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, July 17, 2018
News
WIRAC Helps Reunite Two Immigrant Families
Two families that had been forcibly separated and detained for weeks have been reunited after a successful legal challenge by Yale Law School’s Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) and Connecticut Legal Services.Tuesday, July 03, 2018
In The Press
The Muslim Ban Expands the Cruel Policy of Family Separation— A Commentary by Rachel Brown '20 and Georgia Travers '19
The Washington Post
Rachel Brown '20 and Georgia Travers '19 are students at Yale Law School and co-authors of the report “Window Dressing the Muslim Ban: Reports of Waivers and Mass Denials From Yemeni-American Families Stuck in Limbo.”
Friday, June 29, 2018
In The Press
The End of Abortion—A Commentary by Reva Siegel
The New York Times
Professor Reva Siegel is the Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
In The Press
In a First, Yale and Stanford Law Journals Team Up for #MeToo Project
Law.com
Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Sciences Vicki Schultz is quoted in an article about a joint symposium to help people better understand sexual harassment.
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Monday, June 11, 2018
Sunday, July 8, 2018
In The Press
Young Women Face First Fight Over Abortion—A Commentary by Rachel Kogan ’19 and Erica Turret ’20
The Hartford Courant
Rachel Kogan ’19 and Erica Turret ’20 are students at Yale Law School.
Thursday, July 5, 2018
In The Press
Inside the AEL’s celebrated summer school
EUI Life
Professor of Law Samuel Moyn is quoted in a report on his lecture at the Academy of European Law summer session.
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
In The Press
The Muslim Ban Expands the Cruel Policy of Family Separation— A Commentary by Rachel Brown '20 and Georgia Travers '19
The Washington Post
Rachel Brown '20 and Georgia Travers '19 are students at Yale Law School and co-authors of the report “Window Dressing the Muslim Ban: Reports of Waivers and Mass Denials From Yemeni-American Families Stuck in Limbo.”
Friday, June 29, 2018
In The Press
The End of Abortion—A Commentary by Reva Siegel
The New York Times
Professor Reva Siegel is the Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
In The Press
In a First, Yale and Stanford Law Journals Team Up for #MeToo Project
Law.com
Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Sciences Vicki Schultz is quoted in an article about a joint symposium to help people better understand sexual harassment.
Thursday, June 14, 2018
In The Press
The Mask It Wears
London Review of Books
A review of Professor of Law Samuel Moyn's book Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World.
Alumni & Student Profiles
1L year is really hard.…You’re just grinding all the time. And when you come out the other end, you realize that you’ve got skills to make changes in the world. And that feeling is so cool.”
Rebecca Wexler
Class of 2016