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Prison bars at Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola

Camp J at Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola. Photo: Andrea Armstrong ’07

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

 Liman Center Panel Discusses Deaths in Custody

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Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Seven Yale Law Students Selected as Kerry Fellows

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Symposium Honors Professor and Civil Rights Lawyer Lani Guinier ’74

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Four Law School Alumni Receive Award of Merit

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Nixon signs the National Cancer Act

President Richard Nixon signing the National Cancer Act on December 23, 1971. A new book examines the progress made in the “war on cancer” and the work that lies ahead.

The War on Cancer at 50

Monday, November 15, 2021

Sterling Law Building

Solomon Center Hosts Panel on COVID-19 Litigation

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

flyer in doorway

As part of their outreach to the New Haven community, students in the Community and Economic Development Clinic distributed flyers throughout the city and staffed a hotline to answer questions from business owners.

Clinics Mobilize to Provide Assistance During the Pandemic

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

palliative care holding hands

Solomon Center and CAPC Launch Innovative Palliative Care Policy-Tracking Database

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

A kindergarten clasroom

Supporting Children and Families Through Law

Monday, June 7, 2021

GHJP Report Calls for Reinvestment to Revive Public Health in the U.S.

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Solomon Center Hosts Panel on Access to Insulin

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

WIRAC Class Action Reaches Settlement in Landmark COVID-19 Case for Immigrants

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Now it is time to pivot and ask, where are your extraordinary gifts needed? How do you make this legal world that you are entering a better world? One where no one is shut out; one where the weak and vulnerable are not exploited; one that produces fair results based on the merits of the issues before it.”

Visiting Lecturer Stephen Bright

2012 Commencement Address