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
Black Veteran Sues Over Racial Disparities in VA Benefits Administration
On Nov. 28, Conley Monk Jr., a Black veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, filed a lawsuit in federal court against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs seeking redress for harm caused by longstanding racial disparities in veterans’ benefits programs.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Clinic Client Launches Artist-Led Venture Capital Fund
With help from the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Clinic, a New Haven-based artists collective has launched the first venture capital fund entirely founded, owned, and managed by artists.
MFIA Clinic Honored for Advancing Government Transparency and Accountability
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) received awards for its work from two organizations promoting transparency and accountability.
MFIA Clinic Fights for Release of Parole Algorithm Information
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic is suing to release basic information about an algorithm integral to New York State’s criminal justice system.
Veterans Day: Providing Legal Services to Veterans
In the latest Yale Talk podcast, Clinical Lecturer in Law Meghan Brooks and Josh Lefkow ’23 join Yale President Peter Salovey to discuss their work with the Veterans Legal Services Clinicassisting veterans with legal needs related to military service and the return to civilian life.
Three Law Students Named Kerry Fellows
Three Yale Law School students have been named Kerry Fellows for the 2022–2023 academic year.
A Foundation of Service
Yale Law School spoke to six 1L student veterans to learn about their military service, their paths to Yale Law School, and what they hope to accomplish while they are here.
MFIA Fights Texas Law that Limits Free Expression Online
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic is asking the Supreme Court to strike down a Texas law that punishes the repeated sending of electronic communications with the intent to harass or alarm— a law the clinic argues is overbroad.