Justice Collaboratory Holds Inaugural Conference
The Justice Collaboratory at Yale held its first conference on April 16 & 17 on Policing Post-Ferguson. Vanita Gupta, Acting Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, delivered the keynote address.
Clinic Files Lawsuit for Records About Discharge of Veterans with PTSD
Vietnam Veterans of America and the National Veterans Council for Legal Redress filed suit against the Department of Defense and the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force to compel the release of records regarding their discharge of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
WIRAC Clinic Files Lawsuit Against Goodfellas Restaurant in New Haven
Former workers from Goodfellas Restaurant in New Haven filed a federal lawsuit against the restaurant alleging, wage theft, harassment, and racketeering offenses. The lawsuit was filed by the Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School.
Two Yale Law School Students Receive Immigrant Justice Corps Fellowships
Grace Kao ’15 and Kathryn Madison ’15 are among the 25 Immigrant Justice Corps Fellows for 2015.
Veterans Clinic, SWAN Deliver Proposed Executive Order Demanding Sex Discrimination Protections at Military Academies
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School representing the Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN) delivered a proposed executive order to the White House to demand that the President establish protections against gender discrimination for cadets and midshipmen at West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Lack of Gender Diversity on Corporate Boards Focus of May 21st Symposium and New Book
A symposium examining the lack of gender diversity on corporate boards and the heated debate it has ignited around the world will take place at Yale Law School on May 21, 2015.
Akhil Amar ’84 Authors Book of Essays on the Constitution and the States
Sterling Professor of Law Akhil Reed Amar ’84 has written a book of essays, The Law of the Land (Basic Books, April 14, 2015), on the difference states make on American jurisprudence.
BLSA Reflects On Trip to U.S. Supreme Court
Students from the Black Law Students Association visited the U.S. Supreme Court last month. They met with Justice Clarence Thomas ’74 and Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’79 as well as three YLS alumni who are currently clerking at the High Court.