GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
ESMA OKUTAN
Graduate and professional students advocate for continued access to federal student loans amid debates over proposed Pell changes

A new act proposed by the Committee on Education and the Workforce aims to expand workforce training programs at the expense of federal loan access to students at wealthy universities.

February 9, 2024

LICHEL JOHNSTON
Students launch Yale Undergraduate Black Pre-Law Association

The organization’s founders told the News that they hope to foster a supportive and inclusive community for those interested in law.

February 8, 2024

ADAM WALKER
Law School clinic sues Department of Veteran Affairs over gender-affirming surgery policy 

Yale Law School’s Veterans Legal Services clinic filed suit against the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs last month, urging the court to order the department to address a rulemaking petition presented to them in 2016 to include gender-affirming surgery in its medical coverage.

February 7, 2024

ESMA OKUTAN & LAURA OSPINA
Graduate students reflect on new union contract

After Local 33 UNITE HERE ratified its first contract with the University last December, graduate workers are celebrating affordable insurance plans and pay raises.

February 6, 2024

KAMINI PURUSHOTHAMAN
Architecture students build homes for First Year Building Project

Second-semester first years at Yale’s Architecture School are collaborating with the Friends Center to build houses for local teachers.

February 2, 2024

ADAM WALKER
‘Helping the underdog’: YLS grad and civil rights lawyer Alex Taubes fights for legal justice

Civil rights attorney Alex Taubes LAW ’15 helps the people of Connecticut fight against powerful corporations and government negligence through lawsuits and class actions.

February 1, 2024

ADAM WALKER
“To empower Black voters in Alabama”: Law School event highlights significance of recent Supreme Court ruling on voting rights 

At an event co-hosted by the Liman Center for Public Interest Law and the Black Law Students Association, panelists explored the importance of the recent Supreme Court ruling in Allen v. Milligan for Black voters in Alabama.

January 25, 2024

ADAM WALKER
Yale Law School alumni divided on Trump Supreme Court case

Yale Law School alums have shared opposing views on using the 14th Amendment to bar former president Donald Trump from future federal office. The News spoke with Gerard Magliocca LAW ’98, who first wrote about the idea with Bruce Ackerman LAW ’67 three years ago.

January 15, 2024

LAURA OSPINA
Local 33 ratifies first contract in landslide vote

With 99.4 percent of voters in favor of ratification, Local 33, the graduate and professional student union, won its first contract, securing pay raises, expanded healthcare and union recognition until 2031.

December 20, 2023

LAURA OSPINA
Local 33 and Yale reach historic tentative agreement

After organizing for more than three decades, Local 33, the graduate and professional student union, secured higher pay, improved healthcare resources and union recognition until 2031 in a tentative agreement following nine months of negotiations with the University.

December 8, 2023

ADAM WALKER
Law School clinic files lawsuit against gift card makers, alleging insecure cardboard packaging

Students in Yale Law School’s San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project helped file suit against InComm Financial Services, alleging that the company was aware of security issues with their Vanilla gift cards for over a decade.

December 8, 2023