Saturday, February 11, 2012

YaleNews | Michael Wishnie is appointed the William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law

Big news for Professor Wishnie!

Michael J. Wishnie, the newly designated William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law, focuses his teaching, scholarship and law practice on immigration, labor and employment, habeus corpus, civil rights, government transparency, and veterans’ law.

Wishnie, a 1987 graduate of Yale College and 1993 graduate of Yale Law School, joined the Yale Law School faculty in 2006 and in February 2011 assumed the directorship of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, which links law students with individuals and organizations in need of legal help who cannot afford private attorneys. He previously taught for eight years at New York University School of Law. He currently teaches the Worker & Immigrants Rights Advocacy Clinic, Veterans Legal Services Clinic, Advanced 9-11 Clinic, and “Federal Courts: Selected Topics.”

YaleNews | Michael Wishnie is appointed the William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law

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