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A lesbian high school student who attends a religious school and doesn’t feel safe confiding in unsympathetic teachers stands alone outdoors. A new report from The Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School and Human Rights Watch explores the experience of young LGBT people in South Korea. © 2018 Gowun Lee

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

 Lowenstein Clinic and Human Rights Watch Issue Report on LGBT Youth in South Korea

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Students and faculty from WIRAC receiving a public service award on October 19, 2017. 

WIRAC Receives Public Service Award

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Now it is time to pivot and ask, where are your extraordinary gifts needed? How do you make this legal world that you are entering a better world? One where no one is shut out; one where the weak and vulnerable are not exploited; one that produces fair results based on the merits of the issues before it.”

Visiting Lecturer Stephen Bright

2012 Commencement Address