Policing, Law, and Policy Clinic at Yale Law School
Summary
The Policing, Law, and Policy Clinic offers current Yale Law School students the opportunity to translate cutting-edge empirical research on policing reform into real-world policies. Students take part in developing and drafting policy materials intended to advance the effort to reform policing and reimagine public safety. Partnerships with external organizations and discussions with guest speakers actively working in policing reform and related public safety projects serve to enhance the students’ understanding of the nature of policing policy work and the steps needed to see meaningful change achieved.
Goals
The goals of the Policing, Law, and Policy Clinic are twofold. The first goal is to educate Yale Law School students on the current policy landscape relating to policing and police reform, including the latest research, scholarship, and thinking in this area. The second goal is for students to emerge from the Clinic with an appreciation of the technical aspects of policymaking, including, where applicable, the drafting of professional legislative, regulatory, and policy proposals worthy of serious consideration. It is the aspiration of the Clinic for students to develop both the substantive knowledge and the technical skills necessary to advance policing policy even after their participation in the Clinic has ended.
Funding
The Clinic is supported by Yale Law School with additional support from the Justice Collaboratory.
Researchers
Policing, Law, and Policy Director of the Justice Collaboratory & Clinical Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law & Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory
Macklin Fleming Professor of Law, Professor of Psychology, & Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory