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39 Students and Graduates Receive Public Interest Fellowships
Yale Law School announced that 39 public interest postgraduate fellowships were awarded for 2024–2025 and 2024–2026.
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National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Faculty Visit Yale Law School
Yale Law School received a long-awaited visit in January: a delegation from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
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Screening Room: Yale Law Clinic Offers Legal Guidance for Documentaries
DocProject, a program of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, provides pro bono advice on media law and journalism for documentary filmmakers.
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Supreme Court Agrees with Clinics’ Amicus Brief on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Two Law School clinics filed an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Four Students Receive 2024 Susman Godfrey Prize
Yale Law School students Deja Morehead ’25, Sharon Nunn ’25, Jeremy Thomas ’26, and Ruth Tomlin ’26 have been recognized for their academic excellence and overall achievement.
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Q&A: LEAP Student Fellow Maggie Wang Urges Collective Animal Personhood
Maggie Wang ’25 makes the case for colonies of insects, flocks of birds, schools of fishes, and packs of mammals having distinct legal recognition.
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Alumni Share Insights in Bicentennial Video Series
In honor of the Law School’s bicentennial celebrations, a new video interview series explores some of our distinguished alumni’s stories, and the many ways they continue to give back to the institution they once called home.
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Harold Hongju Koh Receives Robert A. Katzmann Award
Sterling Professor of Law Harold Hongju Koh received the Honorable Robert A. Katzmann Award for Academic Excellence on May 20 at the Library of Congress.