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, October 05, 2021
News
Policing Clinic Works with Partners Nationwide to Put Theory into Practice
The Policing, Law, and Policy Clinic provides students with an opportunity to work on real-world policy projects related to policing and public safety.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
In The Press
It Is Time to Repeal Connecticut’s Incarceration Lien —A Commentary by Jenny Carroll, Mila Reed Guevara ’23, and Ryanne Bamieh ’23
The Connecticut Mirror
Jenny Carroll is the Director of the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law and a Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Mila Reed Guevara and Ryanne Bamieh are members of the class of 2023 at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
A still from a new short film documenting the experiences of those impacted by Connecticut’s incarceration lien law.
Monday, May 2, 2022
Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’79 joined a panel of alumni moderated by Professor Judith Resnik to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Liman Center and more than 50 years of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization and Yale Law School’s clinical program.
Monday, April 25, 2022
Kshithij Shrinath ’21, photographed in New York, is a Meselson-Liman Fellow at the Bronx Defenders.
Friday, April 8, 2022
A panel examined the humanitarian crisis at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City.
Thursday, March 17, 2022
The State Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut.
Monday, March 1, 2021
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Monday, May 16, 2022
In The Press
Some U.S. Inmates Released Under COVID Protocols Challenge Orders to Return to Prison
Reuters
Associate Clinical Professor Marisol Orihuela ’08 is quoted in a news report about a lawsuit filed against the Danbury federal prison by three women who claim their home confinement was revoked without due process.
Thursday, May 5, 2022
In The Press
Danbury Prison Inmates File Lawsuit over Home Confinement Getting Revoked
Danbury News-Times
Clinical Associate Professor Marisol Orihuela ’08 is quoted about a lawsuit filed against the Danbury federal prison by three women who claim their home confinement was revoked without due process.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
In The Press
It Is Time to Repeal Connecticut’s Incarceration Lien —A Commentary by Jenny Carroll, Mila Reed Guevara ’23, and Ryanne Bamieh ’23
The Connecticut Mirror
Jenny Carroll is the Director of the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law and a Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Mila Reed Guevara and Ryanne Bamieh are members of the class of 2023 at Yale Law School.
Monday, April 25, 2022
In The Press
From Retribution to ‘Healing’: Changing How We Help Crime Victims. — A Commentary by Miriam Gohara
The Crime Report
Miriam Gohara is a Clinical Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
In The Press
The Superpredator Myth Did a Lot of Damage. Courts Are Beginning to See the Light. — A Commentary by James Forman Jr. ’92 and Kayla Vinson
The New York Times
James Forman Jr. ’92 is J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School and the Faculty Director of Yale’s Center for Law and Racial Justice. Kayla Vinson is the Center’s Executive Director.
Monday, March 14, 2022
In The Press
Arizona’s Privatized Prison Health Care Has Been Failing for Years. A New Court Case Could Change That
PBS News Hour
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik is quoted about Arizona’s privatized prison health care system.
Alumni Profiles
At heart, Yale Law School is about a distinctive culture of intellectual curiosity about the law. We think good ideas matter. Our faculty and, most of all, our students live this idea every day.”
John Fabian Witt
Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law; Class of 1999