By Mike Cummings June 24, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this Illustration by Eri Griffin Yale University and 150 other colleges and universities nationwide have joined an amicus brief supporting a program that allows international students to gain work experience outside the classroom in their fields of study. Filed on June 21 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in litigation titled Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the brief was filed in support of continuing Optional Practical Training (OPT), a federal program that provides temporary employment authorization to graduate and undergraduate students with F-1 visa status to gain practical training beyond their coursework.