Yale Defeats Disabled Student’s Bid for More Time in Law Program

A graduate student with disabilities isn’t entitled to a preliminary injunction stopping Yale Law School from discharging her from her program, a federal court said.

Jane Doe claimed she was denied a time extension to get her dissertation up to her standards before she graduates because she was disabled and in retaliation for pursuing her rights. Though Judge Omar A. Williams of the US District Court for the District of Connecticut originally granted Doe a temporary restraining order, he said that in light of the school’s response, the outcome of the case was too uncertain to grant her a preliminary ...