Columbia Law School offers a number of postgraduate human rights fellowships.
David W. Leebron Human Rights Fellowship
The David W. Leebron Human Rights Fellowship enables a Columbia Law School graduate to spend one year working with a host organization on a human rights project of the graduate's choice anywhere in the world.
Sandler Fellowship
Human Rights Watch, a leading international human rights monitoring and advocacy organization, has created the Sandler Fellowship for a Columbia Law graduate from the JD program in honor of Judge Leonard Sandler ’50. The Fellow will spend one year in either the New York City or Washington DC office monitoring human rights developments in various countries, conducting on-site investigations, drafting reports on human rights conditions, and engaging in advocacy aimed at publicizing and curtailing human rights violations.
