Veterans Legal Services Clinic Files Lawsuit Seeking to End Discrimination Against Military Sex Assault Survivors
Yale Law School's Veterans Legal Services Clinic files suit against the Department of Veterans Affairs in order to obtain judicial review of the VA's refusal to revise rules that discriminate against survivors of military sexual trauma.
SELA Celebrates 20th Anniversary in Peru
Scholars and lawyers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, and the United States met in Peru to celebrate the 20th anniversary of SELA - The Seminar in Latin America on Constitutional and Political Theory (SELA).
The Intersection of Theory and Practice
The Law School’s Ph.D. in Law program joins a panoply of courses, clinics, and programs that have, in recent years, strengthened the bond between theory and practice at Yale Law School. The Ethics Bureau, Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic, and the Media Freedom and Information Access Practicum are just a few of the projects that provide hands-on learning opportunities for students to work on groundbreaking national issues. The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization offers such cutting-edge clinics as the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic, Veterans Legal Services Clinic, and the...
SFALP Students Assist in California Lead Paint Case
After 13 years, 10 California jurisdictions received a $1.1 billion verdict in a victory over three manufacturers of lead-based paint. Students in the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project have worked closely with the San Francisco City Attorney's Office on this case since 2006, making it one of SFALP's longest running projects.
Memorial Service for Professor Quintin Johnstone ’51 JSD Set for November 9
Yale Law School Professor Quintin Johnstone died in June 2014 in Hamden, Connecticut. Johnstone was the Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale Law School. He was 99 years old.
Former Female Federal Inmates Push For Sentencing Reforms
A Liman Fellow from Yale Law School was among a team of people awarded a Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) award earlier this month at the Association of American Law Schools Clinical Conference in Puerto Rico.
Visiting Professor Albie Sachs to Receive Tang Prize in Rule of Law
Visiting Professor Albie Sachs, former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, will be awarded the 2014 Tang Prize in the Rule of Law.
YCELP Partners With Pace Law School on Shale Oil and Gas Development Project
As more and more municipalities grapple with hydraulic fracturing, researchers from the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy and Pace Law School are developing tools to meet the needs of local governments.