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Tomorrow we'll be joined by Floyd Abrams, Prof. Jack Balkin, Isaac May `24 JD, Jacob Schriner-Briggs `21 JD for a panel discussion about "Journalism & Press Clause" Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 12:10PM-1:30PM - SLB 128 DM for zoom details

At today’s Law & Tech Talk, we had the pleasure of hosting a very special panel discussion on the the Abrams Institute Press Clause Report with guests Floyd Abrams, Jacob Schriner-Briggs, and our own Jack Balkin and Isaac Barnes May. Thank you all for a wonderful panel!

FOIA Bootcamp is back! Learn how to draft FOIA requests, negotiate with agencies and litigate your claims with Al-Amyn Sumar (The New York Times), Jason Leopold (Bloomberg), Tim Tai `24 (The New York Times) 📅Tuesday, March 4 ⏰4-6PM ET 📍SLB120 Details and register: law.yale.edu/yls-today/yale…

Don't miss MFIA clinic's FOIA bootcamp!

MFIA FOIA Bootcamp is coming up THIS TUESDAY (March 4th)! Don't forget to register.

Yesterday, we hosted our annual FOIA Bootcamp to help journalists, activists, and citizens learn how to draft requests, negotiate with agencies, and litigate claims over. Thank you to our panelists Al-Amyn Sumar, Jason Leopold, and Tim Tai ‘24, and to Jennifer Borg for moderating!

Our very own clinical students Brina Harden ('27), Andrea DenHoed ('27), Victoria Maras ('25), and Raymond Perez ('26) (Yale Law School) will lead this week's Ideas Lunch talk: "Combatting Nonconsensual Deepfake Images in Court" Thu., March 13 - 12:00-1:30 - Baker Hall 405

At this week’s special Ideas Lunch, our MFIA Clinic student fellows spoke about “Combatting Nonconsensual Deepfake Images in Court.” Thank you to Brina Harden (’27), Andrea DenHoed (’27), Victoria Maras (’25), and Raymond Perez (Only Good Takes™) (’26) for a wonderful presentation!

An article about our FOIA bootcamp on Yale daily news: yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/03/0…

MFIA team heads into the Freedom of Information Commission in Hartford to litigate over records on behalf of independent filmmaker, Madison Hamburg.

Great news: The D.C. District Court granted our motion for a preliminary injunction—ordering the Trump administration to restore Voice of America’s broadcasts and reinstate all employees and contractors who were placed on leave or terminated.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference! We’re grateful to the incredible scholars, discussants, and attendees who made this past weekend such a valuable exchange of ideas on speech, technology, and democracy. #FESC2025

MFIA team before the Revello hearing at the CT FOI Commission in Hartford. Our client, journalist Katherine Revello, filed an FOI request for ALPR data in Manchester. Student team: Tinuola Dada, Grace Chisholm & Kelsey Griffin.

We’re deeply grateful to Faven Getahun ’25, Noah Kim ’25, Victoria Maras ’25, and Ben Menke ’25 for all the energy, time, and care they brought to MFIA this year as student directors. Thank you for everything! law.yale.edu/yls-today/news…

Alumni Spotlight: Click to read about George (Xiangnong) Wang ’20, whose time at MFIA Clinic sparked a career focused on technology, civil rights, and free speech. law.yale.edu/yls-today/news…

Victory for academic freedom & LGBTQ visibility: A federal court just ordered the gov’t to repost articles by Harvard doctors removed for referencing the existence of trans patients. MFIA, ACLU & allies argued the takedown was unconstitutional censorship. law.yale.edu/yls-today/news…

The Clinic filed this amicus brief on behalf of a distinguished group of First Amendment scholars, supporting Mark Zaid’s challenge to the retaliatory and viewpoint-based rescission of his security clearance. acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri…