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Lowenstein Clinic Represents Disability Rights Group in CT Supermax Prison Lawsuit

The Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic and partner organizations filed a lawsuit against the Connecticut Department of Correction on February 4, 2021.
Lowenstein Clinic Represents Disability Rights Group in CT Supermax Prison Lawsuit
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Free Exercise Clinic Launches Interactive Workshop Series

This spring, Yale Law School’s Free Exercise Clinic is launching an interactive workshop, and has invited students and faculty in the religious liberty clinics at Harvard, Stanford and Texas to join each of the seven class sessions.
Free Exercise Clinic Launches Interactive Workshop Series
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Hartford Courant

Housing battle may have broad impact

The Hartford Courant reports on a proposal to build a multi-family dwelling in Woodbridge, Connecticut. The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization is part of an effort to change what they view as the town’s discriminatory zoning policies.

 
Housing battle may have broad impact
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Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic Secures Historic Sentence Modification

The Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic helped win an unprecedented sentence modification for one of its clients.
Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic Secures Historic Sentence Modification
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Sentencing and Rehabilitation: A Q&A with Professor Gohara

A Q&A with Miriam Gohara, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, on her research and work leading the Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic at Yale Law School.
Sentencing and Rehabilitation: A Q&A with Professor Gohara
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WSHU

Constitutional Scholar: 25th Amendment Could Strip Trump Of Powers Within An Hour

Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh spoke to WSHU about the 25th Amendment.

Constitutional Scholar: 25th Amendment Could Strip Trump Of Powers Within An Hour
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Clinic Becomes a “Secret Weapon” for Clients

Founded in 2018, the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Clinic teaches students to become skilled legal advisors to innovative companies as they start, manage, and grow their ventures.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Clinic Becomes a “Secret Weapon” for Clients
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The Wall Street Journal

VA Must Re-Examine Policy on Vets Exposed to Radiation, Court Says

Molly Petchenik ’21 is quoted and the Veterans Legal Services Clinic mentioned in a Wall Street Journal article about developments in a class action suit about disability compensation to veterans exposed to ionizing radiation.

VA Must Re-Examine Policy on Vets Exposed to Radiation, Court Says
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New Haven Independent

Rent Q: Did She Vacuum The Hallways?

Nathan Baker Clinical Professor of Law J.L. Pottenger, Jr. ’75 is quoted and Adam Kinkley ’21 mentioned in a New Haven Independent report about a landlord-tenant dispute in which the tenant is represented by the Housing Clinic at YLS.

Rent Q: Did She Vacuum The Hallways?
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Court Rules in Favor of Veterans Exposed to Radiation

In a nationwide class decision released on December 17, 2020, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) ordered the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reexamine how it evaluates disability claims of veterans exposed to ionizing radiation in a 1966 nuclear cleanup operation at Palomares, Spain.
Court Rules in Favor of Veterans Exposed to Radiation