Year: 2011

After two semesters in the Human Rights Clinic, I feel that I’ve gained valuable experience doing human rights reporting and advocacy work. I thought I wanted to pursue a career in human rights work when I started the Clinic, and now I’m sure that I want to and I feel prepared for the multidisciplinary workload […]

While the Human Rights Clinic was filled with great memories for me, one experience made more of an impression than others. My partner and I were lucky enough to conduct field work in Ghana for our project on communities affected by mining. This field work consisted of interviewing various government officials, non-profit workers, and community […]

My experience with the HRC during the spring, summer, and fall of 2011 allowed me to gain experience on researching and taking action to advocate for social justice and human rights. I had a few growth spurts that year as the Clinic’s director constructively challenged us to take responsibility for our advocacy work and use […]

There are plenty of amazing courses to choose from at Texas Law. This will certainly pose a great dilemma to you, especially as an L.L.M. student, during your way-too-short one year Master’s program. That was my situation before applying to the Human Rights Clinic. I was fortunate enough to have been accepted. I have to […]

My work with the Human Rights Clinic was the most rewarding experience of my time at law school.  To see the final effects of our work when both projects were finalized and public awareness of the issues was captured was an unforgettable experience!  To strategize the direction of your projects with your team and Professor […]