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ROLC & MFIA File Complaint Seeking Disclosure of U.S. Troop Numbers in Conflict Zones

The Yale Law School Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic (ROLC) and the Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic joined forces to sue the Department of Defense seeking information related to the amount of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.
ROLC & MFIA File Complaint Seeking Disclosure of U.S. Troop Numbers in Conflict Zones
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Clinic Releases Analysis on the Right of Access to Counsel in the Context of Counterterrorism

The Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Law Clinic has released an analysis of the right of access to counsel in the context of counterterrorism.
Clinic Releases Analysis on the Right of Access to Counsel in the Context of Counterterrorism
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New Haven Independent

Urban Housing Lauded; Suburbs Challenged

Clinical Associate Professor Anika Singh Lemar and Karen Anderson ’21 are quoted in a New Haven Independent article about efforts by the Community & Economic Development Clinic to challenge zoning restrictions in Woodbridge, Connecticut.

Urban Housing Lauded; Suburbs Challenged
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Clinic Students Help Civil Rights Advocates Demand Zoning Changes to Support Fair Housing

Open Communities Alliance has submitted an application to the Woodbridge Planning and Zoning Commission calling for changes to the town’s discriminatory zoning policies.
Clinic Students Help Civil Rights Advocates Demand Zoning Changes to Support Fair Housing
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MFIA Clinic Receives Grant from Legal Clinics Fund

The Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic has received a $230,000 grant to help fund a new fellow to lead the Clinic’s initiative for local journalists.
MFIA Clinic Receives Grant from Legal Clinics Fund
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Yale Law School Announces The Millstone Fund for Criminal Justice Reform

A gift from Yale College alumni Jennifer Millstone ’00 and David Millstone ’99 will help launch students and recent graduates as they take on the challenges of reshaping the criminal justice landscape.
Yale Law School Announces The Millstone Fund for Criminal Justice Reform
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MFIA Clinic Files Appeal in Case on Public Right to Witness Executions

The Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic has appealed the dismissal of its Virginia lawsuit asserting a constitutional right to witness executions.
MFIA Clinic Files Appeal in Case on Public Right to Witness Executions
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Associated Press

Case over 1966 US bomb accident in Spain goes before court

Lily Halpern ’21 is quoted in an Associated Press story about the developments in a class action suit challenging Veterans Affairs’ refusal to provide disability compensation to veterans exposed to ionizing radiation. The plaintiffs are represented by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic.

Case over 1966 US bomb accident in Spain goes before court
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Aided by MFIA, FBI Agent’s Book on Enhanced Interrogation Rereleased

The MFIA Clinic has helped rerelease a book with new information about the CIA’s interrogation of Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah.
Aided by MFIA, FBI Agent’s Book on Enhanced Interrogation Rereleased
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The New York Times

C.I.A. Uncensors Memoir of F.B.I. Agent Who Protested Torture of Terrorists

The New York Times covers the story of a former FBI agent whose book was redacted after the CIA took issue with his eyewitness account of its interrogation of Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah. The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic assisted a filmmaker and a journalist in their efforts to gain access to the redacted information.

C.I.A. Uncensors Memoir of F.B.I. Agent Who Protested Torture of Terrorists