Yale Law School – Lowenstein Clinic

The Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Law Clinic is a Law School course that gives students firsthand experience in human rights advocacy under faculty supervision by Clinic Director Jim Silk, Clinical Professor of Law; Laurel Fletcher, Clinical Visiting Professor of Law; and Ally McKinney, Cover-Lowenstein Fellow.

Named for human rights activist Allard K. Lowenstein, the Clinic undertakes a wide variety of projects each term on behalf of human rights organizations and individual victims of human rights abuse. Projects are designed to:

• give students practical experience with the range of activities in which lawyers engage to promote respect for human rights
• provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective human rights lawyers
• contribute to efforts to protect human rights through valuable assistance to appropriate organizations and individual clients.

More on the Clinic’s work with AJA can be found here.