Friday, January 27, 2023
“A Case Study in Perseverance”: Homes Break Ground After Years of Help from Clinics
An apartment complex is being redeveloped in Branford, Connecticut, where two Yale Law School clinics represented local partners working for affordable housing.
Monday, January 9, 2023
Schell Center Fellow Spotlight: Kristine Beckerle ’15
Cover-Lowenstein Fellow Kristine Beckerle ’15 discusses her work on international humanitarian law violations and international human rights abuses during conflict.
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Schools Team Up to Work for Affordable, Vibrant Neighborhoods
A new course brings together Yale Law School students and faculty and their counterparts at two Yale professional schools with community partners to find real-world solutions to the state’s affordable housing crisis. A funding commitment from the state of Connecticut means their development proposals could become actual housing in New Haven.
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
MFIA Alum Spotlight: Meenakshi Krishnan ’18
Former MFIA student Meenakshi Krishnan ’18 talks about her experience at the clinic and her career since graduating.
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Lowenstein Clinic and Green Advocates Challenge Illegal Detention in Liberia
Human rights organization Green Advocates International, in collaboration with the Lowenstein Clinic, is calling on U.N. officials to investigate the detention of environmental and Indigenous human rights defenders in Liberia.
Monday, November 28, 2022
A Black Vietnam Veteran is Suing the VA for Discrimination
NPR
Adam Henderson ’23 is interviewed about a new case brought by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic in federal court.
Monday, November 28, 2022
Black Veteran Sues Over Racial Disparities in VA Benefits Administration
On Nov. 28, Conley Monk Jr., a Black veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, filed a lawsuit in federal court against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs seeking redress for harm caused by longstanding racial disparities in veterans’ benefits programs.
Monday, November 28, 2022
Racial Discrimination by Veterans Affairs Spans Decades, Lawsuit Says
The Washington Post
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic represents Conley Monk Jr. in a case seeking redress for harm caused by long-standing racial disparities in veterans’ benefits programs.
Friday, November 18, 2022
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Clinic Client Launches Artist-Led Venture Capital Fund
With help from the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Clinic, a New Haven-based artists collective has launched the first venture capital fund entirely founded, owned, and managed by artists.
Friday, November 11, 2022
Veterans Day: Providing Legal Services to Veterans
In the latest Yale Talk podcast, Clinical Lecturer in Law Meghan Brooks and Josh Lefkow ’23 join Yale President Peter Salovey to discuss their work with the Veterans Legal Services Clinicassisting veterans with legal needs related to military service and the return to civilian life.