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International Women's Human Rights

Social Justice Mission

IWHR Clinic's social justice mission is two-fold:

  • To provide counsel and support to victims, activists and movements responsive to evolving demands for social justice addressing primarily gender and gender intersectional issues.

  • To graduate students with foundational knowledge of international law, well-honed change-oriented lawyering skills and sensitivity to their identity and role and to multi-cultural perspectives.
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2012 Summer Internship Info <pdf>

The IWHR Clinic currently has 5 cutting-edge legal internship opportunities available for the summer of 2012 in Bogota Colombia, Geneva Switzerland, Nairobi, Kenya, New York NY and Nepal/India.