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
Monday, October 02, 2017
News
Opioid Crisis Forum Examines Ways to Combat Deadly Epidemic
More than 400 people attended a conference on September 29, 2017 on “The Opioid Crisis in Connecticut,” jointly sponsored by Yale Law School and the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Friday, September 15, 2017
In The Press
The National Book Awards Longlist: Nonfiction
The New Yorker
Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 has been named a finalist for a National Book Award for “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.”
Friday, September 15, 2017
In The Press
A Prison Sentence Ends. But the Stigma Doesn’t.—A Commentary by James Forman Jr. ’92
The New York Times
James Forman Jr. ’92 is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
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.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
In The Press
The Word May Be Toxic, but Amnesty Is Everywhere
NYTimes.com/ The Upshot
Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 is quoted in a blog post about amnesty.
Sunday, October 8, 2017
In The Press
Supreme Court ponders if lawyer can concede client’s guilt when accused claims innocence
Washington Post
George W. and Sadella D. Crawford Visiting Lecturer in Law Lawrence Fox is quoted in an article about whether it violates the Constitution for a defense counsel to concede a client’s guilt against the accused’s wishes.
Monday, October 2, 2017
In The Press
As high court term begins, Trump reshapes federal judiciary from top to bottom
The Christian Science Monitor
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik is quoted in an article about President Trump’s nominations of federal court judges.
Friday, September 15, 2017
In The Press
The National Book Awards Longlist: Nonfiction
The New Yorker
Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 has been named a finalist for a National Book Award for “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.”
Friday, September 15, 2017
In The Press
A Prison Sentence Ends. But the Stigma Doesn’t.—A Commentary by James Forman Jr. ’92
The New York Times
James Forman Jr. ’92 is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, September 4, 2017
In The Press
How the American Jim Crow System Inspired Hate and the Alt-Right
Atlanta Black Star
Hitler’s American Model, the latest book by Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law James Whitman ’88, is cited at length in a feature.
Alumni Profiles
1L year is really hard.…You’re just grinding all the time. And when you come out the other end, you realize that you’ve got skills to make changes in the world. And that feeling is so cool.”
Rebecca Wexler
Class of 2016