Equal Treatment?: Measuring the Legal and Media Responses to Ideologically Motivated Violence in the US (March 28)FEATURED | on
Khmer Rouge Accountability at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (March 26)FEATURED | on
Event (2/26): The Crisis of Colonialism, Disaster Capitalism, and Climate Change in Puerto RicoFEATURED | on 2019-02-21
Akila Radhakrishnan, Global Justice Center – Exporting Censorship: The Suppression of Abortion Speech and Information (1/29)FEATURED | on 2019-01-23
Human Rights Clinic Conducts Gender and Human Rights Workshop for Kenyan Students and Activists in NairobiFEATURED | on 2018-12-03
Leitner Center Team in Geneva to Lobby Ahead of China’s Universal Periodic ReviewFEATURED | on 2018-10-18
Event (10/23): Lara Bazelon – Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice after Wrongful Conviction| on
Naz Ahmad, Staff Attorney, CLEAR Project – The National Security StateFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2018-10-10
Phelim Kine, Human Rights Watch: The Philippines’ Human Rights CalamityFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2018-10-01
David Mandel-Anthoy ’10, Office of Global Criminal Justice at US State Department: Role of a War Crimes DiplomatFEATURED | on 2018-09-27
Faraz Sanei, Cardozo Law School – Religious Freedom and Equality: A Comparative ViewFEATURED | on 2018-09-18
Nahla Valji: Executive Office, UN Secretary General – The Global Politics of Gender EqualityFEATURED | on 2018-09-12
Zenande Booi, 2017 Crowley Fellow, Pens Op-Ed on Land Dispossession in South AfricaFEATURED | on 2018-06-12
Leitner Advocacy Highlights Vulnerable Populations in Advance of China’s Universal Periodic ReviewFEATURED | on 2018-06-05
Crowley Scholars Urge UN Fact-Finders to Prioritize Gender Perspective in Myanmar InvestigationFEATURED | on 2018-03-01
Leitner Human Rights Clinic Students Design Gender Equality Training Implemented in AI Japan Youth CampFEATURED | on 2017-12-18
Unjust and Untenable: Why D.C. Must Remove Criminal Penalties for Drug and Paraphernalia PossessionFEATURED | on 2018-01-11
Leitner Human Rights Clinic Students Present Gendered-Approach Inputs to UNHCRFEATURED | on 2017-12-01
The Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic Partners with Amnesty International JapanFEATURED | on 2017-08-09
Leitner Center Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence Gay McDougall Discusses the Struggle to Free South AfricaFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2017-08-01
Chi Mgbako, Human Rights Clinic Director, Publishes New Book on Sex Workers Rights in AfricaFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2016-01-08
Apply Now: Spring 2016 Staff Writers for the Leitner Center Human Rights BlogElizabeth Gyori | egyori@law.fordham.edu | on 2015-11-17
New Report Exposes Critical Gaps in Burmas National Gender Equality PlanJoey Lee | jlee240@law.fordham.edu | on 2015-10-15
New Report Investigates Chinese Government Tactics in Assault Against Rights LawyersFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2015-09-28
Leitner Center and Professor Paolo Galizzi Honored by the Association of Ghanaian Lawyers of America for Work on Rule of Law in GhanaFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2015-09-17
Leitner Center Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, Gay McDougall, elected as an Independent Expert to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2015-06-30
New Report Demonstrates Chilling Effects of Nigerias Anti-Gay LawFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2015-06-29
Apply Now: 2015-16 Crowley Scholars in International Human RightsFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2015-06-24
Clinic Director, Professor Chi Mgbako, Named 2015 Rising StarFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2015-06-17
