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Still Dazzled by the Facts and Figures

By: Alefiyah Ezzi, PHRGE Fellow at Oxfam America My experience at Oxfam America over the past 11 weeks has been phenomenal. I gained knowledge about the corporate world and developed skills that I could not have within the walls of a classroom. … Continue reading

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A Fighting Chance: Legal Responses to the Humanitarian Border Crisis

By: Jacqueline Kelley, PHRGE Fellow at South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR) in South Texas I sat across from Jonathan as he told me a lifetime of stories. Abandoned by his mother at age three, Jonathan, from Michoacan, … Continue reading

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The Experience of Working in an Established Human Rights Institution

By: Emmanuel Sam, PHRGE Fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lund, Sweden While considering co-ops, I always wanted to get an international experience, especially in an institution with a human rights focus. When the time … Continue reading

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Understanding Family Planning – Poor Medical Care, Forced Sterilization and the Genocide of Tribal Peoples and ‘Backward Castes’

By: Morgan Wilson, PHRGE Fellow at Human Rights Law Network in Delhi, India   I recently completed a co-op assignment with the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) in Delhi, India. I worked with the Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights Initiative (WHRRI) researching … Continue reading

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Something Like Home

By: Hilary Deignan, PHRGE Fellow at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy in Galway, Ireland Like many Massachusetts natives, I have long-identified with an Irish culture I knew little about. Growing up on Cape Cod I proudly wore green ribbons … Continue reading

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My Voice and Human Rights Advocacy

By: George Amos, PHRGE Fellow at the Center for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) No one can tell my story better than I. Sometimes, I may not have the means or the capacity to tell my story, but even then, … Continue reading

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Life After NUSL and PHRGE

It stuns me to think that it has been nearly a year since I walked across that stage, in that decked-out gym surrounded by happy classmates and proud families, and graduated from Northeastern University School of Law. I moved from … Continue reading

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Reporting on Remy: The Media’s Role in Domestic Violence Awareness

Originally posted on NUSL BLOGS:
by Katherine Schulte, Supervising Attorney, Domestic Violence Institute at Northeastern University School of Law “Any information from the purported victim?” “Nothing definite, judge…the information I have is that she’s not here….about whether she’s coming later…

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