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283.1H sec. 001 - Advanced Human Rights Clinic Seminar (Fall 2025)

Instructor: Roxanna Marie Altholz  (view instructor's profile)
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Units: 1
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: In-Person

Meeting:

W 3:35 PM - 5:25 PM
Location: Law 107
From August 20, 2025
To November 19, 2025

Course Start: August 20, 2025
Course End: November 19, 2025

Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 0
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 6
As of: 05/02 04:43 AM


This seminar is the companion classroom component to the Advanced Human Rights Clinic. Students who have completed the Human Rights Clinic and Human Rights Clinic Seminar are eligible to apply for enrollment in the Advanced Human Rights Clinic and Human Rights Clinic Seminar.

Students in this Advanced Clinic Seminar will take an active role in select sessions that are combined with the Human Rights Clinic Seminar including, case rounds, guest speakers, and topical discussions. Advanced Clinic Seminar students will contribute to the design and facilitation of some seminar sessions. Students will engage in peer learning and critique, and develop leadership skills.

Admission to the Advanced Human Rights Clinic is by separate application through the Clinical Program portal. Students can access the Clinical Program portal when applications open via this website: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/clinics/apply-to-the-clinics/ under the section "Access the Clinical Program Application." Applications open 4/8 at 3pm, and are due by noon on 4/15.

Requirements Satisfaction:

When this Clinic and the Seminar are taken in the same semester, they are counted together as satisfying one of the following requirements:

  • Experiential Requirement OR
  • Writing Requirement - Option 2 OR
  • Professional Responsibility [Samuelson Clinic only]
Together, they may satisfy the Writing Requirement OR the Experiential Requirement OR the Professional Responsibility Requirement, but not more than one. These Requirements cannot be combined.

Students who want the clinic/seminar to satisfy Option 2 of the Writing Requirement must obtain instructor approval and complete a paper or series of written work, with drafts, of 30 or more pages. To receive Option 2 credit, students must submit this form:
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Writing_Requirement_2017.pdf

Please contact Student Academic Advising and Support Services (SAASS) with any questions.


Exam Notes: (None) Series of papers or assignments throughout the semester
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Clinics
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
International and Comparative Law
Social Justice and Public Interest

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