Students in the Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic (CJAC) represent individuals and organizations affected by the criminal legal system. The clinic docket consists of a mix of policy and community advocacy, direct representation, and impact litigation. Students may represent individuals in federal courts, state courts, and administrative proceedings. Students in this clinic may also engage in legislative or administrative advocacy at the local and state level

CJAC exposes students to various advocacy methods in criminal legal system reform, and employs a number of lawyering models in its pedagogy.

The work of the CJAC is supported by the Millstone Fund for Criminal Justice Reform.

Instructors:

Miriam Gohara

Marisol Orihuela

Fiona Doherty

Cases:

Whitted v. Easter

Ways to Engage

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Yale Law School offers more than 30 clinics that provide students with hands-on, practical experience in the law on a diverse range of subject matters.

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We, as lawyers, can be builders too. We can use our tools to build a society in which every member of the new generation can celebrate her graduation — not only with joy but with well-founded hope for the future.”

Professor Anne L. Alstott

Class of 1987, 2013 Commencement Address