Yael Caplan

Yael Caplan is a fellow with the Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice. In her role, Caplan supervises students in the Gender and Reproductive Justice Clinic and supports the Program’s Democracy Initiative which offers strategies to fight attacks on democracy and reproductive autonomy and ensure that state and federal policy properly reflect the public’s views on reproductive health care. Previously, Caplan was a Liman Fellow at Pregnancy Justice where she worked to limit efforts to criminalize decisions around pregnancy. She represented clients facing criminal charges or other penalties related to their pregnancies in both criminal defense matters and civil litigation.

Caplan received a J.D. from Yale Law School where she was awarded the Stephen J. Massey Prize for her work on behalf of clients and in other community service. During law school, Caplan was a member of the Veterans Legal Services Clinic and served as an Articles Editor for the Journal of Law and Feminism. Caplan also holds a B.A. in public policy and comparative human development from the University of Chicago.