colloquium attendees

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

Capital Punishment Clinic

Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic

Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic

Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic

Strategic Advocacy Clinic

Legal Assistance: Reentry Clinic

Prosecution Externship

Thursday, March 16, 2023


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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.

Wednesday, December 21, 2022


Sam Davis ’20 in a courtroom

Sam Davis ’20, shown in court, is a Liman Fellow at the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation.

April 19 Wednesday
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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


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Sia Sanneh

Seeking Fair and Just Treatment in the Criminal System

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