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, June 16, 2020
News
A Q&A with Professor Eskridge on Landmark SCOTUS Decision on LGBTQ Rights
Leading expert on sexuality, gender and the law, Professor William Eskridge, Jr. ’78 reflects on the Supreme Court's monumental decision in Bostock v. Clayton County and outlined what comes next for the LGBTQ movement.
Monday, April 13, 2020
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Monday, July 27, 2020
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020
In The Press
Why Gorsuch upheld civil rights for LGBTQ Americans
Christian Science Monitor
John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence William Eskridge ’78 is quoted in an article on the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold LGBTQ workplace rights. Professor Eskridge was also quoted in the New York Times and Law360.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
In The Press
In nod to #MeToo, China codifies sexual harassment by law
Reuters
Paul Tsai China Center Senior Fellow Darius Longarino is quoted in a Reuters article about anti-sexual-harassment provisions in China's new civil code.
Thursday, April 16, 2020
In The Press
The Stories Behind Twelve Significant Reproductive Rights and Justice Legal Cases
Ms. Magazine
Ms. Magazine quotes Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law Reva Siegel about her new book recounting the stories behind a dozen reproductive rights and justice legal cases. Siegel authored one of the book’s chapters and was an editor of the volume.
Monday, March 30, 2020
In The Press
Undocumented immigrants working on pandemic’s front lines fear for health and home
USA Today
USA Today reports on the letter sent to the Supreme Court by the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic urging that the administration’s decision to terminate DACA should be blocked in light of the pandemic.
Friday, March 27, 2020
In The Press
‘Dreamers’ Tell Supreme Court Ending DACA During Pandemic Would Be ‘Catastrophic’
The New York Times
Sol Goldman Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization Muneer Ahmad and YLS student Ramis Wadood ’21 are quoted in the New York Times about a letter filed by the Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic informing the Supreme Court of how the COVID-19 pandemic bears on its case challenging the 2017 termination of the DACA policy.
Thursday, March 19, 2020
In The Press
U.S. Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking to Avert 2020 Census Undercount
Reuters
Nikita Lalwani ’20 is quoted in by Reuters on the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic on behalf of a nonprofit group alleging that federal cost-cutting threatened undercounts of blacks, Hispanics, immigrants and the homeless in the 2020 Census.
Alumni & Student Profiles
Being involved with the law school clinics is a unique opportunity to put in class training to use. It’s an amazing way to learn how to be a lawyer, not just to learn the law.”
Aisha Saad
Class of 2018