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Five Communities Demand EPA Respond to Civil Rights Complaints
Yale Law School’s new Environmental Justice Clinic, which launched in January, is representing the plaintiffs with co-counsel Earthjustice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Clinic Students Testify on Confinement
On Monday March 27, students from the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School travelled to the State Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut, to testify in favor of HB 7302, “An Act Concerning Isolated Confinement and Correctional Staff Training and Wellness.”
MFIA Clinic Seeks to Unseal Records Relating to Former Trump Associate Felix H. Sater
On March 22, 2017, the Yale Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) on behalf of Forbes Media LLC (Forbes) and Forbes magazine’s Contributing Editor of Investigations Richard Behar, filed a motion in the Second Circuit to unseal records in a matter related to the criminal prosecution of Felix H. Sater. Sater is reported to be a former business associate of President Trump with connections to Russian oligarchs and organized crime, according to the motion. The documents Forbes and Behar seek should shed light on the nature of Sater’s reported connection to Russia and President Trump...
Lowenstein Clinic Recommends Reforms to Liberia’s Concessions System
A paper released on March 14 by the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School addresses significant gaps under Liberian law regarding the oversight of large-scale agricultural concessions.
Rule of Law Clinic Amicus Brief Asks Court to Strike Down Revised Travel Order
The Rule of Law Clinic at Yale Law School filed an amicus brief on behalf of 40 senior former national security officials on March 15, 2017 in support of the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project’s lawsuit against the President of the United States.
Yale Law Students Decide the Cases in the Arbitration Project Clinic
When students from the Arbitration Project clinic step into a conference room in Hartford for a hearing, they are not representing a client on one side of the table.
Clinic Students Advocate for Education Adequacy Cost Study
Students from Yale Law School’s Education Adequacy Project (EAP) testified at a Connecticut Education Committee public hearing on March 1, 2017 to advocate for an education adequacy cost study.
New Clinics Debut at Yale Law School
This semester six new clinics launched as part of a growing experiential learning program at Yale Law School. This semester six new clinics launched as part of a growing experiential learning program at Yale Law School. The clinics provide students with hands-on experience in a number of fields, including immigration, reproductive rights, environmental law, consumer protection, domestic violence, and human rights.
Rule of Law Clinic Files National Security Amicus Brief and Declaration
When the Rule of Law Clinic (“ROLC”) first formed in January 2017 with the goal of countering policies that threaten the rule of law, no one knew exactly what litigation might ensue.
Court Extends Stay Against Deportation of Muslim Refugees
A federal judge in the Eastern District of New York extended an order protecting immigrants from deportation pursuant to the Trump Administration’s executive order banning refugees and certain immigrants from the U.S.