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The Rapoport Center will support six JD students this summer to work with human rights organizations and inter-governmental institutions around the world.

On May 16th, Karen Engle and Billy Chandler accepted an Exceptional Merit in Media Award from the National Women's Political Caucus for the Rapoport Center's online exhibition on Sissy Farenthold.

The Rapoport Center has won an Exceptional Merit in Media Award (EMMA) from the National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC) for its online exhibition Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold: A Noble Citizen.

Denise Gilman, director of the Immigration Clinic and a Rapoport Center faculty affiliate, has been named “Lawyer of the Year” by the Immigration Law Section of the Federal Bar Association.

The Inequality & Human Rights Conference opened yesterday afternoon at the School of Law.

It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Audre Rapoport on April 4th, 2016, at the age of 92. Audre has been and will continue to be an inspiration for much of our work.

It is with great sadness and outrage that we share news of the assassination yesterday of Berta Cáceres, a Honduran indigenous and environmental rights activist.

While discussing tough human rights concerns, Pakistani lawyer and activist Hina Jilani is passionate and succinct.

UT students and professors gathered Monday afternoon for the Inequality and Human Rights seminar to discuss the existence of human rights in the age of inequality.

Three UT law students have been selected as Rapoport Center Human Rights Scholars.