FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CARDOZO LAW, IN COLLABORATION WITH NYU, CUNY AND COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOLS, HOSTS 2015 HUMAN RIGHTS CLINICIANS CONFERENCE JUNE 14-15, 2015
June 11, 2015 – NEW YORK, NY – Cardozo Law’s Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic, in collaboration with human rights clinics at NYU, CUNY and Columbia law schools, is hosting this year’s Human Rights Clinicians Conference, bringing together 50 distinguished human rights clinicians from the United States and Canada to further the teaching and practice of human rights law and advocacy. The Conference will begin with a moment of silence in honor of our beloved colleague, Sheri P. Rosenberg, in recognition of her tireless efforts in the fields of human rights and atrocity prevention.
“Sheri was proud for Cardozo to host the 2015 Human Rights Clinicians Conference and was excited to showcase the Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic’s recent accomplishments,” said Professor Patty Blum, Interim Director of the Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights and the Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic. “It is a tribute to Sheri and her work toward protecting human rights and preventing atrocities that we move forward, bringing her colleagues together to discuss the teaching and practice of human rights law.”
The conference, entitled: “Collaborating and Communicating to Maximize Resources and Impact in the ‘New Normal’” will bring together clinicians and other experts alike to discuss innovative ways of thriving as human rights clinics, even in these challenging times for law schools and the legal profession as a whole. In addition, conference participants will discuss pedagogical and substantive issues as a way to cross-pollinate and share innovative ideas with scholars and advocates in the field. Following Sunday’s conference sessions, Cardozo will also host a networking reception event to bring together human rights practitioners who are working or would like to work collaboratively with human rights clinics and clinicians who are advancing projects in their specific areas of expertise.
“In addition to thanking our NYC-based partners for their contributions to furthering human rights clinical teaching, we are excited to offer an opportunity for them to meet other clinicians doing exciting, cutting-edge work in human rights law and advocacy,” said Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, Telford Taylor Fellow in the Cardozo Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic. “We hope that connecting advocates to clinicians will lead to more exciting opportunities for law students to work on cases that have meaningful impact for vulnerable populations across the globe.”