Notre Dame Law School, with five decades of experience in teaching international human rights, is launching a Global Human Rights Clinic in Spring 2024.
Students in the clinic will represent cases in a variety of international courts including the International Court of Justice, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, International Criminal Court, and also the U.N. Human Rights Treaty Bodies. In addition to representing cases, the clinic will team up with the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights to work on projects centering around research and advocacy.
The Global Human Rights Clinic hopes to serve people who usually not find representation by human rights clinics such as those facing authoritarianism in the Global South.
“The creation of this new Global Human Rights Clinic is a testament to our unwavering commitment to make a lasting impact,” said G. Marcus Cole, dean and professor at Notre Dame Law. “The clinic will actively pursue justice under international law, hold perpetrators accountable, while providing crucial support to those striving for justice in their countries.”
When the clinic starts, two-credit courses will be offered and in following Fall semesters four-credit classes will be offered. Both J.D. and L.L.M. students are eligible for the clinic and J.S.D. will have the opportunity to work on specific project as Doctoral Fellows.
