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Students use their legal skills to help small-business owners, incarcerated individuals, unemployed workers, immigrants, and others affected by the crisis.

For the first time, the four competitors argued before the judges remotely. Christen E. Hammock ’20 took home the coveted Lawrence S. Greenbaum Prize for best oral presentation and the prize for best final-round brief.

This year’s case is Chen v. Secret Saturdays Inc. and the competition takes place on May 1. Khanarian will be arguing for the defendant-appellant.

This year’s case is Chen v. Secret Saturdays Inc. and the competition takes place on May 1. Hammock will be arguing for the appellee.

This year’s case is Chen v. Secret Saturdays Inc. and the competition takes place on May 1. Bernstein will be arguing for the defendant-appellant.

This year’s case is Chen v. Secret Saturdays Inc. and the competition takes place on May 1. Turnage will be arguing for the appellee.

Clare Skinner ’20 LL.M. and Ellie Dupler ’20 report on their recent trip to Beirut where they attended a workshop tied to the Human Rights Clinic's ongoing advocacy work on the right to mental health in Yemen.

Citing written and oral arguments made by five students, a U.S. District Court Judge ruled that a Connecticut prisoner’s permanent solitary confinement violates the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment.

In her Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic, Pantin teaches students transactional lawyering skills that they draw on to promote social justice, provide pro bono legal services to small businesses, and prepare for corporate careers.

In oral arguments, five members of Professor Brett Dignam’s Mass Incarceration Clinic sought injunctive relief for their client, a man who has been in solitary confinement for 24 years.