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
Wednesday, June 02, 2021
News
Clinic Celebrates a New Parentage Law
A Yale Law School clinic has worked for three years to successfully modernize Connecticut’s parentage laws.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
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Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed the Connecticut Parentage Act into law on June 1, 2021. Photos by Brian O’Connor.
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Clockwise from top left: Benjamin Dearden ’21, Sofea Dil ’21, Aydan Figaroa ’21 LLM, Alexandra Francis ’18, Megan Pearson ’21, Jessica Tueller ’21, Anna Wherry ’21, Alyssa Yamamoto ’18.
Saturday, April 3, 2021
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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
At heart, Yale Law School is about a distinctive culture of intellectual curiosity about the law. We think good ideas matter. Our faculty and, most of all, our students live this idea every day.”
John Fabian Witt
Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law; Class of 1999