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Fellowship – Initiative for Community Power

Fellowships The Initiative: The Initiative for Community Power fosters deep community partnerships, building on decades of high-impact community organizing and power-building work.  The Initiative catalyzes analysis, innovation, and project work to create a more equitable, democratic, and racially just society. […]

Nov. 04: Call for Applications Office Assistant (GA/RA) for Communications & Social Media

The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law is a leading action-research hub that contributes to the global human rights project through scholarship, education, field building, advocacy, and legal practice. Across a wide range of […]

Oct. 21: Upcoming Suddenly Silent Student Workshop

Join the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center for Suddenly Silent: Strategies to Speak Up and Stand Out, our annual student workshop, on Monday, October 21, from 5-6 p.m. Light bites will be available. Do you find yourself slinking in your seat in […]

The U.S. Elections on a Global Stage

The U.S. Elections on a Global Stage Americans will soon go to the polls to elect their next president and decide control of the House and Senate. In a year of numerous elections around the globe affecting roughly half of […]

Legal Funding Legislation

Monday, October 28, 2024 Legal Funding Legislation 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge 40 Washington Square South New York, NY ,10012 (view map) Add to Google Calendar The Center on Civil Justice at NYU School of Law will host […]

Oct. 28: 2025 International Law and Human Rights (ILHR) Fellowship

The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice is accepting applications for its 2025 cohort of International Law and Human Rights Fellows (ILHR). The program provides enrolled NYU School of Law students with an opportunity to complete a legal internship with […]

Flashlights: Jailhouse Lawyers, Legal Empowerment, and Building a Just World Together (Oct. 15 – 17)

Register now for Flashlights: Jailhouse Lawyers, Legal Empowerment, and Building a Just World Together. For too many people in the world, the law is a threat, and justice is out of reach. This is nowhere more true than for people […]

Sep. 30: Women’s Leadership Fellows Program: Applications Close Monday (1Ls)

The application for the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center’s (BWLC) Women’s Leadership Fellows Program (WLFP) is due Monday, September 30, at 11:59 p.m. The cohort will be selected in early November. Due to the nature of the program, the WLFP is […]

Sep. 24 – From Forests to Farms: Tackling the Environmental and Social Impacts of Food Production in Brazil

  September 24 , 9:00 am – 6:00 pm   Food systems play a critical role in determining the future of forests around the world. Livestock farming and other forms of agriculture have also had a significant impact on the […]

Feb. 15: Summer 2025 Fellowship Opportunity – U.S.-Asia Law Institute

Name of Professor: Katherine Wilhelm, U.S.-Asia Law Institute Location of Office and Phone Number:  Wilf 508, 212-992-8124 Name of Professor’s Staff Assistant: Stephany Ramos Nature of Research: The U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI) is offering a full-time fellowship opportunity in the […]

Sep. 09: Right to a Healthy Environment (R2HE) Project is seeking Research Assistants

  R2HE is part of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice TERRA Program   To chart a path forward – towards ecological restoration, not collapse – we need tools that can target the drivers of the current existential […]

Sep. 13: Research Assistant Opportunity

The High Level Expert Group on Gender Persecution and Gender Apartheid which has an affiliation with NYU’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGL) is seeking three NYU law students interested in an exciting research opportunity at the intersection of international human rights and criminal […]

Women’s Leadership Fellows Program Application Opens 8/29

Apply for the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center’s (BWLC) Women’s Leadership Fellows Program (WLFP)! The application for the WLFP opens this week on Thursday, August 29, at 9:30 a.m. The application will remain open until Monday, September 30, at 11:59 p.m, and […]

Sep. 09: Call for Applications: 2024-25 Human Rights Scholars program

24-25 HR Scholars Call for Application 2024-2025 | call for applications Human Rights Scholars The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice is accepting applications for its 2024-2025 cohort of Human Rights Scholars. The program offers enrolled NYU Law students […]

Sep. 06: Call for Applications: Open Global Rights RA/Web Producer

2024-2025 call for applications  Open Global Rights RA/Web Producer Open Global Rights (OGR) is an independent platform for analysis and opinion on international human rights issues, hosted by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU Law.  Position […]

