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Dan Esty on How to Remake Environmental Protection For the 21st Century
Professor Daniel Esty ’86 explains how the White House faces a stark reality when it comes to changing course on climate change and outlines his ideas for creating a regulatory framework that improves environmental outcomes and lowers economic burdens.
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SFALP Students Instrumental in Gun Safety Settlement
Students from the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Clinic (SFALP) at Yale Law School were instrumental in a recent case that ended with five online gun equipment suppliers agreeing to stop selling and advertising large-capacity firearm magazines to customers in California.
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Galperin Receives FES Teaching Award
Josh Galperin, Director of the Environmental Protection Clinic, was recently recognized with an award for excellence in teaching, research, and practice by the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Science (FES).
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EJ Clinic Advocates for Community in EPA Case
The Environmental Justice (EJ) Clinic at Yale Law School is representing community residents involved in a longstanding race discrimination complaint filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that stems from the expansion of a Texas refinery near a largely African American community.
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Professor Kysar Receives Teaching Award
Professor Doug Kysar has been selected as one of the winners of the Yale School of Management’s 2016-17 MBA for Executives Teaching Awards.
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Clinic Students Advocate for Affordable Housing in D.C.
On April 4, 2017, students from the Ludwig Center for Community & Economic Development (CED) traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for S.548, the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2017.
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MFIA Wins Important Victory in Data Access Case
The MFIA Clinic at Yale Law School secured an important victory when the New York Supreme Court granted a petition seeking access to data about the telecommunications conduit infrastructure beneath the streets of New York City.
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YLS 2017 Commencement—Students Implored to Bring Justice to Those in Need—PHOTOS, VIDEO, SPEECHES
More than 200 graduates of Yale Law School participated in commencement ceremonies on Monday afternoon at the William K. Lanman Center at Payne Whitney Gymnasium