This page highlights notable accomplishments and activities of current students – including clinic cases, honors, awards, student events, media mentions, books published, fellowships received, and community service. If you are a current student, we encourage you to submit story ideas and photos for inclusion on this page. If you have recently published an op-ed, were cited or quoted in the media, or published a paper, please tell us about it here. Student prizes are awarded annually.
News
Unanimous Connecticut Supreme Court Sides with Housing Clinic on Foreclosure Defenses
The Connecticut Supreme Court sided with students from the Law School’s Housing Clinic who argued that allegations of a bank's insurance kickback scheme can be raised as defenses in a foreclosure action.
Three Yale Law School Students Receive Peggy Browning Fellowships
Law School students Danielle Cross ’26, Rachel Vogel ’25, and Helen Zhao ’26 have been awarded Peggy Browning Fund fellowships in workplace justice advocacy.
Students Trained to Respond to Overdoses
Students from the Addiction Medicine Collaborative showed participants at a recent training how to respond to opioid overdoses.
Two Years of Work by Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic Helps Secure Sentence Modification
The Peter Gruber Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic helped secure a sentence modification for Eriberto Deleon Jr. following more than two years of work.
MFIA Clinic Lawsuit Succeeds in Lifting Gag Rules at Pittsburgh Jail
Employees at a Pennsylvania jail can now speak publicly about jail conditions after a settlement reached in a lawsuit filed by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic.
WIRAC Aids Communications Workers’ Union in Challenge of Contractor Mandate
The Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic represents the Communications Workers of America Local 1298 in a new matter.
Soros Fellowship for New Americans Announces 2024 Recipients
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans has announced its class of recipients for 2024.
Clinic Lawsuit Challenges VA Denial of Gender-Affirming Surgery
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic represents the Transgender American Veterans Association in a second federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, challenging VA’s denial of TAVA’s 2016 rulemaking petition requesting gender-affirming surgery.