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News
LEAP Invites Applications for 2023 Student Grant Program
The Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School is inviting applications for its grant program, which supports Yale student-led research and creative projects on the urgent threats facing non-human animals.
Foundations of American Legal Thought Lecture Series Returns
The series exposes students and the broader community to the central ideas of American legal theory.
Professor Schultz Begins Next Chapter in Project to Preserve Stories of Civil Rights Trailblazers
A project documenting the early years of a pioneering group of U.S. Department of Justice lawyers continues with a course this spring.
MFIA Fights for Trump’s Visitor Records and the Future of FOIA
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic is petitioning the Supreme Court to force release of Secret Service records identifying visitors to former President Donald Trump before he took office. By allowing the records to be withheld on confidentially grounds, a lower court threatens the future of the Freedom of Information Act, the clinic argues.
Six Students Named 2023 Skadden Fellows
Six Law School students have been named 2023 Skadden Fellows.
Lowenstein Clinic and Green Advocates Challenge Illegal Detention in Liberia
Human rights organization Green Advocates International, in collaboration with the Lowenstein Clinic, is calling on U.N. officials to investigate the detention of environmental and Indigenous human rights defenders in Liberia.