CJAC Wins Speedy Release of Medically Vulnerable Individuals from Federal Prison in Danbury
A federal court ordered the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to release 17 medically vulnerable individuals currently incarcerated at FCI Danbury, the sole federal prison in Connecticut. The plaintiffs are represented by the Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic (CJAC) at Yale Law School.
Yale Law School Mourns the Death of Judge Ralph K. Winter ’60
Judge Ralph Karl Winter Jr. ’60, a former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, former William K. Townsend Professor of Law at Yale Law School, died on December 8, 2020 at the age of 85.
Following WIRAC Win, Government Publishes Notice of DACA Restoration
Following a December 4, 2020 federal court decision in the Batalla Vidal v. Wolf lawsuit, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its website with a notice confirming that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has been restored in full to its pre-2017 form.
Robert Post Named to the Oversight Board Trust
Sterling Professor of Law Robert C. Post ’77 has been named a trustee of the Oversight Board Trust, the group announced on December 1, 2020.
Federal Court Orders DACA Program Restored in WIRAC Case
A federal court ordered the Trump administration to restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to its 2012 original form, another win in a series of victories for the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic.
Professor Kahn Publishes New Book Examining a Virus’s Effect on Democracy
Professor Paul W. Kahn ’80 and coeditor Miguel Poiares Maduro have published a new book using COVID-19 as a case study to examine the most important challenges to democratic governance today.
Federal Judge Allows MFIA Lawsuit Challenging Texas Drone Law to Proceed
A federal judge in Texas denied the state's request to dismiss a case brought by the Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic at Yale Law School and Public Justice defending the newsgathering rights of photojournalists.
SFALP Students Win in Ninth Circuit, Blocking “Public Charge” Rule
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling blocking the Trump administration’s so-called “public charge” rule. Students from the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP) at Yale Law School and the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office first filed the case in September 2019.