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March 18, 2014
The Human Rights Clinic was an extremely valuable experience for me primarily because I was given the chance to do work on actual cases involving real people. Working on the Guantanamo project is something I will never forget. -
March 18, 2014
The Human Rights Clinic was an academic experience of a lifetime. The clinic challenged my understanding of human rights law and my role as a law student working within the human rights movement. -
October 7, 2013
Students travel all over the world on behalf of Human Rights Clinic
During the fall semester of 2013, eight students travelled on behalf of the Human Rights Clinic. The Clinic sent three students to Brownsville, Texas to visit the U.S.-Mexico border, three students to Panama, and two students to Argentina. The students who visited Brownsville and the U.S.-Mexico border went there to meet with (among others) Dr. […] -
March 18, 2013
The Human Rights Clinic has been instrumental in providing me with a framework to understand the realities of work in the field of international human rights. -
March 18, 2013
The Human Rights Clinic was a major highlight of my time at law school. In the clinic I had the opportunity to work on major impact cases, including preparing memos for international hearings, advocating for children rights in the Americas, and declassifying government files containing human right violations in Latin America. These practical experiences, coupled […] -
March 18, 2013
I enjoyed being a part of the Human Rights Clinic because it provided a venue to becoming a human rights advocate. I enjoyed contributing to the human rights agenda and discourse though the harsh reality of how much more there is to be done always loomed. My work with the clinic showed me the importance […] -
October 25, 2012
Guatemala: Access to information for Human Rights abuses in Guatemala
The HRC worked with the Open Society Justice Initiative conducting legal research on the balance between the right to access to information on human rights abuses, the right to privacy, and the presumption of innocence. -
October 24, 2012
The Clinic, in collaboration with the National Security Clinic, challenged the detention of Mr. Obaidullah, who is detained in Guantanamo. The Clinic researched and prepared a brief which was submitted to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Two students who worked on the petition travelled to Geneva to file the brief. On June 12, […]
