{"id":5086,"date":"2017-09-05T12:43:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T10:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanrightscareers.com\/?p=5086"},"modified":"2024-10-07T17:14:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T15:14:19","slug":"masters-human-rights-law-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanrightscareers.com\/magazine\/masters-human-rights-law-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Masters in Human Rights Law in the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/hrp.law.harvard.edu\/academic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LL.M. Concentration in Human Rights, The Human Rights Programme at Harvard Law School <\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The Human Rights Programme at Harvard Law offers an academic programme centred around international human rights learning, scholarship and research. The \u2018Concentration in Human Rights\u2019 is offered by the Human Rights Programme as one of four concentrations for LL.M. students at the university. The LL.M. is a one-year degree and students are expected to take classes in \u2018International Human Rights\u2019 and \u2018Human Rights in the UN Treaty Bodies\u2019 amongst other electives as well as to submit a long paper on a subject related to human rights.<\/p>\n<p>The programme also offers reading groups for students which focus on specific human rights topics and are led by experts in the concerned field. The Harvard Human Rights Programme aims to create a community of scholars and practitioners engaged in critical reflection and discussion around international human rights issues. This environment provides excellent exposure and opportunity for LL.M. students to network with a broad array of human rights thinkers.<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/llm.uconn.edu\/programs\/human-rights-and-social-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LL.M. In Human Rights and Social Justice, University of Connecticut (UCONN)<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>As a relatively new programme, this LL.M offered by the UConn School of Law allows students the opportunity to pursue study that integrates the international and domestic dimensions of human rights and social justice lawyering. The programme will provide students with an in-depth study of the international human rights legal frameworks as well as the U.S civil rights movements. In this way, students will engage with how both domestic and international human rights blend within the business, non-profit and public policy sectors. The programme aims to equip students with a rigorous understanding of the norms and methods of the human rights and civil rights movements. The university prides itself on small and intimate class settings and allowing flexibility for students to design their course of study according to a full or part-time programme.<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/law.yale.edu\/study-law-yale\/areas-study\/human-rights-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Rights Law as an Area of Interest at Yale Law School<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The LL.M. programme at Yale Law School allows students to tailor their legal education towards their specialised area of interest. One such \u2018area of interest\u2019 is the Human Rights Law stream. As a one-year, full-time degree, students are encouraged to use the resources from the Law School to design a programme of study that will best fit their interests. The study of human rights law at Yale is centred around the Orville H. Schell. Jr. Center for International Human Rights which coordinates a diverse range of human rights programmes and activities for students, scholars and the broader community of human rights practitioners. Additionally, the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic is a Law School course which allows students to engage practically with on-going projects and gain first-hand experience dealing with and on behalf of practicing human rights organisations. The structure of the LL.M. degree at Yale, and the various resources available, allow students to develop their own academic programme around International Human Rights Law.<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.law.columbia.edu\/admissions\/graduate-legal-studies\/human-rights-llm-fellowship-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Rights LL.M. Fellowship at Columbia University<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The Columbia Law School has introduced a \u2018Human Rights LL.M. Fellowship\u2019 for the class of 2018-2019. This programme is targeted at individuals who have a keen interest and show great potential in the field of international human rights. The Fellowship will provide students with a tailored and rigorous programme of practical skills training, academic scholarship and career mentoring in order to produce a class of innovative and dedicated human rights leaders. Jointly coordinated by the Columbia Law School\u2019s Human Rights Institute, this fellowship encourages students to engage with practitioners, lawyers and academics alike. Applicants are expected to demonstrate a strong commitment to the field of international human rights and previous experience in some form is advantageous. The university offers plenty of opportunity for students to engage with human rights issues and become active participants in the protection of human rights.<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/law.nd.edu\/academics\/degrees\/ll-m-degree\/ll-m-in-international-human-rights-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LL.M in International Human Rights Law, University of Notre Dame<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The International Human Rights programme at Notre Dame Law School offers students the technical skills and theoretical grounding required for strategic human rights lawyering. Students will be trained in the substantive and procedural aspects of international human rights law with the aim of developing skills that can be applied practically in their professional pursuits. The programme is one year and requires the completion of 24 course credits which can be structured according to student\u2019s specific interests. The university prides itself on nurturing compassionate individuals who wish to pursue a career fighting for human rights and against social injustice.<\/p>\n<p>Find more masters programs in human rights on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanrightscareers.com\/human-rights-masters\/\">dedicated site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[50,295],"class_list":["post-5086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine","tag-united-states","tag-usa","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 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