Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Lowenstein Clinic Proposes Framework to Moderate Indirect Hate Speech Online
The Lowenstein Clinic has released a report proposing how social media company Meta can take a human rights approach to moderating indirect hate speech in conflict or crisis situations.
Monday, August 28, 2023
Following MFIA Suit, West Point Athletics Arm Begins Releasing Records
After a lawsuit filed by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, the entity that runs West Point’s sports programs has begun releasing previously financial and contractual records about the army’s sports program that it previously withheld.
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Report Examines the Migrant Wage Gap in High-Income Countries
The Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School and the Global Human Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School have released a report indicating that migrant workers, in comparison to national workers, often face adverse wage differentials solely because of their status as migrants.
Friday, August 18, 2023
MFIA Sues Allegheny County Jail over Gag Rules
The Media Freedom and Information Access clinic at Yale Law School has sued Allegheny County for preventing employees of a Pittsburgh jail from speaking to the press without permission.
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Pittsburgh Journalist Sues Allegheny County Over Jail 'Gag Order' Policies
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic has helped bring a lawsuit against Allegheny County by a journalist that claims a county jail “gag order” violates jail staff’s First Amendment right.
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Clinics Sue Pentagon and VA Over Discriminatory Fertility Policies
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic and Reproductive Rights and Justice Project are challenging rules that exclude same-sex and unmarried couples, single veterans, and service members from eligibility for in vitro fertilization services.
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Veterans and LGBTQ+ Rights Groups Petition for Antidiscrimination Rules for VA Health Care
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic filed the petition on behalf of Minority Veterans of America and 13 veteran and LGBTQ+ rights groups.
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
The Ups and Downs of Advocacy
Students in Law School clinics are trained to pursue their clients’ goals on multiple fronts. When one path narrows or disappears, they continue along another.
Friday, June 30, 2023
Unanimous SCOTUS Opinion Cites Free Exercise Clinic Brief
An amicus brief by the Free Exercise Clinic was cited in a unanimous ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
MFIA Wins Disclosure of Connecticut School Choice Lottery Algorithm
The state of Connecticut must disclose how magnet school placements are made after a win by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic.