Henigson Human Rights Fellowship

Henigson Human Rights Fellowship

Henigson Human Rights Fellowship: The Henigson Human Rights Fellowships are for HLS students and recent graduates with a demonstrated commitment to international human rights and an interest in working in the field.

They are intended to enable students to make a valuable contribution to human rights during the year of the fellowship and to help students to build human rights work into their careers.

Fellowship Application Eligibility Criteria:

(i) currently clerk for a judge;

(ii) are engaged in full-time public interest work; or

(iii) were active in human rights or public interest work while students at HLS.

For LL.M. students: Students who expect to receive the LL.M. degree this year, and who come from and will return to a country other than the United States.

The Henigson Human Rights Fellowships are for HLS students with a demonstrated commitment to international human rights and an interest in working in the field.

Funding Amounts and Restrictions:

Fellowship awards are made without regard to financial need. The amount of the fellowship will be $27,000 for the fellowship period.

Fellows may supplement the fellowship from other grants and awards up to a limit of $10,000.

HRP may reduce the amount of its grant to correspond to other grants in excess of that amount.

Fellows are required to keep HRP informed of funding.

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