Apply Now: Fall 2015 Staff Writers for the Leitner Center Human Rights BlogFEATURED Elizabeth Gyori | egyori@law.fordham.edu | on 2015-04-22
Leitner Center Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, Gay McDougall, wins the South African National Medal of HonorFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2015-04-20
Apply Now: 2015 Asia Law and Justice FellowshipFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2015-03-19
New Human Rights Blog Launches at Leitner CenterFEATURED Elizabeth Gyori | egyori@law.fordham.edu | on 2015-02-03
Writers Wanted: Leitner Center Human Rights BlogFEATURED Elizabeth Gyori | egyori@law.fordham.edu | on 2014-12-17
Leitner Center joins the Fordham Law community to demand justice for Michael Brown, Eric Garner and all AmericansFEATURED | on 2014-12-08
Dispatch from Colombia: Armed only with their DignityFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2014-12-03
Apply Now: Study Human Rights Law in New York this SummerFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2014-10-27
Leitner Center Congratulates Incoming Class of Crowley Scholars in International Human RightsFEATURED | on 2014-08-28
Leitner Center Hosts Inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility Leadership CourseFEATURED Emily Smith Ewing | esmithewing@law.fordham.edu | on 2014-06-16
Apply Now: Study Human Rights Law in New York this SummerFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2014-06-10
New Joint Leitner Clinic Report Provides Blueprint for Sweeping NYPD ReformFEATURED Professor Chi Mgbako | mgbako@law.fordham.edu | on 2014-05-21
Apply Now: Corporate Social Responsibility Leadership CourseFEATURED Emily Smith Ewing | esmithewing@law.fordham.edu | on 2014-04-02
Leitner Center Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, Gay McDougall, Gives Keynote Address at UNs Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2014-03-27
Leitner Center Hosts Annual Human Rights Prize and DinnerFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2014-03-18
New Leitner Center Global Lawyers Project Co-Sponsors Pro Bono Conference in ColombiaFEATURED Emily Smith Ewing | esmithewing@law.fordham.edu | on 2014-02-26
Apply Now: 2014 James E. Tolan Human Rights Fellowship for Graduating Fordham Law Students and AlumsFEATURED Elisabeth Wickeri | wickeri@law.fordham.edu | on 2014-02-18
Apply Now: 2014-15 Crowley Scholars in International Human RightsFEATURED Brian Tronic | btronic@fordham.edu | on 2014-01-07
Leitner Center Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence Gay McDougall Remembers Nelson MandelaFEATURED | on 2013-12-06
Apply Now: 2014 Leitner Center Summer Fellows ProgramFEATURED Elizabeth Gyori | egyori@law.fordham.edu | on 2013-11-25
New Clinic report finds that South Africas LGBTI refugees and asylum seekers suffer from widespread economic injusticeFEATURED Professor Chi Mgbako | mgbako@law.fordham.edu | on 2013-11-18
Leitner Center Welcomes New Class of Vivian Leitner LL.M. ScholarsFEATURED Elizabeth Gyori | egyori@law.fordham.edu | egyori@law.fordham.edu on 2013-11-11
Apply Now: New LGBT Human Rights Clinic in Spring 2014FEATURED Zach Hudson | zhudson1@law.fordham.edu | on 2013-10-01
Leitner Clinic Conducts Sex Workers Rights Trainings in KenyaFEATURED Professor Chi Mgbako | mgbako@law.fordham.edu | on 2013-09-09
Leitner Center Welcomes New Class of Crowley Scholars in International Human RightsFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2013-08-22
Leitner Center Launches New Visual Overview of the International Criminal TribunalsFEATURED Leitnercenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2013-05-14
Apply Now: Crowley Scholars in International Human Rights ApplicationFEATURED Aminta Ossom | aossom@law.fordham.edu | on 2013-04-11
