WIRAC Suit Letter Asks SCOTUS to Consider Impact of Pandemic on DACA Termination
The Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) at Yale Law School filed a letter with the Supreme Court on March 27, 2020 in Wolf v. Batalla Vidal, its case challenging the 2017 termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy.
WIRAC Suit Seeks Release of ICE Detainees Due to Coronavirus Threat
The Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) at Yale Law School has filed a class action in federal court for emergency release by individuals in civil immigration detention at imminent risk of COVID-19 infection due to life-threatening conditions in the Bristol County (MA) House of Corrections.
Announcing the 2020–2021 Liman Law Fellows
The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law announced the selection of incoming Fellows for 2020–2021 and extensions for three current Fellows.
GHJP Faculty Respond to Coronavirus in Virtual Town Hall
WATCH: GHJP faculty participated in a Yale University virtual town hall answering questions from the public on the COVID-19 pandemic, including Professor Amy Kapczynski ’03 and epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves. The experts gathered via videoconferencing to address questions about disease symptoms; worst-case scenarios; protecting yourself and your family; coping with changing routines; legal rights; and Yale’s and New Haven’s responses to COVID-19.
Health Care Experts Issue Recommendations for COVID-19 Stimulus Bill
A team of public health leaders—with input from over 50 other experts in public health, health care, medicine, and law—has issued a set of detailed policy recommendations to lawmakers for a comprehensive COVID-19 stimulus bill.
A Message From Dean Heather Gerken About COVID-19
An update from Dean Heather K. Gerken about COVID-19 and Yale Law School.
Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic Files SCOTUS Brief in Congressional Subpoenas Matter
On March 4, 2020, the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic at Yale Law School filed an amicus brief in support of respondents at the United States Supreme Court in the consolidated cases of Trump v. Mazars USA and Trump v. Deutsche Bank AG, which the Court will hear on March 31, 2020.
Professor Tracey Meares Selected as Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
The Phi Beta Kappa Society has selected Tracey Meares, the Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and a Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory, as a 2020–2021 Phi Betta Kappa Visiting Scholar.