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.
Five Yale Law Students Selected for Soros Fellowships
Five Yale Law students have received 2017 the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a graduate school fellowship for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants in the United States.
New Public Interest Fellowship Honors Professors Resnik and Curtis
A new fellowship honors Professors Judith Resnik and Dennis E. Curtis ’66 for their commitment to public interest law.
Professor Forman Publishes New Book, Locking Up Our Own
In his new book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, Professor James Forman Jr. ’92 explores the complex relationship between race, class, and the American criminal justice in a new and original light.
Liman at 20: Public Interest(s): Launching The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law
After two decades of promoting equal access to justice through fellowships, research, seminars, and programs, the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program has been re-established as the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law.
Symposium on Building Academic Agenda for MLPs
On March 3, 2017, the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School held a one-day symposium on building an academic agenda to enhance the practice of Medical Legal-Partnerships (MLPs).