This event occured as part of Harvard Law School’s Fall 2024 Reunion weekend.
Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this academic year, works at the cutting edge of education and advocacy to drive tangible change in human rights. In this session, clinical faculty and students will share insights about the evolution of human rights practice and teaching, and preview emerging methodologies that will shape human rights work in the decades to come.
We will consider how human rights lawyers are developing innovative new approaches to meet some of the world’s biggest challenges, from shifts in global power and rising authoritarianism, to climate change, to expanding inequality. We will also explore media advocacy and message framing in the current digital age, where truth is relentlessly contested.
Moderator:
Susan H. Farbstein ’04, Clinical Professor of Law and Director, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School
Panelists:
Anna Crowe LL.M. ’12, Lecturer on Law and Associate Director, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School
Aminta Ossom ’09, Lecturer on Law and Senior Clinical Instructor, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School
Giovanna Garcia ’25, Clinical Student Attorney, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School
Christopher Hudson-Verde ’25, Clinical Student Attorney, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School