Amar, Hill, and Holloway Honored for Service to Alumni
Faculty members Akhil Amar, Charles Hill, and Jonathan Holloway were presented Howard R. Lamar Faculty Awards for Service to Alumni on April 28 at a luncheon hosted by the Association of Yale Alumni (AYA).
Professor Eskridge Joins Amicus Brief in Travel Ban Case
Professor William Eskridge Jr. ’78 joined a group of 50 legal scholars to file an amicus brief in federal court in the case of IRAP v. Trump.
MFIA Clinic Proposes Changes to Sealing Rules
Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic at Yale Law School issued a report summarizing the results of its six-month investigation into the public availability of search warrant and electronic surveillance records in Connecticut’s federal courts.
Appellate Court Rules Veterans Can Pursue Class Actions Over VA Delays
On April 26, 2017, the Federal Circuit ruled that veterans seeking to challenge delays at the VA may aggregate their claims and file a class action.
SFALP Case on Sanctuary Cities Wins Major Victory in Court
A federal judge in California temporarily blocked the Trump administration from denying funding to sanctuary cities, a victory for Yale Law clinic students who aided the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office in filing the case.
MFIA Clinic, ACLU Sue LAPD Over Access to Public Documents
The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic filed a lawsuit on April 25, 2017 against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) alleging flagrant violations of the California Public Records Act (CPRA).
2017–2018 Liman Fellows Announced
The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law announced the selection of nine new Fellows for 2017–2018 and the provision of extensions to four current Fellows.
John Fabian Witt named next head of Davenport College
John Fabian Witt, the Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law and professor of history, has been named Davenport’s next head of college.