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
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, May 07, 2019
News
Professor NeJaime Launches Coalition to Protect LGBT Parents and their Children
Anne Urowsky Professor of Law Douglas NeJaime announced the creation of the Connecticut Parentage Act Coalition on May 8, 2019.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Monday, July 1, 2019
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
In The Press
Hong Kong’s protesters are not ‘radicals.’ They just want to be heard. — A Commentary by Hana Meihan Davis
The Washington Post
Hana Meihan Davis is a rising senior in Yale College and an undergraduate Human Rights Scholar at the Schell Center for International Human Rights.
Monday, June 17, 2019
In The Press
A New Trump Battleground: Defining Human Rights
The New York Times
Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh is quoted in an opinion piece about human rights.
Friday, April 5, 2019
In The Press
Guantánamo Trials Grapple With How Much Evidence to Allow About Torture
The New York Times
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about how the military commission system is wrestling with how to handle evidence of torture inflicted upon Al Qaeda suspects.
Monday, February 11, 2019
In The Press
What happened to prisoners at Bagram, ‘Afghanistan’s Guantanamo’?
Al Jazeera
The Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School’s work on behalf of Said Jumalyddin is discussed in Al Jazeera.
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
In The Press
Loitering Laws Hit Connecticut’s Most Vulnerable Residents
WNPR / Where We Live
Allison Frankel ’17 discussed loitering ordinances and their effect on the homeless on WNPR’s Where We Live. Frankel coauthored a report for the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, titled “‘Forced into Breaking the Law: The Criminalization of Homelessness in Connecticut.’”
Monday, December 10, 2018
In The Press
New mothers and babies often detained in Slovak hospitals
The Associated Press
Mindy Roseman, Director of the Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women’s Rights, is quoted in an Associated Press story Roma women who are being detained against their will in Slovak hospitals.
Alumni & Student Profiles
You’re at one of the best, if not the best law school in the nation… make the most of it: the friendships, the opportunities to learn, to do things, to grow.”
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
Class of 1974