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, April 04, 2023
News
Professor Claudia Flores Joins Schell Center as Faculty Co-Director
Clinical Professor of Law Claudia M. Flores has joined the Orville H. Schell Jr. Center for International Human Rights as faculty co-director.
Monday, April 24, 2023
Friday, April 21, 2023
Tim Hirschel-Burns ’22 is a Bernstein Fellow.
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Robina Fellow Yussef Al Tamimi ’22 in the courtroom of the European Court of Human Rights.
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Monday, April 17, 2023
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023
In The Press
The Judge Who Sentenced the Rosenbergs
Washington Monthly
Work by Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh is mentioned in a recent book review.
Friday, November 18, 2022
In The Press
Why Slavery as a Punishment for Crime Was Just on the Ballot in Some States
PBS News Hour
Clinical Professor of Law Claudia Flores comments on the use of prison labor in the U.S. in light of state ballot measures that would outlaw slavery as a legal punishment for crime.
Saturday, October 22, 2022
In The Press
Why a Question About Slavery Is Now on the Ballot in 5 States
The New York Times
Clinical Professor of Law Claudia Flores comments on ballot measures in five states that would ban slavery or involuntary servitude as punishment.
Friday, September 30, 2022
In The Press
California Governor Vetoes Limits on Solitary Confinement
Al Jazeera
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik comments on the decline in the use of solitary confinement in prisons nationally. The story also cites a report co-authored by the Liman Center on the number of people in solitary confinement in the United States.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
In The Press
The Case for Creating an International Tribunal to Prosecute the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine — A Commentary by Oona A. Hathaway
Just Security
Oona A. Hathaway ’97 is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
In The Press
Nearly 50,000 People Held in Solitary Confinement in U.S., Report Says
The Guardian
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik comments on the declining use solitary confinement in a news story on a report by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law.
Alumni & Student Profiles
Today is a wonderful time to be blessed with legal training and to be able to go out and take on the enormous challenges of a difficult world — with an aspiration to lead tempered by humility at the complexity, difficulty, discipline, and self-sacrifice inherent in the task.”
Ben W. Heineman, Jr.
Class of 1971