Save the Date! October 26, 2007

A Climate for Justice? Equity Imperatives in the Legal Response to Climate Change
 
A Symposium at New York University School of Law  
Presented by the NYU Environmental Law Society & Law Students for Human Rights  
9:15 AM to 4:30 PM, October 26, 2007  
CLE credit will be available for all-day attendance. 

Welcome

Law Students for Human Rights (LSHR) is NYU Law's largest and most active student organization. Our focus is on both global and domestic human rights.

LSHR's mission is to:

LSHR's work is completed through various Student Committees:

•	Education Committee. The Education Committee serves to inform LSHR members, the Law School community, and the NYU community at large about human rights issues. To this end, the Education Committee plans speaker events, film screenings, discussion groups, brown bag lunches, and other formal and informal gatherings designed to raise awareness about human rights. The Education Committee also works with the Advocacy Committee to organize direct action campaigns that mobilize the LSHR community as a whole.
•	Advocacy Committee. The Advocacy Committee directly promotes the advancement of human rights. Advocacy members work in teams to perform legal research, write briefs and other legal documents, and otherwise assist NGOs and other human rights organizations with their work. In addition, the Advocacy Committee engages in direct action together with the Education Committee, and provides career-related advice and mentorship for its members together with the Career Development Committee.
•	Career Development Committee. The Career Development Committee provides students with the information and resources to access careers and internships in international and domestic human rights.
•	Alternative Spring Break . LSHR's Alternative Spring Break program (ASB) is a unique program which offers several amazing opportunities to site leaders and participants. ASB affords the opportunity to: participate in a week-long internship with a public interest organization; experience new cultures; work directly with pressing legal issues; bond with a diverse group of NYU School of Law students; and network with NYU alumni and public interest practitioners. This year, a total of 36 NYU students will participate in the program with 12 students on each site. Two of the 12 students at each site will be the site leaders. Participation in the program includes funds to cover the cost of travel and to subsidize the cost of food. The 2006-2007 sites are Bronx County (NY), Miami , and New Orleans.

LSHR is affiliated with the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice.