On the Road with the Other Side
On their road trips across the U .S., friends Jordan Blashek ’18 and Christopher Haugh ’18 sought ways to connect with people regardless of their beliefs and documented them in their new book, “Union.”
SCOTUS Decision Rules on Critical Issue Advocated for By Housing Clinic
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Seila Law LLC v. CFPB addressed a critical issue argued by Yale Law School’s Housing Clinic in an amicus brief the Clinic submitted to the Court.
A Message from Dean Gerken on Support for International Students
A message from Dean Heather K. Gerken regarding the new Trump Administration policy requiring international students to attend in-person classes in order to maintain their visa status.
Students and Graduates Receive Public Interest Fellowships
Fifty-one graduating YLS students and recent alumni were awarded public interest postgraduate fellowships for 2020–2021.
SFALP Students Help Secure Major Victory for California Consumers
Students in the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project played a key role in defending the right of local prosecutors in California to enforce the state’s Unfair Competition Law.
Three Leading Scholars Receive Secondary Appointments at YLS
Leading scholars Gerald Torres, Elizabeth Hinton, and Lauren Benton joined the Yale Law School faculty on July 1, 2020 with secondary appointments as Professors of Law.
Mellon Foundation, Justice Collaboratory Announce Million Book Project
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Yale Law School’s Justice Collaboratory announced a new initiative to distribute a curated 500-book collection to 1,000 medium and maximum security prisons, across every state in the United States over the next three and a half years.
Yale to Launch Center Focused on Health and Mass Incarceration
The SEICHE Center for Health and Justice, a collaboration between the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Law School, will work to identify the legal, policy, and practice levers that can improve the health of individuals and communities impacted by mass incarceration.