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Ethics Bureau Testimony Helps Free Man After 23 Years
Testimony provided by the Ethics Bureau at Yale Law School led to a man charged with double murder being freed and released from custody after 23 years.
YLS Students & Faculty Oppose Proposed Surveillance of Immigrant Social Media Information
On October 18, 2017, 111 Yale Law students and faculty submitted a public comment to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) opposing the agency's potential overreach of its surveillance powers.
MFIA Wins Victory in Crime Lab’s Software Case
Three weeks ago, Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) filed a motion on behalf of the news organization ProPublica in the Southern District of New York. Earlier this week, Judge Valerie Caproni issued that the source code for analyzing DNA samples would be released.
Reproductive Rights Clinic Joins Lawsuit Over Birth Control Access
The Reproductive Rights and Justice Project has joined a lawsuit defending women's equal access to coverage of contraceptives.
Ethics Bureau Advocates for New Trial in Death Row Case
A death row inmate appealing his conviction will have his case reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court this year, a major development that comes after years of advocacy from the Ethics Bureau at Yale.
Rule of Law Clinic Sues Commerce Department Over Census Records
Students from the Rule of Law Clinic filed a federal lawsuit to compel the Commerce Department to produce records it has unlawfully withheld about preparations for the 2020 Census.
Ethics Bureau Instrumental in SCOTUS Reversal of Capital Murder Case
After a long legal fight, the U.S. Supreme Court summarily vacated a constitutional decision by the Louisiana Supreme Court, handing former death row inmate Roger Lacaze a major victory in his quest for a new trial.
Veterans Sickened by Plutonium Sue Pentagon for Records
Veterans Legal Services Clinic is representing clients in a lawsuit that seeks to obtain records related to U.S. airmen’s exposure to ionizing radiation.
YLS Clinic Defends Right to an Education Before CT Supreme Court
Students and faculty from the Education Adequacy Project (EAP) appeared before the Connecticut Supreme Court to defend the clinic’s historic 2016 trial court victory in CCJEF v. Rell.
Lowenstein Clinic Co-authors Report on Extreme Isolation in Prisons
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Allard K. Lowenstein Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School released a report documenting the U.S. government’s use of a secretive form of extreme isolation in federal prisons.