Looking Back at a Year of Work with Impact
Throughout the year, the Yale Law School community worked to effect positive change across disciplines and around the country.
Five Yale Law Students Receive Skadden Public Interest Fellowships
The Skadden Fellowship Foundation awarded Nicole Cabanez ’22, Paula Garcia-Salazar ’22, Shariful Khan ’22, Jacquelyn Oesterblad ’22, and Delaram Takyar ’22 two-year fellowships to pursue the practice of public interest law full-time.
Project’s Brief Says Consumer Protection Law Applies to Facebook
The Tech Accountability & Competition (TAC) Project filed its first amicus brief in D.C. Superior Court arguing that a consumer protection law applies to the relationship between Facebook and its users.
Spreading Joy
Dean Heather K. Gerken launched the Joy Fund at the beginning of the fall term as part of her efforts to build upon the joy of being back together again in person and ease weariness from the pandemic.
Clinic Sues Coast Guard Academy for Banning Cadets as Parents
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Coast Guard Academy over its policy of prohibiting cadets from being parents.
MFIA Clinic Files Suit on Behalf of Georgia Election Workers
The Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic filed a defamation lawsuit on Dec. 2, 2021 on behalf of two women who served as election workers in Fulton County, Georgia during the 2020 election.
Liman Center Panel Discusses Deaths in Custody
A recent panel co-sponsored by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law looked at the causes of deaths behind bars and what can be done about them.
Seven Yale Law Students Selected as Kerry Fellows
The Kerry Initiative announced seven Yale Law School students have been named Kerry Fellows for the 2021–2022 academic year.