Teaching Fellows audit courses drawn from the human rights curricula offered at the law school and other departments within the Columbia University system. They participate in a specialized bi-weekly seminar entitled Workshop on Teaching Human Rights Law, and are encouraged to participate in an array of activities at Columbia and in New York City.

Although the Program's focus is primarily legal, interdisciplinary approaches to human rights teaching are also explored. The Fellows are asked to develop scholarly projects for teaching in the field and to present their work before a law school audience. The objective is to equip participants in the Program with the academic tools and experience they will need to embark successfully upon the path of teaching human rights law.

Teaching fellowships were awarded up to 2002, but the program is no longer offered.