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On Privacy(ies)
By Angela Yang When the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health[1] decision officially came down, I was knee-deep in a project at the Citizen...
August 28, 2022
Walking With History
By Nicolas Kamran On my twenty-first birthday, I saw a man go to prison. I parsed through our client’s criminal record again as...
August 27, 2022
Reflecting on What I’ve Learned in Law School
by Mariana Furneri I’ve always heard that working in the legal field is very different from law school. I’ve been told that it...
August 26, 2022
A Whole New Perspective on Accessibility
By Laiba Asad At the beginning of the my internship with the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), when I learned that I...
August 25, 2022
A diversity of strategies for change
by Ella Johnson Interning at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights has been one of the most incredible, rewarding experiences of my...
August 24, 2022
Lessons learned: interning in a civil society organization in Tunisia
by Weeam Ben Rejeb 1. Flexibility is key. One of the biggest takeaways from my internship in a civil society organization like Aswat Nissa is...
August 23, 2022
Knowledge is Power: How Access to Legal Information Can Protect Human Rights
By Noémie Richard I first started working as a volunteer for the Kenya-Canada Remote Legal Aid Project in the first week of my...
August 19, 2022
Reflections on a summer working for Human Rights Watch in New York
By Poonam Sandhu The views expressed in this blog are my own. This summer, I have had the privilege of working with the...
August 16, 2022
Overwhelmed by numbers
by Sophie Bisping Recently, a feeling of futility has started to creep in as I sit down at my desk. I can’t quite...
August 15, 2022
Leaving Akwesasne: Much More Than Just a Legal Internship
by Brandon Bonspiel My summer at the Akwesasne Justice Department is over. For the last 12 weeks, I participated in the development of...
August 13, 2022
Stage à la CDPDJ – Bribes d’un été mouvementé
Par Yasmine Amar 30 mai 2022. C’est ma première journée. Je suis paralysée devant le majestueux bâtiment qui me surplombe, le 360 rue...
August 8, 2022
Dismantling “Bureaucratic Colonialism”
By Hannah Reardon The views expressed in this post are the author's alone. *This post contains some descriptions of colonial violence, including mentions...
August 8, 2022