Yale ISP Joins Fight Against Texas Clinic Shutdown Law
The Information Society Project at Yale Law School (ISP) joined with a collection of diverse and influential U.S. organizations and individuals to file an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to reject Texas’ clinic shutdown law and once again affirm longstanding precedent by upholding a woman’s constitutional right to access safe and legal abortion services.
WIRAC: Immigration Raids Target Disabled
The Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School sent a letter Tuesday serving notice to federal officials that many of the Central American refugees targeted in recent immigration raids are disabled, as that term is defined under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The letter was authored by clinic students and signed by more than 150 Civil Rights, Labor, and Faith Groups. In the letter, the groups also demanded that federal agencies make reasonable accommodation for Central American refugee parents and children with trauma-related disabilities. The notice asks that the government...
Albert and Students Analyze Albanian Constitutional Reform
Richard Albert ’03, Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Canadian Bicentennial Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science, recently collaborated with law students on a major report about constitutional reform in Albania.
Three Alums, One Student Receive 2016 Skadden Fellowships
The Skadden Public Interest Fellowship recipients for 2016 include four members of the Yale Law School community: Alexandra Brodsky ’16, Emily Brown ’14, Rose Carmen Goldberg ’15, and Andrew Hammond ’14.
Yale Team Supports Local Climate Action at Paris Talks
Professor Dan Esty ’86 and Dena Adler ’17 JD/MEM attended the U.N. Climate Change Negotiations to support broadened engagement of mayors, governors/provincial leaders, and the private sector in the international climate change negotiations.
Veterans Clinic Seeks Information on Toxic Water Disability Claims
On December 7, 2015, The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on behalf of three Vietnam Veteran organizations seeking records that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has long withheld on the Camp Lejeune Subject Matter Expert (SME) program.
Yale–ACLU Report Questions Ebola Quarantines
A report released today examining the U.S. response to the 2014–2015 Ebola epidemic warns against politically motivated and scientifically unwarranted quarantines, which the report found violated individuals’ rights and hampered efforts to fight the disease by discouraging American doctors and nurses from going abroad.
Clinic Releases Paper on Body Camera Access Laws
Amid controversy surrounding recent police shootings of unarmed individuals and increasing calls for the nationwide adoption of officer body cameras, the Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic at Yale Law School has released a comprehensive white paper advocating for public access to the footage collected by such cameras.