Rhonda Copelon

On May 6, 2010, Rhonda Copelon, a CUNY School of Law founding faculty member, a co-founder of CUNY Law’s International Women’s Human Rights Clinic (IWHR), a human rights attorney and a Vice-President of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) who broke new ground opening U.S. federal courts and international tribunals to gender-based violence and international human rights violations, died at age 65. The cause was ovarian cancer. More »

In Fall of 2009, Professor Rhonda Copelon discussed the impact and vision of the School’s Clinic and the challenges and opportunities central to shifting the worldwide landscape for women’s human rights. View the video below.

Watch more Rhonda Copelon videos on YouTube

• CUNY Law Magazine Feature
• New York Times Obituary
• Receives SALT’s M. Shanara Gilbert Human Rights Award
• Feminist Press Honoree
• Hear Professor Copelon’s Arguments in the case of Harris v. McRae

• CCR Luncheon Speech
• Jewish Women’s Archive
• Rhonda Team Flickr Photostream
• Remembering Rhonda Copelon