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SFALP Students Help Secure Major Victory for California Consumers
Students in the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project played a key role in defending the right of local prosecutors in California to enforce the state’s Unfair Competition Law.
Free Exercise Clinic Files Amicus Brief Defending Prisoners’ Religious Liberty
The Free Exercise Clinic at Yale Law School and Sidley Austin LLP filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on behalf of the Sikh Coalition
WIRAC Wins Monumental SCOTUS Case on DACA
The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down the Trump administration’s attempt to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, ruling that the Administration’s efforts to end DACA violated federal law.
MFIA Clinic Receives $200,000 Contribution from Craig Newmark Philanthropies
A grant from Craig Newmark Philanthropies will help advance the Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic’s core mission of defending the rights of journalists and promoting transparency.
Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic Wins TRO Against Bureau of Prisons
In a win for the Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against the Warden of FCI Danbury, the federal prison in Connecticut.
Clinic Issues Report Confirming Guam Veterans’ Exposure to Dioxin Herbicides Like Agent Orange
A new white paper released by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic says veterans who served on Guam from 1962 to 1975 satisfy the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) legal standard for exposure to Agent Orange and other dioxin-containing herbicides.
Vets Clinic Petitions Court for Emergency Release of Disabled Veteran with PTSD
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at the Law School represents a a 51-year-old disabled veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder who is petitioning for a writ of habeas corpus and emergency relief in U.S. District Court.