Welcoming the Class of 2023
Dean Heather Gerken welcomed the newest class of students to Yale Law School during convocation remarks delivered online on August 21, 2020.
Federal Court Greenlights New DACA Challenge
The Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) is representing plaintiffs in a case over new attempts to dismantle DACA.
SFALP Case Against Uber, Lyft Secures “Sweeping Victory”
A San Francisco superior court judge has ruled against Uber and Lyft just months after the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP) at the Law School worked with the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office to sue Uber and Lyft for misclassifying their drivers as independent contractors.
Anti-Blackness, Abolition, and Criminal Justice
A conversation about activism around systemic racism, sparked in part by the disparate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color and recent horrific incidents of police brutality against black men and women.
Environmental Protection Clinic Releases Report on Racial Covenants
The Environmental Protection Clinic released a guide on understanding and addressing segregation caused by racial covenants.
GHJP and Community Partner Report Surveys Perspectives and Service Needs of New Haven Sex Workers
The Yale Global Health Justice Partnership (GHJP), in collaboration with the Sex Workers and Allies Network (SWAN), has released a report on the perspectives and experiences of street-based sex workers in New Haven.
Clinic Reaches Settlement Agreement in Bureau of Prisons COVID-19 Case
The parties in Martinez-Brooks v. Easter have reached an agreement to ensure that the Federal Bureau of Prisons takes speedy action in reviewing medically vulnerable individuals for release from the Federal Correctional Institution at Danbury, CT. The Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic represented the proposed class.
Jack Balkin Elected to the American Law Institute
Professor Jack M. Balkin has been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI).