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
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
News
Working for Justice
The careers of recent Yale Law School graduates working as prosecutors, defense attorneys, and advocates have been shaped by high-profile incidents of violence and bipartisan calls for criminal justice reform.Monday, March 01, 2021
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Thursday, February 04, 2021
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Friday, January 15, 2021
Monday, March 1, 2021
4:19
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
59:57
Friday, February 5, 2021
In The Press
‘What Is Going on There Is Gross’: Why Attorneys Are Tracking This Federal Lawsuit
CT Law Tribune
Hope Metcalf, Clinical Lecturer in Law and executive director of the Schell Center for International Human Rights, is mentioned in a Connecticut Law Tribune article about a lawsuit brought by the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic and partners against the CT Department of Correction.
Thursday, February 4, 2021
In The Press
Disability rights group alleges abuse of people with mental illness at state’s maximum-security prison in suit against Department of Correction
The Hartford Courant
The Hartford Courant reports on a lawsuit brought by the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic and partners against the CT Department of Correction.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
In The Press
After The Capitol Attack, Does Police MAGA Sentiment Cross The Line?
NPR
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory Tracey Meares spoke to National Public Radio about Trump-supporting police.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
In The Press
Ahead Of Inauguration Day, Capitol Riots Raise Questions About NYPD's Approach To Black Protesters
Gothamist
J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 is quoted in a Gothamist article about the disparate manner in which New York City police respond to majority Black versus majority white protests.
Monday, January 4, 2021
In The Press
Experts Say The Pandemic Coincided With The Largest One-Year Rise In Homicide Rates
NPR / All Things Considered
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey Meares spoke to NPR’s All Things Considered about reasons for the rise in violent crime during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sunday, January 3, 2021
In The Press
Homicides and shootings are on the rise nationwide. Boston is no different.
Boston Globe
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory Tracey Meares is quoted in a Boston Globe article about a rise in violent crime in Boston during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alumni Profiles
It’s incredibly important to defend the rule of law. But it’s also incredibly important that we think beyond the rule of law and how are we going to empower our local communities to ensure that that vision is what our government and our elected representatives are working towards each and every single day.”
Sameer Jaywant
Class of 2018