Unpacking “UNPACKED” with Mohamed Hafez
A Q&A with Syrian-born, New Haven, Connecticut artist and architect Mohamad Hafez about the exhibition UNPACKED.
Schell Center Fellow Spotlight: David Marshall
David Marshall, a Visiting Human Rights Fellow at the Schell Center for International Human Rights who has worked as a human rights lawyer with the U.N., talks about his experiences in this Q&A.
Bernstein Symposium to Feature Discussions of Refugee and Migrant Rights
This year’s Bernstein Human Rights Symposium — April 4-5, 2019 — will convene lawyers, scholars, activists, journalists, and artists to assess the international refugee regime.
Solomon Center Hosts Rep. DeLauro to Discuss Universal Health Care
On March 20, 2019 the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School hosted a discussion on U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro’s proposed Medicare for America (MFA) plan.
Schell Center Announces 2019–2020 Postgraduate Fellows
The Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights announced its postgraduate fellows for the 2019–20 academic year. Taylor Burgess LL.M. ’19, Britta Redwood ’17, and Andrew Udelsman ’16 will be Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Fellows. Sebastian Bates LL.M. ’19, Nikila Kaushik LL.M. ’19, Mariana Olaizola ’19, and Mara Revkin ’16 will be Robina Foundation Human Rights Fellows.
GHJP Joins PrEP4All in Calling on CDC To Use Its Patents for PrEP
The Yale Global Health Justice Partnership (GHJP) joined the PrEP4All Collaboration (PrEP4All) in calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to use its patents on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to promote universal access to PrEP within the United States.
CRIT Releases Report on Opposing Secrecy in Medical Product Litigation
The Yale Collaboration for Research Integrity and Transparency (CRIT) released a conference report on court secrecy in medical product litigation titled “Preventing the Use of Courts to Shield Essential Health Information: Rethinking Confidentiality in Medical Product Litigation.”
Bill Flows from Criminal Justice Clinic’s Work on Parole Revocation Reform
On March 22, 2019, the Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic (CJC) submitted testimony to the Connecticut General Assembly in support of Senate Bill 880, “An Act Increasing Fairness and Transparency in the Criminal Justice System.” CJC’s testimony supports the bill’s parole revocation provisions, which establish data collection and reporting requirements as well as a pilot program to provide counsel to all who cannot afford representation. For several years, CJC has worked to reform the parole revocation process in Connecticut. Its “ Parole Revocation Project” began in 2015, when former...