Rights & Justice
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The following activities and people highlight efforts at Stanford to understand and strengthen rights, human dignity, equality, fairness, and justice.
Upcoming Events
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Campus Events
One Nation Under Bars: Poetry, Witness, and the Possibility of Freedom
Stanford Humanities Center- -
Campus Events
Zehra Arat — Backsliding Democracy in Class and Identity Politics: A Human Rights Theory of Democracy
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies-
Research
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American Voices Project
Conducts a fact-finding census of 200 rural, suburban, and urban communities interviewing over 5,000 citizens across the country to understand their successes and struggles, and hopes and dreams to improve our country -
Center for Human Rights and International Justice
The Center for Human Rights and International Justice is committed to investigating global human rights violations. They offer programs dedicated to advancing human rights, including civil society outreach efforts and trial monitoring. -
Court Listening Project
The Court Listening Project (CLiP) seeks to understand the role of courts in their communities.
Engagement Opportunities
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American Constitution Society
The American Constitution Society unites legal professionals to promote a vision of law centered on human dignity, individual rights, equality, and justice, advancing issues like civil rights, privacy, and access to justice for all. -
International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic
The International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic offers students interdisciplinary training and advocacy experience, partnering with communities to advance human rights, foster peace, and develop skills in creative, reflective, and effective -
Mills Legal Clinic
Students receive hands-on experience doing the real work of lawyers, while providing critical legal services to underserved individuals and communities.
Courses
People
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Assistant Professor of Art and Art History -
Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Law
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Assistant Professor of Sociology -
Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
Advanced Lecturer -
Professor (Teaching) of Law
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Edgar E. Robinson Professor of United States History -
Martin Luther King, Jr. Centennial Professor, Emeritus -
Bruce Tyson Mitchell Professor and Professor of Law
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Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) and, by courtesy, of Education -
Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities -
Lecturer
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Assistant Professor of Sociology and, by courtesy, of Law -
WSD-HANDA Professor of Human Rights and International Justice, Professor of Environmental Social Sciences and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
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Director of Policy and Society
