International Human Rights Clinic

The Human Rights Program (HRP) seeks to give impetus and direction to international human rights work at Harvard Law School by fostering coursework and participation of students in human rights activities through clinical work, summer fellowships, a speaker series, events and conferences, applied research and scholarship. HRP forges cooperative links with human rights organizations in this country and abroad, plans and directs international conferences and roundtables on human rights issues, advises students wishing to conduct research projects with human rights organizations, and provides counseling on careers in the human rights field.)

The International Human Rights Clinic gives students the opportunity for first-hand experience with the vital issues, institutions and processes of the human rights movement. In addition to work in Cambridge, students travel regularly with clinical supervisors to document abuses and promote respect for the rule of law. In the past year, students have traveled to Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Guyana, South Africa and Thailand on supervised research missions. In addition, through its summer internship and winter funding programs, HRP funds students to work in dozens of countries. All J.D. students seeking to work in human rights in the developing world are guaranteed funding.

Clinical Information

Fall or Spring clinical
Open to 2L, 3L students
LLM students by permission
Pre-Requisites: None

Clinical Courses

Business and Human Rights Clinical Seminar: Law and Practice
Instructors: Tyler Giannini and Chris Jochnick
Spring seminar; Spring clinical

Human Rights Advocacy: Seminar A
Instructors: James Cavallaro and Binnaifer Nowrojee
Fall seminar; Fall clinical

Human Rights Advocacy: Seminar B
Instructors: James Cavallaro
Spring seminar; Spring clinical

Human Rights and the Environment: Advocacy Seminar
Instructors: Tyler Giannini and Bonnie Docherty
Fall seminar; Fall clinical

Contact

Pound Hall 401
Harvard Law School
(617) 495-9362
hrp@law.harvard.edu
www.law.harvard.edu/programs/hrp/ihrc