Nikolas Guggenberger Named Executive Director of Information Society Project
The Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School has announced the appointment of Nikolas Guggenberger as its new Executive Director.
ACLU Secures Major Victory in Education Rights Case with Yale Law School Clinic
In a case supported by the Yale Law School Education Adequacy Project Clinic, ACLU Foundation of Southern California reached a class action settlement in Riverside County, California, ending a practice in which routine misbehavior in school put children in a diversion program similar to criminal probation.
MFIA’s Stand Against “Secret Law” Unseals Court Opinion
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) at Yale Law School prevailed against “secret law" by convincing an appeals court to unseal portions of an opinion issued last year in a case that involves national security and has implications for Fifth Amendment rights.
Curtis-Liman Clinical Fellowship Established to Honor Denny Curtis ’66
The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law and the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School announce the creation of a new clinical fellowship, to begin in 2020, in honor of Professor Denny Curtis ’66, co-founder of the Law School’s clinical program.
Honoring the Human Rights Contributions of Robert Bernstein (1923–2019)
Human rights advocate Robert Bernstein died on May 27, 2019 at the age of 96.
Report: Congress Nominates Far Fewer Women than Men to Military Service Academies
Members of the 116th Congress nominate women to the military service academies at dramatically different rates, according to a new report authored by Yale Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic for the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center.
Balkin Receives Funding from Knight Foundation to Study Digital Public Sphere
Jack Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment and Director of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, will receive $2 million from the Knight Foundation to launch a new ISP initiative.
Clinic Helps Obtain $305 Million Settlement in Lead Paint Litigation
After 20 years, Yale Law School clinic students helped San Francisco and nine other localities achieve a landmark victory in their litigation against lead paint companies with a $305 million settlement.