Schell Center Announces 2019–2020 Postgraduate Fellows
The Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights announced its postgraduate fellows for the 2019–20 academic year. Taylor Burgess LL.M. ’19, Britta Redwood ’17, and Andrew Udelsman ’16 will be Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Fellows. Sebastian Bates LL.M. ’19, Nikila Kaushik LL.M. ’19, Mariana Olaizola ’19, and Mara Revkin ’16 will be Robina Foundation Human Rights Fellows.
GHJP Joins PrEP4All in Calling on CDC To Use Its Patents for PrEP
The Yale Global Health Justice Partnership (GHJP) joined the PrEP4All Collaboration (PrEP4All) in calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to use its patents on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to promote universal access to PrEP within the United States.
CRIT Releases Report on Opposing Secrecy in Medical Product Litigation
The Yale Collaboration for Research Integrity and Transparency (CRIT) released a conference report on court secrecy in medical product litigation titled “Preventing the Use of Courts to Shield Essential Health Information: Rethinking Confidentiality in Medical Product Litigation.”
Bill Flows from Criminal Justice Clinic’s Work on Parole Revocation Reform
On March 22, 2019, the Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic (CJC) submitted testimony to the Connecticut General Assembly in support of Senate Bill 880, “An Act Increasing Fairness and Transparency in the Criminal Justice System.” CJC’s testimony supports the bill’s parole revocation provisions, which establish data collection and reporting requirements as well as a pilot program to provide counsel to all who cannot afford representation. For several years, CJC has worked to reform the parole revocation process in Connecticut. Its “ Parole Revocation Project” began in 2015, when former...
SFALP Helps San Francisco File Climate Change Appeal in Ninth Circuit
Students in the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP) have helped the City of San Francisco file an appeal in a landmark climate change suit.
San Francisco Cracks Down On E-Cigarette Sales with SFALP’s Help
Students in the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP) are helping San Francisco respond to the rapid growth in e-cigarette use.
Rule of Law Clinic Files Amicus Brief on Climate Change
The Rule of Law Clinic filed an amicus brief on March 20, 2019 on behalf of former U.S. diplomats and government officials in City of Oakland v. BP p.l.c., a case currently pending before the Ninth Circuit.
Federal Court Rules that Alabama Must Release Records of Execution Procedures
The Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic won an appeals court victory forcing the state of Alabama to disclose their lethal injection protocol.