Navy to Reconsider Discharges in Vets Clinic Class Action
The Navy has agreed to review the discharges of thousands of veterans affected by behavioral or mental health conditions. The Veterans Legal Services Clinic represents the plaintiffs in a nationwide class action lawsuit.
Vivek Maru ’01 to Deliver Gruber Lecture on Oct. 25
Vivek Maru ’01, CEO of the grassroots legal empowerment group Namati, will give a lecture titled “Stop a Land Grab, Change the System: A Pathway to Climate and Environmental Justice."
Attica at 50: Repression, Resistance, Resilience
The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law hosted a panel, “Then and Now: Fifty Years after Attica,” on the legacy of the prison uprising.
The First Amendment in the Information Age
Sterling Professor of Law Robert Post and Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin join Yale University President Peter Salovey for a conversation about the viral spread of misinformation in the information age.
Policing Clinic Works with Partners Nationwide to Put Theory into Practice
The Policing, Law, and Policy Clinic provides students with an opportunity to work on real-world policy projects related to policing and public safety.
Library Exhibit Chronicles Responses to Attica Uprising
A new exhibit at the Lillian Goldman Law Library chronicles some of the responses to the Attica prison uprising of 1971, prompted by its 50th anniversary.
Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16 Receives MacArthur Fellowship
Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16, a poet, lawyer, and advocate for the rights and humanity of people who are or have been incarcerated, was awarded a 2021 MacArthur fellowship, informally known as a “genius” grant.
Clinic Helps Deported Veteran Petition for Naturalization
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School represents a U.S. Army veteran who has filed a petition for military naturalization after being deported to Mexico in 2016.