Leitner Clinic calls for investigation into assault against LGBTI asylum-seeker in Cape Town, South AfricaFEATURED Professor Chi Mgbako | mgbako@law.fordham.edu | on 2013-04-10
Leitner Center Team Explores Technology and Human Rights in Myanmar Field SurveyFEATURED Joey Lee | jlee240@law.fordham.edu | on 2013-03-25
Access to Justice in Africa: The Experience of the Legal Aid Scheme in Ghana Event DetailsFEATURED Emily Smith Ewing | esmithewing@law.fordham.edu | on 2013-03-08
Fordham Students advocate for end to excessive & arbitrary pretrial detention in BoliviaFEATURED Aya Fujimura-Fanselow | afujimurafanselow@law.fordham.edu | on 2013-02-28
NYPD Fails to Protect Citys Most Vulnerable Communities, According to New Leitner Center ReportFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2013-02-14
Corporate Social Responsibility Clinic students present at UN Global Compact Anti-Corruption Working Group MeetingFEATURED Emily Smith Ewing | emithewing@law.fordham.edu | on 2012-12-17
Leitner Center Contributes to UNDP Gender and Sustainable Development PublicationFEATURED Rita Astoor | rastoor1@law.fordham.edu | on 2012-11-15
International Law Weekend to Commence This WeekFEATURED Rita Astoor | rastoor1@law.fordham.edu | on 2012-10-23
2012-2013 Vivian Leitner LL.M. Scholars Begin at Fordham Law SchoolFEATURED Rita Astoor | rastoor1@law.fordham.edu | on 2012-09-10
2012-2013 Crowley Scholars in International Human Rights AnnouncedFEATURED Aminta Ossom | LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2012-08-27
Leitner Center Releases Report about Widespread Rights Violations in Policing of Occupy MovementFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2012-07-25
Allison Chandler ’11 and Steven Heller ’12 Awarded Tolan Fellowships for 2012-2013FEATURED | on 2012-07-13
Fifteen Students Completing Human Rights Work this Summer with Leitner Center FundingFEATURED | on 2012-07-13
‘The Future of African Customary Law’ book PublishedFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2012-04-18
Crowley Program report formally launched with Nepals National Human Rights CommissionFEATURED Elisabeth Wickeri | wickeri@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-12-16
Leitner Center Conducts Domestic Violence Legal-Aid Clinic in MalawiFEATURED Contact: Prof. Chi Mgbako | mgbako@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-12-06
Professor Mgbako Honored by National Law JournalFEATURED LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-10-31
Leitner Center for International Law and Justice Supports Ghanas Legal Aid Week CelebrationFEATURED Alena Herklotz | herklotz@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-10-07
Leitner Center Hosts Two-Day Training on Carbon Markets in GhanaFEATURED Alena Herklotz | herklotz@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-09-16
Apply Now: 2012 Asia Law and Justice FellowshipFEATURED leitnercenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-08-29
Leitner Center Hosts Two-Day Workshop on Carbon Markets in GhanaFEATURED Alena Herklotz herklotz@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-07-27
Seventeen Students Completing Human Rights this Summer with Leitner Center FundingFEATURED Elisabeth Wickeri wickeri@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-07-26
International Law Weekend 2011: October 20-22, 2011FEATURED Prof. Martin S. Flaherty | mflaherty17@yahoo.com | on 2011-07-18
Leitner Center Donates a Few to Help the ManyFEATURED Rita Astoor | rastoor1@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-07-12
New Reports on land and housing rights in Nepal and TanzaniaFEATURED Contact: Rita Astoor | leitnercenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-06-30
2011-2012 Vivian Leitner Global South LL.M. Scholarships AwardedFEATURED Alena Herklotz | herklotz@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-05-12
