Clinical Advocacy Fellow

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Clinical Advocacy Fellow
Duties: Work on a variety of timely and complex human rights issues in partnership with clients, civil society organizations, and affected communities around the world, including in the United States. Through supervised practice and intense mentorship, will develop a range of skills necessary to become thoughtful, critical, creative, strategic, and effective human rights advocates. Will work with other supervisors to develop and execute clinical projects, and to supervise and manage student teams. Clinical projects deploy a variety of strategies and methodologies and may include fact-finding investigations and advocacy efforts, human rights reporting, legislative drafting, litigation in national and international fora, media advocacy, policy initiatives, coalition building, and negotiating treaty provisions. Over the course of the fellowship, the Fellow will have the opportunity to take on increasing responsibility for building and leading clinical projects. Will receive substantial support and mentorship from the Clinical Co-Directors and/or Senior Clinical Instructors. Will join a vibrant community of human rights practitioners and scholars at Law School. Under the supervision of the Clinical Co-Directors and/or Senior Clinical Instructors, will oversee clinical projects and teams of clinical students enrolled in the Clinic in the fall, winter, and spring semesters. During the first year of the fellowship, will work closely with a clinical supervisor or supervisors to develop clinical projects that expose students to the essential skills, practical realities, and challenges of human rights work. Will meet regularly with teams of students, guide and review their work, and advise them on strategic and ethical questions that arise during the course of their clinical projects. will be required to support and guide law students as well as to evaluate student work product, and will share responsibility for ensuring the quality of student work product. May supervise students during travel that ordinarily occurs in January and March, as well as at other times throughout the year.

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