Human Rights & Immigration
Georgetown Law offers students the opportunity to study human rights and immigration law and policy and to participate in clinical programs where they can weigh in on real-world challenges across the globe.
Our full-time faculty members have experience at the highest levels of this complex field. They have worked on U.N. antidiscrimination efforts; in the U.S. State Department’s efforts to prosecute genocide and crimes against humanity; in the protection of refugee rights; in advocating for the right to healthcare; and on policy with international experts.
They have produced impactful research on topics as wide-ranging as the basic theory supporting a human rights regime to technical legal questions about treaty implementation and interpretation to country-specific reports and recommendations.
Our human rights and immigration courses are backed by many clinical programs and projects and Georgetown graduate students can pursue certificates in International Human Rights or Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies.
The Human Rights Institute (HRI) at Georgetown Law is a leading human rights teaching and training institution, producing policy-relevant and influential human rights ideas and research. Each year HRI works with students to identify the focus of work pursued by its Fact-Finding Project that investigates human rights violations and proposes related law and policy reforms.
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Human Rights Institute
The Human Rights Institute aims to make Georgetown Law the premier training academy for the next generation of human rights advocates by providing them with the intellectual foundation, the real world experience, and the practical skills necessary to be effective in today’s challenging environment.
Center for Applied Legal Studies
The Center for Applied Legal Studies represents refugees in the United States seeking fear-based immigration relief, particularly asylum, because of harm and threatened harm in their home countries.
International Women's Human Rights Clinic
The International Women’s Human Rights Clinic advances women’s human rights globally through partnerships with local women’s human rights non-governmental organizations (“NGOs”), as well as through research and scholarship.
Harrison Institute for Public Law
The Harrison Institute’s Policy Clinic involves students in each of our policy teams to advance client goals in community equity, health/food, labor/human rights, and trade/climate.
Georgetown Immigration Law Journal
The Georgetown Immigration Law Journal is the only student-edited law journal in the nation devoted to publishing thought-provoking and intersectional legal scholarship on immigration.