Veterans Clinic Files Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Army Veterans
Two Army veterans, Steve Kennedy and Alicia Carson, filed a federal class-action lawsuit on Monday seeking relief for the thousands of veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health conditions during their military service and received unfair less-than-Honorable discharges.
Clinic Files Amicus Brief on Debt Collection
The Mortgage Foreclosure Litigation Clinic at Yale Law School (MFLC), along with its partners, has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA, which is scheduled for argument this Tuesday, April 18.
Clinic Explores Citizen Participation in Lawmaking at Parliamentary Conference
Members of Yale Law School’s Governance Innovation Clinic recently participated in ParlAmericas’s Second Annual Gathering of the Open Parliament Network.
Five Communities Demand EPA Respond to Civil Rights Complaints
Yale Law School’s new Environmental Justice Clinic, which launched in January, is representing the plaintiffs with co-counsel Earthjustice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Professors Gerken and Whitman Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, has elected J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law Heather K. Gerken and Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law James Q. Whitman ‘88 to its 2017 Class of Members.
In Conversation with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’79
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor ’79 visited Yale Law School April 6-7, 2017, to participate in the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program’s 20th Anniversary Liman Colloquium, “Liman at 20: Public Interest(s).”
We Robot Conference Discusses Intersection of Tech and Law
On March 31 and April 1, Yale Law School hosted the the sixth annual robotics law and policy conference—WeRobot 2017.
Douglas NeJaime to Join Yale Law Faculty in July 2017
Dean Robert C. Post ’77 has announced the appointment of Douglas NeJaime to the Yale Law School faculty.