Summer Human Rights Fellows

The Rapoport Center will support the following JD and graduate students this summer to work with human rights organizations and inter-governmental institutions around the world. Learn more about Summer Human Rights Fellowships.

Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (2024)
Law; Human Rights Scholar (2024-25); WPS Editorial Committee (2024-25); Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, American Gateways (2024); Global Justice Cohort Member (2023-24)
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (2024)

Former Summer Human Rights Fellows

Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (2020)
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Washington, DC), 2012
iman ali
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, Legal Resources Centre (Cape Town, South Africa), 2016
Lissette Almanza
Solidarity Center (2018)
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Observatorio para la Equidad de las Mujeres (2023)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, World Organization for Human Rights USA (2007)
dan benowitz
World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland), 2017; Khmer Rouge Tribunal (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), 2016
Khmer Rouge Tribunal Phnom (Penh, Cambodia), 2016
Kara Blomquist
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, The Bronx Defenders (2018)
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (Arusha, Tanzania), 2012
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Refugee and Immigration Center for Education and Legal Services (2020)
Equal Justice Center (2021)
Human Rights USA (Washington, DC), 2012
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (San José, Costa Rica), 2014
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2008)
American Civil Liberties Union (Washington, DC), 2015
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2007)
ACLU of Northern California (San Francisco, CA), 2013
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (Weslaco, Texas), 2012
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Ministry of the Environment (Brasília, Brazil) (2005)
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (Austin, TX), 2015.
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow; Workers Defense Project (Austin, TX) (2022)
Human Rights Scholar (2005-2006); Summer Human Rights Fellow, International Labor Rights Fund (2005)
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (San José, Costa Rica), 2015
Geography & the Environment; Summer Human Rights Fellow, Tahirih Justice Center (2019)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Kosovo Law Centre (2005)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2009)
Human Rights Initiative of North Texas (Dallas, TX), 2013
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (San José, Costa Rica), 2013
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Sin Fronteras (2006)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Kurdish Human Rights Project (2007)
Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow; Centre for Natural Resource Governance (Harare, Zimbabwe) (2021)
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Washington, DC), 2013
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) (2007)
Ghana Center for Democratic Development (Accra, Ghana), 2015
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Refugee and Immigration Center for Education and Legal Services (2021)
Mental Health Advocacy Services (Los Angeles, CA), 2014
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2009)
Disability Rights Texas (Austin, TX), 2013
Chagos Refugee Group (2019)
Law; Human Rights Scholar (2023-24); Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, Northwest Workers’ Justice Project (2023)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Human Rights Initiative of North Texas, Inc. (2008)
Aaron Groth
Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow (2017); Geography & the Environment
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2006)
Orleans Public Defenders (New Orleans, LA), 2014
Human Rights Scholar (2019-2020); Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow, Dentons (2019)
Human Rights Scholar (2006-2007); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Amnesty International (Washington, DC) (2006)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Sin Fronteras (2006)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2008)
Human Rights Scholar (2009-2010); Summer Human Rights Fellows, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative China Program (2008)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, CARE International (2005)
karim
Lawyers for Human Rights (2018)
Human Rights Scholar (2007-2008); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Costa Rica) (2007)
helen kerwin
Human Rights Scholar (2015–2016); Summer Human Rights Fellow, UNHCR (2015 & 2016)
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Reprieve (Washington, D.C.) (2022)
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (2020)
Icelandic Human Rights Center, Reykjavík, Iceland Human Rights Law Network, (New Delhi, India), 2014
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services / Reprieve (2019)
Human Rights Scholar (2006-2007); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (2006)
Human Rights Scholar (2006-2007); Summer Human Rights Fellow, International Consortium for Law and Development (2006)
Equal Justice Center (Austin, TX), 2012
Farmworker Justice (Washington, DC), 2013
Human Rights Scholar (2008-2009); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Legal Research Project and Advocacy Forum (Kathmandu, Nepal) (2008)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Bridges Across Borders (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) (2006)
Phill Melton
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (Laredo, Texas), 2017
Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow, Dentons Mauritius (2020)
Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow; American Gateways (2021)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2010)
Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (San Francisco, CA), 2014
Lawyers Without Borders (New Haven, CT), 2013
Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, NY), 2016
Global Policy Studies; Summer Human Rights Fellow, Center for Migration Studies (2019)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Bridges Across Borders (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) (2006)
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (The Hague, The Netherlands), 2013
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2010)
Protimos (London, England), 2012
Human Rights Scholar (2020-2021); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Lawyers for Human Rights (2019)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2008)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Wellington Community Law Center (2008)
Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America (Dallas, TX), 2015
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (San Antonio, TX), 2015
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (Arusha, Tanzania), 2013
Equal Justice Center (Austin, TX), 2014
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar, ACLU of Northern California (2019)
Anna Roberson
Southern Migrant Legal Services (2018)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union (Texas) (2007)
Inter-American Foundation (Washington, DC), 2013
Amy Rodriguez
Human Rights First (Houston), 2016
Leah Rodríguez
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (2018)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Legislative Assembly (Costa Rica) (2007) and Checchi and Company Consulting (La Paz and Sucre, Bolivia) (2008)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2007)
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (The Hague, Netherlands), 2015
Centre for Natural Resource Governance (Harare, Zimbabwe) (2021)
cristian sanchez
ACLU of Southern California (Los Angeles), 2016
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (2008)
Elizabeth Schmelzel
Human Rights Scholar (Spring 2018); Summer Human Rights Fellow, American Gateways (2017)
Juvenile Justice Advocates International (2019)
Tahirih Justice Center (2020)
Legal Resources Centre (Cape Town, South Africa), 2014
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Washington, DC), 2014
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (San José, Costa Rica), 2012
Office of the Co-Prosecutors (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), 2012
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Bridges Across Borders (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) (2007)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Bridges Across Borders (Thailand and Cambodia) (2008)
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), 2014
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (San Antonio, TX) (2022)
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (2023)
Scott Squires
Graduate Summer Fellow (2016); Global Policy Studies and Journalism; Summer Human Rights Fellow, Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (2017)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2009)
Robert F. Kennedy Center For Justice and Human Rights (Washington, DC), 2014
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2010)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2009)
Equal Justice Center (2020)
Kevin Trahan
Human Rights Scholar (2018–2019); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (2018)
Human Rights Scholar (2007-2008); Summer Human Rights Fellow, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (Washington, DC) (2007)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Environmental Law Institute (2005)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Centre for Governance and Development (2008)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union (El Paso) (2006) and Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at Hastings College of Law (2008)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union (El Paso) (2006) and Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at Hastings College of Law (2008)
Ricardo Velasco
Latin American Studies; Summer Fieldwork Grantee (2016); Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow (2018)
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (The Hague, The Netherlands), 2013
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (The Hague, Netherlands), 2014
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), 2013
Human Rights Scholar (2021-2022); Summer Human Rights Fellow, International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (The Hague, Netherlands) (2021)
Brian Watson
Bronx Defenders (New York), 2016
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (2008)
Julie Wilson
Human Rights Scholar (2017-2018); WPS Editorial Committee (2017-2018); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (2017)
Leslie Wise
American Gateways (2018); Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, ProBAR (2017)
David Wood
Legal Resources Centre (Accra, Ghana), 2017
Human Rights Scholar (2006-2007); Summer Human Rights Fellow, United Nations Development Program (Beirut, Lebanon) (2006)
Harjeen Zibari
Human Rights Initiative of North Texas (2018)