2025-2026
“[GRIL] is a great opportunity to learn how to apply data and technology to support legal practices in case building and advocacy. You gain insights and knowledge on how data and technology can assist your legal practice.” – Law Student
“I no longer see legal work as inaccessible. Through GRIL, I began to understand legal reasoning as something active, interpretive, and grounded in judgment rather than hard thresholds. This helped me start to see how data can participate in legal advocacy by revealing patterns that support a narrative, rather than by meeting predetermined numerical standards.” – Information School Student
“Our multidisciplinary model has been one of the most valuable aspects of the GRIL Clinic. In my view, this model succeeds because it forces legal, investigative, and data-driven empirical approaches into a mutually reinforcing dialectic that produces methodologically rigorous and legally credible work product.” – Law Student
“I don’t want to become a lawyer or an engineer, but I want to be someone who helps legal and data systems communicate with clarity, ethics, and imagination. I am beginning to see myself not just as someone who uses data, but someone who builds methods and frameworks that make advocacy work stronger, more transparent, and more sustainable.” – Goldman School of Public Policy
“Working on human rights was new to me, and at first, I worried I didn’t have the “right” background. But as I listened to my teammates and learned about the challenges advocates face, I realized that human rights work is made up of many kinds of contributions — not just legal argument but also analysis, structure, patience, and careful attention to detail. Seeing how data can support truth-telling, documentation, and accountability helped me feel more grounded. It showed me that my skills could matter in meaningful ways.” – Information School Student