MFIA Clinic Files Lawsuit to Compel Disclosure of Documents Related to International Intellectual Property Trade Negotiations
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, part of Yale ISP, has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Trade Representative seeking to compel meaningful disclosure regarding the secret negotiations over the intellectual property rules in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.
Yale Law School Sets Record with Seven Students, Alumni Awarded Skadden Fellowships
Seven Yale Law School students and alumni have been awarded prestigious Skadden Public Interest Fellowships, setting a new record for the most fellowships awarded in a single year.
Lowenstein Clinic Releases Report on Child Marriage in Sierra Leone
The Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School and Plan UK, a global charity working with children and communities to ensure children’s rights, recently published a report, “Before Their Time: Challenges to Implementing the Prohibition Against Child Marriage in Sierra Leone.”
Yale Law Clinic Scores Legal Victory in Battle Over Quality Education in Connecticut
Yale Law clinic students scored a victory in court when a state trial judge rejected a motion to dismiss in a lawsuit challenging the adequacy and equity of education provided in Connecticut's public schools.
Professor Jerry Mashaw Co-Authors Book on Social Insurance
Sterling Professor of Law Jerry Mashaw has co-authored a book titled Social Insurance: America’s Neglected Heritage and Contested Future (Sage Press, 2013). The book, which examines the history, economics, politics, and philosophy of America's most important social insurance programs, was written with Professor Theodore R. Marmor and John Pakutka. Touted as one of the best one-volume introductions to the American welfare state ever written , Social Insurance offers a clear intellectual foundation for social insurance programs by clearly explaining what they have and have not achieved while...
Professor Michael J. Graetz Receives National Tax Association Award, Updates Competitive Tax Plan
Professor Michael J. Graetz received the Daniel M. Holland Medal during last week's annual conference of the National Tax Association. Graetz also presented his “Competitive Tax Plan” at the academic conference.
Veterans Clinic Client Sues Army Over False “Adjustment Disorder” Diagnosis, Denial of Retirement Benefits
In what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, U.S. Army National Guard veteran William Cowles is challenging the illegal denial of his application for medical retirement and asserts that the Army hastily discharged him based on an erroneous diagnosis of adjustment disorder when he should have been medically retired for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Finding Ourselves at the Movies: Philosophy for a New Generation – A Book by Professor Paul W. Kahn ’80
Paul W. Kahn ’80, Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities and Director, Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights, assesses the need for a new direction in philosophical inquiry.