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
No Contraception? No Equality—A Commentary by Elizabeth Deutsch ’16
Elizabeth Deutsch’s ’16 commentary about the second challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate at the Supreme Court in The New York Times.
Students Meet Judges & Policy Makers in DC
Students from the Yale Law School chapter of the American Constitution Society and Yale Law Democrats met with policy makers and elected officials during an annual trip to Washington, D.C. on March 3-4, 2016.
Liman Fellows Announced; Colloquium Scheduled
The Arthur Liman Public Interest Program announced the appointment of seven new fellows for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Rahama Wright Kicks Off Doing Business in Africa Series
Rahama Wright, CEO of Shea Yeleen and current appointee to the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa, came to Yale Law School on February 29, 2016 to kick off the “Doing Business in Africa” speaker series. The conversation was organized by the Yale Africa Law and Policy Association in conjunction with the Doing Business in Africa: Law & Policy reading group.
RebLaw keynote speakers stress the importance of intersectionality in combating injustices
On April 29, 1992, four Los Angeles police officers were acquitted of all charges in the beating of Rodney King. A couple of days later and nearly 3,000 miles away, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) organized a march at the U.S. Justice Department in Washington D.C. as its inaugural act demanding justice for King.
PhD Candidate Shelley Welton Receives Award for Article
Shelley Welton, a PhD candidate at Yale Law School, published an article titled "Non-Transmission Alternatives" in the Harvard Environmental Law Review in July 2015. Welton's article will receive an award from the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review.
Mike Clemente ’16 Wins Judge John R. Brown Award
Yale Law School student Michael Clemente ’16 was recently awarded the Judge John R. Brown Award for his paper titled “A Reassessment of Common Law Protections for ‘Idiots.’”
Enviro Law Conference to Focus on Innovation and Disruptive Strategies
The sixth annual Yale New Directions in Environmental Law Conference (NDEL 2016) will take place at Yale Law School on February 26-27, 2016.
RebLaw Conference Scheduled for February 19-20th
The 22nd annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference (RebLaw) will be held from Friday, February 19th to Saturday, February 20th, 2016, at Yale Law School. RebLaw is the nation’s largest student-run public interest conference. Every year, the conference brings together hundreds of people from around the country to discuss innovative, progressive approaches to the law and social change. The RebLaw conference, grounded in the spirit of Gerald Lopez’s Rebellious Lawyering, seeks to build a community of law students, practitioners, and activists seeking to work in the service of social change movements...
Clinic Lawsuit Challenges Ebola Quarantines
The Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School, Connecticut residents, and their representatives filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Monday, February 8, 2016 challenging a pattern and practice of unlawful quarantine of travelers from countries affected by Ebola.