Jacqueline Bevilaqua `11, Maria-Elena Kolovos `11, and Katherine Mayall `11 Awarded Tolan Fellowships for 2011-2012FEATURED Elisabeth Wickeri | wickeri@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-05-12
Women Judges in the Pipeline InitiativeFEATURED Alena Herklotz | herklotz@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-05-10
Professor Chi Mgbako’s Huffington Post article on Africa’s LGBT Rights MovementFEATURED Chi Mgbako | mgbako@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-05-04
Leitner Center Co-Hosts Conference On Civil Society in ChinaFEATURED Contact: Joy Chia | jchia@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-03-16
A New Op-Ed by Prof. Mgbako in The Huffington PostFEATURED Contact: Chi Mgbako | mgbako@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-03-15
Prof. Mgbako’s Op-Ed Published in the International Herald TribuneFEATURED Contact: Chi Mgbako | mgbako@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-02-18
Leitner Center Welcomes Visiting African Professor of Law – Prof. FrimpongFEATURED Contact: Rita Astoor rastoor1@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-01-27
Launch of the Newly Renamed Vivian Leitner Global South LL.M. Scholars ProgramFEATURED Contact: leitnerllm@law.fordham.edu | on 2011-01-11
Student Opportunities at the Asia Law and Justice CenterFEATURED Joy Chia | jchia@law.fordham.edu | jchia@law.fordham.edu on 2010-11-15
Global versus Local: International Law and Institutions, Customary Law and Human Rights in AfricaFEATURED Contact: Alena Herklotz | herklotz@law.fordham.edu | on 2010-10-27
A Toast for Lou Henkin (Martin Flaherty)FEATURED Contact: Martin Flaherty | mflaherty17@yahoo.com | on 2010-10-20
Apply Now: 2011 Crowley Fellowship in International Human RightsFEATURED Contact: Rita Astoor | leitnercenter@law.fordham.edu | on 2010-09-13
LC’s Supreme Court of Ghana Clerk Appointed to JudgeshipFEATURED Contact: Alena Herklotz | herklotz@law.fordham.edu | on 2010-08-25
Leitner Center Participates in International AIDS ConferenceFEATURED Contact: Libby Mooers | mooers@law.fordham.edu or Steve Eichinger | eichinger@law.fordham.edu | on 2010-08-23
2010-2011 Crowley Scholars in International Human RightsFEATURED Contact: Libby Mooers | mooers@law.fordham.edu | on 2010-08-03
Removing Refugees: U.S. Deportation Policy and the Cambodian-American CommunityFEATURED Contact: Zaid Hydari | Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic | RemovingRefugees@gmail.com on 2010-06-29
New York City Bar: Report of the Mission to ChinaFEATURED Elisabeth Wickeri, Executive Director | wickeri@law.fordham.edu on 2010-06-28
2010 Crowley Project Focuses on Difficulties Women Face in Securing Adequate Housing in Urban Areas in TanzaniaFEATURED Contact Katherine Hughes, Crowley Fellow | khughes@law.fordham.edu | on 2010-05-17
Exporting Confusion: U.S. Foreign Policy as an Obstacle to the Implementation of Ethiopias Liberalized Abortion LawFEATURED Contact: Libby Mooers, Program Assistant | mooers@law.fordham.edu on 2010-05-11
LEITNER CENTER STATEMENT: LAWFARE PROJECT CONFERENCEFEATURED Contact: Elisabeth Wickeri, Executive Director | wickeri@law.fordham.edu on 2010-04-27
Corey Calabrese `10, Zaid Hydari `09, and David Mandel-Anthony `10 awarded Tolan Fellowships for 2010-2011FEATURED Elisabeth Wickeri, Executive Director | wickeri@law.fordham.edu on 2010-04-22
ThirtyFive Students to do Human Rights Work this Summer with Leitner FundingFEATURED Libby Mooers | mooers@law.fordham.edu on 2010-04-22
Community Self Reliance Centre (Nepal) Awarded Leitner Center’s Annual Human Rights PrizeFEATURED Elisabeth Wickeri | wickeri@law.fordham.edu on 2010-02-24
Leitner Center Urges Support and Respect for Human Dignity in Relief EffortsFEATURED Elisabeth Wickeri | wickeri@law.fordham.edu on 2010-01-21