Aug. 21: Call for Applications: 2024-25 Transitional Justice Leadership program

Download call for applications (pdf) 2024-2025 | call for applications Transitional Justice Leadership program  The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice  is now accepting applications for its 2024-2025 cohort of Transitional Justice Leadership Scholars.  Developed in consultation with prominent […]

Dismantling Racial Capitalism Series: A Conversation with Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Laura Liu, & Angeles Solis

Date and Time: Thursday, September 5, 2024, 6:00 pmLocation: NYU Law School Greenberg Lounge 40 Washington Square South, NY The Initiative for Community Power invites you to: JOIN US on Thursday, September 5 at 6:00 PM as we kick off […]

Call for Applications: Open Global Rights Web Producer

2024-2025 call for applications  Open Global Rights Web Producer Open Global Rights (OGR) is an independent platform for analysis and opinion on international human rights issues, hosted by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU Law.  Position […]

Citation Support and Substance Checking for Global Justice Clinic Report

The Global Justice Clinic at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice is finalizing a report on Climate Injustice in Haiti and the Case for Reparations, and is seeking 3-4 current students or recent graduates interested in supporting citation […]

Fireside Chat: Challenges and Opportunities in Today’s Cyber Landscape

Fireside Chat: Challenges and Opportunities in Today’s Cyber Landscape Camille Stewart Gloster served as the first Deputy National Cyber Director for Technology & Ecosystem at the White House from 2022 – 2024, where she advised the President and led efforts […]

Applications Open for Student Fellows and RAs at the Meltzer Center

    STUDENT FELLOWS AND RESEARCH ASSISTANTS   Fall 2024   The Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging seeks applications from NYU Law students for student fellow and research assistant positions to commence in Fall 2024. The Center’s mission […]

Become a Student Fellow at the US-Asia Law Institute (USALI)

Name of Professor: Katherine Wilhelm, U.S.-Asia Law Institute Location of Office and Phone Number: Wilf 508, 212-992-8124 Name of Professor’s Staff Assistant: Stephany Ramos Nature of Research: Become a student fellow at the U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI). The institute offers […]

Apr. 19: The Guernica 37 Centre’s Internship Program Special Thematic Call – Summer 2024

G37Thematic_Internship-2024-legal-research The Guernica 37 Centre is looking for a law student, who has demonstrated a strong commitment to advocacy and scholarship related to the protection of human rights, and the promotion of justice and accountability for atrocity crimes, to conduct […]

$15k Summer Funding Opportunity: Abby Lyn Gillette Fellowship

Applications for the 2024 Abby Lyn Gillette Fellowship are now being accepted, through Sunday, April 7, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Applicants will be notified of the decision in mid-April.   The Abby Lyn Gillette Fellowship within the Birnbaum Women’s […]

Zimroth Center Annual Conference: Prosecutorial Misconduct in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office

The Zimroth Center invites you to the 2024 Zimroth Center Annual Conference. The event will occur on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 12:45 PM in the Greenberg Lounge of Vanderbilt Hall at NYU Law School.   This […]

76th Anniversary NYU Conference on Labor & Employment Law

Wednesday, May 22– Thursday, May 23, 2024 8:45 AM – 4:30 PM Greenberg Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall 40 Washington Square South   Join the NYU Center for Labor and Employment Law’s lead conference on labor and employment law and policy. Hear […]

Mar. 31: Call for Applications: 2024 International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission Internship

2024 IHFCC Internship Call for Applications The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice is accepting applications for its 2024 internship collaboration with the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC). This is a paid part-time opportunity for New York University School […]

2024 Emerging Scholars Conference – Program released | April 19, 2024

The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice and the Institute for International Law and Justice are hosting the 2024 Emerging Scholars Conference. The program final program including presentations selected has been released.  FINAL ESC 2024 Program All those who expressed interest in […]

Deadline Extended! RCLS Student Scholars 2024-2025 Program Applications Now Open

The Reiss Center on Law and Security is currently accepting applications to its cohort of RCLS Student Scholars for the 2024-2025 academic year.   Reiss Center Student Scholars serve as integral members of the Reiss Center and its community of […]

IJA Webinar: Dealing with Campus Unrest: Law & Policy

February, 21, 2024, 12:00pm EDT/9:00am PDT pre-registration required The degree of campus unrest and conflict is the worst our country has seen since the Vietnam War. Administrators who are under attack from all sides, wonder what actions they can take […]