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MFIA Argues Against Iowa Law that Criminalizes Undercover Reporting
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit urging that an Iowa law criminalizing the use of deception to gain access to agricultural facilities violates the First Amendment.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Thousands of People Still Expecting Justice
TRIAL International and the Lowenstein Human Rights Clinic have submitted a General Allegation on barriers to justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Truth, Justice, Reparations, and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence.
Gruber Foundation Gift to Support Social Justice and Human Rights
As a result of the gift, the Law School’s Rule of Law Clinic will be named for business leader and philanthropist Peter Gruber.
Rule of Law Clinic Files Amicus Brief Challenging “Remain in Mexico” Policy
The Yale Law School Rule of Law Clinic and the law firm it is working with filed an amicus brief on behalf of a bipartisan group of 22 former public officials as part of the case challenging the Trump administration’s Migration Protection Protocols (MPP), colloquially known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy.
WIRAC Reaches Major Settlement on Behalf of Asylum-Seeking Family
The Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) at Yale Law School announced the settlement of one of the first cases in the nation to seek damages against the Department of Homeland Security for their practice of family detention.
Immigrant Rights Clinic Secures Deferred Action for Client Who Spent 19 Months in Sanctuary
Sujitno Sajuti, a client of the Immigrant Rights Clinic, departed the Unitarian Universalist Church in Meriden, Connecticut on May 31, 2019, ending 19 months in sanctuary for the 70-year-old immigrant.
Reproductive Rights Clinic Wins Injunction for Baltimore Family Planning Providers
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Trump administration’s regulations restricting contraceptive services under the federal Title X program, ruling on a suit brought by the city of Baltimore with assistance from the Yale Law School’s Reproductive Rights and Justice Project.
Clinic Asks U.N. Special Rapporteur to Declare CT Department of Correction “Tortures”
Yale Law School’s Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic filed an allegation letter to the United Nations documenting the use of solitary confinement and other abusive practices by the Connecticut Department of Correction, arguing that such practices constitute torture under international law.
Federal Court Refuses to Delay Prison Gerrymandering Suit
The Yale Law School Rule of Law Clinic, representing the NAACP and others, won an important ruling that opens a path to a possible trial challenging the State of Connecticut’s practice known as prison gerrymandering.