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IU McKinney has received a grade of A in the area of human rights law from preLaw magazine. The news was publicized in its back to school issue.

The Program in International Human Rights Law, under the direction of Professor George Edwards, is actively involved in human rights. Founded in 1997 by Professor George Edwards, the program has embarked on an extraordinary range of global activities, including more 250 intern placements in nearly 70 countries. Students work with private human rights organizations, governmental bodies, and the United Nations. In addition, dozens of McKinney students, faculty, staff, and alumni have gone to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Ft. Meade, Maryland, to monitor Guantanamo Military Commission hearings.

IU McKinney also is home to the Health and Human Rights Clinic, under the direction of Professor Fran Quigley, ’87. Clinic students engage in domestic and international human rights advocacy and litigation, usually concerning the social determinants of health. Students directly represent, under faculty supervision, low-income clients from the community and engage in advocacy in the form of trial court litigation, administrative hearings, appellate briefs, investigations and reports, and public education.

Many members of the IU McKinney faculty also are actively involved in human rights work, including Dean Karen Bravo. Her most recent publication, When Business Harms Human Rights: Affected Communities that are Dying to be Heard, is described by an expert in the field of business and human rights as “a first of its kind.”  The publication, which is co-edited by Vice Dean Bravo, Professor Jena Martin of West Virginia University College of Law, and Tara van Ho, Lecturer at University of Essex School of Law, was published this month by London-based Anthem Press.