38 Public Interest Fellowship Recipients for 2015-2016
Yale Law School students and graduates receive 38 Public Interest Fellowships.
Soros Fellowship Awarded to Eugene Rusyn ’17
Eugene Rusyn ’17 has been named a Paul & Daisy Soros New American Fellow for 2015.
Professor Yaffe Named 2015 Guggenheim Fellow
Gideon Yaffe, a Professor of Law, Philosophy, and Psychology at Yale has been awarded a 2015 fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Top First Amendment Lawyer to Head MFIA Clinic
David A. Schulz ’78, a leading First Amendment lawyer who has defended the rights of journalists and news organizations for more than 30 years, has been named Clinical Lecturer in Law and Co-Director of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) at Yale Law School.
Veterans Clinic Files Nation-Wide Class Action, Challenging Delays in VA Benefits Processing
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School filed a lawsuit Monday on behalf of a Marine Corps veteran and thousands of other veterans seeking to compel the Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs to decide initial disability compensation appeals that have been pending more than one year.
Senator Blumenthal to Deliver Remarks On Veterans Health Care Challenges at Yale Law School Event
Senator Richard Blumethal ’73 will speak at Yale Law School on April 2 during an event about the crisis and reform efforts surrounding the Veterans Health Administration.
Detention on a Global Scale: Punishment and Beyond on April 9 & 10
The growing use of detention in the United States and around the world is the focus of the conference cohosted by the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program and the Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Fellowship Program.
The New Normal in Election and Political Law Conference to Be Held April 11
The New Normal in Election and Political Law conference will bring together academics, advocates, and strategists from across the political spectrum to discuss the state of political and electoral legal practice, with an eye to generating new ideas for research and advocacy.