Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic
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Yale Law School clinic
government transparency advocacy organization
legal clinic
press freedom advocacy organization
The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic is a Yale Law School legal clinic that litigates and advocates for government transparency, press freedom, and public access to information.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7886016 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic Context triple: [Information Society Project, hasPart, Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic]
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A.
Human Rights Clinic
The Human Rights Clinic is a Columbia Law School program where students work on real-world human rights advocacy, litigation, and research under faculty supervision.
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B.
Index on Censorship
Index on Censorship is a nonprofit organization and magazine dedicated to defending and promoting freedom of expression worldwide.
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C.
Center for Civil Liberties
The Center for Civil Liberties is a Ukrainian human rights organization known for documenting war crimes, defending civil and political freedoms, and receiving international recognition for its work, including the Nobel Peace Prize.
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D.
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders is an international non-governmental organization that promotes and defends freedom of information and the rights of journalists worldwide.
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E.
Center for Democracy and Technology
The Center for Democracy and Technology is a nonprofit advocacy organization focused on promoting civil liberties, human rights, and democratic values in the digital age through policy, legal, and technological initiatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic Target entity description: The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic is a Yale Law School legal clinic that litigates and advocates for government transparency, press freedom, and public access to information.
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A.
Human Rights Clinic
The Human Rights Clinic is a Columbia Law School program where students work on real-world human rights advocacy, litigation, and research under faculty supervision.
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B.
Index on Censorship
Index on Censorship is a nonprofit organization and magazine dedicated to defending and promoting freedom of expression worldwide.
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C.
Center for Civil Liberties
The Center for Civil Liberties is a Ukrainian human rights organization known for documenting war crimes, defending civil and political freedoms, and receiving international recognition for its work, including the Nobel Peace Prize.
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D.
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders is an international non-governmental organization that promotes and defends freedom of information and the rights of journalists worldwide.
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E.
Center for Democracy and Technology
The Center for Democracy and Technology is a nonprofit advocacy organization focused on promoting civil liberties, human rights, and democratic values in the digital age through policy, legal, and technological initiatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yale Law School clinic
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government transparency advocacy organization ⓘ legal clinic ⓘ press freedom advocacy organization ⓘ |
| activity |
filing amicus briefs
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filing freedom of information requests ⓘ impact litigation ⓘ legal advocacy ⓘ litigation ⓘ policy advocacy ⓘ representation of journalists ⓘ representation of news organizations ⓘ representation of public interest groups ⓘ student legal training ⓘ |
| affiliation | Yale Law School ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| educationalRole |
provides experiential learning for law students
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trains students in litigation skills ⓘ trains students in media law ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
First Amendment law
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access to court records ⓘ access to government records ⓘ freedom of information law ⓘ freedom of the press ⓘ government transparency ⓘ open government ⓘ press freedom ⓘ public access to information ⓘ |
| goal |
enhance public access to information
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promote government transparency ⓘ protect press freedom ⓘ strengthen democratic accountability ⓘ |
| legalArea |
First Amendment
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administrative law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ freedom of information statutes ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ |
| serves |
journalists
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members of the public seeking government information ⓘ news organizations ⓘ public interest organizations ⓘ researchers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic Description of subject: The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic is a Yale Law School legal clinic that litigates and advocates for government transparency, press freedom, and public access to information.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.