Numerous law schools have human rights programs that offer courses in human rights law, as well as clinical and internship opportunities. They include:

• American University, Washington College of Law, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law 

• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Human Rights and Genocide Clinic

• Columbia Law School, Human Rights Institute

• Cornell Law School, International Human Rights Clinic

• CUNY School of Law, International Women’s Human Rights Law Clinic

• Fordham Law School, Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic and Crowley Program in International Human Rights, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice

• Georgetown Law Center, Human Rights Institute

• Harvard Law School, Human Rights Program

• Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Law, Minerva Center for Human Rights

• New York University School of Law, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice

• Northeastern University School of Law, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy

• Northwestern University School of Law, Center for International Human Rights

• St Thomas University School of Law, Human Rights Institute

• Stanford Law School, International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic

• UCLA School of Law, International Human Rights Program

• University of Notre Dame School of Law, Center for Civil and Human Rights

• University of Southern California School of Law, International Human Rights Clinic

• University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Human Rights Clinic

• Yale Law School, Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights

A large number of law schools, both in the US and abroad, also offer an LL.M (Master’s) in human rights law.  Such programs are not only open to lawyers, they are also open to students without a legal background.  Below are some of the schools that offer this degree or related degrees in human rights law; for more information and a more comprehensive list of schools, visit this site.

• Åbo Akademi University (Finland), Institute for Human Rights, Master’s Degree Programme in International Human Rights Law

• The American University in Cairo (Egypt), Graduate Diploma in International Human Rights Law (1-year program)

• The American University in Cairo (Egypt), Master’s in International Human Rights Law (2-year program)

• American University, Washington College of Law, LL.M. in International Human Rights Law

• Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (Switzerland), LL.M. in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

• Harvard Law School, LL.M. International Human Rights Concentration

• Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel), Faculty of Law, LL.M in Human Rights and International Law 

• Kathmandu School of Law (Nepal), LL.M. in Human Rights and Gender Justice

• Lund University (Sweden), Faculty of Law, Master’s in International Human Rights Law

• Northwestern University School of Law, LL.M. in International Human Rights Law

• Nottingham Trent University (U.K.), Nottingham Law School, LL.M. in Human Rights

• Saint Thomas University School of Law, LL.M./J.S.D. in Intercultural Human Rights

• University for Peace (Costa Rica), Master’s in International Law and Human Rights

• University of Aberdeen (U.K.), School of Law, LL.M. in Human Rights

• University of Bristol Law School (U.K.), LL.M. in Human Rights Law

• University College London, LL.M in Human Rights

• University of Essex (U.K.), School of Law, LL.M. in International Human Rights Law

• University of Hong Kong (China), Master of Laws in Human Rights

• University of Pretoria (South Africa), Faculty of Law, Centre for Human Rights, LL.M. in Human Rights & Democratisation in Africa

• Utrecht University School of Law (Netherlands), LL.M. in International Law of Human Rights and Criminal Justice

• University of Notre Dame Law School, LL.M. in International Human Rights Law

• Queen’s University of Belfast (U.K.), School of Law, LL.M. in Human Rights Law