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