In addition to affiliated faculty, the Schell Center hosts visiting Fellows throughout the academic year with expertise in a range of human rights-related fields. Students across the University are encouraged to reach out to Fellows to learn from them and connect on shared areas of interest during Fellows’ time at the Schell Center.
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Faculty Directors
Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Director, Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center of International Human Rights
Claudia Flores is a Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School, Director of the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, and Director of the Law School’s Orville H. Schell, Jr.…
Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities and Director, Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights
Paul W. Kahn is Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities, and Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School. Professor Kahn teaches in…
Faculty & Staff
Cover-Lowenstein Clinical Teaching Fellow
Laith Aqel is the Clinical Teaching Cover-Lowenstein Fellow at Yale Law School's Schell Center.
Executive Director, Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights; Lecturer in Law (spring term), and Research Scholar in Law
Dina Francesca Haynes is the Executive Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights, a Lecturer in Law, and a…
Community Human Rights Fellow
As Community Human Rights Fellow, Hana Karanja assists the Schell Center in promoting a vibrant human rights community and in developing human rights projects. She is interested in rights theory…
Research Director, Global Gender Equality Project and Clinical Lecturer, Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic
Megan L. Manion is the Research Director of the Global Gender Equality Project and a Clinical-Lecturer in the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic. Megan …
Binger Clinical Professor Emeritus of Human Rights
James J. Silk is the Binger Clinical Professor Emeritus of Human Rights at Yale Law School. He founded and directed the Multidisciplinary Academic Program in Human Rights in Yale College. In the…
Fellows
Research Scholar
Mohammed Naser Amini is a research fellow at the Schell Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School. He holds an LL.B. in law and political science from Balkh…
Robina Senior Human Rights Fellow
Tom Andrews is the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. A former member of the U.…
Fellow
LaShawn R. Jefferson is the former Senior Executive Director of Perry World House, a global policy think tank at the University of Pennsylvania. She has over two decades of experience in…
Tom and Andi Bernstein Visiting Human Rights Fellow
Musa is a Research Fellow in Law at the Schell Centre for International Human Rights at Yale Law School. His research and work focuses on accountability, transitional justice, victims’…
Schell Center Visiting Human Rights Fellow
Zahra Motamedi is a human rights advocate with a rich 13-year career spanning critical roles within human rights organizations, including significant work in Afghanistan. As an Associate Research…
Student Directors
Student Director
Fatoumata Ouedrago is a 2L at Yale Law School passionate about criminal justice and international human rights. On campus, she is involved with a number of groups…
Student Director
Catherine (Catey) Vera is a Student Director of the Schell Center for International Human Rights and a second-year student at Yale Law School with an interest in international law and human rights…