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General HRIP Sessions
All 1L HRIP participants will be required to attend each session. These sessions will start in February and continue into the spring semester.
a. “History of the Human Rights Movement” - Daniela Ikawa; Program Officer – Strategic Litigation – International Network on Economic,
Social, and Cultural Rights
Tuesday, February 11th 6:00-8:00; JG 103
b. “Introduction to Human Rights Law” - Sarah Cleveland; Louis Henkin Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights / Faculty Co-Director
Human Rights Institute – Columbia Law School
Wednesday, February 19th 4:30-6:30; JG Annex
HRIP SOCIAL EVENTS
General Social Events
c. HRIP Lunch – Wednesday, February 19th 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.; JG Case Lounge
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General HRIP Sessions
All 1L HRIP participants will be required to attend each session. These sessions will start in February and continue into the spring semester.
“International Human Rights Research” - Silke Sahl; International, Comparative, and Foreign Law Librarian – Columbia Law School
a. Tuesday, March 4th 12:10-1:10; JG 102A
Region Specific HRIP Session
All 1L HRIP participants will be required to attend the regional session designed to give students a broad overview of human rights
“Regional Perspectives on Human Rights” featuring Rona Peligal; Deputy Director – Africa Division – Human Rights Watch; Joey Lee; Asia
Law and Justice Fellow – Leitner Center for International Law and Justice; Jorge Contesse; Assistant Professor of Law – Rutgers Law School; Zeina Jallad;
Visiting Scholar – Columbia Law School; Daniel Stewart; Legal Officer – Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat
b. Monday, March 10th 6:10-8:10; JG Annex
Human Rights Field Trips
HRIP students can choose to attend only one field trip based on their area of interest to satisfy the self-study requirement.
a. Human Rights Watch National Headquarters
Friday, March 14th 2:30-4:30 pm
b. International Rescue Committee Headquarters
Friday, March 28th 11:30-1:00p.m.
HRIP SOCIAL EVENTS
General Social Events
a. HRIP Lunch - Wednesday, March 26th 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.; JG Case Lounge
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General HRIP Sessions
All 1L HRIP participants will be required to attend each session. These sessions will start in February and continue into the spring semester.
a. “Safety and Security, Cultural Sensitivity” – Rebecca Schelifer; Visiting Fellow – Yale Global Health Justice Partnernship
Tuesday, April 29th 4:30-6:30; JG 106
Skills Sessions
Students are required to attend two of these two hour skills building sessions based on the work they will do during the summer. Students can choose the two sessions that
most align with their interests and the work they will be doing over the summer.
a. “Direct Representation: Interviewing and Counseling” – Alexis Lorenzo; Staff Attorney – Legal Services NYC – Bronx
Tuesday, April 1st 4:30-6:30; JG 106
b. “Impact Litigation/Group Representation” – Rachel Kleinman; Assistant Counsel of the Education Group – NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Friday, April 4th 4:30-6:30; JG 502
c. “Documentation + Advocacy” – Rebecca Schelifer; Visiting Fellow – Yale Global Health Justice Partnernship
Tuesday, April 1st 4:30-6:30; JG Annex
Hot Topics in Human Rights
HRIP students can choose to attend one or two sessions based on their area of interest to satisfy the self-study requirement.
a. “Land Grabbing , Human Rights and the Law” ” – Kaitlin Cordes; Associate Research Scholar – Columbia Law School + Heather
Eisenlord; Human Rights Program Director – International Senior Lawyers Project
Thursday, April 17th 12:15-1:15; JG 107
b. “LGBT Refugee + Asylum Claims: Looking Back and Looking Ahead” – Rachel Tiven; Founder - Immigration Equality
Tuesday, April 22nd 12:15-1:15; JG 101
Human Rights Field Trips
HRIP students can choose to attend only one field trip based on their area of interest to satisfy the self-study requirement.
a. United Nations Hearing on Disability + Human Rights
Thursday, April 24th
Human Rights Movie Screening
a. “God Loves Uganda”
Tuesday, April 1st 7pm; JG 106
HRIP SOCIAL EVENTS
a. HRIP Send-Off Dinner – April 30 6:00-8:00 p.m., Freda’s Global Soul