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CT Families Sue Officials for Forcible Family Separation at U.S.-Mexico Border
The Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School is suing the federal government and four former government officials on behalf of two families in which parents and children were forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
MFIA Case Against State Department FOIA Violations Moves Forward
In a case brought by the Media Freedom and Information Access clinic, a court denied a motion to dismiss a claim that the State Department's delayed responses to Freedom of Information Act requests form a pattern.
Court Sides with Clinics on Freedom of Information Act Exemptions
A court agreed with the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic that the FDA cannot withhold information about a drug’s approval solely because the drugmaker considers it confidential. An exemption to the law is not meant to protect confidentiality for the sake of confidentiality, the court ruled.
Deported Veteran Now a U.S. Citizen with Clinic’s Help
A deported U.S. Army veteran represented by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic has returned home and become a U.S. citizen.
Q&A: Professor Gohara on Reforms in Sentencing and Parole
Clinical Professor of Law Miriam Gohara discusses her work, including the Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic and the Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic.
Report Shows Warring Parties Fail to Provide Reparations to Civilians in Yemen
A new report by Mwatana for Human Rights and the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School finds that warring parties have failed to provide reparations to civilian victims of their international-law violations in Yemen.
Claudia Flores to Join Yale Law School Faculty
Claudia Flores will join the Yale Law School faculty as Clinical Professor of Law effective July 1, 2022.
MFIA Welcomes New Student Directors
Alice Longenbach ’23, Paul Meosky ’23, and Chelsea Thomeer ’23 will serve as the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic’s student directors this fall.
MFIA Litigation Aims to Fix State Department’s FOIA Delays
The Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic is challenging the State Department’s slow responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.