Experts Release Report on Human Migration Due to Climate Change
Immigration and human rights experts from Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, and the University Network for Human Rights have published a report on how climate change will effect the people of Central America.
SCOTUS Sides with the Amish in Case Supported by Free Exercise Clinic
The Yale Law School Free Exercise Clinic co-authored an amicus brief in support of Amish plaintiffs’ challenge of a law compelling them to use modern septic systems in violation of their religious beliefs.
Veterans Clinic Suing VA for Racial Disparity Data and Records
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Black Veterans Project and the National Veterans Council for Legal Redress to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to produce information the two groups requested on racial disparities in the agency’s benefits and services.
Housing Clinic Advocates for Eviction Moratorium in SCOTUS Case
The Yale Law School Housing Clinic co-authored an amicus brief filed in a Supreme Court case about the national moratorium on evictions during the pandemic. The court rejected a challenge to the moratorium, which will now stay in place for another month.
Clinic Files Motion for Veteran Exposed to Radiation
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School filed a motion on behalf a veteran seeking to represent a class of servicemembers exposed to radiation while cleaning up after a 1966 nuclear accident in Palomares, Spain. The clinic has previously represented the Palomares veterans, who have struggled for recognition and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Femi Cadmus Named Yale Law Librarian
Femi Cadmus began as the new director of the Lillian Goldman Law Library and Professor of Law at Yale Law School on July 1, 2021.
MFIA Clinic Advances New Project on Algorithmic Transparency
The MFIA Clinic has launched two new projects on algorithmic transparency this past semester, with the goal of developing model legislation to promote transparency around the use of algorithms by government agencies and disclosure of their potential biases.
MFIA Files Amicus Brief in Newsgathering Case
Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) argued in an amicus brief filed last semester on behalf of 13 First Amendment scholars and practitioners in a case stemming from newsgathering at Black Lives Matter protests.