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295.7K sec. 001 - IN Human Rights: Geneva Field Placement (Spring 2025)

Instructor: Eric N Richardson  
Instructor: Sue Schechter  (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
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Units: 8 - 12
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: In-Person

Course Start: January 13, 2025
Course End: May 14, 2025

Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 3
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 5
As of: 12/13 07:35 AM


To be eligible for this course, students must have taken the Fall 295F, Geneva Field Placement Seminar. Once students are accepted into the INHR: Geneva Field Placement Program, they are eligible to participate in this Spring 2025 INHR: Geneva Field Placement.Students who participate in the INHR: Geneva Field Placement are eligible to receive 8-12 units of credit depending on the number of hours they work. Students who are participating in the INHR: Geneva Field Placement Program must receive academic clearance from a JD Academic Advisor in the Office of the Dean of Students. Students will be doing legal work under the supervision of the Program's Director with assignments to designated diplomatic missions in Geneva. While students participate in the Spring INHR field placement component, they are required to also enroll in the 1-unit Law 295H: Geneva Advanced Field Placement Seminar.

Students interested in learning more about this Program or other Away Field Placements are invited to reach out to the Field Placement Program at fieldplacementprogram@law.berkeley.edu.

Sue Schechter, Field Placement Director, is available to meet with students who are interested in INHR for future semesters. Students are invited to schedule an advising appointment through sschechter.youcanbook.me.

Eric Richardson, former US State Department lawyer and diplomat at the UN Human Rights Council, is the lecturer and also supports the field supervisors in Geneva.


Attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.


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Units from this class count towards the J.D. Experiential Requirement.


Exam Notes: (None) Class requires a series of papers, assignments, or presentations throughout the semester
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Field Placements
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Social Justice and Public Interest

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