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On Veterans Day, Black Veterans Project Honors Yale Clinic
At its fifth anniversary celebration, the Black Veterans Project honored the Veterans Legal Services Clinic for its work seeking redress for generations of Black veterans denied VA benefits.
SFALP Files Suit in Gift Card Scamming Case
With the help of the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project, the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office (SFCAO) filed suit against the makers of Vanilla gift cards and its partner banks for deceptive and unfair competition practices.
Veterans Clinic Threatens to Sue VA in Matter Representing Transgender American Veterans Association
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, Veterans Legal Services Clinic client Transgender American Veterans Association demanded that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs act on the organization’s 2016 rulemaking petition for the agency to offer gender-confirmation surgery for transgender veterans.
Housing Clinic Files SCOTUS Brief on Behalf of Consumers in USDA v. Kirtz
The Housing Clinic has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in a case regarding the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
MFIA Counters Drugmakers’ Challenge of Medicare Drug Pricing Program in Amicus Brief
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic has filed an amicus curiae brief in two cases in which drug manufacturers claim that a voluntary program to negotiate Medicare drug prices infringes on their First Amendment rights.
Alumni Honor Forces Behind Clinical and Leadership Programs
Dean Heather K. Gerken presented six individuals with the Award of Merit during Alumni Weekend 2023.
Podcast: Professor Mike Wishnie Finds Delight When Students Take On Tough Cases
Professor Mike Wishnie discusses his clinic work and “cases of a lifetime,” which include suing the Department of Veterans Affairs to win Black veterans the benefits they earned.
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.
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.