LAW7400

This clinic provides students with experience in human rights advocacy which may include litigation in federal or state courts and advocacy before the United Nations, the federal and state legislative and executive branches, and working in coalitions of nongovernmental organizations.

The clinic provides participation in clinical projects and skill-building exercises. The process will facilitate discussion of the pros and cons of various advocacy mechanisms, possible conflicting strategies among stakeholders, and how particular strategies are chosen and implemented. The clinic's class component includes core lawyering skills such as interviewing, counseling, negotiation, and legal ethics in practice, and subjects such as how to practice before international human rights systems, how to use international law sources in legal arguments before U.S. courts, working with clients with Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, the different types of oral advocacy and writing in human rights advocacy, and the use of education, outreach, and the media in advancing a strategy.

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Every Fall