Public Interest Activities

The Liman Center provides fellowships for graduates to work full-time in the public interest for one year, as well as modest grants to legal service organizations under the auspices of the Liman Fund. The center also organizes the annual Liman Colloquium. Finally, student associates of the center work with current and former Liman Fellows on various research projects arising from the fellows’ work.

Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights coordinates a diverse program of human rights activities from lectures and conferences to the Human Rights Workshop. In addition, the center administers several human rights fellowships for students and recent graduates.

The Justice Collaboratory offers students the opportunity to engage in work that is grounded in theory and research and engaged with the critical criminal justice policy debates of the day. The center brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars and researchers at Yale and beyond to cooperatively work toward a theory-driven, evidence-informed justice system.

The Paul Tsai China Center has two missions: first, to assist the legal reform process within China; and second, to increase understanding of China’s legal system outside of China. To these ends, the center carries out research and teaching, promotes academic exchanges with China, and undertakes a variety of cooperative projects.

The Carol and Gene Ludwig Program in Public Sector Leadership, part of The Tsai Leadership Program at Yale Law School, provides focused educational and professional support to students who aspire to nontraditional careers and leadership roles in the public sector. The Ludwig Program helps prepare students for careers in areas such as government, nonprofits, and other institutions focused on serving the public.

Yale Law School Latin American Linkage Program include a student exchange with several universities in Argentina and Chile. Students involved in the Linkage Program focus on human rights issues through participation in workshops at universities in Buenos Aires, Santiago, and Saõ Paulo and work with local NGOs.