human-rights

The International Human Rights Law Clinic allows students to design and implement creative solutions to advance the global struggle for the protection of human rights.

Students work on innovative human rights projects on behalf of individuals and marginalized communities that have been the targets of repression and violence. In addition, they prepare and conduct litigation before national and international judicial forums concerning human rights violations. They also engage in interdisciplinary empirical studies of the impact of human rights abuses--research that aims to achieve policy outcomes. Clinic projects frequently involve policy analysis and the drafting of statutes and standards to govern the conduct of state and non-state actors.

The Clinic currently works in four focal areas:

Some examples of Clinic students' work include:

Students enrolled in the clinic also take a seminar course that provides a forum for exploring the links between legal theory and their cases and projects.

Applying to the Clinic

The International Human Rights Law Clinic accepts applications twice per year, generally in October and April.

Reading for clinic orientation

William Quigley Letter to a Law Student Interested in Social Justice