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.
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Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (2024)
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Law; Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, American Gateways (2024); Global Justice Cohort Member (2023-24)
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Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (2024)
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Human Rights Scholar (2007-2008); Summer Human Rights Fellow, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (Washington, DC) (2007)
Former Summer Human Rights Fellows
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Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Observatorio para la Equidad de las Mujeres (2023)
![dan benowitz](https://law.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2016/06/IMG_0797-e1466798718410-500x500.jpg)
World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland), 2017; Khmer Rouge Tribunal (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), 2016
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Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Refugee and Immigration Center for Education and Legal Services (2020)
Human Rights Scholar (2005-2006); Summer Human Rights Fellow, International Labor Rights Fund (2005)
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Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow; Centre for Natural Resource Governance (Harare, Zimbabwe) (2021)
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Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Refugee and Immigration Center for Education and Legal Services (2021)
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Law; Human Rights Scholar (2023-24); Charles Moyer Human Rights Fellow, Northwest Workers’ Justice Project (2023)
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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)
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Human Rights Scholar (2009-2010); Summer Human Rights Fellows, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative China Program (2008)
Human Rights Scholar (2007-2008); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Costa Rica) (2007)
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Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Reprieve (Washington, D.C.) (2022)
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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)
Human Rights Scholar (2008-2009); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Legal Research Project and Advocacy Forum (Kathmandu, Nepal) (2008)
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Global Policy Studies; Summer Human Rights Fellow, Center for Migration Studies (2019)
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Human Rights Scholar (2020-2021); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Lawyers for Human Rights (2019)
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Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar, ACLU of Northern California (2019)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Legislative Assembly (Costa Rica) (2007) and Checchi and Company Consulting (La Paz and Sucre, Bolivia) (2008)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Legislative Assembly (Costa Rica) (2007) and Checchi and Company Consulting (La Paz and Sucre, Bolivia) (2008)
Summer Human Rights Fellow, Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (2008)
![Elizabeth Schmelzel](https://law.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2017/05/Elizabeth_Schmelzel-e1519750308778-500x500.jpg)
Human Rights Scholar (Spring 2018); Summer Human Rights Fellow, American Gateways (2017)
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Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (San Antonio, TX) (2022)
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Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholar in Law; Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (2023)
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Graduate Summer Fellow (2016); Global Policy Studies and Journalism; Summer Human Rights Fellow, Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (2017)
![Kevin Trahan](https://law.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2018/05/IMG_3728-e1525984174833-500x500.jpg)
Human Rights Scholar (2018–2019); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (2018)
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](https://law.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2017/06/Velasco_Ricardo-1.jpg)
Latin American Studies; Summer Fieldwork Grantee (2016); Berta Cáceres Human Rights Fellow (2018)
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Human Rights Scholar (2021-2022); Summer Human Rights Fellow, International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (The Hague, Netherlands) (2021)
![Julie Wilson](https://law.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2017/05/IMG_2035-e1505846237659-500x500.jpg)
Human Rights Scholar (2017-2018); WPS Editorial Committee (2017-2018); Summer Human Rights Fellow, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (2017)
Human Rights Scholar (2006-2007); Summer Human Rights Fellow, United Nations Development Program (Beirut, Lebanon) (2006)