Celebrating the Class of 2024 — Forging Ahead with Strength and Kindness
Commencement ceremonies for the Yale Law School Class of 2024 were held on May 20 in New Haven.
Rebecca Wexler ’16, Scholar of Secrecy and Evidence, Tells How MFIA Clinic Shaped Her Career
Rebecca Wexler ’16 credits the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic for making it possible for her to become both a legal scholar and a practicing lawyer.
Fred Shapiro Receives Honors from American Association of Law Libraries
Fred Shapiro, Associate Director for Collections and Special Projects at the Lillian Goldman Law Library, is a 2024 recipient of the Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Law Libraries.
Liman Colloquium Examines Incarceration’s “Toxic” Effects on Public Health
Prisons are a health hazard for people behind bars, prison workers, and entire communities, experts said at this year’s Liman Public Interest Colloquium.
Unanimous Connecticut Supreme Court Sides with Housing Clinic on Foreclosure Defenses
The Connecticut Supreme Court sided with students from the Law School’s Housing Clinic who argued that allegations of a bank's insurance kickback scheme can be raised as defenses in a foreclosure action.
Professor Jim Silk Awarded DeVane Medal for Excellence as a Teacher and Scholar
Professor James J. Silk ’89 was awarded the William C. Clyde DeVane Medal in April by the University’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Three Yale Law School Students Receive Peggy Browning Fellowships
Law School students Danielle Cross ’26, Rachel Vogel ’25, and Helen Zhao ’26 have been awarded Peggy Browning Fund fellowships in workplace justice advocacy.
Lowenstein Clinic Calls on UN to Prevent Censorship and Protect Speech of Environmental Defenders at Annual COP Conference
Green Advocates International and the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School have called for stronger protection of environmental defenders’ free speech at the world’s largest forum for international climate negotiations, the Conference of the Parties.