Authors of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide to Speak Feb 22, 2010FEATURED Elisabeth Wickeri | leitnercenter@law.fordham.edu on 2010-01-14
9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP 9) in Bali, IndonesiaFEATURED Libby Mooers | mooers@law.fordham.edu on 2009-08-27
2009 East African Human Rights Moot Court CompetitionFEATURED Paolo Galizzi | pgalizzi@law.fordham.edu on 2009-08-26
Leitner Center welcomes visiting African professor in residence Dr. OB TshosaFEATURED Libby Mooers | mooers@law.fordham.edu on 2009-08-25
Exciting New Developments at the Leitner CenterFEATURED Libby Mooers | mooers@law.fordham.edu on 2009-08-24
Leitner Center Embarks on Project in NepalFEATURED Elisabeth Wickeri | wickeri@law.fordham.edu on 2009-05-06
Letter from Leitner Center Endorsing Harold Hongju Koh’s Nomination for Legal Adviser of the US State DepartmentFEATURED Catherine Powell | cpowell@law.fordham.edu on 2009-04-24
New York Law Journal Spotlights Leitner Center Efforts on Behalf of Missing Chinese AttorneyFEATURED Elisabeth Wickeri | wickeri@law.fordham.edu on 2009-04-21
Three Selected for 2009-2010 James E. Tolan Fellowship in International Human RightsFEATURED Libby Mooers | mooers@law.fordham.edu on 2009-04-08
Committee to Support Chinese Lawyers highlights case of Gao ZhishengFEATURED Elisabeth Wickeri | wickeri@law.fordham.edu on 2009-03-31
Amokura Family Violence Prevention Strategy Awarded Human Rights PrizeFEATURED Libby Mooers, Ani Pitman, Di Grennell, Jeanmarie Fenrich, and Mani Mostofi | At the Leitner Center'sAnnual Human Rights Award Dinner on 2009-03-27
Committee to Support Chinese Lawyers calls for investigation into harassment and intimidation of lawyers in ChinaFEATURED Elisabeth Wickeri | wickeri@law.fordham.edu on 2008-11-26
Fordham Law Launches New Summer Law Program in Ghana, West AfricaFEATURED Alena Herklotz | herklotz@law.fordham.edu on 2008-11-13
Justice Richard Goldstone to Receive MacArthur Award for International JusticeFEATURED Libby Mooers | mooers@law.fordham.edu on 2008-11-06
Leitner Center Sponsors Conference on African Customary LawFEATURED Libby Mooers | mooers@law.fordham.edu on 2008-10-23
Leitner Center Holds Judicial Service Training in GhanaFEATURED Alena Herklotz | herklotz@law.fordham.edu on 2008-10-10
Fordham Law Students Implement Clinical Legal Education Program in GhanaFEATURED Alena Herklotz | herklotz@law.fordham.edu on 2008-08-18
Announcement of 2008-2009 Crowley ScholarsFEATURED Libby Mooers | mooers@law.fordham.edu on 2008-08-14
Leitner Center for International Law and Justice to Lead Universal Rights Information Session in Mexico City at XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008)FEATURED Libby Mooers | mooers@law.fordham.edu on 2008-07-29
Leitner Center for International Law and Justice Commences Third Training Workshop for Police Prosecutors in GhanaFEATURED Alena Herklotz | herklotz@law.fordham.edu on 2008-07-15
Julie Ebenstein (07) and Soo-Ryun Kwon (08) Awarded James E. Tolan Fellowship for work in South Africa and UgandaFEATURED Libby Mooers | mooers@law.fordham.edu on 2008-06-12
The First Year of the Walter Leitner International Human Rights ClinicFEATURED Libby Mooers | mooers@law.fordham.edu on 2008-06-04
Leitner Center to Fund 34 Summer 2008 Leitner InternsFEATURED Libby Mooers | mooers@law.fordham.edu on 2008-05-06
Leitner Center Hosts Visit and Lecture by Chief Justice of GhanaFEATURED Alena Herklotz | herklotz@law.fordham.edu on 2008-04-06
Human Rights Clinic Students Return from Fieldwork on Sex Workers’ Rights in Sangli, IndiaFEATURED Libby Mooers | mooers@law.fordham.edu on 2008-03-11
Call for Papers: 2008 Customary Law ConferenceFEATURED Libby Mooers | mooers@law.fordham.edu on 2008-02-01
Fordham Law Student successfully nominates human rights lawyer for CNN Heroes AwardFEATURED Jeanmarie Fenrich | jfenrich@law.fordham.edu on 2007-12-17
