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A Yale Law School team took the top prize in New York University’s National Immigration Law Competition and students said their clinic experience made all the difference.

Law students from the Carol and Gene Ludwig Program in Public Sector Leadership visited Washington, D.C. in January to hear from government and policy leaders about the unique spectrum of experiences that led them to careers in public service.

A team of first-year Yale Law School students with no previous mock trial experience placed second at the Northeastern Black Law Students Association Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial competition. The team now advances to the national competition.

The Ronnie F. Heyman ’72 Crossing Divides Program hosted Judge J. Michael Luttig in conversation with Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor Heather K. Gerken on Feb. 20.

A U.N. Working Group whose members include Clinical Professor Law Claudia Flores called on the international community to recognize gender apartheid as a crime against humanity. The Lowenstein Clinic contributed to the statement.

Professor James Forman Jr. ’92 delivered his inaugural lecture as J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law on Feb. 12 to a capacity crowd of colleagues, students, friends, family and community members.

The Justice Collaboratory’s The Notebook is a collection of art, opinion, scholarship, and personal reflection exploring the idea that strong communities are safe communities.

For the Law School's bicentennial, Sterling Professor of Law Robert C. Post ’77 sits down with Dean Heather K. Gerken to discuss his monumental book on the Supreme Court under Chief Justice William Howard Taft. He also shares how he tried to model failure to students when he was Dean.