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
Monday, October 05, 2020
News
Clinic Releases Analysis on the Right of Access to Counsel in the Context of Counterterrorism
The Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Law Clinic has released an analysis of the right of access to counsel in the context of counterterrorism.Friday, October 16, 2020
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
In The Press
Closing the Nation’s Doors — A Commentary by Cristina Rodríguez ’00
Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
Cristina Rodríguez is the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
In The Press
Yale Professor Urges Kosovo to Stop Attempts to Expel American Human Rights Lawyer
Exit Albania
Exit Albania reports on a letter from Binger Clinical Professor of Human Rights James Silk ’89 to the Albanian prime minister regarding that government’s attempt to deport an American citizen and human rights lawyer.
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.
Alumni & Student Profiles
The Criminal Justice Clinic has given me the unique opportunity to represent a client in court as a first-year law student. Experiential learning has been the most meaningful part of law school so far, and it has exposed me to the criminal justice system first-hand.”
Destiny Lopez
Class of 2021