How We Are Involved
About Human Rights Law
The study of human rights law at the Yale Law School is focused around the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights. It coordinates a diverse program of human rights activities that serve students and scholars at Yale and contribute to the development of the human rights community locally and internationally.
Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights
Archives of the Yale Human Rights and Development Journal (YHRDLJ)
Clinics
The Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Law Clinic is a Law School course that gives students firsthand experience in human rights advocacy. The clinic undertakes a wide variety of projects each term on behalf of human rights organizations and individual victims of human rights abuse.
Fellowships
A number of fellowships allow Law Students to dedicate their time to advocacy, human rights work and scholarship.
Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Fellowships
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
News
Lowenstein Clinic and Human Rights Watch Issue Report on LGBT Youth in South Korea
The Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School and Human Rights Watch have issued a report on the experience of LGBT young people in South Korea.
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
A.J. Hudson ’23 has received a Switzer Environmental Fellowship.
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
A lesbian high school student who attends a religious school and doesn’t feel safe confiding in unsympathetic teachers stands alone outdoors. A new report from The Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School and Human Rights Watch explores the experience of young LGBT people in South Korea. © 2018 Gowun Lee
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
COVID-19 infections and deaths are soaring in Myanmar as junta attacks target health care professionals. Credit: ILO in Asia and the Pacific.
Event
Grassroots Voter Organizing in Communities of Color
12:10PM
Private Location (rsvp to display)
Event
Panel Discussion in Conjunction with the Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice by Vivek Maru
12:00PM
Virtual Event
Friday, September 10, 2021
44:54
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
1:35:08
Monday, July 27, 2020
1:10:05
Friday, April 30, 2021
In The Press
Lawsuit Over Solitary Confinement in Limbo as State Pushes for Mediation
CT Mirror
The Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic is mentioned in a CT Mirror article about a lawsuit that seeks to prohibit the use of in-cell shackling and solitary confinement of individuals with mental illnesses.
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
In The Press
Minorities underrepresented in service academy nominations
The Washington Post
A study co-authored by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic regarding the number of minority students nominated by Congress to military service academies is the subject of an article in The Washington Post.
Thursday, March 11, 2021
In The Press
Connecticut’s sole supermax prison is closing. What comes next for the men who used to be on death row?
CT Mirror
Clinical Lecturer in Law and Executive Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights Hope Metcalf and Dwayne Betts ’16 are quoted in a CT Mirror feature about the closing of the Northern Correctional Institution.
Monday, March 8, 2021
In The Press
A primer on the history of sexual harassment—and why it deserves a place in diversity training
Fast Company
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law Reva Siegel’s scholarship is cited in a Fast Company article about the history of sexual harassment.
Thursday, February 18, 2021
In The Press
World’s tropical forests and people imperiled by legal rollbacks under COVID-19
Reuters
Binger Clinical Professor of Human Rights James J. Silk ’89 is quoted in a Reuters story about threats against indigenous people and rainforests during the coronavirus pandemic as governments roll back social and environmental safeguards.
Thursday, February 4, 2021
In The Press
Disability rights group alleges abuse of people with mental illness at state’s maximum-security prison in suit against Department of Correction
The Hartford Courant
The Hartford Courant reports on a lawsuit brought by the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic and partners against the CT Department of Correction.
Alumni & Student Profiles
Now it is time to pivot and ask, where are your extraordinary gifts needed? How do you make this legal world that you are entering a better world? One where no one is shut out; one where the weak and vulnerable are not exploited; one that produces fair results based on the merits of the issues before it.”
Visiting Lecturer Stephen Bright
2012 Commencement Address