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Veterans Clinic to Receive Award from CVLC
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic of Yale Law School will receive the Veterans Justice Award from the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center.
MFIA Clinic Continues to Push for Transparency in TPP Case
A federal district court released an important decision on Tuesday in Intellectual Property Watch’s long-running Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
Veterans Clinic to Receive Organization Award
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic of Yale Law School will receive the 2015 Organization Award from the Hispanic-American Veterans of Connecticut. The award will be presented at the group’s eighth annual military ball on November 21, 2015, in North Haven, Connecticut. The Veterans Legal Services Clinic, established in 2010, represents Connecticut veterans in litigation before administrative agencies and courts, on benefits, discharge upgrade, immigration, and civil rights cases. In addition, clinic students represent local and national organizations in non-litigation matters relating to the...
Gag Order Lifted on Nicholas Merrill Through MFIA Clinic Case Win
A federal district court has ordered the FBI to lift an eleven-year-old gag order imposed on Nicholas Merrill forbidding him from speaking about a National Security Letter (“NSL”) that the FBI served on him in 2004. The ruling marks the first time that an NSL gag order has been lifted in full since the PATRIOT Act vastly expanded the scope of the FBI’s NSL authority in 2001. Mr. Merrill, the executive director of the Calyx Institute, is represented by law students and supervising attorneys of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, a program of Yale Law School’s Abrams Institute for...
Transparency, Surveillance, and the Future of First Amendment Law
In a post-Snowden era, while legal scholars and advocates re-examine government transparency and secrecy, the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School is working to protect the First Amendment rights of citizens and news media across the country.
YLS Clinical Students Represent Immigrants Detained in Texas
Clinical students have continued to represent women and children who are seeking asylum while incarcerated in the nation’s largest immigration detention facility.
MFIA Clinic Files Suit Seeking Access to Hepatitis C Drug Data
Treatment Action Group and the Global Health Justice Partnership have filed a federal lawsuit for access to the information that Gilead Sciences submitted to the FDA on two new—and extremely expensive—hepatitis C drugs, Sovaldi and Harvoni.
Vets Clinic Wins Case over Bad Discharges for Vietnam Veterans with PTSD
Vietnam combat veterans who brought a class action lawsuit in federal court have won: the Pentagon has agreed to upgrade each man’s “other-than-honorable” discharge status.
The Eugene and Carol Ludwig Center for Community & Economic Development Provides Aid in New Haven and Beyond
The Ludwig Center continued its advocacy and legal advising for community banks, community organizations, food advocates, and other entities in 2014–2015.
Yale Environmental Protection Clinic Makes Impact in 2014–2015
The Yale Environmental Protection Clinic, a collaboration of the Law School and the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (FES), undertook a number of projects this year to further its mission to address environmental law and policy problems.